SGA ficlet

[xparrot]

Comment-fic written for the lovely THE 'RODNEY IS LOVELY' FESTIVAL!!!, which I'm posting separately here to correct a tense gaffe I didn't catch until it was too late to edit the comment. Gen squish, no particular spoilers.

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Comments

[elandrialore.livejournal.com]

Awww, I find this utterly sweet, and a totally reasonable explanation for Rodney's hypochondria

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Thanks! ^^ Yeah, I think some of Rodney's hypochondria is just his big brain working overtime, but he is so very insecure, so unused to people caring, that he worries about himself because he doubts anyone else will bother to...

[trystings.livejournal.com]

where's my laptop!

Oh Rodney..

Wonderful read. Very IC.

[sholio]

Oh, that's so sweet! Love Sheppard's "going gray at forty" comment and the matter-of-fact trust and affection between them. (And, oh darnit, *more* fic to read, now I'll never get anything done! Darn this fandom anyway! *g*)

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Thank you! ^_^

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Yeah, isn't it obnoxious, the way the fandom keeps churning out fantastic cute fic for us? makes it impossible to accomplish anything! XP (in other news, I'd so like it if Sheppard did start going gray at 40...if "Common Ground" was any indication, it really suits him ^^)

[jadesfire.livejournal.com]

Oh! I enjoyed this so much. I love the whole mix up in Rodney's head of what could genuinely happen and his hypochondria, and Sheppard's mixture of concern and exasperation feels just right. Lovely!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I do wonder if a lot of Rodney's health complaints are mostly in his head, however real he might feel them to be. But he's lovable enough to worth putting up with all the same. ^^

[trishkafibble.livejournal.com]

^^ Adorable. Rodney is *so* like that, and I love how John's getting back at him for the worry, but also sharing his enjoyment of the joke--lovely!

[fish-echo.livejournal.com]

Sweet ficlet. I like how his team takes care of him. Nice job on Rodney not letting Pegasus develope into new neuroses, and I've long held as my personal canon that his hypoglycemia is actually a bit of a stretch, but you took that and the citrus allergy and gave his attitudes to them a logical setting. (And you help explain why someone with two potentially deadly food-related conditions is allowed off-world very frequently.) So I have adopted this story in it's entirety as personal canon!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I've always thought Rodney is very mildly hypoglycemic - my sister is, and while it's not a life-threatening condition, if she goes too long without food she gets headaches, becomes irritable and has trouble concentrating. Which would be a life-threatening condition for Rodney, in Pegasus, where his maximum brain-power is often required!

[deliranteverse.livejournal.com]

I love their banter & their moments <3

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Glad you enjoyed it! ^^