Mirror, Mirror On The Wall by Tarlan (NC-17)

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Rec Category: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay

Pairing: John/Rodney, John/Sam, Rodney/Jonas
Category: Alternate reality, H/C
Warning: Explicit Slash, Het, Violence (NC-17)
Author on LJ: tarlanx
Author's Website: Tarlan's Fiction Archive
Link: Mirror, Mirror

Why This Must Be Read: Two John/Rodney's for the price of one! A wonderful plot of an exploration of what might happen if John Sheppard were to switch places with an alternative reality version of himself, how each return to their rightful places and the impact on the relationship of each with their version of Rodney. Nice doses of angst and lemon sandwiches as they figure it all out. Only a minor detour into het, so please don't let that put you off -  the ultimate payoff as each John comes to his senses is more than worth it.

The Eternally Unnamed by lavvyan (PG)

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Rec Category: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay

Pairing: John/Rodney
Category: Crackfic, humor
Warning: Sheer crack! (PG)
Author on LJ: lavvyan
Author's Website: Lavvyan
Link: The Eternally Unnamed

Why This Must Be Read: I never cease to be astounded by the amazing creativity of the crackfic in this fandom. This works, and the characters are still recognizably John and Rodney in all the glory of their relationship.

A taste! -

He was Sheppard's Premium Tomato Ketchup.

And it wasn't like he didn't score with the ladies; hell, his bottle had even been called rakish once or twice. Young women in particular seemed to enjoy his appearance – and his taste.

broaden into boundless day by thingswithwings (NC-17)

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Rec Category: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay

Pairing: John/Rodney
Category: H/C
Warning: Explicit Slash (NC-17)
Author on LJ: thingswithwings
Author's Website: http://thingswithwings.livejournal.com
Link: broaden into boundless day

Why This Must Be Read: I'm a sucker for amnesiac fic and this one is a recently posted favorite of mine. What makes this a unique read is the ambiguity of John & Rodney's earlier relationship versus what they each truly want, beautifully rendered in the spare language.

Anchor and Chain by Ameretrifle (G)

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Rec Category: John Sheppard

Pairing: none
Category: Atlantis
Warning: none
Author on LJ: ameretrifle
Author's Website: story page on ff.net
Link:
On LJ: Anchor and Chain
On ff.net: Anchor and Chain

Why This Must Be Read: This is a post-ep for "Lifeline" that was written prior to the start of the current season. Luckily, nothing in this delightful little story contradicts canon, so it can happily remain part of my own personal canon. Basically, it's John and Rodney out on an Atlantis balcony, looking at the stars of their new world and relaxing on one of their rare moments of down-time between emergencies. It's just a beautiful little moment: the author has perfectly captured the giddy exhaustion that comes between crises, when they're living in the moment because they don't know what the future will hold, and still reeling from the disorientation of being uprooted and set down in a new place. The character voices are spot-on and the last line is just fantastic.

Monday Morning by Angelqueen04 (PG)

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Category: Alternate Universe

Pairing: John Sheppard/Elizabeth Weir, Daniel Jackson/Vala Mal Doran
Category: AU, gen, het
Warning: het
Author on LJ: angelqueen04
Author's website: Beyond the Night

Link: Monday Morning

Why this must be read:

Stretching lazily, she glanced out the window. The morning grey still reigned in the silent town, though it was the silence that surprised her. The scheduled annual town horse races had been going on for the past several days and to conclude them, there was always a large gathering in the saloon that often lasted well into the next day. 

This is the first story of another AU fanfic community I wanted to introduced, wildwest_lantis. As the name implies this is the stargate characters in a frontier Colorado town. However despite the strange setting the characters are still very recognisable and well written

This particular story gives a good basic introduction to the characters so I won't repeat all that, but as well as introducing the characters this particular story paints a really nice picture of a quiet country town and the community that lives there. The writer does such a good job that at the end you'll want to live there and dine at Vala's cafe, knowing that Sheriff Caldwell will keep you safe. The story isn't very long but it's also quiet funny with Laura being her cheeky self and Vala flirting outrageously with Daniel. Plus the idea of John and the other stargate guys tipping their hats and saying ma'am, very hot! 

This story is part of an open AU, meaning anyone can post a story, but I can't remember a single bad story that has been posted and everyone has stuck to the basic storyline, so there's no problems with continuity. A chronology of all the stories can be found here

 

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Far Beyond Normal by jAkL

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Rec Category: Crossover (Stargate SG1/Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Pairing: None
Category: Team
Warning: Character Death, Violence, angst, allusion to femslash
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author's Website: jAkL's Profile on Twisting the Hellmouth
Link: Far Beyond Normal

Why This Must Be Read: jAkL has created a universe that is amazingly in depth, as stated in the summary Buffy did not survive her confrontation with the First. Fortunately, Buffy has never been one to let death stand in her way... it is nothing standard.

There is nothing in this story that is expected, from the way Buffy ends up in the Stargate universe to the events that unfold. It is an amazing ride from start to finish, all the characterisations are spot on, they've pegged every single one of the Stargate characters perfectly and all of them have their place equally in the story.

Even if you are not a big fan of crossovers I would recommend this story (and it's Sequel Return to Normal to anyone. Not only have the established characters (from General Hammond to Kinsey and Bra'tac) been beautifully written but there are fabulous original characters included as well. Everything in this story has a reason, it will not be immediately clear but will make sense later on, twists and turns that you could not have seen coming are incorporated along with heart breaking revelations forcing characters to re-evaluate life as they know it.


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