Fic: It's Growing Day by Day (McKay/Sheppard, Teyla/Kanaan, Ronon/Various, NC-17)

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Title: It's Growing Day by Day
Author: telesilla
Recipient: auburnnothennaPairing: McKay/Sheppard, mention of: Teyla/Kanaan, Ronon/various

Comments

[auburnnothenna]

I have not read yet, since this just popped on the flist, but can I just say....Eeeeeeeeeee! It's so long! I love long stories. Thank you!

[incidental_fire]

Oh wow. This was really marvelous. I loved seeing how the relationships between the team (and Rodney and John) changed and matured over their trek. The glimpses into Satedan and Athosian were also really interesting, and gave the story a nice depth. A very nice, well-done story.

[telesilla]

Thank you! It was quite a departure for me, so I'm glad it worked as well as it did.

[sarkka]

Huh ! That's a huge story and very entertaining.

It had me biting my nails at many points.

Wouldn't mind checking out the guys in their "after camping trip" :P

[telesilla]

Thank you! It kind of had me biting my nails a few times when I was writing it. :)

And it's looking pretty probable that there will be a sequel at some point.

[ldyanne]

What an awesome story! I loved all the little things we learned about the team as the story progressed. I just... *flails* Words are failing me here. Just awesome story!

[telesilla]

Thank you! I had a lot of fun figuring out stories for them to tell and backstories for Teyla and Ronon. Glad you enjoyed it!

[auburnnothenna]

Am only a quarter of the way through, but anonymous story writer, I love you and am ready and willing to have your internet babies or at least bake you virtual pie. Coherent detailing of all the things I like best to come tomorrow.

[auburnnothenna]

Wonderful things in the story: secret lab location's physical whereabouts not in the database. The Ancients had security procedures and obviously worried about the Wraith catching someone and getting where it was from them. Excellent.

The relationship between Rodney and John, which grew and became even deeper over their journey and because they were able to be themselves without secrets with Teyla and Ronon. Also the matter of fact acknowledgement that they had to keep it a secret in Atlantis, treated as an unpleasant necessity rather than a relationship breaking source of angst.

The description of how they'd all thinned down to almost nothing.

The way you dealt with how much they needed for survival that they didn't have with them and couldn't take the time to make.

Bill the pony. Bill and Ted. Dude.The marvelous background you wrote for Teyla and her relationship with Kanaan. It's the best I ever seen

[telesilla]

*grins* When I hit 15,000 words and no real end in sight, I found myself wondering if writing for you automatically meant long fic. And you have no idea how thrilled I was that you liked it and recc'd it and everything; I was already so proud of it and to see how much you liked it kept making me beam like a mad beaming thing.

I could have wallowed in another ten or fifteen thousand words of this after they got back too, but it's perfect as is.

The thing is, I only started this after I'd started and abandoned another idea and so my real problem was meeting the deadline. If I'd had more time, the journey itself could easily have been 30-40K, with another 10-15K after they got home. And actually, I do have every intention of writing more, both a sequel, and some outtakes from when they were on the road because I really do want to tell some Sateden and Ahtosian stories.

So really, I want to thank you, not only for your wonderful feedback, but for the chance to tell this story.

[auburnnothenna]

Sometimes a person has to work hard at finding something good to say about an exchange fic, something polite and gracious. Not in this case. This is, without comparison, the best gift fic I've ever received and really, one of the stand out fics of the year.

(Yes, I love long fics. No, my experience is that writing for me does not translate into me getting long fics. Extra thanks.)

I would love to see the Satedan and Athosian stories told and any sequel to this.

I should add an extra extra thanks for actually not writing the things I don't like too, because sometimes that's a real difficulty, inspiration being inclined to go its own way.

This story really did brighten my Christmas season; as I read it I was overwhelmed with the most pleasant feeling - someone had really given a lot of thought and effort into giving me something that genuinely matched my tastes.