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RR -- Epic McShep

  • Aug. 24th, 2007 at 8:48 AM
Going through my memories, I've noticed that SGA, which was supposed to be one of the major fandoms of this comm, has fewer recs than Smallville (*Smallville*!)  Worse, most of the SGA fics that are recced aren't even epic in length.  Unfortunately, the problem seems to lie in the fact that my pool of epic length SGA fics is very small, primarily because folks in SGA don't archive very often (not that I can say anything, as Proposition and Push/Pull *still* aren't archived, *sigh*).  What's more frustrating is the fact that I know there are epic length (250K+) SGA stories out there, I just can't find them.

Which is where you come in:)

Things to keep in mind:
-Recced stories can be any length, any fandom, and any pairing, as long as they fit the theme
-You don't need to write a review (unless you want to).  All that you need to include are title, author, and link to the story (all parts if there are more than one).

That said, have at it!

Today's Topic: Epic McShep

Previous Topics:
Genres:
-Marriage of Convenience
-Harleqin AUs
-Homeless!fic
-Humor
-Fluff

Fandoms:
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Long Due South AUs
-Crime Procedurals (anyone posting Bones (Boothe/Bones) or Monk (Stottlemeyer/Disher) fic gets a rec in any fandom of their choice, even if I have to acquaint myself with the fandom first)
-Due South fic (F/V would be a bonus, as I haven't read any before)
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The Sentinel

Comments

[identity profile] jane-elliot.livejournal.com wrote:
Aug. 24th, 2007 06:06 pm (UTC)
OMG, there's Macgyver fic? Where? I'm not looking for much, but I'd love to read Mac in a fic or two.

When I first got into fanfic, I read and wrote mostly het -- X-Files, BtVS, La Femme Nikita. Notice those are all shows with good, strong female characters. Unfortunately, most shows in recent years feature really crappy female characters, so I stopped reading fanfic. And then I saw Smallville. Michael Rosenbaum could have sexual chemistry with a table, I swear, and the first season was so homoerotic even I couldn't miss it. Thus began my love affair with slash. (The fact that the general quality of slash is higher than that of het -- probably because the author pool is older -- doesn't hurt:)
[identity profile] bookworm-2005.livejournal.com wrote:
Aug. 24th, 2007 06:14 pm (UTC)
Yes, there is some Macgyver fic, but most of it is Gen or Het, and the slash isn't usually all that good, although there are some exceptions.
I'll have to search through my bookmarks and find some for you. I'm getting ready to go to bed soon, though, so I'll try and put a list together for you tonight when I wake up. And maybe someone else will know where some Macgyver fic is in the meantime. :)
[identity profile] jane-elliot.livejournal.com wrote:
Aug. 24th, 2007 06:24 pm (UTC)
I think I'd actually be okay with gen or het -- I can't think of anyone in the MacGyver universe I could slash Mac with, other than Murdoc (and I suspect that kind of fic would be too dark for me anyway).

Sleep well!
[identity profile] titc.livejournal.com wrote:
Aug. 25th, 2007 09:33 am (UTC)
I think this one (http://hjc.akicif.net/index.html) (link to the index page of the website) was quite good...
[identity profile] bookworm-2005.livejournal.com wrote:
Aug. 25th, 2007 02:39 pm (UTC)
Wow! That was great! Thanks for recommending it.
[identity profile] jane-elliot.livejournal.com wrote:
Aug. 25th, 2007 07:17 pm (UTC)
Excellent! I've downloaded it to my (rapidly growing, yay!) collection of fic to read this weekend. Thanks!
[identity profile] bookworm-2005.livejournal.com wrote:
Aug. 25th, 2007 01:55 pm (UTC)
I was going through my book marks and I found this very comprehensive compilation by someone else: Richard Dean Anderson Fan Fiction Sources (http://members.tripod.com/eblack/rdafic.htm). It is somewhat old, so expect to make good use of Wayback, but if you're patient and try all the links, you can find some good stuff. This is how I found most of the MacGyver fic that I remember reading, although I apparently didn't bookmark any of the individual stories.
Also, try googling for MacGyver fan fiction, MacGyver slash, Richard dean Anderson fan fiction, etc. And you can find FanFiction.Net's MacGyver section here (http://www.fanfiction.net/tv/MacGyver/), about 135 stories of varying quality.
I thought about putting together a thematic list for you, and I still might later, but right now I'm working on my The Sentinel/Harry Potter crossovers thematic list and I don't really feel like starting another, to be honest.
As for MacGyver slash pairings, I can think of several: Mac/Murdoc, Mac/Pete Thornton, Mac/Jack Dalton, Mac/Trumbo (from ep Trumbo's World), Mac/Any of several minor male characters whose names I can't remember at the moment... and of course, Mac crosses over well with almost any fandom, which opens up plenty of pairing options.
[identity profile] jane-elliot.livejournal.com wrote:
Aug. 25th, 2007 07:23 pm (UTC)
While I can comprehend the idea of Mac/Pete and Mac/Jack, I just can't imagine wanting to read them. I love Pete and Jack, but I the thought of them having sex kind of weirds me out.

Though, Mac crossovers...wow, that opens up so many possibilities. Do you remeber the the titles of any good oens off the top of your head?

Thanks for the links!
[identity profile] bookworm-2005.livejournal.com wrote:
Aug. 25th, 2007 07:46 pm (UTC)
I know there's a epic sentinel/macgyver crossover featuring Macgyver as Blair's father out there somewhere (Starfox's Mansion, maybe?) but I don't have the link handy.
I don't find it to difficult to envision Mac/Jack in a relationship, but I do find Mac/Pete to be a little difficult to take. I really, really wish that someone would write some Mac/Trumbo slash - ever since I saw that episode, I've been convinced of its inherent slashiness. lol.
Also:

Stargate/Macgyver:
Buried (http://www.janedavitt.com/Buried.html) by Jane Davitt
Mild R; Daniel/MacGyver;
MacGyver's sent to an Egyptian dig to investigate some thefts and meets a young Daniel Jackson, whose shadowed past is about to darken his future.
[identity profile] jane-elliot.livejournal.com wrote:
Aug. 25th, 2007 08:04 pm (UTC)
OMG, Sentinel/MacGyver? *scurries off to Google*

Okay, does Cindy Combs sound familiar as the author? Cause she has a whole *series* of Sentinel/Mac fic (though, unfortunately, it appears to be gen). All of which I'm reading tonight, of course:)

And thanks for the rec! I like Jane's work, so this promises to be an interesting story.
[identity profile] bookworm-2005.livejournal.com wrote:
Aug. 25th, 2007 08:10 pm (UTC)
Yes! Combs is the the one! I kinda have a hard time keeping track of which Sentinel fics are slash and which are gen...99% of the time, the Gen is really just pre-slash, so, kinda hard to keep track of. :)
[identity profile] jane-elliot.livejournal.com wrote:
Aug. 25th, 2007 08:22 pm (UTC)
I'm kind of leery of gen, especially in the Sentinel, because many gen authors seem to fall into the trap of having the boys mean *everything* to each other, but they still occasionally go off to boff a woman or two so they can share manly chuckles about their respective conquests and continue to be technically heterosexual while really being co-dependent on each other. Which doesn't seem healthy or very nice to me, and usually results in me not liking Jim or Blair.

Huh. Guess I'm not quite over that grumpiness, huh? :)

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