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Fic: The World is Flat (and four other reasons McKay hates globalization)

Apr 29, 2008 19:32

Title: The World is Flat (and 4 other reasons McKay hates globalization)
Author: gemmi999
Rating: PG-13 for language
Pairing: GEN
Word Count: 1270
Author's Note: Because I'm fairly sure I'm on crack

Summary: Sometimes, McKay dreams about going back in time, if only to disable the Zed PM before he and the others traveled through the Stargate.

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author: gemmi999, challenge: must be dreaming

Comments 25

dragonladyk April 30 2008, 06:15:58 UTC

If you'd stayed in Pegasus, you wouldn't have had that problem, Rodney. Not that I lack sympathy for your Rodney, I feel very sorry for him and I enjoyed the fic, but you would think "The Return" would have convinced him you can't cross the intergalactic void again.

And hex you, author, for even daring to write about banning coffee. From your keyboard to the Devil's ears...

DragonLady

gemmi999 May 1 2008, 03:18:33 UTC

I love your icon! It totally rocks.

Rodney couldn't stay in Pegasus--I tried hinting at that, but I'm not sure I was successful. They were finished, and it was time to come home.

And yes, hex the author for even daring to mention the possibility of someday in the future banning coffee. I'm allergic to caffeine, so it isn't that big a deal to me...

lilyfarfalla April 30 2008, 06:58:53 UTC

Trying to kill off Wraith Queens and Replicator strong-holds the only way they knew how. Did you kill off the team???

I like this combination of Rodney's story with this wider picture of what the Earth has become--implications too of "was it worth protecting?"

gemmi999 May 1 2008, 03:20:24 UTC

Trying to kill off Wraith Queens and Replicator strong-holds the only way they knew how.

I wanted to hint that the world had changed, and the people within it had changed as well. The entire team wasn't killed off, but they weren't the same people that to Rodney, that's as good as being alone.

And yes--I was trying to question if it was worth protecting. At what point do you fight the fight that needs to be fought, versus the fighting the fight your ideals lets you fight. There's a fine line, and once you've crossed it--does the rest of the battle even matter?

zaganthi April 30 2008, 10:38:01 UTC

Heh heh, Oh, it's a good day when Thomas Friedman ends up in fanfic. Though Rodney, if he followed Political theory, seems more of a Francis Fukuyama sort. (So he can write angry notes in the margins.)

This rocked.

gemmi999 May 1 2008, 03:21:17 UTC

Somebody got it! yay! I was going to post a link to the book, so people could read it, but I kind of wanted to see if anybody would spot it, first. It's pretty obvious...

Who is this Francis Fukuyama? Should I read some of his stuff?

Thanks for reading!

darsynia April 30 2008, 11:19:55 UTC

Azureus! Excellent!

Great story, I really felt the emotions he felt. My only nitpick is that 'speakeasy's' doesn't have an apostrophe :) You can just add the s onto the end.

gemmi999 May 1 2008, 03:22:10 UTC

Thanks for reading! (And I'm going to totally go back and fix the 'speakeasys' so they're spelled correctly).

leesa_perrie April 30 2008, 13:45:29 UTC

Interesting (and frightening) future you've created there.

If only he could find a damn Coffee Bean, then things would get better.

Somehow, I don't think coffee would make much difference. Poor Rodney.

gemmi999 May 1 2008, 03:23:41 UTC

Thanks for reading.

Interesting (and frightening) future you've created there.

The future is frightening, both in this fanfic, and in the real world. There are some serious issues that need to be addressed, and I wanted to bring that sense of desperation to the fanfic.

And, while coffee might not fix everything, Rodney really like's his dream. And sometimes, dreams are all that let people live their lives. Hoping for a different future.