Lost in Waiting
| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Lost in Waiting |
| Author(s): | Lacey McBain |
| Date(s): | 2006 |
| Length: | ~14,800 |
| Genre: | slash |
| Fandom: | Stargate Atlantis |
| External Links: | online here |
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Lost in Waiting is a Stargate Atlantis AU McShep story by Lacey McBain.
In it, John is the gay-virginal product of rigid Christian conservatives.
Summary: "You can’t have it both ways, Colonel. If you haven’t had any relationships, either you’re having the occasional one-night stand or you’re not having sex at all.”"
Reactions and Reviews
The One That, Considered in Comparison with the Previous Rec, Indicates That John Sheppard's Parents Were Worse Than Lex Luthor. I Hope They Feel Terrible. Lost in Waiting, by laceymcbain. Stargate: Atlantis, John Sheppard/Rodney McKay. See, now, I would have said that a story featuring a virgin John Sheppard would need to be a massive, massive AU - like [livejournal.com profile] trinityofone's Priest John AU, say. So what alarms me about this story is how AU it isn't. I mean, I won't say that this is canon John, exactly - but he's. Okay. Am I the only one who looks at the way John acts and compares it to what the writers seem to believe about him and thinks, those are not the same people? (If I am, then, well, prepare for me to sound like an idiot.) This story is about, not the John they write about, but the John I see on the screen.
And, whoa, what a fucked up John he is, too. (And, hello, no, I am not saying virginity makes you a fucked up person. You can be a virgin at 38 and be an absolutely level, balanced, sane, and stable person - and, even if you're not exactly balanced, well. I am hardly one to suggest that the people having loads of random sex with assorted other people whose names they don't know - or want to - are the truly healthy ones. Been there, done that, had the subsequent decade of therapy, people.) This is a guy who, on his Pegasus Galaxy Embarkation Form, presumably wrote "Personal Item: One DVD of an old football game, and three million massive, hairy issues, including two so large they will also be part-time staff members." And, you know, you have to wonder. The Ancients: a bunch of irresponsible, skeevy people with dominance issues. John Sheppard: Issues Boy. Jack O'Neill: Repression of Issues Boy. Maybe the ATA gene has side effects, is my point here. It'd explain a lot about the Ancients and their massively unfortunate science experiments. [1]
i really love this fic; it’s just so, so sweet, sad but with so much love :3[2]
References
- ^ rec by thefourthvine at Slashy Awards 145: Man Hands on Misery to Man, June 12, 2006
- ^ "Jan 3, 2014 post at The Fandom Rec List". Archived from the original on 2023-08-05.