Newbie Guide: The Essential McKay Fics
As with my Carson Beckett, Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagan, and Aiden Ford newbie guide posts, I'm trying to gather what people would consider the essential fics that aren't, as in most guides, exclusively McKay/Sheppard or Sheppard/Weir. Thus, the next title character by alpha order is Rodney McKay!
So, if you were writing an SGA newbie guide, what would you say are the essential Rodney gen and Rodney/someone fics out there other than McKay/Sheppard!!! (They'll get their own entry later), be that someone Beckett or Zelenka or Weir or Ford or, well, you get the idea? Your mission, should you choose to accept it, rec the essential fics featuring Rodney, give a brief answer as to why, give us a link if you can, and give any caveats (you know, kinks not everyone shares, other pairings in the fic, those sorts of things).
I'm going to keep doing this till we're through the main cast, then go through the regularly-recurring characters, and then have a big post for all the other folks. So, keep those URLs handy!
Feel free to discuss among yourselves. Oh, also, I'm not on every comm featuring each and every character, so if you think it would be relevant to a comm you're on that I haven't posted to (and it's acceptable to do so), feel free link here. Same goes with Gateworld message boards and the like.
Oh, and in case it isn't obvious, no Rodney-bashing and no getting nasty on someone 'cause they don't share your pairing choices. Yes, that includes people who like Sheppard/Weir and McKay/Sheppard.
This is the list of recs so far, including those from the previously mentioned Carson, Ronon, Teyla, and Aiden posts. Please note, these are the recs people have made. I haven't vetted them in any way, shape or form. If you disagree, feel free to say so, politely.
McKay, unpaired:
Academic by miss_porcupine, http://www.offpanel.net/dmz/sga/academic.html
Call Waiting by blue_underwing, http://community.livejournal.com/sga_flashfic/437471.html. Rodney and Jeanie.
Death and the Astrophysicist by liketheriver, http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3218958/1/.
Down Came a Spider by Tipper, http://megtipper.tripod.com/spider.htm
Maybe I'm Dead, I Just Haven't Stopped Moving Yet by cybersyd, http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3148301/1/
Necessary Things by minnow1212, http://minnow1212.livejournal.com/204661.html
Never Stop Moving by Tipper, http://megtipper.tripod.com/neverstop.htm. Teyla-McKay, McKay-Sheppard friendship, team.
Refraction by ltlj, http://www.ltljverse.com/watergate/stories/refraction.htm
Reluctant Hero by kodiak_bear, http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2895398/1/
Rescue by tigs, http://community.livejournal.com/sga_flashfic/397137.html
Scheherazade by Wintertime, http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=4649
Tempus Fugit by canadian_snoopy, http://community.livejournal.com/sga_flashfic/33895.html
Treed by panisdead, http://panisdead.livejournal.com/90657.html
Triquetra by eretria, http://midnight-ink.livejournal.com/12216.html. Spoilers for "Sunday"
Woobies of Woe by AbylityMaren, http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=448
Beckett/McKay:
Atlantis High by eudyptulaminor, http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=4566, warnings: High school AU
Doctor's Orders by xanthelj, http://xanthestories.livejournal.com/9837.html, warnings: D/s
Ides by sage, http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=1467
Moments Sacred and Profane series by mice1900, http://www.squidge.org/mice
Scars and Damage by lillyjk, Scars: http://lillyjk.livejournal.com/197935.html and Damage: http://lillyjk.livejournal.com/204345.html, warnings: Evil!Carson, bloodplay, coercion
Simple Pleasures by kat_lair, http://kat-lair.livejournal.com/16904.html (AU)
The Stranger In Front Of Him by severusslave, http://severusslave.livejournal.com/128621.html (AU)
Thresholds, by Miso no Tsuki, http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=693, some McKay/Sheppard and Beckett/OFC at the beginning.
Turnabout by soulsistahslash, http://soulsistahslash.livejournal.com/33001.html
Warlock's Bond: Healer by rosewildeirish, http://rosewildeirish.livejournal.com/317787.html (NC-17, AU)
Dex/McKay:
In the Hands of Yes by hth_the_first, http://hth.gatefiction.com/handsofyes.htm.
Kept By Ourselves by Silence and Apart by spike21, http://spike21.livejournal.com/274341.html
Pianoforte by mirabile_dictu, http://mirabile-dictu.livejournal.com/52549.html. NC-17
Thirteen O'Clock by hth_the_first, http://hth.gatefiction.com/13oclock.htm
Emmagan/McKay:
There's So Much To See Through, They Say, by x_sleeptodream, http://x-sleeptodream.livejournal.com/223842.html
Unexpected by nel_ani, http://nel-ani.livejournal.com/286931.html (NC-17)
Kolya/McKay
Planet of the Dinosaurs by Penumbris, http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=3895
Special by shadow_side, http://www.penumbris.com/archive/viewstory.php?sid=18. NC-17, possible non-con.
Tace, Inquit by Davechicken, http://www.penumbris.com/archive/viewstory.php?sid=102. Non-con, NC-17
Tempus Fundit by Davechicken, http://www.penumbris.com/archive/viewstory.php?sid=83. NC-17
Lorne/McKay:
Say That You Love Me by clockstopper, http://clockstopper.livejournal.com/40298.html
The View From Afar by clockstopper, http://clockstopper.livejournal.com/tag/the+view+from+afar
McKay/Zelenka:
Absurdity Theory by julad, http://yearningvoid.net/stories/julad/000083.html. NC-17
Moments We Choose to Ignore by skidmo, http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=10477
The Secret Life of Scientists by julad, http://yearningvoid.net/stories/julad/000082.html
Beckett/McKay/Sheppard:
Aleatoric Life series by sgatlantislight, http://sgatlantislight.livejournal.com/65372.html, warnings: Rape recovery
Alone in Your Mind series by James (zortified), http://gila.fakingsanity.net/stargate.html, about halfway down the page.
Ancient Evil by Laura_Trekkie, http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=3721
Back from the Well by xanthelj, http://xanthestories.livejournal.com/2188.html, warnings: extreme H/C, read author's notes, also 50,000+ words.
No Greater Love by Adella, http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=1636
Open Minded by kimberlite, http://kimberlite.livejournal.com/63809.html
Yearnings Bound in Friendship by Denyce, http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=6656
Beckett/McKay/Sheppard/Zelenka
The Geometry of Desire Series by sgatlantislight, http://sgatlantislight.livejournal.com/45231.html. Very NC-17.
There's no place like a mythological city to call home and sequels by zortified, http://gila.faking-sanity.net/stargate/mythological.html is the first chapter.
Beckett/McKay/Zelenka:
Theory of Relativity by mice1900, http://www.squidge.org/mice/theory.htm
Carter/McKay/Sheppard:
Yoshino by Eretria with Auburn, http://www.eternalvox.net/~auburn/Yoshino.html
Dex/Emmagan/McKay/Sheppard:
Brownian Motion and Secondary motion by 30toseoul, http://community.livejournal.com/oddball_sga/56187.html and http://community.livejournal.com/oddball_sga/57367.html?view=203287#t203287
No, Really and Yes, Maybe by basingstoke, http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=3008 and http://basingstoke.livejournal.com/285905.htm
Oikos by siriaeve, http://siriaeve.unrealwords.com/oikos.html
Three Lovers by cesperanza, http://cesperanza.livejournal.com/120889.html. NC-17
Dex/McKay/Sheppard:
Alpha Centauri by hth_the_first, http://hth.gatefiction.com/AlphaCen.htm
Pull Back to Reveal by Sabine (iamsab), http://sesa.slashx-files.com/2005/38.html
Emmagan/McKay/Sheppard:
Gifts Unasked For by shetiger, http://shetiger.com/fanfic/stargate/giftsunasked.html
The Silent Art of Watching by tafkarfanfic, http://tafkarfanfic.livejournal.com/134458.html
Also, I'll gladly accept more recs for Carson, Ronon, Teyla, and Aiden fics in the posts linked to above.
So, if you were writing an SGA newbie guide, what would you say are the essential Rodney gen and Rodney/someone fics out there other than McKay/Sheppard!!! (They'll get their own entry later), be that someone Beckett or Zelenka or Weir or Ford or, well, you get the idea? Your mission, should you choose to accept it, rec the essential fics featuring Rodney, give a brief answer as to why, give us a link if you can, and give any caveats (you know, kinks not everyone shares, other pairings in the fic, those sorts of things).
I'm going to keep doing this till we're through the main cast, then go through the regularly-recurring characters, and then have a big post for all the other folks. So, keep those URLs handy!
Feel free to discuss among yourselves. Oh, also, I'm not on every comm featuring each and every character, so if you think it would be relevant to a comm you're on that I haven't posted to (and it's acceptable to do so), feel free link here. Same goes with Gateworld message boards and the like.
Oh, and in case it isn't obvious, no Rodney-bashing and no getting nasty on someone 'cause they don't share your pairing choices. Yes, that includes people who like Sheppard/Weir and McKay/Sheppard.
This is the list of recs so far, including those from the previously mentioned Carson, Ronon, Teyla, and Aiden posts. Please note, these are the recs people have made. I haven't vetted them in any way, shape or form. If you disagree, feel free to say so, politely.
McKay, unpaired:
Academic by miss_porcupine, http://www.offpanel.net/dmz/sga/academic.html
Call Waiting by blue_underwing, http://community.livejournal.com/sga_flashfic/437471.html. Rodney and Jeanie.
Death and the Astrophysicist by liketheriver, http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3218958/1/.
Down Came a Spider by Tipper, http://megtipper.tripod.com/spider.htm
Maybe I'm Dead, I Just Haven't Stopped Moving Yet by cybersyd, http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3148301/1/
Necessary Things by minnow1212, http://minnow1212.livejournal.com/204661.html
Never Stop Moving by Tipper, http://megtipper.tripod.com/neverstop.htm. Teyla-McKay, McKay-Sheppard friendship, team.
Refraction by ltlj, http://www.ltljverse.com/watergate/stories/refraction.htm
Reluctant Hero by kodiak_bear, http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2895398/1/
Rescue by tigs, http://community.livejournal.com/sga_flashfic/397137.html
Scheherazade by Wintertime, http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=4649
Tempus Fugit by canadian_snoopy, http://community.livejournal.com/sga_flashfic/33895.html
Treed by panisdead, http://panisdead.livejournal.com/90657.html
Triquetra by eretria, http://midnight-ink.livejournal.com/12216.html. Spoilers for "Sunday"
Woobies of Woe by AbylityMaren, http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=448
Beckett/McKay:
Atlantis High by eudyptulaminor, http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=4566, warnings: High school AU
Doctor's Orders by xanthelj, http://xanthestories.livejournal.com/9837.html, warnings: D/s
Ides by sage, http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=1467
Moments Sacred and Profane series by mice1900, http://www.squidge.org/mice
Scars and Damage by lillyjk, Scars: http://lillyjk.livejournal.com/197935.html and Damage: http://lillyjk.livejournal.com/204345.html, warnings: Evil!Carson, bloodplay, coercion
Simple Pleasures by kat_lair, http://kat-lair.livejournal.com/16904.html (AU)
The Stranger In Front Of Him by severusslave, http://severusslave.livejournal.com/128621.html (AU)
Thresholds, by Miso no Tsuki, http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=693, some McKay/Sheppard and Beckett/OFC at the beginning.
Turnabout by soulsistahslash, http://soulsistahslash.livejournal.com/33001.html
Warlock's Bond: Healer by rosewildeirish, http://rosewildeirish.livejournal.com/317787.html (NC-17, AU)
Dex/McKay:
In the Hands of Yes by hth_the_first, http://hth.gatefiction.com/handsofyes.htm.
Kept By Ourselves by Silence and Apart by spike21, http://spike21.livejournal.com/274341.html
Pianoforte by mirabile_dictu, http://mirabile-dictu.livejournal.com/52549.html. NC-17
Thirteen O'Clock by hth_the_first, http://hth.gatefiction.com/13oclock.htm
Emmagan/McKay:
There's So Much To See Through, They Say, by x_sleeptodream, http://x-sleeptodream.livejournal.com/223842.html
Unexpected by nel_ani, http://nel-ani.livejournal.com/286931.html (NC-17)
Kolya/McKay
Planet of the Dinosaurs by Penumbris, http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=3895
Special by shadow_side, http://www.penumbris.com/archive/viewstory.php?sid=18. NC-17, possible non-con.
Tace, Inquit by Davechicken, http://www.penumbris.com/archive/viewstory.php?sid=102. Non-con, NC-17
Tempus Fundit by Davechicken, http://www.penumbris.com/archive/viewstory.php?sid=83. NC-17
Lorne/McKay:
Say That You Love Me by clockstopper, http://clockstopper.livejournal.com/40298.html
The View From Afar by clockstopper, http://clockstopper.livejournal.com/tag/the+view+from+afar
McKay/Zelenka:
Absurdity Theory by julad, http://yearningvoid.net/stories/julad/000083.html. NC-17
Moments We Choose to Ignore by skidmo, http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=10477
The Secret Life of Scientists by julad, http://yearningvoid.net/stories/julad/000082.html
Beckett/McKay/Sheppard:
Aleatoric Life series by sgatlantislight, http://sgatlantislight.livejournal.com/65372.html, warnings: Rape recovery
Alone in Your Mind series by James (zortified), http://gila.fakingsanity.net/stargate.html, about halfway down the page.
Ancient Evil by Laura_Trekkie, http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=3721
Back from the Well by xanthelj, http://xanthestories.livejournal.com/2188.html, warnings: extreme H/C, read author's notes, also 50,000+ words.
No Greater Love by Adella, http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=1636
Open Minded by kimberlite, http://kimberlite.livejournal.com/63809.html
Yearnings Bound in Friendship by Denyce, http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=6656
Beckett/McKay/Sheppard/Zelenka
The Geometry of Desire Series by sgatlantislight, http://sgatlantislight.livejournal.com/45231.html. Very NC-17.
There's no place like a mythological city to call home and sequels by zortified, http://gila.faking-sanity.net/stargate/mythological.html is the first chapter.
Beckett/McKay/Zelenka:
Theory of Relativity by mice1900, http://www.squidge.org/mice/theory.htm
Carter/McKay/Sheppard:
Yoshino by Eretria with Auburn, http://www.eternalvox.net/~auburn/Yoshino.html
Dex/Emmagan/McKay/Sheppard:
Brownian Motion and Secondary motion by 30toseoul, http://community.livejournal.com/oddball_sga/56187.html and http://community.livejournal.com/oddball_sga/57367.html?view=203287#t203287
No, Really and Yes, Maybe by basingstoke, http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=3008 and http://basingstoke.livejournal.com/285905.htm
Oikos by siriaeve, http://siriaeve.unrealwords.com/oikos.html
Three Lovers by cesperanza, http://cesperanza.livejournal.com/120889.html. NC-17
Dex/McKay/Sheppard:
Alpha Centauri by hth_the_first, http://hth.gatefiction.com/AlphaCen.htm
Pull Back to Reveal by Sabine (iamsab), http://sesa.slashx-files.com/2005/38.html
Emmagan/McKay/Sheppard:
Gifts Unasked For by shetiger, http://shetiger.com/fanfic/stargate/giftsunasked.html
The Silent Art of Watching by tafkarfanfic, http://tafkarfanfic.livejournal.com/134458.html
Also, I'll gladly accept more recs for Carson, Ronon, Teyla, and Aiden fics in the posts linked to above.