Comments | sga_flashfic: New Fic: Figure-Ground, by kuonji (R) [Amnesty 2006, Culture Clash challenge]

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New Fic: Figure-Ground, by kuonji (R) [Amnesty 2006, Culture Clash challenge]

Dec 15, 2006 21:13

Title: Figure-Ground
Author: kuonji
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters: Ronon Dex, Rodney McKay
Rating: R (mostly for language)
Spoilers: none
Summary: "Does he fuck you?" Ronon asked.

A/N: I started this back for the "This Is Not Happening!" challenge, but by the time I finished it I decided it didn't really fit anymore, so I shelved it. Thank ( Read more... )

author: kuonji14, amnesty 2006, challenge: culture clash

Comments 53

bluebrocade December 16 2006, 05:31:22 UTC

I like it a lot. It's cool to see things from an alien culture's perspective.

kuonji14 December 16 2006, 05:37:32 UTC

Thanks! :D

adafrog December 16 2006, 05:32:40 UTC

Loved this. And Ronon calling Rodney a prostitute killed me. hee!

kuonji14 December 16 2006, 05:39:25 UTC

The thought that prompted this entire fic could be summarized in the line: "I'm not the team whore!" Poor Rodney; I just love to beat on him...

Thanks for writing!

seekergeek December 16 2006, 05:48:03 UTC

*all flaily* OMG Rodney and Ronon together just crack me up. And Ronon thinking that Rodney was a prostitute? Priceless! *dies*

kuonji14 December 17 2006, 07:01:37 UTC

lol, glad you enjoyed it! :D

blade_girl December 16 2006, 06:13:52 UTC

Very interesting take on how Ronon might have perceived things early on. I loved how Rodney kept freaking out over each misconception, but then went back and tried to explain why it was dangerous or inappropriate.

kuonji14 December 17 2006, 07:05:36 UTC

Whoa, help, I'm under your power...! What a fun icon!

I loved how Rodney kept freaking out over each misconception, but then went back and tried to explain why it was dangerous or inappropriate.

Hey, I never even realized that, thanks! Now that you mention it, I do love Rodney in 'teacher' mode, where he bashes his student's idiocy, but I do think he likes people to understand things, and he cares about his team.

blade_girl December 17 2006, 07:44:21 UTC

Now that you mention it, I do love Rodney in 'teacher' mode, where he bashes his student's idiocy, but I do think he likes people to understand things, and he cares about his team.

Yes! And I also detected an undercurrent (possibly merely my interpretation) of Rodney feeling a need to protect both Sheppard and Ronon from the repercussions that could result from casual mentions of military sexual "improprieties."

kuonji14 December 18 2006, 04:42:59 UTC

oh yes, definitely! Rodney in my head has a stubbornly uneradicatable protective streak (which conflicts with his self-preservation at times), particularly for those people he considers 'with him'. At the very least, he'd want to protect fellow members of the human population in the spirit of, let's keep all the idiots from hurting themselves.

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kuonji14 December 17 2006, 07:10:55 UTC

Thanks! When I think about Ronon's culture, I tend to see it as very militaristic -- just like how Teyla and her people have this boiling hate for the Wraith, except Ronon's people have a lot bigger guns to fight back with. I can really see Ronon being confused by the Atlantis 'expedition', which seems to have these awesome weapons available, and yet the members of the expedition are not about going out there and exterminating Wraith. He does get used to it, though, apparently. I can see a lot of difference in his treatment of McKay between "Condemned" and "Epiphany". :)