darsynia

Title: That Which
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Explicit sex
Genre: Slash, action/adventure, humor, romance, hint of mystery
Summary: That which does not kill us by collapse, frustrate us to death by refusing to love us easily, or confound us by sabotage—that which gives us hope… makes us stronger.

When Teyla's still missing, Rodney's done pining, and John's just trying to figure out where to go next.

Notes: Any resemblance to events that appear in season five are purely by coincidence with one possible non-spoiling exception. Spoilers up to 'The Last Man.'

Huge thanks to my betas cold_poet and beahorgana, without whom I'd be completely lost! A special thank-you to my support group ladies at bb_gene_therapy, to grammarwoman, taste_is_sweet, cathalin and vaginasaurus for listening to me plot (and whine) over and over, and everyone else that had to deal with me agonizing over getting this done (read: my wonderful flist)! Again, thanks.
Artwork: A lovely piece illustrating one of my favorite parts, by monkey_junkey! Please click the preview to see the whole piece, this is just a hint!


Please leave feedback at the link provided via the Big Bang site, and not here! Thanks.

That Which @ the SGA Big Bang Site.

Writing this was a blast, really, for all that I'm really bad about flirting with deadlines. I've never written anything so plotty before, and it was a lot more fun than I expected! One of the things I enjoyed most was trying to put in some signature character moments for the supporting cast in the story, and so Ronon, Zelenka, and Sam to name a few got their own places to shine in That Which. Ultimately, though, it's John and Rodney's story, where each goes through their own kind of journey. I hope you enjoy!

Big Bang RECS: Dawn Will Break (by ca_pierson and darkmoore, McShep) has a premise that recommends itself (John hops through universes, Quantum Leap-style, fixing things), so I don't think I have to prod anyone too much to go read that (eta: it occurs to me that I raved a lot more than I had planned to about my other rec--this fic was also a great read, fun, fabulous premise, and I enjoyed it a lot)-
-but (as in 'but for those who weren't looking at non McShep stories/those who needed to be poked, of whom I include myself:') I also read siriaeve's These Proverbs We Made in the Winter Must End, a Jennifer/Ronon piece. GO READ IT OMG. Spectacular world-building, spot-on characterization, and the simply gorgeous writing we've all come to expect from siriaeve. Plus, the art, oh the art. *handsflail* I know you guys, like me, have been waiting for your McShep novel-lengths since signups, but this story really is amazing, and friendshipper's awesome art convinced me to read it before a lot of the other stories I've been waiting for. I didn't regret my choice a bit.

Title: Hear Me Out
Summary: “Have you ever noticed that rushing things seems to be a theme in this galaxy?”
Rating: PG
Spoilers: This is an episode tag to 'The Intruder', so 'spoilers' for Season 1 and the first few episodes of Season 2.
Word Count: 3,132
Notes: Written for sheafrotherdon for her birthday, and I am TERRIBLY LATE OMG! Sorry about that! I hope you like it, sweetie! Wall kissing and lots of Rodney dialogue!
Additional Notes: Moral support from vaginasaurus! I hope it's okay that I post it here and edit my catenip post--I would feel presumptuous making two catenip posts... [[EDIT: berlinghoff79, you will not like this story... *overprotective Darsy*]]

( Hear Me Out )

Just a quick attention h0r moment note to say, I hath porned (both NC-17):

Title: Lure
Pairing: Atlantis/John
'Summary': It had taken the journey of three million light years in a few steps—without a doubt, the fastest John had ever traveled, and he hadn’t even needed to be strapped in for it—for him to feel uncomfortable while jerking off in the shower.
Porn Battle Prompt: 'unwelcome attention'

Title: Convince Me
Pairing: John/Rodney
'Summary': “God, John, all day,” Rodney was saying, and John wanted to look, because Rodney wasn’t *touching* and Jesus, he hadn’t even thought to care whether the door was open— “All day, you, in these pants,” Rodney said...
Porn Battle Prompt: 'dominance'

ALSO, be sure to check out the constantly updated Porn Battle Stargate Link Roundup for all your lazy convenient Stargate: Atlantis, SG-1, and Stargate crossover needs!

ETA: Okay, and, so, I obsessively edit out mistakes/correct things, and I think at oxoniensis gets each one in the mailbox, and GOD, I'm SORRY! ARGH. I had to apologize somewhere, because it kind of ruins the mood to stick it in the porn plus I fail at word/character counts so there wasn't room anyway, so here's my grovel, I did it for the PURITY OF THE PORN! *snerk*

Author/Reader: darsynia
Title: Acceptable Risk (the Slow Burn Remix) (story text)
Summary: It was April when they kissed the first time
Warnings: vague season 2 spoilers
Rating: PG-13
File Type: .mp3
Length: (10mb) 22 minutes
Link: right click/save as, please (permanent)

Notes: I... *facepalm* I did voices, sort of. And a bit with the toothbrush... Also, I realized after I posted it that I could have put the cover art in the file! OOPS. Sorry, vida_boheme. Hopefully this existing at all is enough of an apology? :)

Yeah, I'm being stupidly prolific and I apologize. I just have time in the summer and I really like sharing this stuff...

( So, IF I HAVE TIME (haha), which story should I do next? )

Title: Equal and Opposite Reaction
Summary: During the rare moments when Rodney isn’t lying to himself about it, he admits he’s in love with John.
Pairing: John/Rodney
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 3,300 (I KNOW. OMG.)
Spoilers: none
Notes: So, last night at 2 AM I told myself I needed a quick break from my sgabigbang story, so I opened up a text file and told myself I'd write a quick mcsmooch. Yeah, that went well. Thanks to unamaga for looking it over for me and giving wonderful and necessary suggestions! This is dedicated to equusentric. ♥
Additional Notes: I TOTALLY forgot to mention the AMTDI aspect of this... hee.

Equal and Opposite Reaction over at the community.

ETA: I just realized I've posted six stories in June with a combined total of nearly 20,000 words. All of which ON TOP OF Big Bang. And it's the freaking seventeenth of the month. I am seriously Missing the Point, muse-wise, here. *headdesk*

I have mcsmooch'd!

Leia Was a Princess, Too over at the community.

Title may or may not be too geeky for words...

*goes to bed*

Title: Think the Dancer Mad
Summary: Those who hear not the music think the dancers mad. —Proverbs
Pairing: John/Rodney
Rating: PG
Word Count: 9,424
Notes: Spoilers for all seasons up to Outcast. Written for artword's Challenge 010: Reversed, inspired by the awesome art by clear_as_blood--click the previews to see them both/leave feedback! A huge, huge thank you to unamaga for her beta work and suggestions (she is REALLY good at hand-holding! Thanks BB) and also to Leah, for moral support.

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( Think the Dancer Mad )

I can't believe I... Well. See for yourself:

Title: Stuck On You
Summary: "Isn't that just typical," Chipped muttered to himself. Then, a little louder, he said, "You don't have much room to talk--at least I don't have a *mutant edge*. I thought there were regulations against that sort of thing."
Rating: G
Warnings: AU. OH, SO AU.
Author's Notes: THEY'RE ICE CUBES. *headdesk*
More Coherent Author's Notes: This was my husband's suggestion. I kid you not. Tonight at dinner he said, and I quote: You should write a crack!fic where John and Rodney are ice cubes. There'll be drama, because they are going to eventually melt, and they can have sex, because ice cubes can get all stuck together, etc., etc. This actually turned out FAR more fluffy than one would have expected. Special thanks to clear_as_blood for the encouragement.
More Notes!: Now with cover art by clear_as_blood! Thanks sweets!

( Stuck On You )


ETA: There is now (brain-meltingly cute) ART (shown under the cut/above--don't forget to tell her how awesome it is!) by falling_colors ILU.

ETA2: Tune in some day in the far future, when ice!Rodney worries that he'll be placed in a glass of ice water with *gasp* LEMON in it, and John-cube distracts him by engineering a daring (and nearly suicidal) rescue mission.

ETA3: There are now (omg so so adorable) ICONS by altyronsmaker!

It's time for the big reveal! I had an absurdly awesome time doing remix, I encourage everyone to give it a go the next time--the organization was fun, the person I was assigned to had great stories to pick from, and the whole posting on sockpuppets thing was marvelous and mysterious and fun as heck. I'm posting the story here in its entirety, but my first cut will be linked back to the community in the hopes that people will take the hint and check out some of the other fantastic stories posted not only in the SGA fandom but in many others. After such a horrible week, this has been a great experience to look back on! My only regret is not having time to read and review some of the great entries! I've got to remember to do that.

Title: Acceptable Risk (the Slow Build Remix)
Author: darsynia
Summary: It was April when they kissed the first time.
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Stargate: Atlantis
Spoilers/Warnings: vague season two spoilers
Word Count: just over 3,000
Original story info: First Monday, by flyakate
Notes: Thanks to lilbreck for looking this over for me! I will say the story stands alone without needing to read the original--but I'd not suggest skipping First Monday by any means. It is a very fun story from John's PoV, and I encourage everyone to read it as well.

ETA: Now with cover art (also below the cut) by vida_boheme! Thanks sweets!
ETA2: Podfic!
ETA3 (OMGZ!): Now with dvd commentary by the lovely and talented vida_boheme! I AM NOT WORTHY! <3

( Acceptable Risk (the Slow Build Remix) on remixredux08 )

( Or, read it here at my journal... )

No way can I resist this. The smut cliches were even BETTER but I'm still new at that and these were pretty good to start with.

Explanations:
Superhuman - a character has unnaturally good strength/healing ability/mindreading skills/shooting skills/stamina etc etc

Prove it - a character has to or wants to prove their love/loyalty to another character

I own you - one character takes another as a slave to save their life/as a punishment

Not now! - a really, really badly timed declaration of love

Im in ur fic - the pernicious Mary-Sue factor. Need we say more?

Save me from myself - one character has low self-esteem issues/is self-harming/has been sexually abused/is clinically depressed and needs the intervention of another character

Curse you - and your sudden and inevitable betrayal...

No way out - characters are trapped/kidnapped/captured/jailed

Insanity takes over - any bit of mythology/conspiracy theory/supernatural legend is actually real. No, really.

Don't I know you? - characters encounter each other before/after canon timeline

( The Table Itself )

In my defense, there's no time limit, and I KNOW I'll end up forgetting about this comm. Plus velvetwhip is a member! That's enough reason right there!