stargateficrec | Interpreted Languages by thedeadparrot (PG)

Show: SGA
Rec Category: Crossover
Characters: Micah Sanders
Pairing: none
Het/Slash/Gen: gen
Warning: none
Author on LJ:

thedeadparrot
Author's Website:

parrotfic
Link: Interpreted Languages

Why this must be read:

Xover with Heroes

An intriguing look at a man really coming home. Micah, the technopath from Heroes, joins the SGC and comes to Atlantis in the future. For a man who can talk to machines, and listen to their responses, this is the perfect place to be. And

thedeadparrot just delivers on this promising premise spectacularly by giving us a look into Micah's mind and world as he enters a stunning world of old machines and new promise. Parrot gets Micah's character and voice wonderfully and just makes this crossover one of the best ones for SGA and Heroes.

Also available in podfic format

Story Summary: When Micah first started talking to machines, they didn't talk back.

One of the other scientists once asked Micah if the Ancient machines spoke in a different language from the Earth-based ones, and Micah had to explain that none of them speak in English or Chinese or Russian but a language of electricity, flowing through wires, through crystals, that the language is so beautiful Micah's just glad he can speak back.

One day, Micah wants to tell someone that the stargate sounds like it's singing as it's dialing, that it crescendos as the wormhole engages, that the first time he touched it, it told him the story of the first person who stepped through it, an Ancient scientist visiting PRK-141, who had none of the awe of the SGC away teams, none of the same fear and respect.

When he steps through it himself, for the first time, he asks it to wish him a safe journey.

It does.