xparrot | SGA fic: Games of Chance

Posted this (just under the wire, and I only managed that by getting about 3 hours of sleep over the last two nights, so please excuse the giddiness) for

sga_flashfic's Second Verse challenge.

The basic idea behind this I had a couple months back, so I was happy to have the excuse to write it. Yet another entry in the field of X-parrot likes playing with multiverses Way Too Much - as always, I am not a quantum physicist, so you'll have to give the technobabble a pass. Thank you, Wikipedia. Also an entry in the field of X-parrot likes Rodney McKay Way Too Much...and if you know me and my favorite chars, you can guess what that means. Sorry, Rodney. Though man, I know why I've been sticking to John's POV. S'hard, trying to channel a genius. Between him and Lex I've kinda regretted not taking HS calculus...(when they were going on in school about the reasons learning math is good for you, no one ever mentioned 'One day you might find yourself ficcing arrogantly brilliant scientific geniuses.')

SGA: Games of Chance {~12,000 words}
PG-13, season 4 cast/spoilers (post-BAMSR, pre-The Kindred)
Sheppard's got one chance, and Rodney is going to find it, no matter what.

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I get a big charge out of your mourning the fact that you didn't take high school calculus. Mr. O'Malley would be pleased to hear it... although I'm not sure he'd approve of your reasoning. On the other hand, he'd probably love a character like Rodney, and he would have been happy for anything that would have provoked you to stick with math. And your distaste for math notwithstanding, I do recall the you won the annual "Outstanding Achievement in Physics" award for your graduating class. You may not have Rodney's brilliance, but clearly your competence and level of interest is enough to pull off the writing of characters like him and Lex, at least on the level of this show, and probably better than that level. It would be SO COOL to see you write a script for this show! (quietly **nudges you in that direction** if you entertain any thoughts of it at all)

...I forgot about the physics (was it really physics?) award. That was only because the best students had already won for Chem and bio and math and such!

Still, I could only apply math as I was taught it, I never really understood it the way the bro can. I should just carve his skull open and eat his brain, next time I see him...(what, doesn't human intelligence work like a flatworm's?)

Yes, your bro really does have a comprehension of math and science beyond any of the rest of us. He might even be as competitive with Rodney as Zelenka is.

SGA fic: Games of Chance

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