The Divide'verse (by vain_glorious) (T)
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stargateficrecShow: SGA
Rec Category: AU - specifically, with alien worldbuilding.
Characters: John Sheppard, Ronon Dex, Melena Dex
Categories: Gen (friendship relationships John & Ronon, John & Melena, canon het relationship Ronon/Melena)
Warnings: This is post-apocalyptic for Atlantis, so we have to assume maybe everyone died except John, but that's not ever explicit. There's canon-typical violence in one story when the unit's on a mission.
Author on DW:vain_glorious
Author's Website: See the AO3
Link: The Divide'verse series on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: The Divide'verse series is 4 sequential stories, a total of about 23,000 words, in whichvain_glorious has flipped canon, and John's the runner who's lost everything, found offworld by Ronon who's a military unit leader from a thriving Sateda which hasn't been culled. The author weaves in typical canon plot lines, but reversed - John joins Ronon's unit, and as below, Tyre has Ford's role, and later there's a scare with Kirsan fever. I love this series as we see Sateda's culture in detail - similar to but different from Earth, technologically advanced and complex. I'm a sucker for Satedan worldbuilding, and this series really delivers. The story of John slowly recovering and making Sateda his home in his own quirky way is gripping and satisfying, with some lovely found family feels with Ronon and Melena. The series is marked WIP but there's good closure at the end, and it's complete as it is. I also love the way this reversal brings home the horror of what Ronon went through, in a much more powerful way than canon ever managed.
“Who are you?” Ronon asks.
“Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard,” the Runner says, eyes still glued to his gun.
“Military?” asks Ronon. The title sounds like it, but it’s also unfamiliar.
“I was,” Sheppard says, without elaboration. “You have to let me go. Give me that back and let me off this planet.”
“Because the Wraith are chasing you?” Ronon asks.
Sheppard looks a little surprised that he doesn’t have to tell the story. “Yeah,” he says, and jerks again in his bonds.
“I called one of our doctors,” Ronon tells him. “They can cut it out.”
For a second, Sheppard just stares. “Who are you?” he asks.
“Specialist Ronon Dex.”
“It’s in my spine,” Sheppard says, as if that’s not the right answer.
Ronon nods. It usually is. Lots of Runners die because they get dumbass shamans and healers messing around in there. Other Runners die because they don’t run – they stay with people and bring the Wraith. Those should be killed. It doesn’t look like Sheppard is one of those.
Melena comes with the medical team, to assist the surgeon. Ronon sticks around until Sheppard is on his belly on their portable table, doped into sleeping. Then he backs off a few meters, because that much blood is gross and Melena makes fun of him when he turns green.
The Doc takes the tracker out with no problem, and Ronon crushes it under his boot. It’s probably too late – the Wraith are on their way. They’ll be coming after Sheppard, and there was a reason Tyre chose this planet.
For this reason, the med team hurriedly packs up and takes Sheppard back to Sateda with them. Ronon stays behind until the darts start whistling overhead. They don’t catch Tyre. Ronon sees him and gives chase, but the lunatic runs into a culling beam.
Rec Category: AU - specifically, with alien worldbuilding.
Characters: John Sheppard, Ronon Dex, Melena Dex
Categories: Gen (friendship relationships John & Ronon, John & Melena, canon het relationship Ronon/Melena)
Warnings: This is post-apocalyptic for Atlantis, so we have to assume maybe everyone died except John, but that's not ever explicit. There's canon-typical violence in one story when the unit's on a mission.
Author on DW:
vain_glorious Author's Website: See the AO3
Link: The Divide'verse series on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: The Divide'verse series is 4 sequential stories, a total of about 23,000 words, in which
vain_glorious has flipped canon, and John's the runner who's lost everything, found offworld by Ronon who's a military unit leader from a thriving Sateda which hasn't been culled. The author weaves in typical canon plot lines, but reversed - John joins Ronon's unit, and as below, Tyre has Ford's role, and later there's a scare with Kirsan fever. I love this series as we see Sateda's culture in detail - similar to but different from Earth, technologically advanced and complex. I'm a sucker for Satedan worldbuilding, and this series really delivers. The story of John slowly recovering and making Sateda his home in his own quirky way is gripping and satisfying, with some lovely found family feels with Ronon and Melena. The series is marked WIP but there's good closure at the end, and it's complete as it is. I also love the way this reversal brings home the horror of what Ronon went through, in a much more powerful way than canon ever managed. “Who are you?” Ronon asks.
“Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard,” the Runner says, eyes still glued to his gun.
“Military?” asks Ronon. The title sounds like it, but it’s also unfamiliar.
“I was,” Sheppard says, without elaboration. “You have to let me go. Give me that back and let me off this planet.”
“Because the Wraith are chasing you?” Ronon asks.
Sheppard looks a little surprised that he doesn’t have to tell the story. “Yeah,” he says, and jerks again in his bonds.
“I called one of our doctors,” Ronon tells him. “They can cut it out.”
For a second, Sheppard just stares. “Who are you?” he asks.
“Specialist Ronon Dex.”
“It’s in my spine,” Sheppard says, as if that’s not the right answer.
Ronon nods. It usually is. Lots of Runners die because they get dumbass shamans and healers messing around in there. Other Runners die because they don’t run – they stay with people and bring the Wraith. Those should be killed. It doesn’t look like Sheppard is one of those.
Melena comes with the medical team, to assist the surgeon. Ronon sticks around until Sheppard is on his belly on their portable table, doped into sleeping. Then he backs off a few meters, because that much blood is gross and Melena makes fun of him when he turns green.
The Doc takes the tracker out with no problem, and Ronon crushes it under his boot. It’s probably too late – the Wraith are on their way. They’ll be coming after Sheppard, and there was a reason Tyre chose this planet.
For this reason, the med team hurriedly packs up and takes Sheppard back to Sateda with them. Ronon stays behind until the darts start whistling overhead. They don’t catch Tyre. Ronon sees him and gives chase, but the lunatic runs into a culling beam.
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Date: 2019-11-17 11:40 pm (UTC)