Stargate Fic Recommendations

Show: SGA
Rec Category: AU - specifically, with alien worldbuilding.
Characters: John Sheppard, Teyla Emmagan, Ben (Sheppard's son), Kolya, OFCs, OMCs, Rodney McKay, Ronon Dex.
Categories: Gen (friendship/family relationship with Teyla, a brief sexual encounter with an OFC)
Warnings: Graphic violence, harm to children, death of a child, grief.
Author on DW: n/a
Author's Website: Defunct. See M.'s fanlore page for several stories saved on Wayback.
Link: Your Cowboy Days Are Over on Wayback
Why This Must Be Read: Everyone will know of this fic, but it's only been reccd here once, 10 years ago, and the link had expired. It's probably SGA fandom's most famous story with alien worldbuilding, its reputation as a classic well-deserved. It's not always an easy read, with John and Teyla self-exiled from Atlantis on the world Bajan, technologically advanced but very different to Earth, caring for John's young son. There's lots of plot, the story includes several engaging and well-rounded OFCs and OMCs, and a very interesting Kolya who has far more depth and nuance than in canon without being unrealistically out of character. A gripping read, Sheppard-centric as he traverses terrible loss and grief and comes, finally, to a measure of resolution. One of the best truly sci-fi fanfics out there, and the worldbuilding is stunning. There's a podfic here and a sequel, Summerland, also on Wayback, with more angst, abused children, a largely Kolya POV and more Sheppard whump and character development, as he grows more fully into being a leader. Previous rec on Stargateficrec (the links don't work)


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Show: SGA
Rec Category: Alternate universe (ocean-themed)
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Carson Beckett, Evan Lorne, Acastus Kolya, Richard Woolsey
Categories: Gen
Warnings: Nil
Author on DW: ladyofastolat 
Author's Website: See the AO3, or see Rhymer23's own website, preserved by the wonders of the Wayback Machine. The art for these two stories (great period pencil drawings, also by Rhymer23) can be seen on Rhymer's own website (the art links on AO3 are sadly defunct photoshop ones). 
Link: The Pirate's Prisoner on AO3 (and on Rhymer's site) and its sequel on AO3 The Price of a Pardon (and on Rhymer's site)
Why This Must Be Read: Rhymer writes wonderfully plotty genfic, often featuring Sheppard!whump, when the stories aren't primarily humorous. These two rollicking tales set in the Age of Sail are about how Dr Rodney McKay is captured by the pirate captain John Sheppard, and what becomes of him (and all our usual suspects). Excellent writing, plotty and suspenseful and full of adventures and character, they're really good reads. In short, Regency-era pirates!

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