sga fic: His Dinner with Jeannie

[xparrot]

gnine had the original idea around which this story is built. I've read several "Miller's Crossing" tags with a similar premise, but none of them were quite what we wanted. Our interpretation of Jeannie is slightly different from others I've seen; we're maybe a bit more sympathetic to her than some, and this story reflects that take.

SGA: His Dinner with Jeannie {5,823 words}
PG, gen angst; "Miller's Crossing" tag, set between "This Mortal Coil" and "Be All My Sins Remember'd"
A little while after "Miller's Crossing," John has a conversation with Jeannie about what transpired.

Read it on AO3

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

aww, lovely!

[thedeadparrot.livejournal.com]

I love Jeannie like crazy, and this was such a wonderful exploration of her relationship to Rodney, made all the more interesting with John's outside-but-not-really POV.

And seriously, a My Little Pony stable. So for the win.

Thank you!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[witchofthedogs.livejournal.com]

*applauds*

Well done.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

No, thank you! ^_^

It's interesting, I was debating whether to do this John POV or Jeannie POV - I decided to go with John's, because from Jeannie's, the story would have been more about John's relationship with Rodney, and much as I enjoy that, I really wanted to examine Jeannie and her brother. 'cuz I do adore them muchly!

[spike21.livejournal.com]

awwww. yeah, I liked that a lot. John and Jeannie are very sympatico I think. *g*

[ratcreature]

I really enjoyed this, it was a great look at Rodney and Jeannie's relationship through John's eyes.

[grammarwoman]

Lovely -- I like what you did with Jeannie here: she seems real and concerned, and the backstory of little sister idolization fits perfectly.

Review

[agdrgn.livejournal.com]

I really liked this; it is a believable vignette and both Jeannie and John are totally in character as well as believable. It also is very moving.

--Silverthreads

[aelfgyfu_mead]

Very fitting. I love Jeanie too, and she would find out eventually, or go nuts trying to figure out what had happened. Of course she had clearance!

Nicely done.

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

This story is awesome! The conversation between Sheppard and Jeannie in that restaurant is exactly what I've been longing to see since watching "Miller's Crossing"! :-) I loved the way Sheppard kept reading Jeannie based on what he knew of Rodney. I also loved Jeannie's childhood stories of her brother and her confusion over whether Rodney had changed since travelling to the Pegasus Galaxy or if she just never really knew him. It's a nice nod to canon that Sheppard is still trying to bridge the gap between both siblings.

I'm going to save this story on my hard drive right now and add it to my recs list next time I update it. :-)

[naye]

I read and loved and got called away before commenting (sorry!) - and in the hours since I read this, I realized it had subconsciously become part of my personal canon. This is how it happened; this is how John is, and how Jeannie is. This is why Jeannie knows. I don't know what else I can say about it that will say anything more about how much I loved it. (Now I need to go play with a 2-year old! ♥)

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

I read this during my lunch break, but couldn't get comment unti now. Great character piece between Jeannie and Sheppard!

[sweeneybird.livejournal.com]

Your perspective on Jeannie was great, and I particularly liked your characterization of John - it felt really authentic to me. Nicely done!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

As the two who probably know Rodney the best, Jeannie & John can understand each other pretty well in some things...

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Thanks - I really like Jeannie, so I'm glad she worked here. I get the impression that Jeannie & Rodney at one time were very close, and are working back towards that...

Re: Review

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I'm glad they felt in char!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Yes, that was gnine's original idea, that Jeannie would want to know what happened, and wouldn't be stopped until she found the truth (it's a McKay thing!) but she could easily misinterpret what she learned...

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I loved the way Sheppard was trying to bring the siblings together (never letting Rodney know, of course) in "M&MM", and was disappointed we didn't get any Jeannie-Sheppard interaction in Miller's Crossing, so this was to make up for that lack. And yeah, one of the things I love about Kate Hewlett playing Jeannie is that she has so many of the same mannerisms and expressions as her brother - so it makes sense Sheppard, so used to Rodney, would be able to read her as well.

And thanks in advance for the rec! ^_^

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Thank you~, I'm so glad you liked it! And that it fits in your canon, eee! Since I doubt we'll ever hear about it in the show itself, it can fit there fine, I think... (& sorry I didn't e it to you first, I was editing it to send, and then decided I just wanted to post it and get on with other things, so... ^^;)

have fun with the little one!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Hee, glad to provide a little lunchtime entertainment!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm really glad to hear John works for you - Rodney's my favorite char, but I find Sheppard the easiest POV to write, for whatever reasons...

[sholio]

Oh, this is just so wonderful -- I think this satisfied me in a way that many "Miller's Crossing" tags haven't, because you dealt with the ethical issues with what they did and yet in a way that's very sympathetic to the characters; Jeannie's reaction is just right for her, and "McKay & Mrs. Miller" totally made me fall in love with John and Jeannie's interactions, so I was delighted to get more of that here. Basically, I love the Jeannie/Rodney relationship, and the John/Jeannie relationship, and of course the John/Rodney -- and we got ALL of them here! Nice character insights too. Very happymaking. ^_^