Fic and Vid Rec: Stargate Atlantis
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synecdochic
This is so beautiful it made me tear up at the end. On the surface this is Rodney's life after the fall of the Wraith for good and the change in the SCG to "weapon's research" when all civilians are removed from the project. He comes back to Earth to teach at the physics department of some small university. Slowly he brings his lessons from Atlantis to the classroom.
Underneith it's Rodney coming to terms with everything that happened while on Atlantis. How he learned from Atlantis and the situations he was in. How he came to love Atlantis and her people and how they became home to him. And how he can do that again. It's not a plotty fic; the beauty is in the details of Rodney's life, and how through the telling of the day-to-day stuff you come to understand Rodney's emotional state and how it changes over the years. This fic is really subtle, and she handles the subtle nature perfectly. She never says outright what Rodney is feeling, you have to infer it from what he's doing.
Rodney is just gorgeous in this.
He goes from trying to forget the past and all the hurt in it to being a happy, focused, capable, strong mentor. It's so neat to watch him grow over the years, to watch him discover a new dream and build it.
I loved the way he slowly comes to see value in mentoring his students, and how his memories of Atlantis are woven into that change. I loved reading about his classes like "Math, Music, and Physics" and "Practical Crisis Problemsolving" (aka "101 Ways The Geek Can Save You From Getting Eaten By An Alien"). It was so interesting and insightful to his character. His relationship with Harris was really beautiful too, I really enjoyed that character. And Rodney talking to John at his grave and saying he was truly happy really did make me tear up. It was so good to see him happy, to see all that he had accomplished.
The "DVD Commentary" was wonderful, too.
I read this fic after watching This Is How It Works by Lim.
This is why I love Atlantis and her fanfic; the characters and ideas support in-depth character analysis and emotional depth so well. It's such a rich world with so much opportunity to extend beyond the source. The show creaters have managed to create characters that resonate very well with me, and the fans give them a gloriously varied existence.
synecdochic This is so beautiful it made me tear up at the end. On the surface this is Rodney's life after the fall of the Wraith for good and the change in the SCG to "weapon's research" when all civilians are removed from the project. He comes back to Earth to teach at the physics department of some small university. Slowly he brings his lessons from Atlantis to the classroom.
Underneith it's Rodney coming to terms with everything that happened while on Atlantis. How he learned from Atlantis and the situations he was in. How he came to love Atlantis and her people and how they became home to him. And how he can do that again. It's not a plotty fic; the beauty is in the details of Rodney's life, and how through the telling of the day-to-day stuff you come to understand Rodney's emotional state and how it changes over the years. This fic is really subtle, and she handles the subtle nature perfectly. She never says outright what Rodney is feeling, you have to infer it from what he's doing.
Rodney is just gorgeous in this.
He goes from trying to forget the past and all the hurt in it to being a happy, focused, capable, strong mentor. It's so neat to watch him grow over the years, to watch him discover a new dream and build it.
I loved the way he slowly comes to see value in mentoring his students, and how his memories of Atlantis are woven into that change. I loved reading about his classes like "Math, Music, and Physics" and "Practical Crisis Problemsolving" (aka "101 Ways The Geek Can Save You From Getting Eaten By An Alien"). It was so interesting and insightful to his character. His relationship with Harris was really beautiful too, I really enjoyed that character. And Rodney talking to John at his grave and saying he was truly happy really did make me tear up. It was so good to see him happy, to see all that he had accomplished.
The "DVD Commentary" was wonderful, too.
I read this fic after watching This Is How It Works by Lim.
This is why I love Atlantis and her fanfic; the characters and ideas support in-depth character analysis and emotional depth so well. It's such a rich world with so much opportunity to extend beyond the source. The show creaters have managed to create characters that resonate very well with me, and the fans give them a gloriously varied existence.