The Double Disappearance of Col. Sheppard, by Sophonisba, Ch. 2 [doppelganger challenge]

[saphanibaal]

-title- The Double Disappearance of Colonel Sheppard, Chapter Two
-author- Sophonisba (saphanibaal)
-warnings- Gen. Silly. Fusion. Strong language. Humor relating to primary and secondary sexual characteristics. It shouldn't be necessary to read Chapter One to enjoy this.
-timeframe- Takes place during second season, sort of, after "Epiphany."
-characters-

Comments

[loriel_eris]

*dies laughing* This (along with the first part) is absolutely hilarious! I'm literally incoherent with laughter (and badly embarrassing myself at work).

[saphanibaal]

Thank you! I'm glad my humor translated to the page.

[loriel_eris]

Without a doubt! *g*

Are you planning on writing more? Just so you know - I'm tracking your 'dinosaur' tag. Not that I'm begging for more or anything. *g*

[saphanibaal]

Well, I'm working on the third chapter now, although other things will probably get in the way, so it'll be ready when it's ready.

Thank you once again!

[helva2260]

..."[Y]ou, uh, this, uh, your condition -- it doesn't get in the way of doing your work?"

*giggles* Poor Sheppard - I assume he thinks either that Cadman's pregnant or that she has two oddly matched tumors on her upper chest?

I also loved the discussion about whether Ronon's a neanderthal or not, and the Saurian equivalent of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"! I'm definitely looking forward to more of this story as it turns up *g*!

[saphanibaal]

Well, to the best of my knowledge, every other species of ape only develops visible teats when nursing or about to be, so it's a reasonable assumption... (also, it's inherently funny.)

As for Neanderthals, I kind of wish the show would do a planet seeded with Neanderthal man or something -- it's not as if it'd take that much makeup if you hired actors who sort of matched the phenotype, and it would be an interesting variation.

And the other -- okay, so we have numerous species of intelligent being instead of humans, how's that going to affect the culture?

Thank you for all your kind comments!

[kiranovember]

There was a Star Trek novel where the aliens were big cats and the kept asking all the women, "Where are your children?" and I think it took a while before the humans realized why!

[saphanibaal]

Wait, this is Uhura's Song, right? I love that book. (And I probably had that in the back of my mind when I was working on this, but it's such an obvious point of difference that it wouldn't be borrowing per se.)

[bratfarrar]

This is FUN. Had me giggling the whole way through it. And I'm not going to bother pointing out particular lines, because it would end up being pretty much the entire thing. Having it as Rodney's POV worked perfectly.

I am looking forward to the conclusion of this - not to mention the respective Elizabeths' reactions.

BTW, the last three paragraphs are underlined for some reason.

[saphanibaal]

Thank you!

I'm working on the third chapter now, so...

And Elizabeth -- I keep thinking of the last panel of the one isaymckay strip where Elizabeth's like "Lorne, new mission: find me some Scotch."

That's a really cute icon, by the way.

And thanks for the heads-up; fixed!

[gaffsie]

"Oh. Like keeping one's arms trimmed. Does shaving your upper forehead cut down on sweat and odor, or is it to help keep you from overheating?" Ooooh, BURN! :D

[saphanibaal]

And said entirely in innocence, for once, too. ^_^

Thank you!

[teenygozer]

This just gets funnier & funnier. Can't wait to see the next chapter of this insanity. I love how casual everyone is about their LTC turning into a dinosaur, once they've gotten over the initial shock.

::Is helpful::

I found an odd typo:

"I do not stomptell me these things!" Sheppard nearly yelped.

I assume Rodney is saying, "I do not stomp!" and Dino-Shep is saying something about "Don't tell me these things!"? You lost a line in there, I think.

[saphanibaal]

More like several -- the greater-than on the closing underline tag on "stomp" unaccountably turned itself into > and thus hid everything until the next underline. It's not the first time livejournal's unaccountably done something like this. Thanks for the heads-up.

And thank you for the commentary; after all, last month or so he turned into a feral bug-man-thing, so a perfectly sane and sensible Utahraptor is nothing in comparison.