SGA fic: The ATA Affair

[xparrot]

The sga_genficathon author reveals have been posted! Lots of great stories, and the bonus round is now open for more - go check it out!

My story was (as pretty much everyone guessed, gee I wonder why... ;):

SGA: The ATA Affair (or read it on AOOO) {~26,000 words}
PG-13; gen, Team; AU
Two of the S.G.C.'s top secret agents, Teyla Emmagan and Rodney McKay, are sent to the Casino Atlantis to investigate the suspicious business dealings of one John Sheppard...

It was written for the AU genre, and as you might be able to surmise from the title and summary, it was a wee bit influenced by my shiny new Man from UNCLE infatuation. It's also my longest completed SGA story, and rather indulges in my Rodney & Teyla friendship kink. What can I say; they make awesome partners. Teyla's level-headed patience and stone-cold coolness play off Rodney's brilliance and panic attacks perfectly.

In addition to MUNCLE, there's a few other crossover nods in the story, solely because I'm easily amused. Knowledge of any of the other series is unimportant to the actual plot, but since folks were asking, here's the complete list of crossovers, not counting SGA and SG-1:

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - the story title, the act titles, the acronyms, some of the gadgets, and the general atmosphere were all MUNCLE-inspired, and I couldn't resist giving the chars an off-screen cameo at the end (even if Rodney does blank on Napoleon Solo's name...)

Seto Kaiba is from the manga/anime Yu-Gi-Oh (and one of my favorite characters of all time, which is why I couldn't resist giving him a role, since he fit the part perfectly.)

There's a corporate name from Gargoyles; also the hotel's Zeira safes are a nod to the sadly cancelled Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and Teyla's four-beat code knock is a riff on new Doctor Who.

And at the end, along with the MUNCLE cameo, there's oblique reference to the SciFi Channel's The Invisible Man, MacGyver, Burn Notice, Once a Thief, and the anime Weiss Kreuz.

Comments

[tringasolitaria.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting this! :) I picked up on the Man from U.N.C.L.E., Burn Notice, and MacGyver. I missed the TSCC reference. :D I'm not familiar with any of the other shows, though. It was a great story - one of my favorites from the ficathon. :)

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Hee, you got the Burn Notice ref? Awesome! Michael and Ronon would get along rather well, I think... ^__^

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

Kaiba threw me straight out of the story, as I don't care about Yu-Gi-Oh at all. But the Weiss Kreuz thing made me grin. :>

[tringasolitaria.livejournal.com]

I love Burn Notice. :) So glad it's coming back soon.

Yes, Michael and Ronon would get along well, and Fiona and Ronon would get along...explosively. :D

[tringasolitaria.livejournal.com]

Oh wait - the four beat knock? *headdesk* I should have gotten that one too. :)

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

And Ronon could go drinking with Sam, so really, yes, he'd be a big hit! ^^

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Aww, poor YGO, it gets no respect XP But it cracks me up that you got Weiss, wasn't sure anyone would!

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm sure my not buying any of the merchandise makes a real difference. ;p

The Weiss Kreuz reference filled my fannish little heart with glee.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

*laughs* The only YGO merchandise I ever bought were some of the manga translations (I got into the series via the manga, before it was a card game commercial XP)

I admit to liking Weiss mainly for the seiyuu...the anime makes my eyes roll harder than SGA XP

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

I used to buy a monthly magazine that started to run YGO in its second year. The hype exploded so fast I kind of stopped reading in self-defence - too many YGO specials and gimmicks. *g*

I only read the manga once, years ago (Weiss Kreuz B?) and vaguely remember it as rather emo but pretty. :D

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Ahh, yes - I never read Weiss Side B, but it did look pretty...

I managed to enjoy YGO despite my abiding hatred of the card game gimmicks...then got the anime in Japanese as bootlegs, and watched most of it with the help of my fast-forward button. In my defense, Kaiba's Japanese voice is one of the sexiest in the business. Also the soundtrack rocks.

(Of course in discussing YGO I am carefully avoiding mention that once upon a time I watched Pokemon...and even wrote a fic...my taste in anime is, um, questionable? XP)

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

I was hooked on the first two seasons of Digimon, started my fanfic experience with Dragonball Z, and still have a crush on Vegeta. There's nothing to be ashamed of. *g*

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

OMG H00R U CANT HAS VEGETA, HE BE MIIIINE!!1!111!

(one of my first anime beloveds, actually. Amusingly, DBZ is still huge here, I can't go into a convenience store without being confronted with cute little plastic DBZ figures...)

[sholio]

Hee! I got the general idea of the MUNCLE influence (though I'm not familiar enough with the show to catch specifics; I guessed that's who was mentioned at the end, though!) and the YGO (of course), I-Man, MacGyver (which totally cracked me up) and Weiss Kreuz references. I was very curious what the others were, so thanks for the reveals! :D (Edit: Oh, and Gargoyles, of course! The Xanatos safe made me giggle.)

(And I'm glad you decided to play even though you're not really in the fandom anymore. It was a very fun story!)

[ezazahaz.livejournal.com]

Yay! This was a fun story! Adventure, and team-ness, even when they were allegedly on different sides. And cute Rodney/Teyla friendship. Loved it!

Also, though I haven't seen any MUNCLE, I know enough about it to appreciate most of the fusion. The Agency made me happy, and O'Neill's cousin who works for the Phoenix foundation made me laugh out loud. :)

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

A lot of the MUNCLE references were sort of personal to our little group of new watchers, things like them being the Worst Spies Ever (tm)...kinda tempted to do a DVD commentary to list them all ^^;

And I'm glad I played along! Really there's more SGA I want to write/finish...I am rather hoping I'll circle 'round back to the fandom, sooner or later...

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

So glad you enjoyed it! The team on different sides (temporarily) amuses me much...(so when are you gonna watch MUNCLE? you know you waaaant to~ *tempttempttempt*)

[rike-tikki-tavi.livejournal.com]

So Napoleon's flamingo coloured door frame (really, still giggling over that one) made me go and seek out other stuff you've written and now I'm kicking myself, that I didn't find your stories earlier. Cause they are awesome.

Rodney and Teyla are a wonderful team. I love the little hints of Teyla's fond amusement at Rodney, I love that even though Rodney is not a very good spy and he tends to panic and babble, he's still competent when he has to be. I loved when he shot Ronon with his own gun. The dynamic between and Ronon and Teyla is awesome, too. And of course the ending. The thought of our intrepid heroes meeting the Burn Notice team scares me, though it's mostly the thought of Fi and Teyla in the same city. And Rodney and MacGyver, oh my God... I'm just gonna sit here and contemplate that idea.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Hee, so glad you enjoyed it! Rodney & Teyla really do make an awesome team, I adore them together. And yes, the image of Teyla and Fi taking on Miami together was way too good to pass up! ^^