Entanglement, As Well as Valor

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My prompt table is here

Claim: Stargate: Atlantis, Rodney McKay
Title: Entanglement
Author: linaerys
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Kolya, Caldwell
Prompt: AU
Rating: NC-17
Length: epic
Brief summary:

A fantastic AU of the classic Hitchcock film Notorious, written for the reel_sga challenge. Just post WWII, John Sheppard is the estranged son of a convicted Nazi spy and Rodney McKay is the government scientist who recruits him to spy against his father's associates in Brazil. John is captivating as the dissolute and loose-living Miami rent boy, but it's Rodney, awkwardly out of his depth in both his personal and professional relationships with John, who gives the story it's emotional center. linaerys does a terrific job of adapting Atlantis characters and technology into the plot while keeping the story very much grounded in it's post WWII setting.

Link to the story: Entanglement

Claim: Stargate: Atlantis, Rodney McKay
Title: As Well as Valor
Author: trinityofone
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, various OCs
Prompt: Anger
Rating: NC-17
Length: medium
Brief summary:

Rodney McKay was a quiet child, polite and deferential, careful not to take out his frustration with their slowness on those around him. trinityofone takes a fascinating premise and turns it into a richly revealing backstory and recounting of Rodney's evolution from a scrupulously well-behaved child prodigy into the loud-mouthed and acerbic genius we all know and love.

Link to the story: As Well as Valor

The Guy Who Came In From the Cold, Catharsis

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A few more from me today. My table is here

Claim: Stargate: Atlantis, Rodney McKay
Title: The Guy Who Came In From the Cold
Author: Danvers
Characters: Rodney McKay, Svetlana Markov, Various Russian scientists
Prompt: Character Study
Rating: PG
Length: long
Brief summary:

During his exile to Siberia, Rodney comes to terms with his ignominious departure from the SGC and strikes up an unlikely friendship with Russian scientist, Svetlana Markov. It's a gradual character study, showing Rodney's slowly changing perspective as he adapts to his Russian assignment and comes to terms with his anger at Samantha Carter. Danvers deftly handles his transition from stubborn defensiveness to grudging self-awareness, paralleled by the slow thawing of his relations with his Russian colleagues. A subtle and lovely story.

Link to the story: The Guy Who Came In From the Cold


Claim: Stargate: Atlantis, Rodney McKay
Title: Catharsis
Author: tigs
Characters: Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagan
Prompt: Friendship
Rating: PG
Length: medium
Brief summary:

Teyla is having a bad day and everyone else is steering well clear, but Rodney can't bring himself to leave well enough alone. The relationship between Rodney and Teyla is underrepresented, I think, in canon and in fic. The respect and regard between them, despite their disparate personalities, makes for an intriguing and unusual friendship. tigs captures that friendship wonderfully here. There's a gentle sweetness to their interaction, a mutual caution and tenderness that never fails to bring a smile to my face.

Link to the story: Catharsis

Tannhauser Gate ; The Roads Never Lead Where They're Supposed to Go

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My McShep Table

Claim: Stargate:Atlantis, McKay/Sheppard
Title: Tannhauser Gate
Author: trinityofone
Characters: John, Rodney, Carson, Elizabeth
Prompt: 19: Dark
Rating: PG-13
Length: Medium
Brief summary: There's something about Sheppard, something everyone else knows, except him.
Who is John Sheppard? What motivates him? This story gives us a truely terrifying answer. It's scary and beautiful and feels so real.

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Link to the story: Tannhauser Gate


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Claim: Stargate:Atlantis, McKay/Sheppard
Title: The Roads Never Lead Where They're Supposed to Go 
Author: eleveninches
Characters: McKay, Sheppard, the Atlantis team, crazy Beckett and dinosaurs....
Prompt: 12: Humor
Rating: NC-17
Length: Epic
Brief summary: Was written for the B-Movie Ficathon. One of the coolest and funniest fics. It's an AU, where the McShep are both scientists, Sheppard being a scateboarding botanist! It's beautifully written, with glimpses to the future. They start out as friends and fellow explorers, and it's so funny and strangely in-character.  

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Link to the story: The Roads Never Lead Where They're Supposed to Go

"Distancing" & "Insomnia"

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My House M.D. Recs Table


Claim: House, M.D., General Series
Title: "Distancing"
Author: [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]
Characters: House, Wilson
Prompt: 27. Original Character.
Rating: NC-17
Length: medium
Brief summary: I wouldn't call the aptly named Sue an important original character. And yet the story does revolve around her, or really, what she represents. Which is that House & Wilson can make their relationship work, in ways they couldn't with other people. All very sexy and wonderful.
Link to the story: Distancing

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Claim: House, M.D., General Series
Title: "Insomnia"
Author: [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]
Characters: House, Wilson
Prompt: 28. Dream.
Rating: R
Length: medium
Brief summary: I like how sweet this is. And you could argue that it's out of character for both House and Wilson to act the way they do in this fic, but that's what's great about it. It's like a dream; very pretty but doesn't effect anything. And I do mean that as a compliment.
Link to the story: Insomnia