The Roads Never Lead Where They're Supposed to Go
| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Roads Never Lead Where They're Supposed to Go |
| Author(s): | eleveninches |
| Date(s): | 2006 |
| Length: | |
| Genre(s): | slash and het |
| Fandom(s): | Stargate Atlantis |
| Relationship(s): | |
| External Links: | online here |
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The Roads Never Lead Where They're Supposed to Go is a Stargate Atlantis story by eleveninches.
The pairings are McKay/Sheppard, Weir/Zelenka.
Author's Notes
"For the B-Movie Ficathon Challenge: A brilliant geneticist plans to expose a lethal virus to every human being on the planet. Her objective: to destroy humankind in favour of her new strain of prehistoric dinosaurs. Two people stand in the way of her diabolical plan, a cynical night watchman and a lovely idealistic environmentalist. The two must overcome their differences long enough to uncover the scientist's scheme and fight her carnivorous creations in a desperate battle against the extinction of the human race.
In other words: A slightly different John and Rodney, in a slightly different Atlantis, fight Marines, dinosaurs, and each other. Alternate Universe; McKay/Sheppard, Elizabeth/Zelenka."
Reactions and Reviews
Why this must be read: This story combines a homage to the humor and adventure plots of B-movies with the Atlantis characters, making a few slight twists along the way, such as Zelenka as the lead scientist. John is a botanist, skateboarder, and ex-environmental extremist who ends up partnering Rodney as they explore Atlantis, only to discover that someone is turning people into dinosaurs. The story's fast pacing, absurd situations and buddy-oriented rapid-fire dialog shine, making it a delight to read. [1]
OH. MY. GOD. Read it again. Rodney’s like a peon in the labs. SHEPPARD IS A BOTANIST.[2]
From the plot, I think you can guess that this isn't a fic that's intended to be taken seriously. It's a fun fic, with a great sense of the ridiculous and an interesting AU. It's as though eleveninches took the Atlantis universe and twisted it fifteen degrees, without losing the central characters on the way. This isn't intended as a deep and meaningful fic or a traumatic, angsty voyage. The main reason for reading this is to get a fun, sexy fic with a dorky, scientist John and a McKay that isn't very different from our own. But it does have dinosaurs, which just adds to the slightly surreal fun.[3]
McShep, AU, Botanist!John, Pining!John, Clueless!Rodney, dinosaurs, and lovely details. This fic makes me so happy.[4]
References
- ^ rec at Crack Van, June 2006
- ^ "Rec me some of your fav humorous or slice-of-life fics please!". Archived from the original on 2023-06-28.
- ^ "haven reviews". Archived from the original on 2023-02-08.
- ^ "Nov 22, 2018 Tumblr post". Archived from the original on 2023-06-28.