Voyage of the Wraith Hunter (Twitter challenge)

[sholio]

Title: Voyage of the Wraith Hunter
Author: friendshipper
Rating: PG or so
Pairing: former Teyla/Kanaan is implied; current John/Teyla (very background)
Word Count: 3200
Summary: "We always thought you were a legend," the Traveler captain says. Takes place ten years or so post-canon. Based on this, of course.
Notes: Kind of post-apocalyptic. Some character

Comments

[gaffsie]

This was awesome. I can believe that they'd end up just like this.

Sometimes people surprise you. In Rodney's case, it had been a very unpleasant surprise.

That must have been such a gut-punch for them.

[sholio]

Thanks! I'm glad it was believable.

[leesa_perrie]

Heart wrenching in places and some good twists! I like how you were able to tell so much about their life in such a short fic!

Rodney's betrayal hurts - and yet it is a believable possibility! If they stole Atlantis, he'd never get to see Jeannie and Madison again, and I think now that they've been reconciled, he'd find that hard. So, yes, plausible - if painful!!

Excellent!

[sholio]

Yeah, Rodney's betrayal hurt to write, but on the other hand, there's all this backstory in my head for it that didn't make it into the story because John didn't know or guess all of it. I really don't think he expected things to go down like they did -- I think he thought that if he tried to keep them on Earth, then they'd all stay on Earth, where everyone was safe, and maybe eventually they'd figure out a better solution than hijacking Atlantis. But he fumbled the communication ball at a number of levels, and also, didn't realize how far the others were willing to go to get back. I like to think that even after burning his bridges, he might have realized that the jumper had hyperspace capabilities and not done anything about it in the hopes that they'd figure it out too.

Anyway, thank you!

[leesa_perrie]

That sounds like Rodney! There's potential for an accompanying story from the Earth side of things - might be fun to see how ten years have passed back there too! Just an idea!

(And yeah, there's a part of me that wants Rodney to get to Pegasus somehow and end up with them - imagine the hurt, conflict, angst that could cause? Hopefully with some happy-ish resolution - yeah, yeah, I know, just ignore me! It's the Rodney fan in me, it won't shut up sometimes!!)

[kassrachel]

Oh, this is wonderful! Your characterization of Rodney makes me sad -- that's not how I want to imagine things going down -- but I love what you've done with John and Ronon and Teyla and Keller.

[sholio]

Thank you very much! Regarding Rodney, I went into a little more elaboration in my reply to the above comment on my Rodney head-canon for this story -- basically I don't think he expected things to go down like they did, he just fumbled the communication ball (as he so often does) and made a cascade of wrong decisions in the process of trying to keep everyone on Earth, safe, while they figured out a less drastic solution than stealing Atlantis. The end result was, of course, what it was, but he didn't mean to burn his bridges like he did.

[ratcreature]

This was very cool.

[sholio]

Thank you! :)

[wildcat88]

I really enjoyed this. The details - Traveler captains being female, Ronon's limp, Keller's scar, Halling's grandchildren - make it so rich that I felt like I was there. Heartbreaking but filled with determination. Excellent.

[sholio]

Thank you! I really enjoyed coming up with the details; I'm very glad that it made it come alive. :)