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Any Port in a Storm (Cold Winds, Hot Air remix)

Jul 29, 2008 04:11

Title: Any Port in a Storm (the Cold Winds, Hot Air remix)
Author: xparrot
Fandom: SGA
Rating: PG-13 (for language)
Original Story: Safe Harbor by friendshipper
Summary: (~5,200 words) Gen. Ronon and Rodney in a blizzard.
Notes: Thanks to the fabulous naye for the beta, and gnine for the usual.

( 'Seriously, I am armed and dangerous, as soon as I--ow--find the damn sidearm--' )

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xparrot July 29 2008, 05:28:52 UTC

I maintain that Rodney & Ronon have more in common than is apparent at first (or second or third) glance, and being masters in their chosen expertise is one of them! So glad you enjoyed the story.

sholio July 28 2008, 22:00:34 UTC

YOU got my fic to remix! I saw that, and which one you'd chosen, and it made me squee! Of all of them, that one definitely cried out for more, and I *love* that you're the one who ended up giving it a longer and more in-depth treatment. You really must have wanted to kick me for being so vague about how they got stranded there and just why, exactly, the others were having so much trouble finding them. *g* I totally handwaved it in the original, but you did an absolutely fantastic job of filling in the gaps. Wonderful voices for both characters; I love Rodney's rambling, and Ronon's characteristically terse answers, and Rodney's little selfless moments and apologies. Really wonderful, and lovely to read, and I'm so glad that you got assigned to me!

xparrot July 29 2008, 05:34:50 UTC

Eee, whew, I'm so glad you didn't hate it. ^^ I was all excited/nervous that I got you, and then when I actually looked at your stories - it was hard! We write too much alike, you tell your stories the way I'd tell them already ^^;; So other than turning one of your dark-fics into black comedy (which I had some notions for, but comedy is really hard for me and the right inspiration never struck) - yup, I cheated and went the h/c expansion route.

The explanation wasn't that hard, really - talked it out with Gnine, who has her amazing gift for plugging plotholes (I recommend her beta expertise if ever you have trouble getting from point A to point B ^^)

Thank you!

agdrgn July 28 2008, 23:03:39 UTC

I could see everything in the dialog. Amazing!

--Silverthreads

xparrot July 29 2008, 05:35:15 UTC

Thank you, I'm so glad it worked for you!

dubhartach July 28 2008, 23:53:31 UTC

Huh, it wasn't til the last third I realised this was all dialogue, the visuals were that vivid. Which is pretty special since you nailed Ronan's monosyllabic personality wonderfully.

xparrot July 29 2008, 05:36:17 UTC

Hee, I'm glad it succeeded - I had an urge to write a 'radio play' as it were, and Ronon's taciturnity just made it more fun!

water_soter July 29 2008, 03:56:39 UTC

Cool! A story based solely on dialogue. That was incredibly fun. I loved what you did with Shipper's fic. As per your usual, fantastic job. I enjoyed reading it even though it took me a while to get used to it.

xparrot July 29 2008, 05:37:48 UTC

Thank you! I wrote a couple dialogue-only stories way back when, was fun to give it another whirl. Rodney & Ronon have such distinctively different voices that I hoped it wouldn't be too confusing...

water_soter July 29 2008, 18:36:46 UTC

It wasn't. Only on tiny part I had to reread to figure out who had said what, but that's a given.