Comments | valderys: Freedom of Choice, SGA, John/Rod (PG)

valderys

Freedom of Choice, SGA, John/Rod (PG)

Jan 11, 2009 23:30

Title: Freedom of Choice
Author: valderys
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: PG
Pairing: John/Rod
Word Count: 1,000
Notes: Written for picfor1000. Set in my Fascist Mensaverse AU. An episode tag for ‘McKay and Mrs Miller’.
Summary: This crisis may have ruined years of careful planning, but John is dammned if he’s going to let Rod waste his chance.

( Everything is cold, and everything is still, at the point of decision. )

sga, fascist mensaverse, mcshep

Comments 16

trobadora January 12 2009, 00:04:03 UTC

Wow. You know I love your version of the Mensaverse, and this is true to form - absolutely fascinating and absolutely chilling. A wonderful episode tag.

valderys January 12 2009, 14:52:48 UTC

Thanks! I haven't written in it for ages - but that's what the picture inspired. A cold, chill, waiting Atlantis. Somehow. Got to go with the muses! :)

dossier January 12 2009, 00:35:38 UTC

Man, I love this verse, and this is a fantastic addition. John's fear is palpable, and the tiny bit of glee for Rod is a beautiful counterpoint.

valderys January 12 2009, 14:54:19 UTC

Yeah - it's quite a lot angsty, this universe :) It's nice that the boys have never given up, or given in. This actually had to be cut short a bit, because of the word limit, or there might have been more glee!

badwolf36 January 12 2009, 04:09:22 UTC

Damn. Interesting view into the Mensa verse and its politics. A creepy view, but an interesting one nonetheless. Thanks for sharing!

valderys January 12 2009, 14:56:03 UTC

My original thought was that it had to be some serious pressure to get Rodney to turn into Rod. And this was what I came up with - a universe in which Rod's people skills are actually survival skills :)

tzzzz January 12 2009, 22:26:23 UTC

Creepy. I love your take on the mensaverse.

valderys January 13 2009, 14:30:58 UTC

A different take, but it always bothered me that people write Mensaverse as though nothing will have changed over there - and yet it produces Rod? This was my answer :)

lilyfarfalla January 13 2009, 20:00:08 UTC

Mmm, I love your mensa-verse, and this is a great addition to it. I love how the act of drawing straws and the bickering we see in our own verse means such different things here.

valderys January 13 2009, 22:38:51 UTC

And I keep finding that the opposites of things fit so well too! :) I hope I'll write some more, but it's taken me more than a year to get back to it, so who knows...