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Fic: Liminal (McKay/Sheppard, NC-17)

Dec 22, 2008 20:51

Title: Liminal
Author: viva_gloria
Recipient: cathalin
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Rating: NC17
Word Count: ~56,500 words
Summary: AU. England, 1946: the war is over, and John Sheppard has nowhere to go. The new Atlantis community, founded by Mrs Elizabeth Weir out on the bleak east coast, is as good a place as any ...

LiminalPlease note, due the length of this story, ( Read more... )

pairing: mckay/sheppard, genre: slash

Comments 81

cathalin December 22 2008, 22:29:07 UTC

I just wanted to say, oh. my. god. I'm about one-tenth of the way through this masterpiece, and I'm seriously speechless. This is beyond my wildest dreams fantastic. I have RL stuff that's going to intrude here in a minute -- they're going to have to rip me away from the laptop*g* -- but I will be back very soon, the second I have a chance to finish this amazing story. These characters, this setting, are already fully alive and haunting me. Wow. Just, wow. What an incredible gift.

viva_gloria January 5 2009, 18:07:01 UTC

Thank you, very belatedly! I was worried that something so long, and AU, wouldn't be what you (dear Recipient) wanted to read, and this first comment was so reassuring!

mz_bstone December 23 2008, 16:08:11 UTC

This was frelling brilliant.

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viva_gloria January 5 2009, 18:07:09 UTC

thank you!

Brace yourself for a really, really LONG comment. Or two.:) cathalin December 23 2008, 17:35:49 UTC

Okay, first of all, the writing in this story is unbelievable. I went searching for my favorite passages, and it was hopeless, because they are *everywhere*. So, I realized, let's go back to the beginning, which pulled me in and gave me that rush of, "in the hands of a master writer." Check out these for first lines omg:

Everything was different, on the ground ( ... )

Re: Brace yourself for a really, really LONG comment. Or two.:) cathalin December 23 2008, 17:46:39 UTC

I loved all the callbacks to canon in this fic, and I'm sure I'll discover more on a re-read (which definitely will be happening!). The beds fit for only one person, lol (and what great use you made of that, with John and Rodney!), Simon/Wallace lol!, etc ( ... )

Re: Brace yourself for a really, really LONG comment. Or two.:) viva_gloria January 5 2009, 18:13:37 UTC

and yes, there were definitely shoutouts to 'The Price that Life Exacts', which -- though I am a useless and rude reader, primarily reading offline and seldom leaving feedback -- I adored. The mention of the Moonlight Sonata was a 'hello!' (though the gulls are unavoidable at Bradwell, so that's more coincidental). And I love the idea of musician!Rodney, because all that focus, all that passion, turned on music ... one day I'll write the one where John is a talented prima donna soloist and Rodney's the conductor who brings out the best in him.

'Liminal' was really only a working title but it fitted so well with the on-the-edge, crossing-place feeling I was going for ... and then my betas said it worked.

Re: Brace yourself for a really, really LONG comment. Or two.:) viva_gloria January 5 2009, 18:10:48 UTC

I hate it when real life interrupts just as you get into a fic! Thank you for staying up to finish it!

I had no idea you were a history fan -- so the AU version of Teyla as a Russian Revolutionary was serendipitous! And I do like playing with their voices, their narrations: I could so see Ronon as a tough street-wise East End kid.

And yay to canon :) The bug-on-neck was just irresistable, and I really want his connection with War and Peace to mean something (as in shaenie's 'Harmonic Function').

I hadn't realised at first that I was writing about a bunch of misfits -- but they are, they so are, and this was the furthest they could get from the world around them.

le_mot_mo December 23 2008, 20:08:56 UTC

viva_gloria January 5 2009, 18:14:51 UTC

Thank you ever so much! I wrote this as my Nanowrimo this year -- found I missed having something to write in November, and wanted to spread out and explore this fic rather than trying to condense it. I'm really glad I did spend that time: not only was it a joy to write but it also seems to have struck a nerve with quite a few readers.

vom_marlowe December 23 2008, 21:50:00 UTC

OK, I'm only half done reading this--what a wonderful way to spend an afternoon! It's such a treat to read. Beautiful story. I will come back and finish it after I'm done with my present-wrapping, but I just wanted to leave a bit of feedback when I had the chance. Gorgeous, really beautiful.

viva_gloria January 5 2009, 18:15:08 UTC

Thank you! I hope the ending wasn't a disappointment ...