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fullygoldy) wrote2010-08-13 05:33 pm
fullygoldy) wrote2010-08-13 05:33 pm
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Fanfic Meme - Day 12
I didn't post yesterday, but I ran into the awesome sasha_feather today, and she told me I didn't have to be a slave to the calendar, and I can post what and when I please. So this is my 12th post of the meme.
Day 12. A fic with excellent banter
- geez, anything bycesperanza , in any fandom, anything Stargate:Atlantis, and usually you'd think John/Rodney, but Spirit by resonant gives delightful Zelenka!
So it turned out, Rodney discovered, that Radek Zelenka was a sex god.
Yes, exactly; it was impossible. The man looked like an intelligent mouse, and aside from a genius for statistical mechanics and distilled spirits, you wouldn't have thought he had any talents at all. It was all spectacularly unlikely. But upon reflection, it made perfect sense. If you had his gift, it only stood to reason that you'd keep it under wraps; otherwise you'd get no peace at all.
The way the truth came out was that the Ancients' exhalations had been a little less heavy on the CO2 than humans', and the city's life-support system couldn't cope with the excess. A simple solution like, oh, windows that opened would have solved the problem in thirty seconds, but barring that, they had several days without sleep trying to fix the air filtration system before everyone could get even dopier than usual and then die of hypercapnia.
At the end, when they could all breathe easy again, literally, Rodney was feeling full of fellow feeling, not to mention so exhausted he could barely see straight, and so in the manner of lab rats everywhere, he offered Radek a hasty hand in the labs after midnight.
And Radek said no.
"A sorry waste of the body's capacity for pleasure," he called it. "Prosaic. Mechanical. Utterly lacking in imagination." And then he went off into some things with too many consonants which Rodney took on faith were words, though for all any of them knew, Radek just went around mumbling nonsense sounds to give himself international cachet.
"I'm terribly sorry," Rodney snapped. "Should I have brought your father some goats and asked his permission to court you?"
"You misunderstand, as usual," Radek said. "I am happy to add a physical dimension to a relationship with a colleague, even one so goatless as yourself. What I will not do is reduce the pure physical poetry of sex to an inelegant adolescent groping."
Rodney was almost sure that evaluated down to a yes, which left him feeling more cheerful. "I suppose this is more of your 'Communist thugs may have destroyed my country, but they couldn't crush the human spirit' shtick."
"It is good for getting girls," Radek said gravely. "Come to my quarters tomorrow after dinner. Leave your livestock at home."
So, I'm still stuck on my top 3, but at least I'm trying to get in some unexpected recs anyway ::beg:: also, this is the only Radek icon I've got.
Day 01. A fic with a great opening
Day 02. A favorite new fic (posted in the last few weeks)
Day 03. A long-standing favorite fic
Day 04. A fic that you wish more people would read
Day 05. A fic you weren't sure you'd like but ended up loving
Day 06. A guilty pleasure fic
Day 07. A fic with a wonderful kiss
Day 08. A fic you plan on reading (old or new)
Day 09. A fic that makes you happy
Day 10. A fic that reminds you of someone
Day 11. A fic that changed your perceptions of the characters
Day 12. A fic with excellent banter
Day 13. A fic you liked when you were younger
Day 14. A fic that breaks your heart
Day 15. A fic you've read more than 5 times
Day 16. A fic people wouldn’t expect you to like
Day 17. A fic that holds a lot of meaning to you
Day 18. A remix fic you like
Day 19. A fic that makes you laugh
Day 20. A fic by one of your favorite authors
Day 21. A fic currently stuck in your head
Day 22. A fic you won't read late at night
Day 23. A favourite short fic (> 300 words)
Day 24. One of the first fanfics you read
Day 25. A fic you wish you'd never read
Day 26. A fic with a great OC
Day 27. A fic that spawned an inside joke
Day 28. A fic with a pairing you never thought you'd read
Day 29. A fic that turns you on
Day 30. A fic with a great ending
sasha_feather today, and she told me I didn't have to be a slave to the calendar, and I can post what and when I please. So this is my 12th post of the meme. Day 12. A fic with excellent banter
- geez, anything by
cesperanza , in any fandom, anything Stargate:Atlantis, and usually you'd think John/Rodney, but Spirit by resonant gives delightful Zelenka! So it turned out, Rodney discovered, that Radek Zelenka was a sex god.
Yes, exactly; it was impossible. The man looked like an intelligent mouse, and aside from a genius for statistical mechanics and distilled spirits, you wouldn't have thought he had any talents at all. It was all spectacularly unlikely. But upon reflection, it made perfect sense. If you had his gift, it only stood to reason that you'd keep it under wraps; otherwise you'd get no peace at all.
The way the truth came out was that the Ancients' exhalations had been a little less heavy on the CO2 than humans', and the city's life-support system couldn't cope with the excess. A simple solution like, oh, windows that opened would have solved the problem in thirty seconds, but barring that, they had several days without sleep trying to fix the air filtration system before everyone could get even dopier than usual and then die of hypercapnia.
At the end, when they could all breathe easy again, literally, Rodney was feeling full of fellow feeling, not to mention so exhausted he could barely see straight, and so in the manner of lab rats everywhere, he offered Radek a hasty hand in the labs after midnight.
And Radek said no.
"A sorry waste of the body's capacity for pleasure," he called it. "Prosaic. Mechanical. Utterly lacking in imagination." And then he went off into some things with too many consonants which Rodney took on faith were words, though for all any of them knew, Radek just went around mumbling nonsense sounds to give himself international cachet.
"I'm terribly sorry," Rodney snapped. "Should I have brought your father some goats and asked his permission to court you?"
"You misunderstand, as usual," Radek said. "I am happy to add a physical dimension to a relationship with a colleague, even one so goatless as yourself. What I will not do is reduce the pure physical poetry of sex to an inelegant adolescent groping."
Rodney was almost sure that evaluated down to a yes, which left him feeling more cheerful. "I suppose this is more of your 'Communist thugs may have destroyed my country, but they couldn't crush the human spirit' shtick."
"It is good for getting girls," Radek said gravely. "Come to my quarters tomorrow after dinner. Leave your livestock at home."
So, I'm still stuck on my top 3, but at least I'm trying to get in some unexpected recs anyway ::beg:: also, this is the only Radek icon I've got.
Day 01. A fic with a great opening
Day 02. A favorite new fic (posted in the last few weeks)
Day 03. A long-standing favorite fic
Day 04. A fic that you wish more people would read
Day 05. A fic you weren't sure you'd like but ended up loving
Day 06. A guilty pleasure fic
Day 07. A fic with a wonderful kiss
Day 08. A fic you plan on reading (old or new)
Day 09. A fic that makes you happy
Day 10. A fic that reminds you of someone
Day 11. A fic that changed your perceptions of the characters
Day 12. A fic with excellent banter
Day 13. A fic you liked when you were younger
Day 14. A fic that breaks your heart
Day 15. A fic you've read more than 5 times
Day 16. A fic people wouldn’t expect you to like
Day 17. A fic that holds a lot of meaning to you
Day 18. A remix fic you like
Day 19. A fic that makes you laugh
Day 20. A fic by one of your favorite authors
Day 21. A fic currently stuck in your head
Day 22. A fic you won't read late at night
Day 23. A favourite short fic (> 300 words)
Day 24. One of the first fanfics you read
Day 25. A fic you wish you'd never read
Day 26. A fic with a great OC
Day 27. A fic that spawned an inside joke
Day 28. A fic with a pairing you never thought you'd read
Day 29. A fic that turns you on
Day 30. A fic with a great ending