It's What You Hear (The Five Senses Remix) [Stargate Atlantis, McKay/Sheppard]

[dangermars]

Title: It's What You Hear (The Five Senses Remix)
Author: argosy
Summary: AU. After nearly 200 years as a loner, John Sheppard finds himself drawn to a blood bank worker named Rodney McKay.
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Rating: NC-17
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Notes: Thank you so much to lunasky and quasar273! You both made the story much better. This is completely AU--not a

Comments

[incidental_fire]

Very nice, I really enjoyed this! It was really interesting to see how much you took of the original story, but how different it was with the roles reversed. I thought John as the loner vampire was a very nice fit, the characterization worked quite well. And of *course* Rodney would resist anything that didn't feel like free will and would read voraciously on the subject of blood donors once he decided to become one. Also, the sex was very nice. ;)

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[argosy]

Thank you! it was fun to make just one really big change and then see what happened. I'm glad you liked it.

[bironic]

Aah, LJ ate my comment. Let me try to reconstruct:

Oh, oh, yay. I loved the original fic and was thrilled to see more in that 'verse with this remix. The choice to switch not just POV but the human/vampires roles was very clever, and worked really well. I especially liked (aside from the sex, *g*) the little asides like black being a cliché for vampires, the switch from classical music to the country-blues band, and John being a long-term loner who's tight-lipped about his past. Good job.

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[argosy]

Thank you! The original fic is wonderful. It was fun to change the details around the edges. :)

[telesilla]

Oh wow, this is totally made of win! I really love Vampire!John, not only does he strike me as being very much like John in canon, he also fits very well in this universe. I like the way you changed the backstory enough to fit John and I really really like the way he hears everything around him as music. That's a brilliant touch and I kind of wish I'd thought of it when writing the original. :)

Rodney is fantastic as well; he's just so...Rodney. *grins* Of course he has an attitude and of course he's done his research. And I love the bit about free will; of course Rodney would hate the feeling of a forced relationship.

And you actually brought them together at the end! I kind of went back and forth on my ending and I'm glad to see that you went the other way. So yeah, basically, I love this remix. :)

[argosy]

Thank you for writing such a wonderful story and entering Remix. It really was a joy to remix--I think I've fallen pretty hard for this John.

I'm really glad the characters worked for you. I was going to do something a bit different, but then I made the decision to change one thing--one HUGE thing--and let everything else fall where it may. It was a blast. :D

&hearts:!!!

[anatsuno]

oh, that was super neat! I love the original a lot but most of all I really love this 'verse, and seeing it through a 'new' pairing, basically, was completely great. thank you!

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[argosy]

The 'verse was really great to play in, and of course the original is wonderful. I'm so glad you liked this version--thank you!

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[argosy]

Hey, babe. This is a little different than my usual, huh? It was a blast to write. I'm glad you liked it!