Out of Bounds (Stargate Atlantis story)
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| Title: | Out of Bounds |
| Author(s): | icarus |
| Date(s): | 2006-2008 |
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| Genre(s): | slash |
| Fandom(s): | Stargate Atlantis |
| Relationship(s): | |
| External Links: | livejournal; slashcity.net; AO3 |
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Out of Bounds is a Stargate Atlantis story by icarus. It was originally posted in installments to icarus's LiveJournal account and updated on their slashcity website; later it was hosted on AO3.
Reactions and Reviews
The One That Actually Made Me Go to YouTube and Put in "John Sheppard Free Skate." I More or Less Regained My Sanity, but Damn It, I Still Want to See These Routines. Out of Bounds, by icarus. Stargate: Atlantis, John Sheppard/Rodney McKay.
This story nearly killed me. Because, okay, here's the thing: I do not read works in progress. I need to be able to wallow in a story, binge on it and, if necessary, even roll in it. I've learned that even if the story is finished and just being posted serially, my experience of reading it is different and less fun if I don't wait to read it, because: no wallowing! So I wait. And with this story, I waited for four years. (I think. Because I'm pretty sure this one started with the last winter Olympics.) But here is the thing: it was totally worth it. It was worth every sad face I made when an Out of Bounds update appeared and I had to remind myself, yet again, that I don't read works in progress. Because this story is awesome, and at more than 200,000 words, it deserves all the wallow I can bring to it. And, wow, did I bring a lot of wallow.
Plus, hey, clearly this is the time to read it, because it's topical. (Okay, sort of topical. But I still see people on my friends list talking about Johnny Weir, so topical is my story and I'm sticking to it.) Because: figure skating AU. Which is, by definition, awesome. (Yes, I am trying to imagine figure skating AUs in other fandoms, and - well. Arthur Pendragon as a figure skater? Awesome. James T. Kirk as a figure skater? So awesome it hurts. Sam and Dean as ice dancers? I - okay, I admit it, even I would read that, because of the awesome. But my point is: even those stories could not bring as much awesome as this one does.)
Admittedly, it's hard to imagine John Sheppard sparkling quite as much as Johnny Weir (Largely because no one can; I suspect Weir's a metahuman. Power? Supersparkle. And the convenient thing is he can just throw a cape on over his skating costumes and he's good to go fight - crime, or dullness, or visible roots, or douchebaggery, or whatever it is he fights.), but it's fun to try. I think we can all agree that what SGA was really missing, over the five seasons, was lamé and rhinestones.
Fortunately, this story will give you all of that. It's like every great sports movie you ever watched, except a) more epic b) more gay and c) starring John Sheppard and Rodney McKay. And I don't know about you, but for me, that's exactly what those movies were missing. [1]
This is 220k of FIGURE SKATER PERFECTION, so enjoy.[2]
I don't have enough words for this story! It's enormous, but SO worth every minute you'll spend with it! And if you haven't read it before, you're lucky enough enough to come in after it's done and don't have to wait for the next part and the next part...This one, you need to read![3]
References
- ^ rec by thefourthvine at 204: Two Worlds in Which We Dwell, June 2, 2010
- ^ "Nov 25, 2014 Tumblr post". Archived from the original on 2023-06-21.
- ^ "Fic Rec list!". Archived from the original on 2023-06-21.