SGA recs

I meant to make a longer rec post but I got pressed for time, so here's the short version:

Boy Meets Girl, Girl Cures Cancer by smittywing Katie Brown-centric fic (Katie/Rodney) This is just lovely. I adore glimpses of why the expedition members chose to go to Atlantis and this is a brilliant backstory for a character we see relatively little of on screen.

Fat My Dust by cesperanza McShep PG-13ish Oh my, does this writer have a handle on John’s character; this is a very perceptive fic. I feel as if I’m peeling back layers and getting a peek at what’s hidden inside Colonel Sheppard. I particularly like the way John’s method of handling new situations hasn’t changed since he was a child. Rodney is also fabulous here—scared and angry and hurt. Yum.

The World at Large by cherryice Ford-centric gen (background McShep) Oh, oh, Ford. He is one of my favorite SGA characters and when he stopped being a regular cast member it made me very sad. This is another backstory fic—it’s about prejudice and opening up to your friends and the bitterness of lost opportunities.

Fourteen Years by Hth Ronon-centric, Adult This is Ronon adjusting to life on Atlantis. I love the parallel structure here—we learn what Ronon feels his first year of running and next his first year on Atlantis and so on. The juxtaposition of the two timeframes works really well. I think this author has the best handle on Ronon and the intricacies of potential backstories for him of anyone in the fandom I’ve found so far.

The Crane Wife by mz_bstone Wow. Just wow. This fic is told from Miko’s point of view and it is an amazing look at strength and determination and the power of humans when we band together. This is about friendship and loss and moving on together when you don’t have the fortitude to move on alone.

SPN fic: The Mystery of Proud Typewriter; Sam/Dean; Adult

Title: The Mystery of Proud Typewriter
Rating: Adult
Pairing: Sam/Dean
Word Count: 5400
Spoilers through the second season finale
This is written for ana_grrl's Randomly Generated Titles Ficathon
Thanks so much to lyrstzha for assuring me that I hadn't lost my mind with this piece and various other handholding. *hugs* You rock, Lyr.

I had quite a bit of fun writing around this horribly unwieldy title that I'd have never chosen for myself, but I like the way the title forced me to take this fic in a direction I'd never have gone otherwise. (I have the feeling that a huge wanky post about the writing of MoPT is in order once I come back from vacation LOL) Edwin Proud is my creation but everything else about Oxford, Memphis and their geography and local businesses is accurate (well, except for the Waffle House, because dude! Huddle House sucks!). If you'd like to see an example of the kind of typewriter in the fic: Munson #1 typewriter.

( He rolls the pencil between his fingers, listening to Sam laugh quietly at something Bobby says, and then Dean writes: When I was nearly five, my mom went supernova. )