Atlantis rec list: Minor Illness or Injury
Right. So next up on my quest to complete a multimedia bingo for hc_bingo is a rec list. Now I've only ever done one rec list before (for the March Amnesty Challenge this year) but I thought I'd give it a go anyway. Once again I have to say that a worrying number of stories on this list belong to the fantastic deinonychus_1 - but that just goes to show what a talented writer she is :-)
This is to fill the 'Minor Illness or Injury' square on my hurt/comfort bingo card.
1. Title: The Proper Care and Feeding of Mathematicians
Author: deinonychus_1
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Hercules, Jason & Pythagoras (friendship)
Rating: Gen
Word Count: 3127
Summary: Somehow it had never occurred to Jason to wonder who would be able to deal with it if Pythagoras was the one who was sick.
Why I’m Reccing This: I love everything about this fic. From Pythagoras' hissy fit when his blood sugar drops too low, to Jason trying to fuss over Pythagoras and being essentially told where to go, to Hercules actually coming up with the solution. It's funny, and sweet and really shows the affection between the three characters that was so obvious in the first series.
2. Title: Price of Friendship
Author: aecrimony
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Jason, Pythagoras & Hercules (friendship)
Rating: Gen
Word Count: 4047
Summary: Tag to Price of Hope (1x10) and Jason's leg a.k.a. how it should have happened according to Aecrimony!
Why I’m Reccing This: Okay, so as it says in the description, this is an episode tag of sorts. What it actually is is a little AU story which delves into what might have happened if Atalanta had used conventional means to fix up Jason's wound rather than magically healing him. Part of me actually wishes that the series writer's had gone along this sort of path because it just seemed too convenient to magic away the injury like they did. Here we get to see what might have happened if Jason hadn't been fully healed and had forced himself to continue. We also get a nice little bonus of emotionally hurt Pythagoras to throw into the mix.
3. Title: Safe
Author: deinonychus_1
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Jason & Pythagoras (friendship)
Rating: Gen
Word Count: 1129
Summary: Pythagoras reflects on how his life has changed since Jason arrived, and Jason tries to do something noble. Again.
Why I’m Reccing This: This is probably one of the first fics I ever read in the Atlantis fandom and I still love it three years later. We enter the story with Pythagoras already having injured his hand and Jason bandaging it for him. What follows is a lovely little exploration of both their characters. Perhaps predictably Jason's self-doubts come to the fore and he attempts to be self-sacrificing to protect his friends. Pythagoras can of course see straight through him and acts in his own forthright and compassionate way to stop his friend from doing something daft (again!).
4. Title: Relax
Author: deinonychus_1
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Jason & Pythagoras (friendship)
Rating: Gen
Word Count: 1665
Summary: It was obvious that Pythagoras was not aware Jason had come in, because he was making no attempt to conceal any of the signs that he was in pain.
Why I’m Reccing This: Pythagoras with a headache - need I say more? Actually, yes, I probably should say more. Most fics (and the series itself) has Pythagoras as the healer so to have a role reversal is nice. Jason may not be able to whip up a healing tonic the way his friend can but it seems that a good massage given at the right time can definitely have a beneficial effect. All in all a very sweet little fic.
5. Title: Gods of Weymouth
Author: CalCurve
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Jason/Pythagoras (pre-slash/friendship)
Rating: Gen
Word Count: 6331
Summary: Jason and Pythagoras sabotage a king's witch-with-benefits. Well. They try to, anyway.
Why I’m Reccing This: Set in the period before episode 1.12 Touched By The Gods (Part 1) this story deals with an adventure undertaken by Jason and Pythagoras to try to help yet another helpless person that's played on Jason's soft heart. Chapter one ends with Pythagoras having his fingers deliberately broken by an enemy. It's beautifully written and well characterised. Well worth a read.
6. Title: A Buried Temple
Author: takadainmate
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Jason/Pythagoras
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 4492
Summary: There was a valley to the East and a long abandoned city that was all but forgotten. There was a reason it had been forgotten.
Why I’m Reccing This: This story sees Pythagoras and Jason seperated from Hercules and trapped in a strange city where they are cursed to live the same day over and over again and trying to survive. The inhabitants of the city (all long dead but coming to life again with the sunrise of each repeated day) believe them to be demons and attack them accordingly. Pythagoras has been hurt (beaten) before the story starts and as it progresses both young men are injured and have to essentially look after each other to survive.
7. Title: Everything Works in Mysterious Ways, Not Just God
Author: Azile_Teacup
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Jason/Pythagoras, Hercules
Rating: Gen
Word Count: 2292
Summary: Modern Au, Jason and Pythagoras and Hercules share a house and are academics. Jason has a headache.
Why I’m Reccing This: Watching Pythagoras do one of the things he does best - caring for one of his friends - is always lovely to see, even if it is a completely unfamiliar setting as it is here. I would never expect to like an AU and yet here we are. I love the way the deep and largely unspoken relationship between Jason and Pythagoras is explored through Pythagoras taking care of his friend while he has a bad headache. Jason trying not to wake Pythagoras up, going to look for more medicine on his own and ending up smacking his head on a cupboard door seems like such a Jason thing to do that I almost laughed out loud. And the ending where the boys decide that they need to have a proper discussion about their dysfunctional relationships with Ariadne and Icarus (and by extension their relationship with each other) leaves the impression that they are finally going to accept that they belong with one another. All in all a lovely read.
8. Title: Heat
Author: aecrimony
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Pythagoras & Jason (friendship)
Rating: Gen
Word Count: 3445
Summary: Jason can't quite stand the heat of Ancient Greece as well as its inhabitants...He is feeling awful and desperately craving for some shade. But they are in the middle of the desert...
Why I’m Reccing This: Coming from rainy England, Jason isn't used to the heat of an Atlantian summer. On a trip to the desert to help Hercules he succumbs to heat stroke and Pythagoras is left trying to look after him. What makes this story work is the steady love and care shown by Pythagoras throughout and the close and affectionate relationship that the two boys are shown to have.
9. Title: The Greatest Gift
Author: Fall_into_your_sunlight
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Pythagoras, Jason & Hercules (friendship)
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 10015
Summary: Jason and Pythagoras once again try their hand at hunting not realizing they are the ones being hunted.
Why I’m Reccing This: I suppose the obvious thing to refer to here would be the injury that Pythagoras sustains fairly early on but since that's pretty major I don't think it can really qualify as a 'minor illness or injury'. Jason, however, sustains light (albeit painful) injuries at the same time which he inevitably tries to keep his more seriously injured friend from finding out about - futilely as it turns out. How the two young men survive and how they are eventually rescued by Hercules makes this adventure story well worth a read.
10.Title: On The River
Author: cordeliadelayne
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Jason, Hercules & Pythagoras (friendship)
Rating: Gen
Word Count: 1565
Summary: A mission for Ariadne doesn't go as planned. Just for a change.
Why I’m Reccing This: It makes a change to see a fic where neither Jason nor Pythagoras are the ones hurt. Not that I would wish Hercules ill of course but I have to admit that I did enjoy this story. It's pretty much a case of what can go wrong does go wrong - as usually happens when these three are involved. Hercules being shot through the leg does add to the tension and the problems. My favourite moment was probably him pushing Pythagoras into the water though - it was just such a typically Hercules thing to do!
11.Title: Identity Crisis
Author: deinonychus_1
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Jason, Pythagoras & Hercules (friendship)
Rating: Gen
Word Count: 5153
Summary: Jason had a horrible suspicion that it was going to be one of those days when he woke up with a pounding headache and his hands tied behind his back.
Why I’m Reccing This: The story begins with Jason waking up with a serious headache having been whacked over the head, knocked out and kidnapped. What happens from there is a case of mistaken identity, adventure and a daring plan involving Pythagoras pretending to be Jason to try to rescue his friend - which incidentally happens to be my favourite bit in the story.
12. Title: A Meeting With The Queen
Author: aussiemel1
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Jason, Pythagoras & Hercules (friendship) with Pasiphae & Medea (antagonists)
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 7096
Summary: Two days after the siege of Atlantis is lifted, the Colchean army defeated, Pasiphae requests a meeting with Jason. What harm could there be in meeting with her?
Why I’m Reccing This: Once again we have a story where Jason is essentially knocked out and ends up captive with a seriously bad headache. It's one small part of a plot which sees Pasiphae trying to persuade him to join her as her second-in-command in return for leaving Atlantis in peace. It's an interesting plotline that fits into series 2 between A New Dawn (part2) and Telemon without actually straying that far into AU at all (about the only thing that is AU is Hercules telling Pythagoras about Jason's parentage here rather than in Telemon). Thoroughly enjoyable and well worth a read.
Well that's it. That's my rec list... and a thoroughly enjoyable trip down memory lane it's been.
This is to fill the 'Minor Illness or Injury' square on my hurt/comfort bingo card.
1. Title: The Proper Care and Feeding of Mathematicians
Author: deinonychus_1
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Hercules, Jason & Pythagoras (friendship)
Rating: Gen
Word Count: 3127
Summary: Somehow it had never occurred to Jason to wonder who would be able to deal with it if Pythagoras was the one who was sick.
Why I’m Reccing This: I love everything about this fic. From Pythagoras' hissy fit when his blood sugar drops too low, to Jason trying to fuss over Pythagoras and being essentially told where to go, to Hercules actually coming up with the solution. It's funny, and sweet and really shows the affection between the three characters that was so obvious in the first series.
2. Title: Price of Friendship
Author: aecrimony
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Jason, Pythagoras & Hercules (friendship)
Rating: Gen
Word Count: 4047
Summary: Tag to Price of Hope (1x10) and Jason's leg a.k.a. how it should have happened according to Aecrimony!
Why I’m Reccing This: Okay, so as it says in the description, this is an episode tag of sorts. What it actually is is a little AU story which delves into what might have happened if Atalanta had used conventional means to fix up Jason's wound rather than magically healing him. Part of me actually wishes that the series writer's had gone along this sort of path because it just seemed too convenient to magic away the injury like they did. Here we get to see what might have happened if Jason hadn't been fully healed and had forced himself to continue. We also get a nice little bonus of emotionally hurt Pythagoras to throw into the mix.
3. Title: Safe
Author: deinonychus_1
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Jason & Pythagoras (friendship)
Rating: Gen
Word Count: 1129
Summary: Pythagoras reflects on how his life has changed since Jason arrived, and Jason tries to do something noble. Again.
Why I’m Reccing This: This is probably one of the first fics I ever read in the Atlantis fandom and I still love it three years later. We enter the story with Pythagoras already having injured his hand and Jason bandaging it for him. What follows is a lovely little exploration of both their characters. Perhaps predictably Jason's self-doubts come to the fore and he attempts to be self-sacrificing to protect his friends. Pythagoras can of course see straight through him and acts in his own forthright and compassionate way to stop his friend from doing something daft (again!).
4. Title: Relax
Author: deinonychus_1
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Jason & Pythagoras (friendship)
Rating: Gen
Word Count: 1665
Summary: It was obvious that Pythagoras was not aware Jason had come in, because he was making no attempt to conceal any of the signs that he was in pain.
Why I’m Reccing This: Pythagoras with a headache - need I say more? Actually, yes, I probably should say more. Most fics (and the series itself) has Pythagoras as the healer so to have a role reversal is nice. Jason may not be able to whip up a healing tonic the way his friend can but it seems that a good massage given at the right time can definitely have a beneficial effect. All in all a very sweet little fic.
5. Title: Gods of Weymouth
Author: CalCurve
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Jason/Pythagoras (pre-slash/friendship)
Rating: Gen
Word Count: 6331
Summary: Jason and Pythagoras sabotage a king's witch-with-benefits. Well. They try to, anyway.
Why I’m Reccing This: Set in the period before episode 1.12 Touched By The Gods (Part 1) this story deals with an adventure undertaken by Jason and Pythagoras to try to help yet another helpless person that's played on Jason's soft heart. Chapter one ends with Pythagoras having his fingers deliberately broken by an enemy. It's beautifully written and well characterised. Well worth a read.
6. Title: A Buried Temple
Author: takadainmate
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Jason/Pythagoras
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 4492
Summary: There was a valley to the East and a long abandoned city that was all but forgotten. There was a reason it had been forgotten.
Why I’m Reccing This: This story sees Pythagoras and Jason seperated from Hercules and trapped in a strange city where they are cursed to live the same day over and over again and trying to survive. The inhabitants of the city (all long dead but coming to life again with the sunrise of each repeated day) believe them to be demons and attack them accordingly. Pythagoras has been hurt (beaten) before the story starts and as it progresses both young men are injured and have to essentially look after each other to survive.
7. Title: Everything Works in Mysterious Ways, Not Just God
Author: Azile_Teacup
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Jason/Pythagoras, Hercules
Rating: Gen
Word Count: 2292
Summary: Modern Au, Jason and Pythagoras and Hercules share a house and are academics. Jason has a headache.
Why I’m Reccing This: Watching Pythagoras do one of the things he does best - caring for one of his friends - is always lovely to see, even if it is a completely unfamiliar setting as it is here. I would never expect to like an AU and yet here we are. I love the way the deep and largely unspoken relationship between Jason and Pythagoras is explored through Pythagoras taking care of his friend while he has a bad headache. Jason trying not to wake Pythagoras up, going to look for more medicine on his own and ending up smacking his head on a cupboard door seems like such a Jason thing to do that I almost laughed out loud. And the ending where the boys decide that they need to have a proper discussion about their dysfunctional relationships with Ariadne and Icarus (and by extension their relationship with each other) leaves the impression that they are finally going to accept that they belong with one another. All in all a lovely read.
8. Title: Heat
Author: aecrimony
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Pythagoras & Jason (friendship)
Rating: Gen
Word Count: 3445
Summary: Jason can't quite stand the heat of Ancient Greece as well as its inhabitants...He is feeling awful and desperately craving for some shade. But they are in the middle of the desert...
Why I’m Reccing This: Coming from rainy England, Jason isn't used to the heat of an Atlantian summer. On a trip to the desert to help Hercules he succumbs to heat stroke and Pythagoras is left trying to look after him. What makes this story work is the steady love and care shown by Pythagoras throughout and the close and affectionate relationship that the two boys are shown to have.
9. Title: The Greatest Gift
Author: Fall_into_your_sunlight
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Pythagoras, Jason & Hercules (friendship)
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 10015
Summary: Jason and Pythagoras once again try their hand at hunting not realizing they are the ones being hunted.
Why I’m Reccing This: I suppose the obvious thing to refer to here would be the injury that Pythagoras sustains fairly early on but since that's pretty major I don't think it can really qualify as a 'minor illness or injury'. Jason, however, sustains light (albeit painful) injuries at the same time which he inevitably tries to keep his more seriously injured friend from finding out about - futilely as it turns out. How the two young men survive and how they are eventually rescued by Hercules makes this adventure story well worth a read.
10.Title: On The River
Author: cordeliadelayne
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Jason, Hercules & Pythagoras (friendship)
Rating: Gen
Word Count: 1565
Summary: A mission for Ariadne doesn't go as planned. Just for a change.
Why I’m Reccing This: It makes a change to see a fic where neither Jason nor Pythagoras are the ones hurt. Not that I would wish Hercules ill of course but I have to admit that I did enjoy this story. It's pretty much a case of what can go wrong does go wrong - as usually happens when these three are involved. Hercules being shot through the leg does add to the tension and the problems. My favourite moment was probably him pushing Pythagoras into the water though - it was just such a typically Hercules thing to do!
11.Title: Identity Crisis
Author: deinonychus_1
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Jason, Pythagoras & Hercules (friendship)
Rating: Gen
Word Count: 5153
Summary: Jason had a horrible suspicion that it was going to be one of those days when he woke up with a pounding headache and his hands tied behind his back.
Why I’m Reccing This: The story begins with Jason waking up with a serious headache having been whacked over the head, knocked out and kidnapped. What happens from there is a case of mistaken identity, adventure and a daring plan involving Pythagoras pretending to be Jason to try to rescue his friend - which incidentally happens to be my favourite bit in the story.
12. Title: A Meeting With The Queen
Author: aussiemel1
Fandom: Atlantis
Medium: Fic
Pairing: Jason, Pythagoras & Hercules (friendship) with Pasiphae & Medea (antagonists)
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 7096
Summary: Two days after the siege of Atlantis is lifted, the Colchean army defeated, Pasiphae requests a meeting with Jason. What harm could there be in meeting with her?
Why I’m Reccing This: Once again we have a story where Jason is essentially knocked out and ends up captive with a seriously bad headache. It's one small part of a plot which sees Pasiphae trying to persuade him to join her as her second-in-command in return for leaving Atlantis in peace. It's an interesting plotline that fits into series 2 between A New Dawn (part2) and Telemon without actually straying that far into AU at all (about the only thing that is AU is Hercules telling Pythagoras about Jason's parentage here rather than in Telemon). Thoroughly enjoyable and well worth a read.
Well that's it. That's my rec list... and a thoroughly enjoyable trip down memory lane it's been.