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Many thanks to

cassiope25,

goddess47,

mific, and

sgatazmy for all their November recs! We had 11 recs this past month.

Our December reccers are:

cassiope25: Rodney McKay

goddess47: Jack O'Neill

mific: John/Rodney

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 to finish out the calendar year (!) and didn't have a chance to sign up, drop a comment here and I'll happily add you to the list.

mific posting in

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Shows: SGA
Rec Category: Apocafic
Characters: John Sheppard/Nancy Sheppard, Sam Carter
Categories: F/M
Words: 3254
Warnings: No AO3 warnings apply
Author on DW:

busaikko
Author's Website: busaikko on AO3
Link: Happy Little Delusions on AO3, or backup on Wayback in case AO3's playing up.
Why This Must Be Read: This is set in Vegas'verse and it goes AU near the end of the episode, as in this fic John doesn't manage to get the Wraith killed in time and its signal gets through. So the Wraith fleet is coming for Earth and John's recovering after almost dying, at Nancy's, as she's still his listed next of kin. Beautifully written and with great characterisation for Nancy and John, this is kind of bleak, yes, as the apocalypse looms, but at the end there's some hope, and some redemption.

( snippet of the fic under here )

tielan

My problem is that there's nobody in a position to get me the things I want.

They're either so ginormously big (peace on earth, fairness for people experiencing systemic 'isms', health, wealth, happiness) or impossibly specific (a Captain Hill epic that is well written and which I don't have to do myself).

All the middling stuff? I can pretty much manage myself.

I even organised my own 7x7 birthday party (completely forgot that I was going to give a speech about why 7x7) had a great time, had dinner with friends last night, watched the Matildas (Aussie national women's soccer team) play against NZ to win 5-0 with a friend and her kids, her eldest son (12) swapped a few chips for popcorn chicken bits, and later on asked me a bunch of questions like I was a trustable adult...

I hope to snuggle with my nephew come Christmas (not entirely sure I'll get that, he might end up being a wriggly boy and want mama), and to get out on the water in a friends' boat, and to see the cousins for Christmas...

Anyway, I'm tired rn, so more about the party shortly. And I haven't forgotten Georgia, I've just been so busy with the party (and with The Month Of Writing Dangerously) that I haven't managed to gather my thoughts.

sgatazmy posting in

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Show: SGA
Rec Category: John Sheppard
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Categories: gen
Warnings: None
Word Count: 6,727
Author on DW:

sholio
Author's Website: sholiofic.com

Link: Between the Lines on AO3

Author's Summary: Sometimes you'd never dream of being friends with someone, especially the most annoying person in Antarctica, until you get stuck with them in another galaxy.

Why This Must Be Read: I love this story so much. Sholio hits it out of the park with this story where Sheppard considers his first impression of McKay then follows them through canon and the amazing friendship they are building together. It's sweet and fun. I've probably read it several times because of the humor mixed with just the perfect view of them. Sholio really understands John and Rodney and gets their witty banter down perfectly. I can't recommend it enough.

And! There's a wonderful podfic by Rheanna for it as well which I've listened to at least twice. One of my favorites.

( Snippet of Fic )

sgatazmy posting in

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Show: SGA
Rec Category: John Sheppard
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Categories: gen
Warnings: None
Word Count: 6,516
Author on LJ: Kodiak Bear Country No DW
Author's Website: Not on AO3, so fanfiction.net link
Link: Nobody Said It Was Easy (ffn). or on LJ

Author's Summary: Sheppard and McKay are trapped in a cave Sheppard reflects on how he got to where he is on his birthday.

Why This Must Be Read: Kodiak Bear Country is one of my favorite authors and she always right a spot on John Sheppard. In this story, she has John reflecting on his past and his choices as he and Rodney wait for rescue. It's his 40th birthday. It's written before we learned about John's dad and other stuff in canon, but it's not far off from what canon decided. I love this John so worried about Rodney while thinking about what brought him to this point. It's sweet, reflective, and a quick read.

Unfortunately, Kodiak Bear Country has all her stuff on LJ and fanfiction.net and not on AO3, but I still think it's really worth the read anyway.

( Snippet of Fic )

goddess47 posting in

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Show: SG-1, Teen Wolf, The Sentinel

Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Characters:Pairings: Clone Jack O'Neill/Stiles Stilinski
Categories: slash, crossover,
Warnings: canon-typical violence
Word Count: 90,824
Author on LJ:

elumish No DW account found.
Author's Website: AO3 Profile
Link: new destructions in the sky

And a set of stories in the same universe: the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky worth checking out.

Author's Summary:

Go to the Sentinel/Guide conference, Lydia said. It’ll be useful, Lydia said. You might even find your Sentinel, Lydia said, because of course in the ridiculous town of Beacon Hills that’s full of supernatural creatures there is precisely one Sentinel of the right age and Parrish is already her Guide.

Why This Must Be Read:

This really is for the Teen Wolf fans who also adore Stargate SG-1. This is a Stiles-centric fic from start to end but Stiles is a Guide who ends up with Clone Jack O'Neill as his Sentinel. It's a Stiles who doesn't want to be a Guide. And Clone Jack still remembers being bonded to Daniel. That's as messy as it sounds.

Add in rogue NID agents kidnapping Guides, a confused Sheriff who is not happy with the apparent age of his son's Sentinel, werewolves, NDAs up the wazoo, and a frustrated Blair who is challenged every step of the way by Stiles who asks 'why' about everything and you have a fascinating fic that brings some of our favorite people into one place.

( snippet of fic )

denise posting in

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Hello, friends! It's about to be December again, and you know what that means: the fact I am posting this actually before December 1 means

karzilla reminded me about the existence of linear time again. Wait, no -- well, yes, but also -- okay, look, let me back up and start again: it's almost December, and that means it's time for our annual December holiday points bonus.

The standard explanation: For the entire month of December, all orders made in the Shop of points and paid time, either for you or as a gift for a friend, will have 10% of your completed cart total sent to you in points when you finish the transaction. For instance, if you buy an order of 12 months of paid time for $35 (350 points), you'll get 35 points when the order is complete, to use on a future purchase.

( The fine print and much more behind this cut! )

Thank you, in short, for being the best possible users any social media site could possibly ever hope for. I'm probably in danger of crossing the Sappiness Line if I haven't already, but you all make everything worth it.

On behalf of Mark, Jen, Robby, and our team of awesome volunteers, and to each and every one of you, whether you've been with us on this wild ride since the beginning or just signed up last week, I'm wishing you all a very happy set of end-of-year holidays, whichever ones you celebrate, and hoping for all of you that your 2026 is full of kindness, determination, empathy, and a hell of a lot more luck than we've all had lately. Let's go.

cassiope25 posting in

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Show: SGA

Rec Category: Rodney McKay
Rating Explicit
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard
Pairings: Rodney/John
Categories: slash, dark, episode related
Warnings: no archive warnings apply
Words: 2,461
Author's Journal: n/a
Author's Website: kho on AO3
Link: A Hundred, A Thousand

Author’s summary: “this is a tag to the season 3 ep Miller’s Crossing. “I presented a situation. He volunteered.”

Why This Must Be Read: This fic jumps right into Miller’s Crossing during the scene in John’s quarters at the end, and that particular moment always left me with a longing… I never realized how much I craved darker, more intense feelings, more desperate longing, and more emotional and physical pleasure until I read this amazing fic by kho! It’s truly intense and dark, but also so emotional and intimate, and it’s really, really hot! It’s just the right ending for this episode—don’t miss out on it!

( snippet of fic )

mific posting in

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Shows: SGA
Rec Category: Apocafic
Characters: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, original canine character, small no. of other OCs
Categories: M/M
Words: 141,210 for the whole series. Fifteen works in the series to date. The initial, longest part is 50,505.
Warnings: The author chose not to warn, but read the tags. It's apocafic, but we don't see much of what happened to the rest of humanity.
Author on DW:

logicgunn
Author's Website: LogicGunn on AO3
Link: The Long Dark series on AO3, and there's a great podfic too, by

librarychick_94, also here.
Why This Must Be Read: This will be well known, but it's never been reccd here, so I need to correct that! It's a fusion with the world of the game "The Long Dark" in which an unknown astronomical event acts like an EMP and fries all electronics. John, a military pilot, is ferrying civilian scientist McKay who he's never met before across the far north of Canada to a secret base when their helicopter goes down. That starts their adventure on an isolated island in the very far north at the limits of survivability, post-apocalypse. The story's full of plot and action, and romance, and as LogicGunn says, despite some traumatic sections it's a lot fluffier than the tags might suggest. It's a marvellous story, gripping and often heartwarming and with lots of interesting survival details. In the end, despite the apocalypse, John and Rodney still have each other.

( snippet of the fic under here )

cassiope25 posting in

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Show: SGA

Rec Category: Rodney McKay
Rating Explicit
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex
Pairings: Rodney/John, John/OC
Categories: slash, internalized homophobia (or not?), humor, jealousy
Warnings: Creator choose to not use archive warnings
Words: 11,136
Author's Journal: n/a
Author's Website: objectlesson on AO3
Link: Bare

Author’s summary: “Did you not know,” Teyla says carefully, shooting a concerned look at Ronon over their mostly empty plates, “that Lt. Colonel Sheppard enjoys the company of—”

“No, I did not!” Rodney manages to grit out, sucking in air desperately before grabbing his glass of water and downing it. “Since fucking when?!”

Why This Must Be Read: This is truly an exceptional, fantastic fic—I promise, once you start, you won’t be able to stop. It’s an amazing journey through so many emotions, and it fits their characters perfectly. Objectlesson makes you laugh at the beginning and leaves you gasping for air at the end because of the intense feelings and the hot, dirty sex—in the best possible ways.
There are so many wonderful little moments in this story. Rodney’s awkward, scientific, and curious Rodney-logic, and his step-by-step realization of his own feelings — while finally uncovering John’s deepest desires — are an incredible rollercoaster of obliviousness, humor, sweetness, raw emotion, and mind-blowing sex. They’re unstoppable, completely and deeply in love! It’s one of those stories everyone should read and reread. Go for it!

( snippet of fic )

fignewton posting in

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This entry will be open through the 30th. The monthly reccers post will go up sometime on Monday.

I've heard vague rumors that a new version of Stargate is in the works! If this fires up your enthusiasm, why not rec some favorites as a way to drum up increased interest in others? And if you're skeptical and/or horrified, why not rec some of your favorites to remind yourself of the good parts of Stargate? ;)

Comment with the username you'll be using to rec and the category you want. Choose a category from the list below or select a more rare category that has been used in the past. If you want to rec a category that is not on the list below or in Memories, that's fine, too: you may volunteer for a category that isn't listed.

By signing up, you are committing yourself to reccing at least two (preferably four) stories in that category during the month of December. November reccers who wish to sign up again (thank you!) should rec their minimum two for this month before doing so. You don't have to check the Memories before choosing which stories to rec. If you have a good fic to rec, go for it! Do remember, though, that story links must be freely accessible, without requiring any sort of login to view. The FAQ and rec template, with detailed instructions, can be found here. Reccers may add self-recs once they have done their minimum two for their category of the month, and see more details at the FAQ entry.

You must be a member of

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( Common but not exclusive categories )

Remember: first come, first claimed!

tielan

Growing vaguely anxious about the party on Saturday.

*sigh* My three current mantras are:

My mother's standards of entertaining do not need to be mine.

My friends will not judge me for having a lived-in house.

People do actually like me and will turn up.

I've made a slice, a cake and icing, and will be cooking some chicken wings in soy sauce on Friday. I'm thinking about making a bean salad with a bit of a vinegar zing...

Yesterday, I gave the back door and frame a coat of oil, and it's been a bit whiffy through the house. So the cats didn't sleep in the laundry last night, and around 2am Smokey came by to insist she get to come in and sleep with me. Around 4am, Mal decided to join us. And around 6am, my alarm went off.

I have to get the back porch table cleared this evening, box as much stuff as possible (worry about sorting later).

Tomorrow is going to be hellishly hot, and the hot weather is going to continue on through to Saturday. Argh. It's going to be painfully hot outside, and I was kind of counting on being able to hold it outside...

mific posting in

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Shows: SGA
Rec Category: Apocafic
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Sam Carter, Daniel Jackson, Teyla Emmagan, Jinto, Aiden Ford, Stephen Caldwell, Evan Lorne
Categories: Gen
Words: 4779
Warnings: no AO3 warnings apply. Apocalyptic, though.
Author on DW:

mad_maudlin
Author's Website: Mad_Maudlin on AO3, Mad_Maudlin on sga_flashfic (DW)
Link: It's on AO3 but the formatting's messed up, making it hard to read there. Here are two better options. Triptych on DW, or Triptych on Wayback
Why This Must Be Read: I've reccd this before as it's very clever and well-written. The story hinges on the the multiverse theory of time travel being correct - that you can travel through time into the past but a new timeline branches off as soon as you do, so you can never get back to your original timeline. This has massive implications for both Moebius in Stargate SG1, and for the SGA series. Mad_Maudlin explores two of these in parts 1 & 0 of the fic. The characterisations are great, and even though the scenarios are apocalyptic, there's humour as well. The time travel aspect is, as usual, headache-inducing, so I made a diagram to explain it (if I've understood it right).

Note that the diagram is VERY SPOILERY so I suggest reading the fic before looking at it! (click arrow to left)

SG1 in canon use time-travel jumper to go back 5000 yrs to Ancient Egypt and leave tape & info in a tomb. A new timeline splits off. In the new timeline: After 'The Siege', McKay & Sheppard are back at the SGC and Rodney tells Sam & Daniel they misunderstood what happened. They feel some disquiet about what might have happened in the original timeline. In the original timeline, possibility#1: SG1 do hide the tape but they never return (as different timeline). SGC does find the tape. There's no Atlantis expedition. SG1 are lost so don't save Earth from the Goa'uld invasion. Rodney still works for the SGC & desperately tries to get the Antarctic Chair working. John activates it but the Goa'uld fleet has mostly destroyed Earth's cities. In the original timeline possibility #2: There <em>is</em> an Atlantis expedition, but the Wraith destroy or take Atlantis as no ZPM returned with SG1 (lost in the past) so no rescue from Earth after 1 yr. Daedalus finds them after 2 yrs. John's lost a leg, Weir's dead, they live with the Athosians on an 'alpha site', having run from the Wraith from planet to planet. Rodney's not doing well. Plus, in this timeline/alternate universe, he's also allergic to peanuts.

tielan

My second day in Georgia was 4WDing in the Vashlovani Nature Reserve, out towards Azerbaijan. We didn't cross over into Azerbaijan, and there was no intent to, but one of the warnings was that if we got cut off by fire in the Reserve then we might have to exit out via Azerbaijan, so take your passport with you!

(Curious question: on most of the groups for women travelling solo, there's all manner of warnings about travelling with your passport and how it's unwise to do so, but where do you keep it then... It seems to be a peculiarly American thing for women in the 50+ age range, especially those who aren't accustomed to travelling internationally, though, so I'm particularly curious if this is common among people I know.)

( Vashlovani )

As I've said before, the women on this tour were the 'we're different and we're good with that' sort of women. Which made for excellent travelling companions.

tielan

I nearly posted a thanksgiving message to my American friends. Oops. Next week, Gadget!

I've been quiet, in part because all the other shiny socials are taking up my time and space, in part because things are kinda busy right now in garden and work and party planning and Christmas.

Also, I'm not sleeping well. I can fall asleep relatively well (except for when I can't and remain awake until 2:30am) and wake with a vague tiredness that is never really improved by actual sleep.

--

The Month Of Writing Dangerously is not happening, per se. It's really more The Month Of Writing Safely And Moderately With Some Occasional Bursts.

I do feel vaguely bad about a few fic WIPs that I have had lingering for years, and yes, I know most people don't post WIPs for precisely this reason. I don't regret posting them, but I do feel a little regretful that I'm not finishing them. There are plans and plots for them, but actually getting those plots into scenes and the scenes into words is another thing. And also: obviously the longer it goes, the harder it is to keep writing and the fewer people are interested in the story anymore.

--

It looks like I will be working the Christmas-New Year stretch. I'm not sure if that's office hours, or just being on call, I think it's office hours, but there's not much happening.

There are now three of us in the area I work in, monitoring two systems, and while I will have to come up to speed on the second system, we can hope that there are no major issues over what is usually a very quiet period.

We can hope.

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A Few Words From The Wise

Speak to him, for there is none born wise.
-The Maxims of Ptahotep

In mourning or rejoicing, be not far from me.
- an Ancient Egyptian Love Song

But your embraces
alone give life to my heart
may Amun give me what I have found
for all eternity.
-Love Songs of the New Kingdom, Song #2

To Know the Dark

To go in the dark with a light is to know the light.
To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight,
and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,
and is travelled by dark feet and dark wings.
-Wendell Berry

Up in the morning's no for me,
Up in the morning early;
When a' the hills are covered wi' snaw,
I'm sure it's winter fairly.
-Robert Burns

Visit to the Hermit Ts'ui

Moss covered paths between scarlet peonies,
Pale jade mountains fill your rustic windows.
I envy you, drunk with flowers,
Butterflies swirling in your dreams.
-Ch'ien Ch'i

Mistress of high achievement, O lady Truth,
do not let my understanding stumble
across some jagged falsehood.
-Pindar

Every Gaudy colour
Is a bit of truth.
-Nathalia Crane

I counted two-and-twenty stenches,
All well defined, and several stinks.
-Samuel Coleridge

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December reccers

Happy Little Delusions (by busaikko) (Teen)

holiday wishes

Between the Lines by Sholio

Nobody Said It Was Easy by Kodiak Bear Country (G)

new destructions in the sky, by elumish (M)

Look! I remembered to post before December started this year!

A Hundred, A Thousand by kho (E)

The Long Dark series (by LogicGunn) (Explicit)

Bare by objectlesson (E)

December reccers volunteer post

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Triptych (by Mad_Maudlin) (Teen)

Day 2 of Georgia: Vashlovani Nature Reserve

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