Somewhere Else, Not Here by 2ndary_author (doppelganger challenge)

[2ndary_author]

"The dream of stepping through the looking glass is even older than the looking glass itself and has nothing to do with entering an inverse of the space we already too much inhabit…Forced always to look out of ourselves at the world, we long for a chance-just once-to be on the outside, looking in."

John stands in the cereal aisle in the base

Comments

[spike21]

wow! where did you spring from, full blown one of my new favorite authors? This was lovely and very deeply John and I think it's a fabulous twist of the challenge.

[2ndary_author]

aww...I was a little uncertain posting this, since it relies so much on the world's most two-dimensional OC, so thanks for saying that

[hrroyalgeekness]

I really liked this. And John's right, the other him is much more boring. Rodney got the better side of the deal.

[2ndary_author]

I, of course, would take John in any guise or incarnation, but yes: NewMexico!John is pretty dull. Rodney + Atlantis make John interesting. Glad you liked it.

[hrtslkths]

This was great! I loved the way you used the theme. Also I thought your writing style was very readable.

[2ndary_author]

Oh, good, I worried about the readability, since I was packing in so much non-canon stuff that needed explanation and kind of broke up the dialogue. I tried for an honest-to-God doppelganger, but no luck as yet. Thanks for commenting:)

[gothphyle]

I really enjoyed this. There is a quiet realism to your writing that I find very compelling. Thank you for the lovely read!

[2ndary_author]

I think that may be one of the nicest things anyone has ever said about my fic. Thank you!

[cincodemaygirl]

I really enjoyed this; I love how Rodney is crappy at covering, and has to ask John about but hasn't got any ego tied up in John's answer.

[2ndary_author]

I think Rodney's ego is a strange and fascinating thing. I could write whole sonnet cycles about Rodney's ego! Glad you liked it:)