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A Good Enough Timeline
Jan. 9th, 2024 08:22 amNote: I know some of my friends here only read non-relationship stories, so I'm going to post some excerpts at the end of this entry that are non-relationship parts.
My new story is on AO3: A Good Enough Timeline
One of my favorite parts of DW is I can talk about my fic a little bit as I give you this link. This story wrote itself fairly fast. Every time I would sit down to write a scene, it kept writing a different one! Sheppard absolutely refused to cooperate. I wanted a quick drunk Rodney punches John fic but 10K words later there was no punch. Oh well, I did at least get drunk Rodney in.
So the idea for this fic is that the future turns out pretty well. Atlantis is a thriving city and a hub for all the worlds in the Pegasus galaxy. Ronon is security chief and Teyla is head of the Alliance division on Atlantis. This made sense so that the Peagasuns could start to be in charge of the big things and the big decisions.
Rodney, however, is still in his same job and for years he's been working on a project to go back and save Elizabeth because he still feels her loss and feels a lot of guilt from his role in how she died. Every year, he goes back to this project despite Radek's protestations, and this year he's finally made a breakthrough and it looks like he's able to see his plan through. Only, these days always lead to him isolating himself and feeling that loss, so he accidentally gets drunk and things escalate from there.
My beta says it was a different story than she thinks she has read in the past. Instead of being about changing the timeline, it's about deciding when is the timeline good enough. She pointed out it's a bit like the Star Trek episode: City on the Edge of Forever where to keep the timeline they have to not interfere by saving a life.
This is Sheppard's main role in the story: To help Rodney understand that not only is this a dangerous idea, it's a villainous idea. He has no right to risk the future they've created!
The relationship stuff in it is very tame, as one would expect from me. There's a brief kiss. We know Rodney and John are partners and have been for a while. They are at odds, though, so Rodney does mockingly try to proposition John once or twice, but not in any serious way and more of a coping mechanism (he can't understand why John is treating him like the bad guy of the week).
Anyway, I hope you’ll read it! I'm really proud of it.
For my gen folks on here who don't read relationships, here are a few non-relationship excerpts:
Rodney in the brig excerpt:
( Excerpt 1 )
...... A fun Excerpt ......
( Klondike Bar Excerpt )
My new story is on AO3: A Good Enough Timeline
One of my favorite parts of DW is I can talk about my fic a little bit as I give you this link. This story wrote itself fairly fast. Every time I would sit down to write a scene, it kept writing a different one! Sheppard absolutely refused to cooperate. I wanted a quick drunk Rodney punches John fic but 10K words later there was no punch. Oh well, I did at least get drunk Rodney in.
So the idea for this fic is that the future turns out pretty well. Atlantis is a thriving city and a hub for all the worlds in the Pegasus galaxy. Ronon is security chief and Teyla is head of the Alliance division on Atlantis. This made sense so that the Peagasuns could start to be in charge of the big things and the big decisions.
Rodney, however, is still in his same job and for years he's been working on a project to go back and save Elizabeth because he still feels her loss and feels a lot of guilt from his role in how she died. Every year, he goes back to this project despite Radek's protestations, and this year he's finally made a breakthrough and it looks like he's able to see his plan through. Only, these days always lead to him isolating himself and feeling that loss, so he accidentally gets drunk and things escalate from there.
My beta says it was a different story than she thinks she has read in the past. Instead of being about changing the timeline, it's about deciding when is the timeline good enough. She pointed out it's a bit like the Star Trek episode: City on the Edge of Forever where to keep the timeline they have to not interfere by saving a life.
This is Sheppard's main role in the story: To help Rodney understand that not only is this a dangerous idea, it's a villainous idea. He has no right to risk the future they've created!
The relationship stuff in it is very tame, as one would expect from me. There's a brief kiss. We know Rodney and John are partners and have been for a while. They are at odds, though, so Rodney does mockingly try to proposition John once or twice, but not in any serious way and more of a coping mechanism (he can't understand why John is treating him like the bad guy of the week).
Anyway, I hope you’ll read it! I'm really proud of it.
For my gen folks on here who don't read relationships, here are a few non-relationship excerpts:
Rodney in the brig excerpt:
( Excerpt 1 )
...... A fun Excerpt ......
( Klondike Bar Excerpt )
