An Asthetic Solitary Thing
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Claim: Stargate Atlantis: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Title: An Asthetic Solitary Thing
Author: Anna (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
eliade)
Characters: Sheppard/McKay and some others
Prompt: 31 - Discovery
Rating: Mature
Length: Long
Brief summary: In this story, Rodney is discovered to be not entirely human, and that discovery drives the rest of the story. In it, I love how Anna takes the wacky and make it utterly real. There's great description and emotional intensity, vivid language, and wonderful character voice. Her style just draws me in:
"I hope this is important," Rodney said, sweeping into the room. He had a capped coffee travel mug in one hand and a slim graphics tablet with clip-on stylus in the other. "I have three back-to-back project reviews, a new segment of the Ancient database to analyze, and a running simulation for minimizing power consumption in the shield routers, and please don't ask me about--" He took note of their expressions and his mouth snapped shut as he sat down, the movement slower than his speech had been. "I'm not going to like this, am I?"
Elizabeth looked at Beckett, then back to Rodney. She leaned forward, folding her arms on the table, hands clasped. "Doctor Beckett has been testing your blood for effects from your recent radiation exposure--"
"Yes, I still have the bruise from the unnecessarily large needle." Rodney gave Beckett one of his milder dirty looks.
"He's discovered an abnormality in your DNA," she said. "We were wondering if you might be able to explain it."
"Abnormality? What kind of abnormality?" Rodney looked alarmed. "Oh god, I've got radiation poisoning. Fatigue, bruising--I think I felt some nausea earlier--and this kind of thing is cumulative. I knew it would catch up with me eventually."
"It's not an effect of radiation," Beckett said. "If it were, we'd be seeing a reduction in your white and red cell counts, ionization--probably some changes in cell configuration. What you have are anomalous genes of a kind I've never seen before." He paused, then said with care, "These aren't human genes, Rodney."
Link to the story: An Asthetic Solitary Thing
Claim: Stargate Atlantis: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Title: An Asthetic Solitary Thing
Author: Anna (
eliade)Characters: Sheppard/McKay and some others
Prompt: 31 - Discovery
Rating: Mature
Length: Long
Brief summary: In this story, Rodney is discovered to be not entirely human, and that discovery drives the rest of the story. In it, I love how Anna takes the wacky and make it utterly real. There's great description and emotional intensity, vivid language, and wonderful character voice. Her style just draws me in:
"I hope this is important," Rodney said, sweeping into the room. He had a capped coffee travel mug in one hand and a slim graphics tablet with clip-on stylus in the other. "I have three back-to-back project reviews, a new segment of the Ancient database to analyze, and a running simulation for minimizing power consumption in the shield routers, and please don't ask me about--" He took note of their expressions and his mouth snapped shut as he sat down, the movement slower than his speech had been. "I'm not going to like this, am I?"
Elizabeth looked at Beckett, then back to Rodney. She leaned forward, folding her arms on the table, hands clasped. "Doctor Beckett has been testing your blood for effects from your recent radiation exposure--"
"Yes, I still have the bruise from the unnecessarily large needle." Rodney gave Beckett one of his milder dirty looks.
"He's discovered an abnormality in your DNA," she said. "We were wondering if you might be able to explain it."
"Abnormality? What kind of abnormality?" Rodney looked alarmed. "Oh god, I've got radiation poisoning. Fatigue, bruising--I think I felt some nausea earlier--and this kind of thing is cumulative. I knew it would catch up with me eventually."
"It's not an effect of radiation," Beckett said. "If it were, we'd be seeing a reduction in your white and red cell counts, ionization--probably some changes in cell configuration. What you have are anomalous genes of a kind I've never seen before." He paused, then said with care, "These aren't human genes, Rodney."
Link to the story: An Asthetic Solitary Thing
