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[personal profile] goddess47
Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Characters: Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson, Samantha Carter, Teal'c, George Hammond
Pairings: Jack O'Neill/Samantha Carter
Categories: het, time loop, humor
Warnings: none
Word Count: 13,700 (for 2 parts)
Author's Website: AO3 profile
Link to Fic: Shrodinger



Author's Summary:

Two part (so far) story of why Jack shouldn't fiddle with Sam's doohickeys. Light shippy nonsense with a cute happy ending.

Jack touches a piece of Alteran tech he shouldn't have and ends up twenty years in his past. Will he trip up and tell Sam how he feels? What about his alternate self trapped twenty years ahead of his time? Can he handle what his life has become?



Why This Must Be Read:

Pretty much what it says on the tin.

It's one longer and one short fic where Jack touches something he shouldn't and gets sent to the past. There's some light pining (that we know will turn out well) and it's just a light, fluffy fic!


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[personal profile] mific
Show: SGA
Rec Category: Time Travel
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Daniel Jackson, Samantha Carter, Steven Caldwell, Evan Lorne
Categories: Gen
Warnings: Post-apocalyptic in part, but no AO3 warnings apply
Author on DW: [personal profile] mad_maudlin
Author's Website: See the AO3
Link: Triptych on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: This is a bit of a brain-teaser, like a lot of fics about time travel - Rodney sets SG1 straight about the real outcome of the events of 'Moebius' (the SG1 episode). The ending's a classic - poor Rodney! The story starts just after 'The Siege', when senior staff have been recalled to the SGC. Very cleverly written, and highly recommended. 
Unfortunately there's a formatting error throughout the fic - all the m-dashes are replaced by little graphics. If you want a cleaned-up version as a pdf or ebook, message me for a copy. 

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em_kellesvig: John Sheppard in black and white, very dramatic (SGAJSB&WDrama)
[personal profile] em_kellesvig
Show: SGA

Rec Category: Time Loops
Characters: Atlantis Team
Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Categories: Pre-Slash
Warnings: Dark Fic, Temporary Character Death
Author's Journal: Luna @ ao3.
Link: Failsafes

Why This Must Be Read: If you want a heart pounding, fast paced, terrifying fic to read this week, this one's it. It's not Halloween themed but it's just as horrifying. Classic time loop, all the tropes, done well with fantastic writing. Enjoy biting your nails.

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em_kellesvig: Rodney McKay on a brown background. (SGAMcKayBrown)
[personal profile] em_kellesvig
Show: SGA

Rec Category: Time Loops
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Ensemble
Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Categories: Slash, First time, Drama, Angst
Warnings: Temporary Character Death
Author's Journal: [livejournal.com profile] mistokitt
Link: Iteration (Wraithbait)

Why This Must Be Read: Time loops are often written as repetitive events that need to be escaped; in this story, something is changed in each loop and the consequences become the focus: how our actions reverberate through the lives of the people around us. MistoKitt explores this concept in terrifying detail, how changing one thing changes everything and how it changes the person caught in the loop. This story is about choices, and fear, and bravery. It's about Rodney McKay doing his best for the people he loves and for people he doesn't even know.

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em_kellesvig: John Sheppard looking mischievous with caption "Mischief Managed" (Default)
[personal profile] em_kellesvig
Show: SGA
Rec Category: Time Loops
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Radek Zelenka
Pairings: McKay/Sheppard
Categories: Slash
Warnings: None
Author's Journal: [archiveofourown.org profile] kass
Link: Til Tuesday

Why This Must Be Read: Sex. Sex, sex, and more sex. Which seems to be the problem in this delightful time loop. John's stuck in a loop and can't figure out why or how to break out of it. Rodney's no help; Rodney's become the temptation John just can't resist. Ergo: sex. But snappy dialog, fun scenarios, and a certain sweetness make this a story to put a smile on your face.

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em_kellesvig: John Sheppard looking mischievous with caption "Mischief Managed" (Default)
[personal profile] em_kellesvig
Show: SGA

Rec Category: Time Loops
Characters: Sheppard, McKay, Teyla, Zelenka, Carter, Lorne
Pairings: McKay/Sheppard, Lorne/Parrish
Categories: Slash
Warnings: None
Author's Journal: [archiveofourown.org profile] slybrarian
Link: Vacation Hours

Why This Must Be Read: What starts out as a boring day for John Sheppard turns into a--ahem--window of opportunity for a little rest, recreation, a few new hobbies, and practice at coming out of the closet when John touches something he shouldn't have. Again. It's a fun, giggle-worthy, fast paced fic with a classic SGA punchline guaranteed to brighten your day.

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em_kellesvig: John looking at Rodney with a fond smile (SGAMcShepFond)
[personal profile] em_kellesvig
Show: SGA

Rec Category: Time Loops
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagan, Lt. Ford, Radek Zelenka
Pairings: McKay/Sheppard
Categories: Slash, First time
Warnings: None.
Author's Journal: [archiveofourown.org profile] giddygeek
Link: Day Break

Why This Must Be Read: Most writers approach time loops from the POV of the person who knows it's a time loop. This one doesn't and it's delightful. Rodney McKay knows to be wary when John Sheppard smiles like that, too bright and a little dangerous, and that's what gets the ball rolling on a rollicking time loop that's too ordinary and horribly mundane and still full of surprises. It's a fun, fast read that will leave you giggling.

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[personal profile] mific
Show: SGA
Rec Category: Epidode-related
Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex
Categories: slash
Warnings: Nil
Author on DW: [personal profile] sgamadison
Author's Website: See the AO3
Link: It's a Wonderful Life, Rodney McKay on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: This is the ultimate fix-it for a fix-it. It's an episode tag to "The Last Man", itself a fix-it for John being wrenched millennia forwards into the red-desert future of the city. This fic makes old!Rodney's situation at the end of the (wrong) alternate timeline right, in a very satisfying manner. It starts sad of course, but don't let that put you off - it's a great comfort read.
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[identity profile] sg-fignewton.livejournal.com
Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Drama
Characters: Daniel Jackson, Janet Frasier, Samantha Carter, Jack O'Neill, Teal'c
Categories: gen, angst, hurt/comfort, time travel, Sam and Daniel friendship, Jack and Daniel friendship, Teal'c and Daniel friendship
Warnings: graphic medical issues
Author on LJ: unknown
Author's Website: Ellijay at AO3
Link: Flashback

Why This Must Be Read: Superbly crafted non-linear storytelling. Literal race against time. Technology puzzles. Amazing Sam and Daniel friendship, with extra Jack and Daniel friendship and a stunning Teal'c and Daniel scene. Intense drama and heartbreak. Add a creepy twist of an epilogue with a generous dash of horror, and you have a gripping oldskool story that will linger in your mind for a long time to come.

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[identity profile] mific.livejournal.com
Show: SGA

Rec Category: Time Travel
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard,
Pairings: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Categories: slash
Warnings: None
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] cesperanza
Author's Website: see the AO3, and speranza's own site
Link: Sheppard's Law on AO3

Why This Must Be Read: I couldn't leave this Time Travel month without a final rec, even though it's almost November in most places, and it'll be well known to most. But I don't think it's ever been reccd here before, so. This is a great Speranza story, and again, based on the familiar premise that alien technology requires that one of our boys - Rodney this time - travels back in time so as to rescue the other. In this case John's not time-traveling, except in the way we all do by living our lives, but a malign alien device in his future has shifted everything just a little out of whack, back when it all happened, so that Rodney has to repeatedly go back and lower the odds of John's life coming to a premature end. It's long, complex, and deeply satisfying, and one of my absolute favourites.

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[identity profile] patk.livejournal.com
Show: SGA
Rec Category: Team
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Elizabeth Weir, Radek Zelenka, Jennifer Keller
Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Categories: Slash
Warnings: no warnings by the author but to be safe: canonical character death
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] popkin16

Author's Website: none

Link: The Work of Mourning

Summary by the author:
"Once a year, per tradition, the expedition gathers on a pier, paper lanterns in hand."

Why This Must Be Read:

Beautiful, touching, full of emotions, heartbreaking in the best possible way.

Thankfully, it ends this way:

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[identity profile] mific.livejournal.com
Show: SGA

Rec Category: Time Travel
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Dave Sheppard, Patrick Sheppard, Carson Beckett, Radek Zelenka
Pairings: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Categories: slash
Warnings: Underage but both John and Rodney are teenagers, so no power imbalance, and only the adult John/Rodney relationship is explicit.
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] quasar
Author's Website: see the AO3
Link: Vujà Dé on AO3

Why This Must Be Read: This has one or two similarities to Teenage Kicks but the premise is different - Teenaged John back in the past is badly affected by a (you guessed it) ancient device his adult self uses in the future. This time it's Rodney to the rescue, to set right what's gone wrong in the past. An engaging story and an interesting portrayal of the dysfunctional Sheppard family, as adolescent John struggles to make sense of what's happening to him. As with all "they meet as teens well before canon" stories the ending's a little sad, but we can console ourselves with our knowledge of what lies ahead.

Author's summary: It's bad enough being a teenager and probably gay, but going crazy makes it all worse.

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[identity profile] mific.livejournal.com
Show: SGA

Rec Category: Time Travel
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Other Male Character
Categories: Gen
Warnings: This warning is also a mild spoiler - highlight to read. Contains issues around homophobia leading to suicide.
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] istia
Author's Website: see the AO3
Link: The Illimitable Sky on AO3

Why This Must Be Read: Another baffling piece of ancient tech causes team AR1 to be sent back in time to post-WWII England, where they try to right an historical wrong. Told from John's POV but in many ways it's Rodney who drives the story, determined to rescue one of his heroes. It's a lovely story, tagged "whimsy" by the author for the wish-fulfilment aspect. A very satisfying read.

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[identity profile] mific.livejournal.com
Show: SGA

Rec Category: Time Travel
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard (and both their immediate families)
Pairings: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Categories: slash
Warnings: None
Author on LJ: Not any more - see the AO3
Author's Website: Rheanna's SGA fics on AO3
Link: Teenage Kicks on AO3

Why This Must Be Read: This one's been reccd before, but not for seven years and the old link's a dud, and this is such a great fic everyone should definitely be able to access it. A pesky ancient device sends Rodney back to reinhabit his adolescent body (and the horrors of his teenage life), but with his adult consciousness. Naturally, John's not going to leave him behind back in the past, but in following Rodney, John has to confront his own painful adolescence. It's a great idea, beautifully written, an exploration of both their characters as they have to confront past issues that have, up to now, hampered their adult relationship.

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[identity profile] mific.livejournal.com
Show: SGA

Rec Category: Time Travel
Characters: John Sheppard, Ronon Dex, Rodney McKay, Elizabeth Weir
Pairings: John Sheppard/Ronon Dex
Categories: slash
Warnings: None
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] jendavis
Author's Website: see the AO3
Link: I'd Do It Again If I Could on AO3

Why This Must Be Read: I'm behind with my rec-posting so I'll do a couple in quick succession. This features a perennial favourite in the time-travel trope - the Time Loop. I love that in this story it's Ronon's POV as he tries (and tries, and tries) to do something to get them out of the loop. There's some great competent Ronon, and desperate Ronon, and doggedly stubborn Ronon, as he tries to solve the problem together with Rodney, Elizabeth and, of course, John.

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[identity profile] mific.livejournal.com
Show: SGA

Rec Category: Time Travel
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Categories: slash
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] cupidsbow
Author's Website: see the AO3
Link: Soon Again Gone

Why This Must Be Read: This story has an interesting structure as John gets whammied by one of those durned ancient devices and starts jumping back and forth in time. But as John figures it out, so do we, and he figures some other things out as well, of a more personal nature. Clever and enjoyable.

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[identity profile] mific.livejournal.com
Show: SGA

Rec Category: Time travel
Characters: Evan Lorne, Radek Zelenka, Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Samantha Carter, Jeannie McKay.
Pairings: Evan Lorn/Radek Zelenka, Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Categories: slash
Warnings: Major character death. As this expands on "The Last Man", we get this in the "wrong" timeline that "old" Rodney spends so much time fixing.
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] kisahawklin
Author's Website: see the AO3
Link: Four Funerals and a Wedding

Why This Must Be Read: Time travel this month! Starting you off gently with an expansion of canon, as this story fills in the gaps of 'The Last Man', telling us both what happened in the "wrong" timeline, and what happens in the canon one, after Sheppard's rescued by holo!Rodney. It's a bit sad in places, yes, but very much worth it, and there's a happy resolution. Told from Evan Lorne's POV in both timelines - it's a great read.

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[identity profile] sg-fignewton.livejournal.com
Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Characters: Jack O'Neill, Teal'c
Categories: gen, time travel, angst, character study, Jack and Teal'c friendship
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] thothmes
Author's Website: fic tag
Link: Just a Little Pocket Change

Why This Must Be Read: This is Jack, in the year 1969, struggling with what he can't do. Powerfully and ouchingly good.

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[identity profile] melodysparks.livejournal.com
Show: SGA/SG1

Rec Category: Alternate Universe
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Ronan Dex, Teyla Emmagan, Daniel Jackson
Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Categories: Character death , angst, slash , time travel
Warnings: Character Death Crossover
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] alyburns
Author's Website: alyjude’s basement
Link: Appearances Can Be Deceiving on authors own site

Author's Website: Sideburns on Wraithbait
Link: Appearances Can Be Deceiving on Wraithbait

Author's Website: alyjude_sideburns on AO3
Link: Appearances Can Be Deceiving on AO3

Why This Must Be Read: There are two summaries for this fic one on Wraithbait and one on AO3. Summary 1says. John and Rodney are together, but things aren't exactly as they appear (includes a xover with SG1, but is primarily SGA)
Summary 2 says Rodney discovers a deep truth about cloning and gets some help from an unusual source.

This is one of those stories that really brought a lump to my throat, because Rodney is hurting even though he should be the happiest man on Atlantis, he has a job he loves and the man of his dreams but what you see is not as it seems.

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[personal profile] danceswithgary
Show: SGA

Rec Category: Sheppard/McKay
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Pairings: Sheppard/McKay
Categories: Angst, Drama, Timefic, Outside POV
Warnings: Character Death
Author on LJ:
Author's Website:
Link: Do I Dare Disturb the Universe by vaguely_concerned


Why This Must Be Read:

While exploring a forbidden region, a young girl discovers a cranky old man. As an odd friendship grows between them, his mysterious existence and secret work is slowly revealed.

While there is more than one heart-squeezing moment in this tale, it all works out in the end for our heroes.


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[identity profile] sg-fignewton.livejournal.com
Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Characters: Jack O'Neill
Categories: gen, character study, angst, episode related, time travel
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: [personal profile] ivorygates
Author's Website: Fic Journal Table Of Contents / Ivorygates on AO3
Link: M is for You Must Remember This

Why This Must Be Read: This is a powerful, almost angry character study of Jack O'Neill, within the context of 1969, time travel and its ramifications, and Jack's original memories of the era. So, so good!


He’s got a sunburn from an August day that was thirty years ago and yesterday: the first time he saw that August he was seventeen in Minnesota waving his acceptance letter from the Academy like the Get Out Of Jail Free card that it was (in 1969, people worried about the Draft, the ’Nam, and it was ‘hell no, I won’t go,’ for half his generation and ‘my country: right or wrong’ for the other half; there’s a lesson there for cynics). It wasn’t that he wouldn’t have been proud to serve (the O’Neills tended to be Navy men), of course. It was just that he wanted to fly. (Wouldn’t you know it, four years later he was jumping out of perfectly good airplanes over the same godforsaken jungle half his high school classmates had been lost in.) And the second time—thirty years removed but not in any way that matters—he was in Washington DC, breaking into an armory to catch the brass (naquadaah) ring for a free ride home.
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[personal profile] danceswithgary
Show: SGA

Rec Category: Sheppard/McKay
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Daniel Jackson
Pairings: Sheppard/McKay
Categories: Angst, Established Relationship, Slash, Time Travel
Warnings: Apparent character death (not permanent)
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] alyburns
Author's Website:
Link: Appearances Can Be Deceiving

Why This Must Be Read:
Time travel plus Daniel Jackson proves to be the solution to Rodney's dilemma after tragedy strikes. Fortunately, all's well that ends well for our heroes.

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[identity profile] maaseru.livejournal.com


Rec Category: Slash, John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Pairing: John/Rodney, AIJohn/Rodney,AIJohn/AIRodney
Category: Slash, Time Travel, Atlantis, Team Friendship, First Time
Warning: Slash, temporary character death, explicit sex, explicit sex by AIs
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] cesperanza
Author's Website: http://trickster.org/speranza/
Link: OK Computer

Why This Must Be Read:

Speranza's stories are often recommended, but I think this is the best of her stories: it's complicated, smart, heart-breaking, unique, sexy (oy, is it sexy!), long, touching, with great team interaction, and a happy ending.

Excerpt:

He found John sitting at the kitchen table, reading a magazine and wearing— "Okay, seriously," Rodney said, crossing his arms, "I know I didn't program that shirt." It was white, with pink and black swirls and a wide, pointed collar. John shrugged, but Rodney wouldn't let it go. "Or those pink boxers. And that parka wasn't red, and that red flannel shirt you were—oh, my God, you have been hacking on my code!"


"Actually," John said, letting the magazine drop to the table, "it's my code. And I'm just changing some colors, no big deal. I like reds. You got a problem with that?"

and

The drive. Where was the. Rodney tried to reach out, couldn't move, flexed his fingers impotently. "John," he said, but his voice came out thickly, and nobody answered, and Christ, how that hurt, like he had razor blades in his throat. "John! Where—"

"Shh. Don't try to talk, Dr. McKay. Your throat, it's not moist enough to—"

Rodney feebly tried to catch at the white sleeve with his fingers. "John," he managed. "Room. Find," but the world was going brown, and the bright lights flickered and went out.
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[personal profile] danceswithgary
Rec Category: Sheppard/McKay
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Category: Alternate Timeline, Time Travel, Established Relationship, First Time
Warning: Slash, references to major character deaths (not McKay/Sheppard) in alternate timeline
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] purna
Author's Website:
Link: Chronologic by [livejournal.com profile] purna

Why This Must Be Read:

At times it's difficult to write a recommendation when you're trying very hard not to reveal really neat plot points and end up spoiling the story for the reader.

This is one of those stories.

Let me just say it's about time and team and John and Rodney...and John and Rodney. It's a little heartbreaking along the way, but the ending is satisfying for those who prefer happy(ish) resolutions without the use of magic wands.


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[identity profile] krichira.livejournal.com
Rec Category: Sheppard/McKay
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay and side pairings: McKay/Keller, Sheppard/Katie Brown, Teyla/Ronon, Teyla/Kanaan, Ronon/Keller, Sheppard/Carter and Sheppard/Beckett
Category: Adventure, humour, angst, time-travel
Warning: Slash, Genderswap, things you should expect from time-travel fics
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] eleveninches
Author's Website: That Boy Ain't Right
Link: Reinventing The Wheel (LJ link)

Why This Must Be Read:

First, I just want to apologize because I was going to rec a story once every weekend but I totally forgot last weekend. Once I remembered yesterday, I went through heaps of stories that I wanted to rec, was fickle, angst a bit, and then remembered this story. I have to rec this one.

I find that Eleveninches' stories usually have a flavour of crack to them and her characterizations are often hysterically funny. (What's considered crazy crack elsewhere is only a 'flavour of crack' for this fandom, since we can boast of fics involving the main characters being cats, dogs, unicorns, rainbows, penguins, turkeys, girl scout cookies, ketchup, peas, ice, paperclips and others I might have missed).

This story is like an explosion of alternate universes with the constants being the John and Rodney we know traveling through these timelines as they try to go back to square one. I didn't reread this story but from what I can remember it's actually more serious than her other SGA works (this is not to say that it does not have its crack moments). I remember though that I was entirely engrossed in this fic, that I stayed up to some obscene hour to devour every word of it, that I laughed at some parts, made sad faces at others and that I kept thinking, "But what's going to happen next?" and "How's this going to end?" It was rather interesting to see the cast of characters being in many, many different scenarios and how they were changed in some ways, stayed the same in others.


Author's summary:  A strange coincidence leads to Sheppard and McKay accidentally wiping out the Wraith. Now, to return home, they must battle aliens, Ancients, dopplegangers, their own feelings, and the most unnerving thing of all, whales.

(Word count: approx. 65,000 words)

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