Recs! (Rodney/Teyla and McShep)
So I've finally had time to dive into sticksandsnark. Everything there is worth taking a look at (and Rodney/Teyla is a pairing that deserves some love, imo), but here are a few favorites so far:
Confluence by carolyn_claire.
Rodney and Teyla get trapped in a different time and have to work together to figure a way back home. This is darling, with just the kind of Rodney I like to read--scared, yet brave, and inspired to his best by Teyla's utter confidence in his abilities. The burgeoning relationship is charming. a very, very enjoyable story. (Rodney/Teyla)
your mouth as some surprise by siriaeve
Rodney and an injured Teyla spend some time at a Pegasan monastery. This has siriaeves trademark lyricism and pretty much the *perfect* Teyla POV. Wonderful world-building and all around loveliness. (Rodney/Teyla)
The Woods Are Haunted, Dark and Deep by astridv
This is a wonderful art piece by astrid featuring a wounded Rodney, protective Teyla, and space wolves (fine it's only the eyes of the animals, but I like to think of them as space wolves.) Amazing. (Rodney/Teyla)
[BTW, My story is here: With Friends Like These (John Will Never Make the Kessel Run in Less Than Five Parsecs). Reeeead iiiit.]
And for something in a McShep:
Black Helicopters at Dawn by whizzy
It's easy to overlook a story by a new author in the fandom, but this is an AU definitely worth checking out. It's satisfyingly long at 64,000 words, and John and Rodney are both wonderful here. The plot involves a Rodney who has retired from his corporate research job to prove to the world that aliens exist (and the government is covering it up.) One aspect I really enjoyed was that in this AU it is *John* who works for the SGC and Rodney who does something else, instead of the other way around.
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So there you have it, go read. :)
Confluence by carolyn_claire.
Rodney and Teyla get trapped in a different time and have to work together to figure a way back home. This is darling, with just the kind of Rodney I like to read--scared, yet brave, and inspired to his best by Teyla's utter confidence in his abilities. The burgeoning relationship is charming. a very, very enjoyable story. (Rodney/Teyla)
your mouth as some surprise by siriaeve
Rodney and an injured Teyla spend some time at a Pegasan monastery. This has siriaeves trademark lyricism and pretty much the *perfect* Teyla POV. Wonderful world-building and all around loveliness. (Rodney/Teyla)
The Woods Are Haunted, Dark and Deep by astridv
This is a wonderful art piece by astrid featuring a wounded Rodney, protective Teyla, and space wolves (fine it's only the eyes of the animals, but I like to think of them as space wolves.) Amazing. (Rodney/Teyla)
[BTW, My story is here: With Friends Like These (John Will Never Make the Kessel Run in Less Than Five Parsecs). Reeeead iiiit.]
And for something in a McShep:
Black Helicopters at Dawn by whizzy
It's easy to overlook a story by a new author in the fandom, but this is an AU definitely worth checking out. It's satisfyingly long at 64,000 words, and John and Rodney are both wonderful here. The plot involves a Rodney who has retired from his corporate research job to prove to the world that aliens exist (and the government is covering it up.) One aspect I really enjoyed was that in this AU it is *John* who works for the SGC and Rodney who does something else, instead of the other way around.
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So there you have it, go read. :)