Alexandria

[gaiaanarchy]

Title: Alexandria
Author: Gaia (gaiaanarchy)
Rating: R
Pairings: Sheppard/M, McKay/Sheppard
Beta: ellex42
Spoilers: Spoilers: Epiphany, the Misbegotten, Common Ground

Summary: Much has changed since John came to them through the portal, though he won't say where he came from or why.

Comments

[gaiaanarchy]

Thanks! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Sorry about the punch to the gut.

[downloadable08]

Woah. Just... woah. By which I mean that this is spine-chilling.

[gaiaanarchy]

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it.

[blackpapertiger]

Very very cool. And incredibly creepy, as well. An interesting look at what the consequences might be of making the wraith "human" (since I'm assuming that they became human through the retrovirus or something). Because that's one thing I've thought since I watched those episodes: John will not and cannot stop treating the humanified wraith as the enemy because there's no guarantee they won't become that again.

So yes, fascinating, an excellent use of the Cloister, and the not-wraith are just creepy enough with their ascention obsession. Plus, the references to the stories? That are about John? Very cool, and very tightly done.

[gaiaanarchy]

Thanks. I'm glad you saw it this way. I was out of the country for a while, so I heard spoilers for the Misbegotten before I saw it, and I think that this is more a reaction to the scenario and how I would have drawn a community of humanized Wraith.

[anitac588]

*sobbs*
Oh John!
I’m calculating how long I have to wait before I can give up hope.
and No, they depend upon how long it takes for someone to wake up from a stunner blast.”.
*sniffs*
This was heart shattering.

[gaiaanarchy]

Thanks! Sorry about the heart shattering. I guess I think that part of it is the fact that after being left for so long in Ephiphany and in Common Ground, John would have his doubts about people coming for him, or sacrificing for him, as it may be. But I also think that if I were writting it from John's POV, that the rational part of him doesn't want Rodney to come, because he doesn't want Rodney trapped there with him when they could be helping Atlantis (the whole self-sacrificing thing again).

[hieronymousmosh]

Creepy, painful and *very* good.
The wraith "reveal" was well done, when Susuro realizes what John's saying, I hadn't seen that coming, but you'd made sure it didn't come out of nowhere, either.

[gaiaanarchy]

Thanks! I'm glad the reveal worked out for you. I always fear that I'm being blindingly obvious, but it never turns out that way. I guess it's hard to read things objectively when you're the writer and thus already know.