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The Divide'verse (by vain_glorious) (T)
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mificShow: 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.
( snippet of fic )
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. ( snippet of fic )
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