November reccers

Nov. 2nd, 2025 02:40 pm
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[personal profile] fignewton in [community profile] stargateficrec
Many thanks to [personal profile] cassiope25, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] mific, and [personal profile] nuh_s for all their October recs! We had 15 recs this past month.

Our November reccers are:

[personal profile] cassiope25: Rodney McKay
[personal profile] goddess47: Jack O'Neill


Reccers, you all have access and can start posting at any time. Remember that you have committed yourself to reccing at least two fics over the course of the month, although of course we will be happy with more. Feel free to use the copy-and-paste template from the reccer's FAQ for your convenience.

If you wanted to volunteer for this month and didn't have a chance to sign up, drop a comment here and I'll happily add you to the list.
cassiope25: Typical Rodney meme, wrong-wrong-wrong (Rodney meme 1)
[personal profile] cassiope25 in [community profile] stargateficrec
Show: SGA

Rec Category: Rodney McKay
Rating. not rated on A03 but rated PG13 on Livejournal
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Carson Beckett, Dr. Biro, Elizabeth Weir, Steven Caldwell
Pairings: Rodney/John
Categories: slash, crack, humor
Warnings: no warnings apply
Words: 5,208
Author's Journal: n/a
Author's Website: karenmcfadyyon on AO3
Link: Galaxy of the Living Dead

Author’s summary: John and Rodney's experience with a new culture leaves them feeling a little different. (from Livejournal)

Why This Must Be Read: This is a fic by the incredible KarenMcFadyyon—and it’s an absolute treasure.
It's an endearingly chaotic crack-fic and a delightfully absurd rec for Halloween! Rodney and John have a very unfortunate off-world incident that leaves them technically dead—but very much still present, talking, and driving the entire expedition up the walls. Needless to say, being dead can't shut Rodney McKay up, especially with John Sheppard right there to argue with him. The banter is hilarious, everyone is adorably in character, and yes—of course, they all end up safe, sound, and happily alive in the end.
Black humor, great bickering, and a comforting happy ending — what more could you want? Enjoy!

snippet of fic )
mific: Sepia pic john sheppard and rodney mckay leaning heads together, serious (McShep - intense)
[personal profile] mific in [community profile] stargateficrec
Shows: SGA
Rec Category: Action/Adventure
Characters: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Jennifer Keller/Rodney McKay, Evan Lorne, Radek Zelenka, Jeannie Miller, Original male character
Categories: M/M
Words: 23,423
Warnings: no AO3 warnings apply
Author on DW: [personal profile] pir8fancier
Author's Website: pir8fancier on AO3
Link: Damned If You Do, and Damned If You Don't on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: This is a classic and it hasn't been reccd here for 14 years, so time for a signalboost. It's an AU set post-series, with Atlantis moored off San Francisco and Rodney lured away on vacation with Jennifer, until he realises something's hinky in the email replies he's getting from John. I love this fic as it features a highly competent (albeit terrified) Rodney who's been just paranoid enough to have in place the resources he needs to rescue John (and the Pegasus galaxy) from a high-level conspiracy. There's a really great OMC and a ton of UST that inevitably ends up with John and Rodney together. It's gripping, with great characterisation and lots of action, adventure, and plot - an excellent read!

snippet of the fic under here )

Lost Assets by Mas_Pebbles_Sharp (E)

Oct. 30th, 2025 01:44 am
cassiope25: Close-up from Rodney looking sad and depressed in front of the stairs in the gateroom (Rodney sad)
[personal profile] cassiope25 in [community profile] stargateficrec
Show: SGA

Rec Category: Rodney McKay
Characters: Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagan, John Sheppard, Ronon Dex
Pairings: Rodney/John, Rodney/John/Teyla/Ronon
Categories: slash, multi, hurt/comfort, smut
Warnings: no warnings apply
Words: 2,722
Author's Journal: n/a
Author's Website: Mas_Pebbles_Sharp on AO3
Link: Lost Assets

Author’s summary: Everyone is taking care of Ronon, but meanwhile Rodney is dealing with his own (minor) loss and the team want to make him feel better too...

Why This Must Be Read: It’s a beautifully written, sensitive story by Mas_pebbles_sharp, who gorgeously highlights every single one of Rodney’s assets—pun intended—his perfect imperfections, with each member of the team having their own unique take on him.
And Rodney’s overall obliviousness to the effect he has on others, to the emotions he stirs up, and the way he reacts once he realizes all the attention he’s getting—it’s so endearing and sweet, and honestly? Hot as hell.
It’s an amazing McShep getting-together fic set in the middle of the most gorgeous polyamorous OT4 you could ever imagine. The four of them being so at ease, so in sync, and just happy together will fill your heart to the brim.

snippet of fic )

November reccers volunteer post

Oct. 29th, 2025 09:10 pm
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[personal profile] fignewton in [community profile] stargateficrec
This entry will be open until the 31st. The monthly reccers post will hopefully go up before Sunday, but no promises. :)

Comment with the username you'll be using to rec and the category you want. Choose a category from the list below or select a more rare category that has been used in the past. If you want to rec a category that is not on the list below or in Memories, that's fine, too: you may volunteer for a category that isn't listed.

By signing up, you are committing yourself to reccing at least two (preferably four) stories in that category during the month of November. October reccers who wish to sign up again (thank you!) should rec their minimum two for this month before doing so. You don't have to check the Memories before choosing which stories to rec. If you have a good fic to rec, go for it! Do remember, though, that story links must be freely accessible, without requiring any sort of login to view. The FAQ and rec template, with detailed instructions, can be found here. Reccers may add self-recs once they have done their minimum two for their category of the month, and see more details at the FAQ entry.

You must be a member of [community profile] stargateficrec in order to post. So if you're a new reccer, be sure to join the community.

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Remember: first come, first claimed!
goddess47: Emu! (Default)
[personal profile] goddess47 in [community profile] stargateficrec
Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Characters:Pairings: Jack/Daniel
Categories: mission related, major whump. hurt/no comfort
Warnings: major whump. hurt/no comfort, no gore
Word Count: 5211
Author on DW: none found
Author's Website: AO3 Profile
Link: Nothing You can Ever Say


Author's Summary:

Daniel's lips get sewn shut while on a mission. No one knows how it happened, and Daniel can't tell them. He and Jack have been in a secret relationship for months. Jack becomes unpredictable in his fear of losing Daniel.


Why This Must Be Read:

This is for Whumptober 2025 and H_River_Ageleis has delivered.

The fic is heartbreaking as Daniel and Jack both suffer from whatever has sewn Daniel's mouth shut. It's appropriately whump-y for the prompts... For all that it's not gory, it's still frightening in its own way.

Not for the happy ending folk but an interesting exploration of what could be out there!



snippet of fic )

Tin Men, by MSSalieri (G)

Oct. 26th, 2025 12:27 pm
goddess47: Emu! (Default)
[personal profile] goddess47 in [community profile] stargateficrec
Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Characters:Pairings: implied Daniel/Sam
Categories: post-episode
Warnings: some morbid thoughts that are not carried out
Word Count: 1680
Author on DW: [personal profile] troyswann
Author's Website: AO3 Profile
Link: Tin Men


Author's Summary:

As he slaps glue onto a weeping pipe and bends a patch around it, Jack fantasizes about a Goa’uld incursion. A firefight. A daring rescue. Actually, he doesn’t picture the actual adventure, but rather the four of them on their slabs talking about it, a hundred years from now. “Remember that time?” Of course they’ll remember it. They’ll remember it perfectly. In his imagination, they fall silent and sit on their slabs waiting for the seconds to roll over uselessly like tumblers in a broken lock.

Eternity, infinity, entropy and art therapy.


Why This Must Be Read:

One of the myriad of ways the lives of our beloved characters may have gone after they realized they were robots and not human.

There's a bit of morbid thinking but MSSalieri is more hopeful than that and gives a hopeful ending in the short space of her story.



snippet of fic )
mific: (Shep - oh crap)
[personal profile] mific in [community profile] stargateficrec
Shows: SGA (fusion with Battlestar Gallactica)
Rec Category: Action/Adventure
Characters: John Sheppard, Chuck Campbell, Evan Lorne, Elizabeth Weir, Rodney McKay
Categories: Gen
Words: 1289
Warnings: no AO3-type warnings apply
Author on DW: [personal profile] slybrarian
Author's Website: slybrarian on AO3, slybrarian on sga_flashfic
Link: Unscheduled Excursion on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: This is a great little fusion of familiar SGA characters with the universe of Battlestar Gallactica (you don't need to know that to enjoy it). It's John Sheppard-centric, as Sheppard (the battlestar ship's commander) tries to decide what to do next in the midst of disaster. It was written for a flashfic challenge and is a standalone piece, an intriguing glimpse into an interesting AU.

snippet of the fic under here )

Database maintenance

Oct. 25th, 2025 08:42 am
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[staff profile] mark in [site community profile] dw_maintenance

Good morning, afternoon, and evening!

We're doing some database and other light server maintenance this weekend (upgrading the version of MySQL we use in particular, but also probably doing some CDN work.)

I expect all of this to be pretty invisible except for some small "couple of minute" blips as we switch between machines, but there's a chance you will notice something untoward. I'll keep an eye on comments as per usual.

Ta for now!

mific: Sepia pic john sheppard and rodney mckay leaning heads together, serious (McShep - intense)
[personal profile] mific in [community profile] stargateficrec
Shows: SGA
Rec Category: Action/Adventure
Characters: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Elizabeth Weir, Carson Beckett, Even Lorne
Categories: M/M
Words: 7860
Warnings: no AO3 warnings apply
Author on DW: [personal profile] mrshamill
Author's Website: MrsHamill on AO3
Link: Personal Hero (locked to AO3), and here on DW. Plus, there's an excellent podfic by [personal profile] librarychick_94 which is here, or here.
Why This Must Be Read: This is a bit gruelling, but it all works out in the end. It features a badass Rodney saving John on a mission-gone-wrong, pushing himself beyond what he'd thought possible to carry John, wounded, back to the stargate. The rest of the story is about rescuing Ronon and Teyla, and the aftermath of the mission when John regains consciousness and gradually pieces together how Rodney feels about him. Action, then feelings and romance, and it's an enjoyable read.

snippet of the fic under here )

AWS outage

Oct. 20th, 2025 10:11 am
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DW is seeing some issues due to today's Amazon outage. For right now it looks like the site is loading, but it may be slow. Some of our processes like notifications and journal search don't appear to be running and can't be started due to rate limiting or capacity issues. DW could go down later if Amazon isn't able to improve things soon, but our services should return to normal when Amazon has cleared up the outage.

Edit: all services are running as of 16:12 CDT, but there is definitely still a backlog of notifications to get through.

Edit 2: and at 18:20 CDT everything's been running normally for about the last hour.

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