SGA fic: more Pern-fic! oh noes!

[xparrot]

So I'm supposed to be working on my story for sga_genficathon, but after a bit of a rough start on that, I went and wrote this instead. Oops?

It's a sequel to On the Wings of Imagination, aka Rodney's accidental Impression, aka the SGA/Pern fusion AU of DOOM. (Not, mind, the sequel I intended to write, which will go somewhere between that first story and this one). As such, warnings for a bit of crack, and h/c, and also cute overload. Seriously, I fear I've been writing too much angst lately, and this happened as some kind of reaction. Diabetics beware.

SGA: With Healing in His Wings {~6,900 words}
PG; SGA/Pern fusion, h/c, fluff
In which a certain bronze-rider and his very special dragon visit a hold, make a couple new friends, and undermine civilization as we know it; and Rodney eats something he shouldn't have.

[Podfic read by regonym]

Read it on AO3

Comments

[mecurtin.livejournal.com]

How did I miss this the first time?!? I love it when Miko does something besides cry -- undermining civilization FTW! \o/

[daikenpriestess.livejournal.com]

Is awesome! But...when in the modern timeframe are you putting it? Since...well...Fandarel does have a girl smith, his granddaughter Jancis.

*scrolls back up to read it again and is still in love*

[tikiaceae.livejournal.com]

I love it so much I don't know how to tell you how much I love it so. Eeeeeeeee!!! So awesome. Yay!

[dossier.livejournal.com]

LOL I giggled through out, this is so delicious and perfect.

[epiphanyx7.livejournal.com]

*screams*

I loved all the Pern books, and I love SGA, and this was just AWESOME.

I love Rodney's rant about women being Smiths, by the way. As well as pretty much EVERYTHING ELSE.

[cetpar.livejournal.com]

I adored your first Pern story, and I'm thrilled that you wrote another. I enjoyed it very much. Thank you!

[sgafan33.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you! I was so excited to see another installment of this wonderful AU. You have to voices of the characters just right. I love how you've bent the AU and kept Rodney as a Smith. And his explanation makes perfect sense, too.

And why should if matter if Miko's a girl, she's got intelligence and why let that go to waste? So Rodney.

Ooo, you paired Radek with Lorne! Hee!

And Carson! Well, what can we make of the Healer who can hear dragons, hmm? Or will it be that Carson can only hear certain kinds of dragons, like Sheppard and Lorne, er, I mean Shepparth and Lornth? Or will it be just Shepparth? In any case, what a wonderful Gift you've given Carson.

I look forward to the next story in this 'verse. Thanks so much for sharing.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

XDDD thanks!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

XD

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

I really would love to write more in this 'verse, just am waiting for inspiration to strike! Sheppard's too much fun with wings (and I have to give him a chance to actually fly sometime!)

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

I've always loved Pern - and h/c - it's great to know I'm not alone in my predilections ^^

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

I never posted the first story anywhere but flashfic and my lj - glad you enjoyed it, now that you've found it! ^^

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Thank you! flailing after is even better than flailing before, but I'm touched either way. Oh, Rodney, you wreak such delightful havoc in all universes!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Eee, I'm so glad you enjoyed it - and yeah, I'm rather partial to continuing it myself, as long as inspiration strikes...they're all just too much fun like this ^^

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Hee, I'm so glad it continues to entertain - and that everyone sounds like themselves, in spite of their, er, slightly altered circumstances (or species ^^)

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Well, Pern isn't quite medieval (the books are actually (nominally) scifi, it's a planet colonized by humans thousands of years prior who have since lost most of their tech but are slowly rediscovering it...which means I can fudge all sorts of science details ^^) But hee, Rodney & John are fun in any form! There probably will be more of this, hope you continue to enjoy it - thank you!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Eee, thank you! ^^

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Hee, so glad you enjoyed it! even with the spontaneous combustion...yeah, I love angst, but sometimes I just need cute. ...and h/c, of course. They go hand-in-hand with me, naturally ^^

(Kyohtt is actually an in-joke with myself - for some reason natives of Kyoto pronounce it that way, losing the final "o" sound. It's only folks from the city itself and oddly none of them seem to notice they do it...!)

I am having way, way too much fun turning people into dragons. (T'alc rides either Cameroth or Mitcheth - I haven't decided on the name. And Samantha rides Elizabeth...um, yes, I might be thinking about this too much ^^;)

In the books, it's implied that dragons *can* talk to other people if they really have to (they talk to the Masterharper when he has a heart attack at one point) but it's highly irregular. I haven't actually decided if this is Carson's talent, or Shepparth acting out. (Shepparth also talks to Teyla on occasion, and Ronon when they finally meet up with him, and ...yep, definitely too much ^^;)

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Hee, so glad you're enjoying it! Pern was one of my own first experiences with the genre, so it's much fun to homage/riff/whatever I'm doing to it!

(The series is pretty much gen in my mind...or really wacky McShep...but who knows where it'll go! Though Shepparth is more interested in flying Thread than flying queens anyway...)

[stitcher2ficcer.livejournal.com]

Have now read the new one, too. Very cute and fluffy and fun. Is Miko an OC, or should I be remembering her from either Pern or SGA? 'Cuz if so, I don't. I quite enjoyed Rodney's interactions with her. Shepparth's fierce protection of R'ney is very nice, and Carson is... just very Carson. You know how I love him ("Beastie" is perfect!). Also love the references to O'Neill and Danielth and R'dek (his name works very nicely; very Pernish) and Lornth (although somehow I see Radek with a female dragon). Great fun!

I hope the joy in writing these is truly breaking you out of your general mid-winter writing slump and that getting them out of your system will help you focus on the stories you truly want to tell now that spring is here. {{{BIG HUGS}}}

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Hee, glad you enjoyed it! Yup, only Carson would call a bronze dragon a "wee beastie" ^^

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

I think that's what makes SGA AUs so fun - all the chars, but Rodney especially, are utterly recognizable no matter where you put them.

So glad you enjoyed the sequel - I probably will be doing more, eventually ^^

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

You, too, huh? I think imagining I had a queen was the only way I survived 7th grade ^^;

And John makes such a wonderful dragon, no? XSD

Re: I want more, dammit

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

*laughs* I know the books are borderline harlequin romance, but this series is mostly gen in my mind (...though Rodney keeps trying to get Shepparth to fly Samantha's gold Elizabeth. I think Shepparth would rather fly Thread than a Queen, though XD)

I can't absolutely promise I'll write more - but I would like to, if the inspiration hits again!