Stargate Fic Recommendations

Show: Stargate Universe

Subject: How to Govern Cities And Principalities That, Prior To Being Occupied, Lived Under Their Own Laws
          On Nicholas Rush: A Discourse

Rec Category: SGU

Characters: Telford/Rush (implied Young/Rush)

Het/Slash/Gen: Slash

Author on LJ:solaras 

Link: solaras.livejournal.com/10349.html

Why this must be read:
Ah, those pesky communication stones - what trouble they cause! Here is a lovely, lovely fic (written for the Stargate Universe Fanfic Exchange) that takes place sometime after Rush returns to Destiny after the events of "Justice". Time is not linear here, and the author interweaves a very interesting encounter between Telford and Rush (in the present) with events from Rush's recent and distant past.

The repeated imagery is especially strong, and the final quote (taken, as was the title, from Machiavelli's "The Prince") could be seen as a wonderfully prescient nod to the events of "Divided".

Enjoy!

Show: Stargate Universe

Subject: Winter winds by nemo_r (NC18)

Rec Category: SGU

Characters: Greer/Rush

Het/Slash/Gen: Slash

Author on LJ:nemo_r 

Link: nemo-r.livejournal.com/39516.html

Why this must be read:
Let's see, a little gen (check), a bit of het (check). Are we ready for some slash? I think we are.

Greer is one of those characters that would be easy to get all wrong, but here, nemo_r gets him all right. The author takes a classic fanfic cliche and turns it into something more. Sure, this is hot, but it would be wrong to read it just for that reason. Well, not wrong, but there is more to this than just the hot - there is a real sense of seeing Rush through someone else's (very observant) eyes.

Go, read, comment. Tell 'em I sent ya.

Show: Stargate Universe

Subject: Afterwards by elliev (PG)

Rec Category: SGU

Characters: Dr. Nicholas Rush, TJ Johansen

Het/Slash/Gen: Gen

Author on LJ:elliev 

Link: http://elliev.livejournal.com/19479.html

Why this must be read:
Let's start at the end, shall we? In this lovely little fic, author elliev imagines an "afterwards" for two of SGU's most compelling characters - after all is said and done, after everyone gets home or does not, after things are lost or gained - afterwards.

Both T.J. and Rush are nicely drawn, but what makes this piece pitch-perfect are all the other details - the setting, the original characters (especially Tommy) and the interactions between the SGU characters and the world they now find themselves in. The fic is part of a larger series that includes "Lunch at Stravaigin" and ladypredator's "Eye of the Storm", but it can stand alone, as well.

Go and enjoy!