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Ancient History Challenge by elementalv

Feb 09, 2008 22:39

Title: Waking John
Author: elementalv
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: Through “Outcast”
Notes: 1,450 words (or thereabouts) of a loose interpretation of the challenge. Gen.

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( Waking John )

author: elementalv, challenge: ancient history

Comments 49

springwoof February 10 2008, 04:22:06 UTC

woah. COOL! I like the dreams and Ascended Sheppard. I like that we the readers knew what had happened as soon as John mentioned Daniel Jackson, but poor Dave had to wait until the end...

elementalv February 10 2008, 06:42:41 UTC

Yay! Glad you enjoyed it.

americanleaguer February 10 2008, 04:36:14 UTC

Ha ha, they never stay Ascended, do they? :)

elementalv February 10 2008, 06:42:17 UTC

Doesn't seem like it. The Stargate 'verse is almost as bad as the Buffy 'verse that way.

arresi February 10 2008, 06:28:51 UTC

Oh hey, cool. Love Sam's eulogy/speech.

But Dave knows Rodney? Did I miss something?

elementalv February 10 2008, 06:41:40 UTC

I'm figuring Dave knows Rodney's name the way I know Stephen Hawking's name -- as a scientist of some renown. I'm also betting that Dave's at least as bright as his brother and interested in the science that drives the research department of the Sheppard "utilities" company.

Also, glad you liked the eulogy!

arresi February 10 2008, 06:51:55 UTC

Huh, true, particularly if they've been releasing anything related to the n-generators or ZP Energy. McKay's name would probably be plastered all over those.

bruinsfan February 12 2008, 01:24:43 UTC

I doubt McKay's ever published anything about zero point energy since he doesn't seem to know how ZPMs are made himself, but he spent years in Russia working on naquadah generators. If a substantial part of major national power grids are now being fed from generators that provide Chernobyl-level current from something the size of an engine block, I bet it would be very hard to keep the heads of utility companies from finding out eventually.

lavvyan February 10 2008, 06:34:26 UTC

Oh, so cool!

But, how did Dave know Rodney McKay? *intrigued*

elementalv February 10 2008, 06:39:22 UTC

I'm going on the assumption that McKay is at least as renowned as he claims to be and that Dave is as bright as his brother. Since Patrick Sheppard was in utilities, I made another leap of faith and figured Dave would be interested in the science behind power production. So he's aware of the scientist but not of the connection between him and John.

lavvyan February 10 2008, 06:44:11 UTC

Ah, I see, thank you. Again, very cool. :)

laurie_ky February 10 2008, 07:04:45 UTC

Interesting that John came to his twin and not his team. The mention of the family life and John and Dave's interactions certainly seem in line with the show's canon. I also liked that Sam didn't impress him, but John calls her brilliant because it's a clear message to us readers that this isn't just a dream, as is his his mention of Daniel. Now I have to wonder what happened that John ascended. Hey, does his twin have the gene,too?

Laurie

elementalv February 10 2008, 13:01:32 UTC

In my head, yes, Dave has the gene as well. Also, no matter how pissy twins may get with each other, they've still known each other longer than anyone else and know just what buttons to push to get under each other's skin. I figured it would be just a little bit easier for John to get in touch with Dave for that reason alone.