The Big Bang and Everything After (by Mandysbitch) (PG-13)

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Show: SGA/Firefly

Rec Category: Crossovers (with Firefly)
Characters: Mal, Wash, Zoe, Kaylee, Jayne, Simon, River, Rodney McKay
Categories: Het
Warnings: Rodney's thawed out from cryo in the very far future of Firefly-verse, so all our other SGA favourites are long gone
Author on LJ: mandysbitch
Author's Website: See author's site on the Wayback machine
Link: The Big Bang and Everything After

Why This Must Be Read: This is one of those haunting stories that stays with you. It's been reccd here before, but not for 11 years, and the link needed updating as the author's works can still be located via the Wayback machine. Don't let the warning above put you off as it's not ultimately sad, with Rodney and River discovering each other and comparing 'verses. The characterisations are great, there's some excellent snark and it's a classic crossover that just works brilliantly.

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"Little Storms" by Chandri (Teen And Up Audiences)

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Show: SGA
Rec Category: Team
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagan, various Atlantis staff
Pairings: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Categories: slash
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: chandri
Author's Website: Fantasi.net
Link: Little Storms by Chandri

Why This Must Be Read:
Summary by the author:
None of them like to admit it, but sometimes John's wrong. Usually it's Rodney who has to say so.

Contrary to yesterday's rec (whose strong point was action/adventure) this one has the focus on interpersonal relations and it does a wonderful job in this regard. John and Rodney are at odds with each other, Teyla and Ronon try to deal with it in a helpful manner.

It's written from Rodney's POV, the present happenings as well as mental flashbacks to earlier times in their friendship.

Very good characterization of all of them, the characters have depth (which is especially in the case of Teyla and Ronon worth to mention),they're intelligent people which actually have their own, typical characteristics. They're *recognizable* in a canonical-compliant way: Yep, that's something Teyla would do. Yes, that's something Ronon would think and say. Though Chandri expands their characters and makes them three-dimensional, not just repeating known stereotypes.

Even the way John is wrong here, absolutely matches his character.

The narrative is beautifully told, it has colorful, vivid descriptions and an atmosphere that sucks you right in, be it the strained situation between John and Rodney on Atlantis or the relaxed, joyous scenery of the Athosian festival.

What can I say, I'm a sucker for Pegasus-festivals. *g*

This is one of those stories that just feels "right" to me and, of course, it has a happy end. :-)

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Bipeds and the Deep Blue Sea by lavvyan (pg-13) 2000 words

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Show: Stargate Atlantis

Rec Category: Humor
Characters: Penguin!Rodney, Penguin!John, Brief appearance of Penguin!Radek
Pairings: McShep
Categories: Gen, humor
Warnings: None
Author on LJ: lavvyan
Author's Website: Ao3
Link: Bipeds and the Deep Blue Sea

Why This Must Be Read:
Do you remember Penguin fic? This is a story about always-a-penguin John and Rodney. Rodney is kidnapped by human scientists! What will poor John do? (Happy ending.)
Penguin!Rodney and Penguin!John are both delightfully in character. This story always gives me a lift up when I read it.
This is a sequel to Antarctic Drift http://lavvyan.livejournal.com/83832.html

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