SGA Story: How Not to Die in the Pegasus Galaxy

[mckaysmonkey]

Title How Not to Die in the Pegasus Galaxy.
Fandoms Stargate Atlantis, Dawson's Creek
Prompt Pegasus 101
Word Count 7832
Rating R
Pairings Vincent Sheppard/Rodney McKay

Summary The city of Atlantis and the people who live there, as seen through the eyes of new arrival Vincent Sheppard, cousin of Lt. Col. John Sheppard.

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[helenkacan]

“Welcome to Atlantis. I am Dr Radek Zelenka, head of engineering and second in command to Dr McKay, for my sins,” the man introduced himself....
Giggle! Snort! I love seeing long-suffering (but really proud) Radek in stories, so yay!

This was such an awwwwwww shucks story. Lovely bits such as why Vince rejected some of his options (Uncle Patrick and the establishment) and ended up on Atlantis.

Thank you (ohhhhh, yesssss) for making Rodney hot stuff. When SGA was killed, I was very upset to see the promo shots David H started using, where he seemed to have resigned himself to settle for the likelihood he'd only be offered old-man Masterpiece Theatre-type roles. And then I was delighted to see his rejuvenation happening (I think having a young son and getting married helped a lot), especially when he showed off how limber (RAWR, so HOTTT) he was at one con (Chevron 7.4?) where he wore that adorable I wanna touch all over horizontally-striped navy/grey sweater while hanging all over the arms of his chair on stage!!!

Also sweet and notable was how both men were considerate of how John might react. Even though I'm a diehard McShepper, I loved the reasons Rodney gave for why that wouldn't have worked out. Makes. So. Much. Damn. Sense. You're giving your readers the best of both worlds: Hewligan ON Atlantis!

Of course, I'm also giggling at the way Vince dismissed Dr. Barbie (or at least decided to make his own claim in her presence). It's no wonder she was shocked at Rodney's unexpected return show of interest in Vince. [Side rant: Even though Rodney was the geek hero of the show, written by geeks, I hated their self-loathing that was projected onto Rodney, with the idea that he didn't deserve to have a hot relationship and should actually settle for what he could get, while masking his true character so as not to screw it up. /rant.]

There are a couple of wee fixes needed: You typed "SCG" once i/o SGC. And it's "discreetly" i/o "discretely" which refers to separateness in mathematical or scientific concepts.

::flails and squees::
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY !!!!!

[mckaysmonkey]

Oh yes, David in the stripy jumper at Chevron. He wore it for the photo ops too :-)

Thanks for the great review. Sounds like you got what I was hoping to achieve with the story.

I couldn't resist Dr Barbie. Jewel is lovely, but she was only twenty four when they cast her. Wanted a Pony and I were discussing timelines and decided the character ought to actually be a bit older than Vince, to have the necessary experience for the job, even if she finished high school at 15. Hence for the purposes of this story we decided Jennifer is older than she looks.