'Cute As.... Series' by gillianinoz (the first chapters are G, the later are R)

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Hello all! My name is fragmentpieces  and I shall be your Rodney McKay reccer for the month of September. I mainly read gen and het stories, so that will be what I mainly recommend- but a few slash stories will probably make their way in here.

Rec Category: Rodney McKay
Pairing: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Category: Pre-slash, slash, gen, het
Warning: Pre-slash, slash, gender-bender, het
Author on LJ: gillianinoz
Author's Website: http://www.corplink.com.au/~gillianm/
Link: Cute As...

Why This Must Be Read: To start off my career as a reccer (yes, I am a newbie) I give you one of my favorite series. It falls into a grey area as to what the pairing is, it is Rodney McKay- but Rodney has been turned into a girl- so it is both slash and het, but the first few chapters are gen.

What makes this story great is that it isn't your traditional gender-bender-  in no way is the Atlantis team to blame  for  the sudden  change in gender. The emotional vibes are also dead on, there isn't any excess wailing and weeping- there is some at first, but after the period of adjustment is over, what you've got is Rodney with breasts, a refreshing change of pace. What all this is trying to say is that this fic is a lot of fun, you have confused yet protective!team, Rodney kicking the goolies out of the bad guys and crying on demand. It is great, go read and enjoy (I hope)

"Five Kisses John or Teyla Don't Remember (and one they do)" by greenconverses (R)

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Here's one for all you Teyla/John 'shippers *grin*

Rec Category: Het
Pairing: John/Teyla
Category: Het, 5 times fic; humor; romance; drama
Warning: Language; adult situations
Author on LJ: greenconverses
Author's Website:

Link: Five Kisses John or Teyla Don't Remember (and one they do)

Why this should be read: This is a very nice example of the 5 things fic. Each vignette is very well written and actually radically different from each other, but taken as a whole, show the many interesting aspects and undercurrents of John and Teyla's relationship. The author is able to create a very compelling set of stories that easily pull you in and leave you eager to read the next. Even if you are not a fan of the 'Ship, it is so well written that I think even the hard-core Sparky 'shipper would like it. *grin* Enjoy.

Health Matters by K Hanna Korossy (PG)

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Hi, I'm Zinnith and I will be reccing hurt/comfort for September. H/C is one of my guilty pleasures and I have a bunch of great fics to share! Since I'm mostly active in the SGA-fandom, the recs will mainly be Atlantis, but there might be a couple of SG-1 recs thrown in as well. (Also, for your information, English is not my first language, so there might be wonky grammar ahead. I apologize in advance.)   

I'm starting out with a little favourite of mine:

Health Matters by K Hanna Korossy
Rec Category: Hurt/Comfort
Pairing: John/Rodney friendship
Category: h/c, gen, friendship
Warning: N/A
Author on LJ: Unknown
Authors Website: Stories by K Hanna Korossy  
Link: Health Matters

Why This Must Be Read:

Atlantis isn't Russia.

Rodney is sick and a little delirious and flashes back to a similar time back in Russia. In this story, K Hanna Korossy captures that feverish feeling perfectly. The chills. Being thirsty but not having the energy to get up for a glass of water. It's a good thing Rodney has friends to look after him in Atlantis.    
 
Health Matters is part of Hanna's John Sheppard 101 series, a Rodney POV of the development of his and John's friendship, but the stories can be read on their own.

Son of Endless Sky, by Rydra Wong (PG-13)

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Greetings! I'll be reccing Original Character this month! Hope you all enjoy the recs. :)

Rec Category: Original Character

Pairing: none, really (but see below)

Categories: original character, Daniel Jackson, Jack O’Neill, episode related, character study

Warnings: spoilers through Homecoming

Author on LJ: rydra_wong

Author's Website: Fics here.

Link: Son of Endless Sky

Why This Must Be Read: Rydra Wong gives us one of the most beautifully rendered original characters I’ve ever read in Son of Endless Sky.

Shortly after Daniel’s decension, the team meets a group of native traders who recognize that he has died and come back to life. They maintain that he is dangerous, belonging to neither earth nor sky; and they insist that Daniel allows them to provide him with a literal grounding, to keep his spirit safely within his unmarked body that was once nothing more than light.

You will be charmed by the one-paragraph complete story of little Bao, and Daniel’s quiet, gracious acceptance of what the natives ask. You will be moved by the profundity of the artist’s insights into SG-1, and the inherent beauty and pain in what he senses about Daniel’s past and how he writes that essence on Daniel’s body. Most of all, you will come away from this enchanting, haunting story with a sense of conviction that the traders are right – and that ephemeral Daniel does, indeed, require tangibility to keep himself anchored in our world.

(Regarding pairings: The fic is essentially gen; although the unnamed narrator observes the close relationship between Jack and Daniel and wonders about its nature, subtext is left up to the reader. The fic is a remix of brainofck’s Pervasive Local Obsidian, though, which is Jack/Daniel, so the fic is officially labeled as “Jack/Daniel implied/UST.”)

 

( Snippet of fic... )