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Show: SGA

Rec Category: Rodney McKay
Characters: Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagan, John Sheppard, Ronon Dex
Pairings: Rodney & Teyla
Categories: gen, hurt/comfort, friendship
Warnings: no warnings apply (but mention of misscariage – not Teyla)
Words: 8,396
Author's Journal:

tazmy
Author's Website: Tazmy on AO3
Link: Woman Warrior

Author’s summary: Rodney and Teyla are injured and captured off-world. Rodney discovers Teyla is pregnant.

Why This Must Be Read: This fic by Tazmy—highly revised and expanded from the 2007 original—holds a special place in my heart and gets under my skin even more with every reread.
Switching between Rodney’s and Teyla’s perspectives, it portrays their friendship in an incredibly emotional and sensitive way. After being imprisoned together, Teyla and Rodney desperately try to protect one another, especially after Rodney discovers Teyla’s pregnancy.
Rodney respects Teyla in so many ways—her strength, grace, integrity, kindness, and patience. And Teyla values Rodney just as profoundly, seeing past his dismissive behavior to the person behind it—intelligent, insecure, vulnerable, reliable, and brave.
The story delivers hurt, angst, and insecurities (heed the tags!), but also offers a lighthearted, joyful, and caring ending. I can’t recommend it enough!

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stargateficrec

Show: SGA

Rec Category: Rodney McKay
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagan, Kate Heightmeyer
Pairings: Rodney/John
Categories: slash, hurt/comfort, ptsd, mutism, recovery, friendship
Warnings: no warnings apply
Words: 5,832
Author's Journal:

logicgunn
Author's Website: Logicgunn on AO3
Link: A Theft, And The Retention Of Courage

Author’s summary: The rescue, when it finally comes, is indescribably loud and violent.

Why This Must Be Read: This amazingly written, intense story is part of Logicgunn's “Darker Reads” series. The fic draws you in from the first word to the last and focuses on Rodney's slow healing process after being rescued from a severe traumatic ordeal. Exploring hurt and angst, Rodney’s strong feelings for John, and his deep bond with Ronon, it envelops you in the affection, compassion, and love shared between all of them. Everything is handled with such care, sensitivity, and insight—it’s definitely in for many reads and rereads.

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Hey guys! I'm the comm's Memories volunteer, stepping in for Fig for a bit while she's offline. And, yes, October is here! Cool, crisp nights for cozy reads in the North, and warm, sultry nights for breezy reads in the South, so let's help our readers out.

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mific posting in

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Shows: SGA
Rec Category: AU - no Stargate
Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Elizabeth Weir, other SGA regulars
Categories: M/M
Words: 9104
Warnings: no AO3 warnings apply
Author on DW:

apple_pi
Author's Website: apple_pi on AO3
Link: NHMR Productions Inc. on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: This is one of my feel-good comfort reads. John's a charismatic TV presenter and Rodney's an irascible, perfectionist building contractor who HGTV build a home renovation fix-it show around. It's like Holmes on Homes but with Rodney badmouthing the shoddy work and half-assed prior contractors and driving his highly competent crew to do amazing makeovers. Teyla is the 2IC with people skills who smooths over his bulldozer approach, and Elizabeth's the executive producer who manages them all. Inevitably, John and Rodney become close and their relationship is beautifully drawn and absolutely in character. Teyla gets pregnant and has Torren during a season finale, leading to spectacular ratings, and finally the media find out that John and Rodney are together and they have to deal with that. It's all really well written, warm and engaging, and I want to watch this show SO BAD! Seriously, I'd watch the hell out of it, but reading the fic comes a close second. The story's fairly well known, but hey, maybe it's time for a re-read!

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Shows: SGA
Rec Category: AU - no Stargate
Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Elizabeth Weir, Jeannie, Kaleb, Madison.
Categories: M/M
Words: ~8200
Warnings: no AO3-type warnings apply
Author on DW:

wojelah
Author's Website: wojelah on AO3, Wojelah on LJ
Link: Bar Harbor's Best on LJ (and backup on Wayback). There's also a podfic read by rhea314.
Why This Must Be Read: This is an enjoyable no-Stargate AU in which John is a lobster boat and whale-watching charter skipper. Rodney is a brewer and winemaker from a local vineyard family who'd left Bar Harbor in Maine for a few years after an argument with his family, but who's now returned to renovate the local pub. The usual suspects are translated into local characters - Ronon a chef, and Teyla an environmentalist, for example. There's romance, adventure at sea, and of course a happy ending - it's a lot of fun!

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jackwabbit

Reading Comprehension

Fandom: Stranger Things
Rated: PG
Category: Double Drabble. Steve Focus. Steve and Robin Friendship.
Time Frame: After season three, before season four.
Spoilers: Season Three, “The Bite.”
Summary: Steve educates himself. And his mom isn’t quite as bad as we think.

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superbadgirl

One of my nephews was struck by a car and killed while doing a bike ride for a fundraiser yesterday. He was one week shy of his 30th birthday, leaves behind his wife, his twin brother, his two sisters, his mother and father.

Please be careful when you are walking or biking. drivers do not see you.

Please hug someone you love today and tell them what they mean to you.

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mific posting in

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Shows: SGA
Rec Category: AU - no Stargate
Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagan
Categories: M/M
Words: 10,517
Warnings: none apply
Author on DW:

berty
Author's Website: Berty on AO3
Link: When You Piece It All Together, It's A Love Story on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: This is absolutely a comfort read for me, and one I hope to reread many times. It's got all the good stuff: a great meet-cute, John as a somewhat fame-averse rock star, Ronon as "Big Ron" his head of security, Teyla as an eco-warrior, and Rodney as his usual genius self, blissfully unaware of the existence of celebrities. A lovely story, go read (or re-read) it!

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Woman Warrior by Tazmy (G)

A Theft, And The Retention Of Courage by Logicgunn (M)

October Reccers Volunteer Post

NHMR Productions, Inc. (by apple_pi) (M)

Bar Harbor's Best (by wojelah) (Mature)

New Fic: Reading Comprehension

Hug your loved ones

When You Piece It All Together, It's A Love Story (by Berty) (Mature)

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