sga ficlet: Thinking No

[xparrot]

I have committed SGA slash. *hangs head* At least it's under 500 words? Warnings for unfulfilled PG McSheppiness. Tag to "Be All My Sins Remember'd", (it takes place immediately post-episode) so spoilers.

I woke up yesterday wondering this about the episode. (Fandom on the brain much?)

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Comments

[tarlanx]

Loved this! LOL! Of course he wouldn't have wanted to think about John while creating this!!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

...judging by Fran's coloring, I think Rodney was anyway, though XD

[pionie.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I like. Those Ancients with their intuitive tech :)

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Ancient Tech is like the greatest gift to fangirls ever. Or all writers, I guess. But it's so much fun for us XD

[gaffsie.livejournal.com]

Heh, can you imagine the reactions if Rodney had actually created a John-bot? :D Probably better for everyone involved that it didn't go down that way.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

A John-bot they'd have to send to its demise! I don't know if Rodney could actually do that...

[monanotlisa.livejournal.com]

Oh. That's nice, and by "nice" I mean "completely credible" and "HEART-BREAKING" because hel-lo, Rodney, this is the guy who made another man kill himself so you would live.

Looking forward to more from you.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

I KNOW! The sweetest thing about Rodney is his inability to fully grasp how loved he is (but then, the extent to which John loves is so deep it's hard to grasp in itself...)

I've been having fun with the gen fic anyway, don't know how much more slash I'm gonna do...but it is awful fun...

[hyperfocused.livejournal.com]

This broke my heart a little. Your descripton of John was vivid.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Rodney may be my beloved, but there's no denying John is...awful purty!

[allyndra.livejournal.com]

Many of us *waves* see nothing shameful in committing SGA slash.

I really like this. It packs a punch for being so short, and I could easily see it happening. And Rodney's menatl list of John-things to avoid is both funny and lovely.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

*laughs* I mean no disrespect to slashers, honest! It's just that the friends who dragged me into this are mostly genners, and I've been saying that I see them more as BFFs than lovers, but, well...it's so darn cute, here on the darkside! (and as s4 moves along, becomes harder and harder for me not to see it like this...)

[mercury973.livejournal.com]

McKay thumbs up for you

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Thanks! (icon squeeeee!)

[tex.livejournal.com]

A really cool take on this. I like it!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Thank you! (I gotta admit, your countdown posts extolling the virtues of Joe Flanigan were a major, hmm...reference, for that one paragraph... ^^)

[daneffew.livejournal.com]

Aaaawwweeee snicker

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

That is pretty much exactly the reaction I was hoping for XD

[horridporrid.livejournal.com]

Ooh, nice tag! Because now I'm thinking: "So why did TPTB make it a femm-bot? Did they have character ideas? Ethics ideas? Audience reaction ideas?" I love stuff that makes my brain spin. *g* And of course I love how you turned this into a really cool John/Rodney moment.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

I'm quite serious, I woke up with that question in mind, and pondered it for a good half-hour before coming up with this. I think TPTB wrote it because they're guys and thought that the interaction between Rodney and a femmebot would be the most interesting. Because really, logically, it'd make more sense for Rodney to make some ugly guy no one would care about (he could've made it look like Lucius Lovein, everyone would've been shoving him into position!)

And everything is better McShep (oh, I am the worst gen fan in the world ^^;)

[ccmom.livejournal.com]

But it was good...don't worry about the slash. Actually, some of us would like it if you wrote more....hint hint.

This was nicely done. Good job.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

XD The problem with the slash in this fandom is that it's so *cute* it's well-nigh irresistible...don't know how much more I'll be resisting it...

[nightspring.livejournal.com]

This? Is simply inspired!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Thanks! ^_^

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Ah, but who's to say Rodney wouldn't have gotten teased for constructing a boy toy if FRAN had been male? I think he couldn't have escaped the jokes either way. Actually, I'm surprised the fembot comment didn't make it into the episode. Maybe next week....

This was fun, and I liked the details, like Sheppard's raisin-picking. The only thing that made me sad was the implied misogyny in the fact that women were simple/easy/dismissable while Sheppard/male was worth paying attention to.

[sholio]

The only thing that made me sad was the implied misogyny in the fact that women were simple/easy/dismissable while Sheppard/male was worth paying attention to.

But isn't it kinda the other way around, actually? Sheppard suggests that Rodney should've made a (male) soldierbot that would've been easily disposable, rather than a female robot that garnered sympathy. While male over-protectiveness towards women is a whole other set of meta, it really doesn't fit with a "woman=disposable", "man=more worthwhile" model -- the only reason why (this version of) Rodney couldn't make it male was because he was already crushing on the male sitting across the table from him.

[eleveninches.livejournal.com]

Oooooh, I like.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

(is here a good place to mention that several of your fics have had me shrieking with hysterical laughter far into the night? I have all kinds of love for what you do with these chars...)

[thrace-adams.livejournal.com]

No freakishly elven ears LMAO!! This was just fantastic...made me smile and laugh!!! Great job.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

I think I spent most of first season shrieking "freakish elf ears!" whenever Sheppard was on-screen, so, uh, yeah ^^;; (glad to get a laugh!)

[velocitygrass.livejournal.com]

Great tag to the episode.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[equusentric.livejournal.com]

This was adorably lovely. Feel free to commit slash at your leisure. :D

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

I very well might take you up on that (...I am so the worst gen fan in the world!)

[sinaida.livejournal.com]

I really like it! :-)

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[psyko-kittie.livejournal.com]

Wonderful. The description of John was beautiful. :)

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Thank you! (John himself is quite beautiful, so I hope it was worthy of him ^^)

[meridith-smith.livejournal.com]

Okay, this is totally going into my personal canon. :D Awesome story, this. ^_^ And a liiiitle bit sad, poor Rodney. *hearts* :)

You should totally commit more McSheppy goodness! \o/

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Aww, eventually Rodney will figure out how much John really does love him.

And thank you! Sneaking into personal canons is one of the greatest compliments a fanfic'er can get, I think!

[sholio]

Dark siiiiiide! *grin* Loved the Rodney's-eye-view of John. You know, someone over at my LJ (I think that's where it was) commented that Rodney's fembot actually does look like John -- similar coloring, similar shape of face.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

It's not my fault! Why does the McShep have to be so darn *cute*?!

And yes, I saw that comment, and it totally inspired this...it's rather amusingly true XD

[altyronsmaker.livejournal.com]

Ohh! Nice tag for that ep. I kind of liked Fran though. *misses her* But yes, it's the John and Rodney show, and no way could Rodney create a male replicator that DIDN'T look like Sheppard.

Nicely done!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

I liked Fran myself, just wish we'd seen a little more of her. Considering she looks kind of like Sheppard anyways, if it had been a boy-bot...yep, Rodney would never hear the end of it!

[incidental-fire.livejournal.com]

Oh very clever - I really liked that interpretation of why Rodney made Fran female. And his internal description of John...yum! :)

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

John is deliciously fun to describe, I enjoyed myself too much with that bit XD

[jaekayelle.livejournal.com]

Best description of John, ever. :) As it is, Rodney kinda built a female version of John, despite not wanting to think about him when he made her. *g*

Also? Yay! You wrote slash!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Hee, yes, I saw someone pointing out the resemblances between Fran and John, and it's totally true. And cracked me up. Oh, Rodney <3

...slash? me? no no no you must have me confused with someone else (I am such the worst gen fan in the world...)

[pisces227.livejournal.com]

Nice job! I really like it.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Thank you!