FIC: Four goodbyes Rodney McKay said before leaving Atlantis (and one he didn't say)

[siggen1]

Title: Four goodbyes Rodney McKay said before leaving Atlantis (and one he didn’t say)
Pairing: n/a (McKay/Zelenka if you turn down the light, tilt your head and squint like *this*)
Rating: G
Summary: When Rodney left Atlantis there wasn’t a whole lot of people left to say goodbye to. Set during the alternate timeline in 4x20 “The Last Man”

Comments

[rosewildeirish]

Oh, I liked this. Thanks!

[siggen1]

Thank you! (That really means a lot coming from one of my favorite SGA-writers)

[rosewildeirish]

You're welcome! And aww, thanks! I'm hoping my muse comes off her bender sometime soon. *boots her*

[romyra]

Nicely written.

[siggen1]

Thank you!

[mijmeraar]

As Rodney sets up in one of the labs he wonders what happened to the beer.

The first time I read that line - you'll remember - I just went GUH. It's such a simple phrase, and yet. AND YET.

and this:

“God, I hope this works,” he says quietly, to nobody in particular (but to John specifically), and steps through, out of the past and into his (temporary) future.

is a great last line. LOVE your use of the parantheses. It's just a well written journey, sad and yet hopeful. You give 'Hologram McKay' a bigger voice, which makes the outcome so much harder to take, really. You make me think about the fact that the 'alternate reality' isn't really alternate and guh. You make me sympathise, which, as a writer, I'm sure you'll be glad to hear.

Also? IT WAS A 'TO BE CONTINUED' EPISODE? WHAT WERE YOU THINKING SIGRID?

[siggen1]

I'm so glad that last line there works, I've agonized over it lots.

YES IT WAS A 'TO BE CONTINUED' EPISODE. CLEARLY I AM SADISTIC. OR POSSIBLY I JUST WANT TO SHARE THE LOVE. EITHER WAY. DON'T YOU FEEL LIKE A HAPPIER PERSON FOR HAVING SEEN IT???

[elvinborn]

oh well done! this is really very nice. I love the things you've added to the episode, and all of the little character things.

[devo79]

Well written.