Fieldwork by Rheanna (G)

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Show: SGA
Rec Category: Ronon Dex
Characters:: Ronon Dex, John Sheppard, Dave Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Pairing: Ronon/Sheppard
Het/Slash/Gen: Slash
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Author on LJ: None. She is on DW Rheanna
Author's Website: Palimpsest
Link: Fieldwork - On her site; On DW; On A03

Why This Must Be Read: Ronon becomes email pen pals with Dave Sheppard in an effort to practice writing English. I love this not only for its insight into Ronon, but for the way it explores Dave Sheppard and his relationship with his brother. Although they can be read separately, I definitely recommend reading the story that inspired this one (Homework by busaikko), which is the same story, but through Dave's POV.

I always enjoy seeing Ronon's take on humans and their strange ways, and his attempt to learn English in this is both hilarious and endearing.


Excerpt:

Dave's e-mail is uncharacteristically long. Ronon reads English more fluently than he writes it, but it still takes him a full ten minutes to unravel the text. There are a lot of (equally uncharacteristic) mistakes in the spelling and grammar, which Ronon reasons must be very bad if it's obvious to him. He feels vindicated by the terrible punctuation, and takes this as evidence that even native speakers secretly think it's pointless and abandon it as soon as their blood alcohol level passes a certain threshold. Because there is no doubt in his mind that he's reading something written under the influence of a few too many drinks. English may not be Ronon's first language, but the effects of alcohol are universal.

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