shouting at windmills

This is a PG-rated tag for Infection with one reference to Brain Storm, written for the Season 5 Tagathon on sga_episodefic.

780 words of one-sided McKay/Sheppard, with mention of McKay/Keller. Needless to say, this is not a happy story. Thanks to trystings for the beta!

( Lifted )

This is a tag for Remnants, written because I couldn't not -- oh, and for the S5 Tagathon on sga_episodefic, of course.

Incidentally, this also marks my thirtieth SGA fic(let). Thirty! If you'd told me where this was headed a year or so ago, I'd have looked at you funny and carefully backed away towards the exit.
Because I was just going to finish that thing with the post-its, and no more. (Seriously, who would want to quit right after writing deathfic? And that very first one almost doesn't count, anyway.)
But after that, no more. No. More. Yeah, right.

Here's the thirtieth one of my no-mores: PG-13, 2000 words, McKay/Sheppard first time, angst. Beta'd by tacittype. Fabulously, as always.

( The Whole Story )

This is a missing scene from Inquisition, written for the S5 Tagathon on sga_episodefic.
It's rated PG, counts 2300 words, and is kind of angsty team comfort – my way of dealing with some of the things that went just wrongwrongwrong with the episode.

Valuable beta advice – and deadline-related subtle ass-kicking – given by tacittype. Thank you! (For both, actually.)

( Better Off )

It's been a while, but I've finally updated my McKay/Sheppard fic recs. Some fics are older, some already well-known, some recent. The added recs are listed by category ( here )

Title: Talk Amongst Yourselves
Author: unadrift
Categories: Gen, humor. Daniel, Rodney, with mention of Sam/Jack
Rating: PG
Words: ~2500
Notes: Missing scene for First Contact, written for the Season 5 Tagathon on sga_episodefic, with spoilers for The Brotherhood and Progeny, and for the SG-1 episode Reckoning, Part 2.
This fic was last-minute beta'd by tacittype (Thank you!), and last-minute tinkered with by me, therefore all remaining mistakes are mine.

( 'This is familiar.' Rodney's voice is a little higher than usual, Daniel notices. Other than that, there are no indicators for the patented McKay panic attack that is bound to hit Rodney at some point. )

Title: You Might
Author: deltacephei
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Rating: NC-17
Words: ~15000
Notes: This is an AU, starting from a missing scene for The Daedalus Variations, written for the Season 5 Tagathon on sga_episodefic.
This fic owes a lot to the cheerleading of tacittype and naye. They carried me along when it was beginning to look like this was going to be slightly longer than anything I've written so far.
The beta process was a little more extended than I was used to, too. naye, tacittype, and villainny did the most awesome job – all remaining mistakes are, of course, mine.

On top of everything-- I got the best birthday presents ever this year! naye made cover art for this story! Look:



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Isn't this just-- *flails* Go and tell naye how awesome she is!

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Rodney pored over the files he'd printed out. With every page he turned, this trip felt less and less like a sensible idea. Rodney had no trouble imagining the response he would get when he walked up to Sheppard, a millionaire, and suggested, 'Hey, how about you drop everything, leave your business and your huge mansion, and come with us to another galaxy, where you're probably going to die within a month or two? Are you in?"

( Part One )
Part Two

I got myself this shiny new, insanely fast computer about a month ago, and new vidding software, too. I dearly love either of them, and the both of them in combination just rock. Because they do not trash my vid files at random intervals anymore!

There was this vid idea that I had started on four or five times before, but at one point or other the files always got partly deleted or otherwise mangled. It was the perfect thing to start out with. It's an SGA Aurora vid. Aurora exclusively.

Why? For one, because this episode is just made of win and still one of my favorites. It features the best possible John/Rodney snark, the saving-each-others'-lives routine, and Teyla improvising techno-babble. What's not to love? Also, Aurora is the most viddable (Is that even a word?) episode in the history of ever. See:

Title: Alone
Music: Kane
Warnings: Do I have to point out that this is practically one giant spoiler for Aurora?

Watch on YouTube
Download (77MB)

Title: Look, Listen, Learn
Author: unadrift
Pairings/Characters: Jeannie, McKay/Sheppard
Rating: PG-13
Words: 3333 (No, really.)
Notes: Tag for The Shrine with a tiny AU spin on the episode, written for the Season 5 Tagathon on sga_episodefic.

To give credit where credit is due: This was inspired by cesperanza's episode reaction (point eight *g*), it features a couple of lines from the episode, and it was improved by the fabulous beta strike force naye and tacittype!

( 'You can be such an idiot,' Jeannie snaps, and huh, this wasn't quite how she'd intended to start this conversation. )

To forget about sad-making things, I've added a few stories to my McKay/Sheppard fic recs. The new recs are also listed by category ( here )

Title: Feed the Beast
Author: unadrift
Categories: Keller, angst
Rating: PG
Words: 770
Notes: Tag for The Seed. Written for the Season 5 Tagathon on sga_episodefic. Thank you to ambrosia4all for the beta!

( On the first day it's darkness that gets to her )