Shout it out Loud (by melonbutterfly) (T)
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stargateficrecShow: SGA
Rec Category: Crack treated seriously
Characters: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagan, Elizabeth Weir, Sam Carter, Evan Lorne
Categories: M/F
Warnings: Nil
Author on DW:melonbutterfly
Author's Website: See the AO3
Link: Shout it out Loud on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: Gender switching is of course sheer crack, but in this short fic the idea packs a lot of punch. John welcomes what (yet again) some bit of ancient tech has done, and it doesn't wear off, and she doesn't want it fixed.melonbutterfly explores a trans John finally "getting right" through this cracky premise. There's a sidebar of John/Rodney in there, but this is basically a character piece about John.
"John," Teyla says in her reasonable voice, the one she uses when natives are starting to make noise about laws broken and crimes committed, and when she's trying to prevent a crisis. "You do not wish to change this?" 'This' apparently means his 'condition' – that's the word Carson used not thirty minutes ago, talking in a hushed voice with Elizabeth, as if her unfortunate case of abrupt femaleness has made her half-deaf, as if all of a sudden, her medical status is not confidential anymore. As if she's made of glass now, and she knows she will have to get used to this; it will be months until everyone on Atlantis gets used to her, years until those on Earth will.
Rec Category: Crack treated seriously
Characters: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagan, Elizabeth Weir, Sam Carter, Evan Lorne
Categories: M/F
Warnings: Nil
Author on DW:
melonbutterfly Author's Website: See the AO3
Link: Shout it out Loud on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: Gender switching is of course sheer crack, but in this short fic the idea packs a lot of punch. John welcomes what (yet again) some bit of ancient tech has done, and it doesn't wear off, and she doesn't want it fixed.
melonbutterfly explores a trans John finally "getting right" through this cracky premise. There's a sidebar of John/Rodney in there, but this is basically a character piece about John. "John," Teyla says in her reasonable voice, the one she uses when natives are starting to make noise about laws broken and crimes committed, and when she's trying to prevent a crisis. "You do not wish to change this?" 'This' apparently means his 'condition' – that's the word Carson used not thirty minutes ago, talking in a hushed voice with Elizabeth, as if her unfortunate case of abrupt femaleness has made her half-deaf, as if all of a sudden, her medical status is not confidential anymore. As if she's made of glass now, and she knows she will have to get used to this; it will be months until everyone on Atlantis gets used to her, years until those on Earth will.
