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stargateficrecShow: SGA
Rec Category: Humour
Characters: Rodney McKay, Radek Zelenka, Elizabeth Weir, John Sheppard
Pairings: McKay/Zelenka
Categories: Slash, Humour
Warnings: Sexual situations, Science on crack
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julad
Author's Website: Ambivulant Pleasures
Link: Absurdity Theory
Why This Must Be Read: Okay, so here I am trying to get one, last rec out while it's still January... I'm pretty sure this story is already recced here somewhere, but it's not filed under humour and it really, really should be.
This story is both hilarious and creative. Julad takes what should be an absolutely ridiculous premise and turns it into a something that isn't at all crack, and somehow manages to even be somewhat thought-provoking. Rodney and Radek get cursed (yes, cursed) by an alien race and as a result, when they try to communicate with anyone they sound like ducks and when they write anything down, the only thing anyone else can see is 'quack'. Quacking aside, the two scientists are hilarious together as they try to figure out just how the aliens did it.
It turned out there were no anatomical changes, and no fields of any kind they knew how to detect.
"Never mind, we test range and strength of field," Zelenka said. "Maybe limit avenues for investigation."
"Good, good," Rodney said, which apparently was funny in duck-ese, because Ford burst out laughing.
"Okay, I understood that," John said, smirking.
It turned out that the field worked through walls, and through the Stargate, and when Rodney flew a jumper--Sheppard trailing along--to the other side of the planet.
"A planet-sized field!" Zelenka crowed over the radio.
"Or it's a micro-sized field," Rodney said glumly.
"In our ears and throats only," Zelenka said, suddenly glum as well. "Scrambling and unscrambling our voices. That's not so useful."
Rodney felt bad for bursting his bubble. "Well, on the bright side, it can obviously perform computations in thin air. That could be useful."
"Ooh," Zelenka said, and Rodney gave a thumbs up to Sheppard, who was listening, mouth twitching uncontrollably. This was so cool.
They took a break for lunch, and Rodney took a moment to send an email to Weir and Sheppard about what they were doing. Sheppard read it over his shoulder as he typed, which was annoying. Didn't your mother teach you any manners? Rodney typed.
"Uh, I hate to break it to you," John said. "But all I see you writing is 'quack quack quack'."
"Don't be ridiculous," Rodney told him. They were drawing quite a lot of attention, and it occured to him that maybe they shouldn't have eaten in the mess while they were linguistically challenged.
"That is impossible," Zelenka said, and took the laptop. "Here, read this." He had to point John at the screen before John understood him.
"That says, uh, I don't know, I'll spell it out."
When he did, Zelenka's shoulders slumped. "Czech for 'quack'."
Rec Category: Humour
Characters: Rodney McKay, Radek Zelenka, Elizabeth Weir, John Sheppard
Pairings: McKay/Zelenka
Categories: Slash, Humour
Warnings: Sexual situations, Science on crack
Author on LJ:
juladAuthor's Website: Ambivulant Pleasures
Link: Absurdity Theory
Why This Must Be Read: Okay, so here I am trying to get one, last rec out while it's still January... I'm pretty sure this story is already recced here somewhere, but it's not filed under humour and it really, really should be.
This story is both hilarious and creative. Julad takes what should be an absolutely ridiculous premise and turns it into a something that isn't at all crack, and somehow manages to even be somewhat thought-provoking. Rodney and Radek get cursed (yes, cursed) by an alien race and as a result, when they try to communicate with anyone they sound like ducks and when they write anything down, the only thing anyone else can see is 'quack'. Quacking aside, the two scientists are hilarious together as they try to figure out just how the aliens did it.
It turned out there were no anatomical changes, and no fields of any kind they knew how to detect.
"Never mind, we test range and strength of field," Zelenka said. "Maybe limit avenues for investigation."
"Good, good," Rodney said, which apparently was funny in duck-ese, because Ford burst out laughing.
"Okay, I understood that," John said, smirking.
It turned out that the field worked through walls, and through the Stargate, and when Rodney flew a jumper--Sheppard trailing along--to the other side of the planet.
"A planet-sized field!" Zelenka crowed over the radio.
"Or it's a micro-sized field," Rodney said glumly.
"In our ears and throats only," Zelenka said, suddenly glum as well. "Scrambling and unscrambling our voices. That's not so useful."
Rodney felt bad for bursting his bubble. "Well, on the bright side, it can obviously perform computations in thin air. That could be useful."
"Ooh," Zelenka said, and Rodney gave a thumbs up to Sheppard, who was listening, mouth twitching uncontrollably. This was so cool.
They took a break for lunch, and Rodney took a moment to send an email to Weir and Sheppard about what they were doing. Sheppard read it over his shoulder as he typed, which was annoying. Didn't your mother teach you any manners? Rodney typed.
"Uh, I hate to break it to you," John said. "But all I see you writing is 'quack quack quack'."
"Don't be ridiculous," Rodney told him. They were drawing quite a lot of attention, and it occured to him that maybe they shouldn't have eaten in the mess while they were linguistically challenged.
"That is impossible," Zelenka said, and took the laptop. "Here, read this." He had to point John at the screen before John understood him.
"That says, uh, I don't know, I'll spell it out."
When he did, Zelenka's shoulders slumped. "Czech for 'quack'."
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