My computer chose today to break down. Which is actually exceptionally good timing as I'd finally finished the last bits of my jobs yesterday. Anyway, I think I managed to ruin the coolers in just over a year. At least I hope it's the coolers. I was about to back up my data when it shut off again, so I gave up on that and brought it to the shop.The most recent back-up must've been months ago *slaps self* so right now I haven't got my bookmarks or my notes. Not to mention Photoshop. Or Word. Or a TV picture. But, I got my trusty laptop, and I got internet access, and the thing's even got a DVD player, so all is good.
fic recs:
Yes Sir, That's My BabySam/Rodney; SG1/SGA; PG-13; 6313 words
Spoilers: No spoilers past the end of season three Atlantis, season ten SG1. Specific references to events in 'The Road Not Taken' and 'Unending'.
Summary: She's pregnant, and it's complicated.
I don't exactly seek out babyfic. In fact, putting the word "baby" in a summary is a safe way to make me back off slowly and shut the window. But I adore McKay/Carter so I checked this one out, and I really liked it. It's cute, it's fluff, the dialog is really on and, yeah... this one's fun, I enjoyed it. I also like the basic idea a lot.snippet: His face had been falling rapidly as she spoke and he suddenly blurted out, "I hate children!"
"Okay," she replied dubiously.
"They're tiny," he said, "And weird. And you can't employ anything approaching logic with them. I mean, this one's all right so far, but the fact that she represents some sort of legacy which, unlike my life's work, I have absolutely no control over but that people will look at and for some reason associate with me - frankly, it's incredibly disturbing. What if she likes loud, popular music, or ponies, or... other children?"
and another McKay/Carter one:
Torn by
fiareynneCarter/McKay; PG-13; General spoilers for SGA s4; shortThe first time it happens, she tells herself it’s a fluke. It’s very different here, and she’s lonely. They start bickering, like old times, and it’s comfortable, like a pair of jeans you’ve washed a hundred times. Before she knows what’s going on, they’re in her bed and McKay’s got that smug, satisfied look he gets when he’s won an argument, even though she’s fairly certain she got the last word in before things went non-verbal. When he leaves, she gathers her blouse, torn in their haste, and she swears to herself it won’t happen again.
More crack? Why not :)
Coming Soon to a Galaxy Near You! by
trinityofoneMcKay/Sheppard; R; 4300 words; humor
Summary: “You’re not the least bit disturbed by this?” John asked. Rodney shrugged. “Well, I’d have preferred a Coffee Bean, but...”
Starbucks, on Atlantis. Doing that thing that they do.
Earth on a Shoestring (Remix of $173.23) by
friendshipperTeam, gen; 3000 words
Roadtrip with aliens."Grapes," Rodney said, shoving a handful at him. "You can sample the grapes. Not the eggplants. God."
Charting The Motion Of Planets by Dasha
McKay/Sheppard Pre-Slash; Action, Angst, Drama; Season 2; PG; length: 60K
Summary: On a 'need to know' basis, he probably needed to need to know a little more.
Rodney gets captured by the Genii and, knowing that he won't stand up to torture, decides that suicide is his only possible option. Interesting twist right in the beginning, and the characterizations really ring true.
I've been wanting to rec some genfic over at
stargategenrec. Going through their tags it looks like they already got a lot of my faves listed, unsurprisingly. I have to dig through my fic printouts, I'm sure there must be something gen to rec in there. (Weirdly, upon closer look I noticed that a lot of the stories I mentally stored away as 'gen' do have shipping of some sort or other in it, just not as the main focus.)