Title: Resilience
Fandom: Stargate: Atlantis
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Categories: Angst, h/c
Length: Eeeeeeepic (~100,000 words)
Warnings: none

Author on LJ: tiranog
Author Website: http://tiranog.southroad.com/

Review:
One of the things I really like about the SGA fandom is that, unlike some other fandoms I could mention *cough*thesentinel*cough*, you don't have much in the way of melodrama. It's fantastic to have nearly an entire fandom that refrains from writing characters that blow things all out of proportion with reality.

On the other hand... this is also a fandom that features Rodney McKay. *Rodney McKay*. So, sometimes, a little melodrama is called for. Thus: Tira Nog.

I really enjoyed (read: wallowed in) Resilience, wherein Rodney gets rejected by a woman, John comes out to comfort him, and accidental boners are discovered. Heh. Over the course of 600 K (!) John and Rodney slowly develop a relationship better than any either has had before. And then Doranda happens.

I liked the gradual building of John and Rodney's relationship, I liked Rodney's vulnerability, and I really liked the little details Tira gives life in Atlantis, especially now that contact with Earth has been re-established. In fact, just about the only thing I didn't like was coming to the end -- I think Tira could have added another few hundred KB fleshing out the post-Doranda recovery. Still, this is a wonderfully melodramatic, intensely satisfying novel, and best of all, it'll take you hours and hours to read.

Resilience