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[personal profile] mific
Show: SGA/SG1
Rec Category: Apocafic
Characters: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Sam Carter, Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson, Teal'c, George Hammond, Radek Zelenka, Carolyn Lam, Aiden Ford, Clone Jack O'Neill, Halling, Elizabeth Weir, Miko Kusanagi.
Categories: slash
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death (but as below, not permanent for the boys)
Author on DW: [personal profile] sorka42 
Author's Website: See the AO3
Link: As I Live and Breathe on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: This is the ultimate fix-it story. It starts with the apocalyptic destruction of Atlantis, but for reasons that don't need exploring at this juncture, John and Rodney get sent back many years in time, at the point of the explosion. John comes to on his wedding day to Nancy and he and Rodney meet up and get to do it all over. The trick is that they have to avoid the mistakes they made first time around without changing things so much they don't get to go to Atlantis. It's a nifty idea and well executed - a great ride with a ton of plot, even an evil conspiracy. There are some issues - it might not have been betaed as there are quite a few typos. But I'm fussy about that kind of thing and I didn't need to back-button out - the fic drew me in, despite a few rough edges. I recommend it for an engrossing read. 

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mific: (Teyla)
[personal profile] mific
Show: SGA
Rec Category: Teyla Emmagan
Characters: Teyla Emmagan/Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Ronon Dex, Elizabeth Weir, Radek Zelenka, Halling
Categories: Het
Warnings: Nil
Author on DW: n/a
Author's Website: See the AO3 , and Mira's site
Link: Come and Join the Dance on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: This is a lovely hurt/comfort story of a good length, where Rodney's seriously injured on a mission and in order to avoid being shipped back to the SGC, his team help him go to the Athosians to recuperate. There's lots of character development and teamy goodness, and as he recovers, Rodney and Teyla become close. A very satisfying read. 

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mific: (Teyla)
[personal profile] mific
Show: SGA
Rec Category: Teyla Emmagan
Characters: Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Halling, John Sheppard, Elizabeth Weir
Categories: Gen
Warnings: Nil
Author on DW: [personal profile] tielan
Author's Website: See the AO3
Link: Fly The Stars on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: This is a Firefly fusion set before the events of Firefly with Teyla as something of a proto-River, but without most of the trauma. The worlds of Firefly and SGA are melded together really well, and it's a gripping tale of rebellion against the core worlds, with Teyla central in helping Pegasus, her homeworld, adjust to the inevitable changes. Lovely writing, told from Ronon's POV, as Teyla's oldest friend. 

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Rec Category: Major Evan Lorne
Pairing: none
Category: Major Evan Lorne, Gen, Original characters, John Sheppard, Radek Zelenka, Miko Kusanagi, Action-adventure, Atlantis, Team, Humor, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Episode related, Character study, Teyla Emmagan, Jennifer Keller, Samantha Carter, Ronon Dex, Rodney McKay, Mystery, Carson Beckett, Halling, the Athosians
Warning: Mild language
Author on LJ: http://briar-pipe.livejournal.com/ or http://briar-pipe.insanejournal.com/
Author's Website: http://briar-pipe.insanejournal.com/3437.html or http://briar-pipe.livejournal.com/tag/fic
Link: http://community.livejournal.com/sga_genficathon/8488.html

Why This Must Be Read: Light Up, Light Up cleverly expands of the meaning of the word "team" into every member of the city and shows just how vital every person is to the well-being of the whole. It's well established that I'll read anything with mundane life on Atlantis but this story feels a bit like the author had a checklist of all my likes and loves. briarpipe even satisfies my secret yen for the Atlantis kitchen staff! The author pulls together the many disparate vignettes of what's happening in the lives of both minor and major characters into such a touching portrait of the Atlantis community that the slowly building and quite suspenseful mystery snuck up on me.

I highly recommend this story, which is full of laugh-out loud funny lines (the Zelenka-McKay slap fight is a must-read) and sentences that make me ache with their beauty. The list left on the wall in Bravo Company's barracks caused me to chuckle and cry at the very same time. Teyla's scenes are heartbreaking.  Each character is fully fleshed out, allowing me sneak peeks into their back stories. Many favorites appear such as the Athosians, Zelenka, Miko, Marie Ko, the Marines, even the city of Atlantis. I love John interacting with the various members of the military and using the chair. I especially adore the author's Lorne voice; it's as wistful, snarky, sensitive and insightful as I always imagine.

If you enjoy OT4, this author is a master of team love in both the carnal and platonic sense and has many other excellent stories you should check out. I was supposed to be editing a law review article for the last couple hours (darn you seductive internets!) so I swear I'll shut up for a while now.

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[personal profile] havocthecat
Rec Category: Teyla Emmagan
Character: Teyla Emmagan/Elizabeth Weir, Halling, John Sheppard, Jennifer Keller, Rodney McKay
Category: Angst, Romance, First Time
Warning: Femslash
Author on LJ: [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]
Author's Website: Whereof one can speak
Link: Stygian

Why This Must Be Read: How much do I love this fic? How much do I envy this writer? This rec is leavened by serious quantities of jealousy. :) But in a good way. [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] writes a Teyla stripped of memories, and yet still herself in so many ways, and an Elizabeth who is determined to give her friend everything she can. The quiet longing that underscores both women's interaction is incredibly heartwrenching, especially given what we all know about the standard amnesia trope on-screen. (Turning those tropes on their heads is what fanfic is all about, though, isn't it?) This author writes a quiet, understated strength in both Elizabeth and Teyla, and neither one takes away from the other. Writing these two women together can be difficult, because they're so similar in some ways, yet so different in others, and this author manages it deftly, and in a way that I absolutely adore.

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