New SGA Fic: In The Blink of An Eye (3/3)

[katstale]

Title: In The Blink of An Eye
Author: katstale
Words: 17520
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Rodney volunteers John to assist the locals in order to gain access to an Ancient structure. Unfortunately, things don't go quite according to plan. (ShepWhump, RodneyWump, All-around Angst)

Notes: First and foremost, I must apologize to everybetty for the long delay in posting this

Comments

[kriadydragon]

*Claps* Yay! Happy end! Excellent job on Rodney's and John's voices. Very them.

[katstale]

Thank you so much! I do like to leave them happy if I can after I've broken them. *g* And I'm always thrilled to hear that someone thinks the voices were right--makes me smile for days. :D Thanks again!

[padawan_aneiki]

AWWW! To read from start to finish, this is wonderfully done, m'dear. :D

*chuckles* It begs a sequel to see if Ronon forgives Rodney. ;)

[katstale]

Thanks! *hugs* I would never have gotten this finished without you and the chat sisters' support.

*runs screaming from the dreaded 's' word* ;)

[karri_kln1671]

*claps* Delightfully whumpalicious! :D

[katstale]

Thank you SO much! Not only for the review, but for the support and especially the occasional nudges that made me get my tushie in gear. ;)

Now, I think far past time that I go spend some serious quality time with a certain FBI/NSA agent, don't you think? *giggles*

[jackfan2]

WOOHOO! That was GREAT! SERIOUSLY!

From fall-guy to hero in the blink of an eye, and John also pointing out to Rodney how he could've probably avoided getting shot had just told the Mallorians about the weapon that shot down the prototype would've protected them from the Wraith. I love clever John, and his sick too, and STILL clever!

This was just wonderful. I've enjoyed spending the last half hour pouring over parts 2 and 3 and smilling like a Cheshire cat for all the *SQUEE* it's given me.

Excellent job!!!

[katstale]

Thank you SO much!! I'm with you--I love clever John, so I'll always be trying to find ways to work him into my stories. :D

I'm not kidding you--I'm going to be smiling for WEEKS after reading all of your awesome comments. I simply can't thank you enough for that! :D

[everybetty]

Aw. Glad to see Sheppard up and bantering with Rodney again. Cute that John saw what Rodney failed to even just having woken up. Such an underestimated man our oft-whumped pilot is.

My prompts were ShepWhump with a side of humor and you fulfilled them admirably. I was a *tad* bit disappointed that John's whumpage took him outa the main story line- but you obviously enjoy writing Rodney and you really nailed him and his quirks and patter well.

Kudos, and I look forward to reading more from you in the future! and thank you! This was clearly something you worked on and I appreciate the effort. It was worth the wait.

[katstale]

Thank you very much! :) I love when John gets to be the smart, heroic, intelligent man we all know that he is. I'm very pleased that you enjoyed it and felt it was worth the wait! :)

I was a *tad* bit disappointed that John's whumpage took him outa the main story line- but you obviously enjoy writing Rodney and you really nailed him and his quirks and patter well.

Honestly, I was tad bit disappointed that Shep ended up out of the main storyline as well. I know Rodney kind of snuck in there and took over, blast him! I had really intended this to be more of a whole-team story told from Rodney's POV. McKay can be fun to write and I'm thrilled to hear that you feel that I nailed him so well. :) I wrote what I did in the Notes section--and I sincerely meant every word--because I know he did end up being far more front and center than I'd wanted. So I really would be more than happy to try another story for you in December that has more Shep focus than this one ended up having. I truly don't want you to be disappointed in any way at all.

[everybetty]

Like I'm gonna turn down someone offering to write me a ShepWhumper! :D

Well, I know you write well, and I know you have the necessary affection for the characters and if you were to find yourself looking for something to do (ha ha - cuz the Xmas season is just not jam packed enough) then I would welcome another offering happily. Nay, joyfully. But there is NO worry if you come up short, time or idea-wise. The offer is a very generous one and completely unnecessary to 'make up' for anything. But I'm also not above sayin': bring it on! :)

[katstale]

LOL, well, when you put it that way... :D I thank you very much for the kind words! :)

I'll definitely be writing in Dec among all the shopping, gift-wrapping, decorating, & multitude of cookie baking (usually in the 100 dozen or so range when all is said and done) because that's how I keep my sanity during the holidays, lol.

And after spending all of Nov working on an original fiction novel, I'm going to be in massive fanfic withdrawals and *dying* to get back to whumping writing my Shep! :D So should I find myself unable to finish before the end of the year, I should definitely have something for you by early Jan. :) (Ideas are definitely NOT a problem...my plotbunny file is currently home to fifty story ideas just sitting there waiting for me to find the time to play with them. *sigh*)