Comments | chasingkerouac: Odd Man's Bones (SGA, G, Gen)

chasingkerouac

Odd Man's Bones (SGA, G, Gen)

Jun 29, 2006 22:31

Title: Odd Man's Bones
Challenge: Teyla Ficathon
Recipent: Written for lyssie who requested 'sticks and stones'
Characters: John & Teyla friendship, appearences by Rodney and Ronon
Rating: G
Word Count: 3,550
Summary: "Do not worry, Rodney," Teyla insisted with a chuckle. "We will be welcomed with open arms. They are expecting us."

Note: Much thanks ( Read more... )

fanfic, gen, stargate atlantis

Comments 15

snoggingpicard June 30 2006, 11:17:26 UTC

I really love the way you filled in a part of Teyla's past so seamlessly. The myth about the Odd Man is amazingly written! Thanks!

chasingkerouac July 2 2006, 20:24:04 UTC

Thank you! I love reading fic about people's pasts and so it was a joy to find an idea to write about hers. The Odd Man story was inspired by a tradition we had at my undergrad - a bag of sticks and stones passed from even class to even class, the protect them from the Odd Spirit's bones - which when the prompt said 'sticks and stones' my brain went 'ah! class day tradition'. And it just went from there *lol*

But I'm so glad you enjoyed it :)

purple_cube June 30 2006, 19:07:51 UTC

Nice - you managed to write about Teyla's past and her parents but also add some humour to the story, which is quite rare to see. I really liked the character of Fana.

chasingkerouac July 2 2006, 20:25:03 UTC

Fana was a favorite to write just because I could hear her voice clearly before I even stopped writing. And I didn't want to do something ever so serious for Teyla because she's ALWAYS serious.

I'm glad you enjoyed it :)

lyssie July 1 2006, 04:54:13 UTC

*happysigh* This is lovely. There is Teyla being Teyla, Rodney snarking, and John being Mr. Oblivious. I love the backstory for Teyla's parents.

chasingkerouac July 2 2006, 20:26:35 UTC

I really glad you enjoyed it. It was a joy to write and a joy to get to write something for someone else. :)

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chasingkerouac July 4 2006, 21:27:31 UTC

Thank you so much, I'm so glad you enjoyed it. I've never really written Teyla before, so it was my hope to do her justice.

madjm July 3 2006, 16:55:34 UTC

This is a great Teyla fic, and you don't see them that often. I'm just now getting around to reading some of the ficathon stories, and I started with this one. What a great beginning. :)

I love how Fana just assumes that the Atlanteans asked Teyla to lead them. That's great. The fact that she is the leader of her people gets pushed aside too often. And it's great that Teyla manages to teach John even when he's not looking for it. It's so true to canon that John thinks everything revolves around him. LOL.

Love your Teyla. Thanks so much for writing. I hope you'll write more Teyla fic. I'd love to read it.

chasingkerouac July 4 2006, 21:30:43 UTC

I mean, John is just such a typical man that of course he thinks the world revolves around him *lol* And I wanted to do something that emphasized Teyla's leadership background. I don't see her as having been subservient to anyone when she was the leader of the Athosians, so would would the people who she's dealt with before even assume that she's subservient to these silly little newcomers to the galaxy?

I'm glad you enjoyed it - I enjoyed writing her and now she's niggling in the back of my brain so much that I'm probably going to have to keep writing her *lol*