Coffee cups and empty spaces (by bluespirit) (Mature)
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Shows: SGA
Rec Category: Action/Adventure
Characters: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Sam Carter
Categories: M/M
Words: 5940
Warnings: no AO3 warnings apply
Author on DW:
bluespirit
Author's Website: bluespirit on AO3
Link: Coffee cups and empty spaces on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: On an off-world mission, John encounters a device that vanishes him, leaving his team desperately trying to get him back. Meanwhile, Sheriff John Sheppard rides his horse PJ as he keeps the town of Elk Gap safe from evildoers. The POV alternates between Rodney, frantically trying to figure out and fix the device, and John, keeping the peace in what seems to be the 1880s. Is it a VE, or time travel? - read this engaging story and find out! There's also a brief sequel, with a pic of Sheriff Sheppard - the pic's gone from AO3 these days, but you can see it here.
( snippet of the fic under here )
Rec Category: Action/Adventure
Characters: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Sam Carter
Categories: M/M
Words: 5940
Warnings: no AO3 warnings apply
Author on DW:
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Author's Website: bluespirit on AO3
Link: Coffee cups and empty spaces on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: On an off-world mission, John encounters a device that vanishes him, leaving his team desperately trying to get him back. Meanwhile, Sheriff John Sheppard rides his horse PJ as he keeps the town of Elk Gap safe from evildoers. The POV alternates between Rodney, frantically trying to figure out and fix the device, and John, keeping the peace in what seems to be the 1880s. Is it a VE, or time travel? - read this engaging story and find out! There's also a brief sequel, with a pic of Sheriff Sheppard - the pic's gone from AO3 these days, but you can see it here.
( snippet of the fic under here )
SGA: Antarctic Drift by smilebackwards
Oct. 12th, 2025 02:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters/Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Carson Beckett, Radek Zelenka, Jack O'Neill, Janet Fraiser
Rating: Mature
Length: 3592
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: smilebackwards on AO3
Themes: Uncommon settings, Action/adventure, First time, Complete AU, Fusion
Summary: Atlantis Prime is the best Jaeger ever built. Of course it is, Rodney built it himself. Too bad he can’t find anyone Drift compatible to pilot it with him.
John Sheppard was one of the best Jaeger pilots the program had, until he lost his partner in a Kaiju attack off the coast of Alaska. He’s not eager to go back, but the right Drift partner might just convince him.
Reccer's Notes: There are very few Stargate Atlantis AUs set in the Pacific Rim universe, and this is an excellent one. It's in two parts, a Fanvid trailer and then the story. Rodney (with Zelenka) has repaired and re-engineered the jaeger Atlantis Prime but can't find a partner to pilot it. John's a traumatised ex-jaeger-pilot who, after Holland's death, is reluctant to return to the fray. There's romance too, as part of them becoming drift-compatible. The trailer vid is cleverly done and works well with the story - both are very much recommended.
Fanwork Links: Antarctic Drift
and the Fanvid is here
(the works are locked to AO3)
Characters/Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Carson Beckett, Radek Zelenka, Jack O'Neill, Janet Fraiser
Rating: Mature
Length: 3592
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: smilebackwards on AO3
Themes: Uncommon settings, Action/adventure, First time, Complete AU, Fusion
Summary: Atlantis Prime is the best Jaeger ever built. Of course it is, Rodney built it himself. Too bad he can’t find anyone Drift compatible to pilot it with him.
John Sheppard was one of the best Jaeger pilots the program had, until he lost his partner in a Kaiju attack off the coast of Alaska. He’s not eager to go back, but the right Drift partner might just convince him.
Reccer's Notes: There are very few Stargate Atlantis AUs set in the Pacific Rim universe, and this is an excellent one. It's in two parts, a Fanvid trailer and then the story. Rodney (with Zelenka) has repaired and re-engineered the jaeger Atlantis Prime but can't find a partner to pilot it. John's a traumatised ex-jaeger-pilot who, after Holland's death, is reluctant to return to the fray. There's romance too, as part of them becoming drift-compatible. The trailer vid is cleverly done and works well with the story - both are very much recommended.
Fanwork Links: Antarctic Drift
and the Fanvid is here
(the works are locked to AO3)
Always Sleep With My Guns (by fiercelydreamed) (Mature)
Oct. 8th, 2025 09:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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Shows: SGA
Rec Category: Action/Adventure
Characters: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Categories: M/M
Words: 2274
Warnings: no AO3 warnings apply
Author on DW:
fiercelydreamed
Author's Website: fiercelydreamed on AO3, seanachai on Audiofic Archive
Link: Always Sleep With My Guns on AO3, and as it's locked to AO3, also here on Dreamwidth. Seanachai podficced it, here.
Why This Must Be Read: Bodyguard fic! This starts in medias res with John struggling with an intruder in Rodney's lab, and losing the fight. Then, at the last second, Rodney reappears. I love how they save each other in this, both very much bamfs in their own way. The story manages to convey the icy clarity of John's awareness of the imminence of his death, which transmutes into a focussed, heated awareness of Rodney. Fiercelydreamed gives us barely any backstory but it's more than enough to set this intense scene in context. Beautifully written.
( snippet of the fic under here )
Rec Category: Action/Adventure
Characters: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Categories: M/M
Words: 2274
Warnings: no AO3 warnings apply
Author on DW:
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Author's Website: fiercelydreamed on AO3, seanachai on Audiofic Archive
Link: Always Sleep With My Guns on AO3, and as it's locked to AO3, also here on Dreamwidth. Seanachai podficced it, here.
Why This Must Be Read: Bodyguard fic! This starts in medias res with John struggling with an intruder in Rodney's lab, and losing the fight. Then, at the last second, Rodney reappears. I love how they save each other in this, both very much bamfs in their own way. The story manages to convey the icy clarity of John's awareness of the imminence of his death, which transmutes into a focussed, heated awareness of Rodney. Fiercelydreamed gives us barely any backstory but it's more than enough to set this intense scene in context. Beautifully written.
( snippet of the fic under here )
due South: Real Life series by MSSalieri (Real Boys & Real Worlds)
Oct. 6th, 2025 01:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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Fandom: due South
Characters/Pairings: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski, Ray Vecchio, Diefenbaker, Frannie Vecchio, Margaret Thatcher, Armando Langoustini, Victoria Metcalf
Rating: Teen
Length: 60,820 (whole series) Real Boys is 22,820, Real Worlds is 38,000
Content Notes: Author "chose not to warn", but I don't think any AO3 warnings apply.
Creator Links: MSSalieri (aka Troyswann, Salieri): MSSalieri on AO3 and Salieri's old site on Wayback
Themes: Uncommon settings, Friends to lovers, Action/adventure, AU: Science Fiction, AU: robots & AI, Fandom Classics, Worldbuilding
Summaries: for Real Boys:
Ray looked out from between his fingers. The creature was there, on the other side of Mr. Thug, and it had lots of silvery fur and teeth that would be gleaming really nicely if the 'liner hadn't gone and taken most of the light with it. Between Mr. Thug and Ray, there was a pair of tall boots. Tilting his head back, Ray looked up, up past the red jacket all the way to the head, which was wearing a wide-brimmed hat. On the face under the hat there was a small smile.
"What the," Ray said. "Who the."
for Real Worlds:
"His existence is a violation of Armistice Statute—"
"God laws."
"Yes."
It took only one long stride for Ray to get into Thatcher's space and to her credit she didn’t back down. "You're gonna quote God laws at me?" He jabbed her with a stiff finger. "Who's playin God here, huh? You wave the fucking God laws at me while you got Fraser strapped to a table somewhere so you can put his fucking brains in a blender and take what he is? Look in a fucking mirror, lady."
"For some reason I can't fathom, Mr. Kowalski, I like you, so I'm going to give you a piece of advice." Her chin came up. "You might watch your words. Unless you want to join Fraser on charges of sedition."
"What?" Vecchio was incredulous. "You're yankin me, right? Fraser’s a kitchen appliance, but he's man enough to be brought up on charges? How the Jee does that compute?"
A sequel to Real Boys:
Three years raising sheep on Clementine, and it all comes crashing down in a skip storm, some consequential psychosis, a kidnapping and a global catastrophe. He may be the universe's punching bag, but Ray will fight for freak love. He's getting Fraser back, God Laws be damned.
Reccer's Notes: There are very few AUs that put the due South characters into spaaace! This is a fusion with the Bladerunner universe where Fraser's an android looking for the killers of his AI father and partners up with Ray Kowalski, a futuristic but very recognisable CPD cop. Salieri's a marvelous writer who takes aspects of the Bladerunner universe and expands on them with extraordinary worldbuilding to tell a complex and riveting tale. There's a gradually developing relationship between Ray and Fraser, nefarious villains, and anti-android laws that wrench the boys apart so that both Rays have to fight to get Fraser back. A triumph, and a due South classic. Here's a quote from a comment by Moth: "The other day I was talking to a friend about Philip K. Dick adaptations and I said that it was funny how one of the best adaptations out there was a due South fanfic. So I went and searched for it to see if it lived up to my memories and it actually exceeded them. This is the best type of AU, one that transplants the canon characters, storylines, and themes to a new universe, while also commenting on the both the canon as well as the nature of fiction." It's also a bloody good read!
Fanwork Links: Real Life series on AO3
Podfics of both stories: Real Boys read by Zabira & Real Worlds read by Luzula
Fanart for the series is here (scroll to the end)
Characters/Pairings: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski, Ray Vecchio, Diefenbaker, Frannie Vecchio, Margaret Thatcher, Armando Langoustini, Victoria Metcalf
Rating: Teen
Length: 60,820 (whole series) Real Boys is 22,820, Real Worlds is 38,000
Content Notes: Author "chose not to warn", but I don't think any AO3 warnings apply.
Creator Links: MSSalieri (aka Troyswann, Salieri): MSSalieri on AO3 and Salieri's old site on Wayback
Themes: Uncommon settings, Friends to lovers, Action/adventure, AU: Science Fiction, AU: robots & AI, Fandom Classics, Worldbuilding
Summaries: for Real Boys:
Ray looked out from between his fingers. The creature was there, on the other side of Mr. Thug, and it had lots of silvery fur and teeth that would be gleaming really nicely if the 'liner hadn't gone and taken most of the light with it. Between Mr. Thug and Ray, there was a pair of tall boots. Tilting his head back, Ray looked up, up past the red jacket all the way to the head, which was wearing a wide-brimmed hat. On the face under the hat there was a small smile.
"What the," Ray said. "Who the."
for Real Worlds:
"His existence is a violation of Armistice Statute—"
"God laws."
"Yes."
It took only one long stride for Ray to get into Thatcher's space and to her credit she didn’t back down. "You're gonna quote God laws at me?" He jabbed her with a stiff finger. "Who's playin God here, huh? You wave the fucking God laws at me while you got Fraser strapped to a table somewhere so you can put his fucking brains in a blender and take what he is? Look in a fucking mirror, lady."
"For some reason I can't fathom, Mr. Kowalski, I like you, so I'm going to give you a piece of advice." Her chin came up. "You might watch your words. Unless you want to join Fraser on charges of sedition."
"What?" Vecchio was incredulous. "You're yankin me, right? Fraser’s a kitchen appliance, but he's man enough to be brought up on charges? How the Jee does that compute?"
A sequel to Real Boys:
Three years raising sheep on Clementine, and it all comes crashing down in a skip storm, some consequential psychosis, a kidnapping and a global catastrophe. He may be the universe's punching bag, but Ray will fight for freak love. He's getting Fraser back, God Laws be damned.
Reccer's Notes: There are very few AUs that put the due South characters into spaaace! This is a fusion with the Bladerunner universe where Fraser's an android looking for the killers of his AI father and partners up with Ray Kowalski, a futuristic but very recognisable CPD cop. Salieri's a marvelous writer who takes aspects of the Bladerunner universe and expands on them with extraordinary worldbuilding to tell a complex and riveting tale. There's a gradually developing relationship between Ray and Fraser, nefarious villains, and anti-android laws that wrench the boys apart so that both Rays have to fight to get Fraser back. A triumph, and a due South classic. Here's a quote from a comment by Moth: "The other day I was talking to a friend about Philip K. Dick adaptations and I said that it was funny how one of the best adaptations out there was a due South fanfic. So I went and searched for it to see if it lived up to my memories and it actually exceeded them. This is the best type of AU, one that transplants the canon characters, storylines, and themes to a new universe, while also commenting on the both the canon as well as the nature of fiction." It's also a bloody good read!
Fanwork Links: Real Life series on AO3
Podfics of both stories: Real Boys read by Zabira & Real Worlds read by Luzula
Fanart for the series is here (scroll to the end)
Conversational Minefields, by Jedi Buttercup (G)
Oct. 2nd, 2025 10:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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Show: SG-1, Eureka (TV)
Rec Category: Crossover
Characters: Paul Davis, Jack Carter
Pairings: Gen
Categories: Gen, Crossover
Warnings: None
Author's Journal:
jedibuttercup
Author's Website: Jedi Buttercup's Ao3
Link: Conversational Minefields
Why This Must Be Read: A fun, short crossover. The town of Eureka, for those unfamiliar, is a town of scientific geniuses ostestably gathered together to invent things the military can use. Jack Carter is the sheriff, a normal man in an abnormal place. And OF COURSE Paul Davis would be the Pentagon liason. It's just the sort of job he would have with his stargate program experience.
( snippet of fic )
Rec Category: Crossover
Characters: Paul Davis, Jack Carter
Pairings: Gen
Categories: Gen, Crossover
Warnings: None
Author's Journal:
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Author's Website: Jedi Buttercup's Ao3
Link: Conversational Minefields
Why This Must Be Read: A fun, short crossover. The town of Eureka, for those unfamiliar, is a town of scientific geniuses ostestably gathered together to invent things the military can use. Jack Carter is the sheriff, a normal man in an abnormal place. And OF COURSE Paul Davis would be the Pentagon liason. It's just the sort of job he would have with his stargate program experience.
( snippet of fic )
Lovely, by Martha (T)
Oct. 2nd, 2025 10:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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Show: SG-1, The Sentinel (TV 1996)
Rec Category: Crossover
Characters: Daniel Jackson, Jack O'Neill, Blair Sandburg, Jim Ellison, Sam Carter, Teal'c
Pairings: Daniel Jackson & Jack O'Neill Friendship, Jim Ellison & Blair Sandburg Friendship, SG-1 Team & Daniel Jackson
Categories: Gen, Crossover, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Episode: The Light
Warnings: None
Author's Journal:
saffronhouse
Author's Website: Martha's Ao3
Link: Lovely
Why This Must Be Read: "Lovely" is one of my favorite pieces of eldritch horror period and single-handedly got me to watch The Sentinel. It's rich and interesting and strange. An absolutely fantastic tale of strangers being forced (and/or choosing) to work together, friendship/love, road trips, the geometry of existence, and... income tax evasion. A quick note that this fic is gen, but the sequel is slash.
( snippet of fic )
Rec Category: Crossover
Characters: Daniel Jackson, Jack O'Neill, Blair Sandburg, Jim Ellison, Sam Carter, Teal'c
Pairings: Daniel Jackson & Jack O'Neill Friendship, Jim Ellison & Blair Sandburg Friendship, SG-1 Team & Daniel Jackson
Categories: Gen, Crossover, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Episode: The Light
Warnings: None
Author's Journal:
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Author's Website: Martha's Ao3
Link: Lovely
Why This Must Be Read: "Lovely" is one of my favorite pieces of eldritch horror period and single-handedly got me to watch The Sentinel. It's rich and interesting and strange. An absolutely fantastic tale of strangers being forced (and/or choosing) to work together, friendship/love, road trips, the geometry of existence, and... income tax evasion. A quick note that this fic is gen, but the sequel is slash.
( snippet of fic )
you can hardly blame him for wanting to send backup, by Jedi Buttercup (T)
Oct. 2nd, 2025 10:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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Show: SG-1, Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Rec Category: Crossover
Characters: Jack O'Neill, Buffy Summers, Daniel Jackson, Teal'c, Sam Carter
Pairings: Buffy Summers & SG-1 Team
Categories: Gen, Crossover, Episode: s08e04 Zero Hour
Warnings: None
Author's Journal:
jedibuttercup
Author's Website: Jedi Buttercup's Ao3
Link: you can hardly blame him for wanting to send backup
Why This Must Be Read: Grin. This is a fun crossover. Buffy has had some prophetic ideas of where she's needed, leading into the melding of her fantasy genre with SG-1's scifi without betraying either. If you enjoyed Buffy in her pink halter top in the Initiative, this is the fic for you. She is also so similar in some ways to Jack and just as physically strong as Teal'c. This series delights me.
( snippet of fic )
Rec Category: Crossover
Characters: Jack O'Neill, Buffy Summers, Daniel Jackson, Teal'c, Sam Carter
Pairings: Buffy Summers & SG-1 Team
Categories: Gen, Crossover, Episode: s08e04 Zero Hour
Warnings: None
Author's Journal:
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Author's Website: Jedi Buttercup's Ao3
Link: you can hardly blame him for wanting to send backup
Why This Must Be Read: Grin. This is a fun crossover. Buffy has had some prophetic ideas of where she's needed, leading into the melding of her fantasy genre with SG-1's scifi without betraying either. If you enjoyed Buffy in her pink halter top in the Initiative, this is the fic for you. She is also so similar in some ways to Jack and just as physically strong as Teal'c. This series delights me.
( snippet of fic )
October Reccers
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Many thanks to
cassiope25 ,
goddess47 , and
mific for reccing 9 fics for the month of September! We appreciate it very much.
Now for October, we have:
cassiope25 - Rodney McKay
goddess47 - Jack O'Neill
mific - Action/Adventure
nuh_s - Crossover
Reccers, you all have access and can start posting at any time. Remember that you have committed yourself to reccing at least two fics over the course of the month, although of course we will be happy with more. Feel free to use the copy-and-paste template from the reccer's FAQ for your convenience.
If you wanted to volunteer for this month and didn't have a chance to sign up, drop a comment here and I'll happily add you to the list.
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Reccers, you all have access and can start posting at any time. Remember that you have committed yourself to reccing at least two fics over the course of the month, although of course we will be happy with more. Feel free to use the copy-and-paste template from the reccer's FAQ for your convenience.
If you wanted to volunteer for this month and didn't have a chance to sign up, drop a comment here and I'll happily add you to the list.
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Fandom: Our Flag Means Death
Pairings/Characters: Stede/Ed and Stede/Ed/izzy
Rating: G
Length: 2252 words
Creator Links: charlieloverboy
Theme: Uncommon settings, unconventional format & style
Summary: FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Video title: “Blackbeard and the Gentleman Pirate Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions | WIRED”
From WIRED Entertainment
Reccer's Notes: This fic is written like it's the transcript of a WIRED interview, the ones where the celebrities answer google's most searched for questions about them. It's a modern AU where Ed and Stede are rock stars and its implied that Izzy is Ed's manager. I'm not sure how the author did it, but they got the tone and how most celebrities speak in these interviews spot on, while also telling us a narrative about Ed and Stede and heavily implying Ed/Stede/Izzy.
Fanwork Links: AO3
Pairings/Characters: Stede/Ed and Stede/Ed/izzy
Rating: G
Length: 2252 words
Creator Links: charlieloverboy
Theme: Uncommon settings, unconventional format & style
Summary: FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Video title: “Blackbeard and the Gentleman Pirate Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions | WIRED”
From WIRED Entertainment
Reccer's Notes: This fic is written like it's the transcript of a WIRED interview, the ones where the celebrities answer google's most searched for questions about them. It's a modern AU where Ed and Stede are rock stars and its implied that Izzy is Ed's manager. I'm not sure how the author did it, but they got the tone and how most celebrities speak in these interviews spot on, while also telling us a narrative about Ed and Stede and heavily implying Ed/Stede/Izzy.
Fanwork Links: AO3