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With an angsty yell: more, more, more!

The author of What I Tell You Three Times has John and Rodney down so well, writes them together with such confidence; it is so cool, then, to see her (it doesn't give anything away to suggest the author is female, does it? Oh, fandom) play devil's advocate with herself and not write them the happy ending most McKay/Sheppard readers and writers have come to consider par for the course. What she does instead, and the way she connects the really exciting action plot of this story with what's going on with John emotionally (poor John!), is much more brutal and real. I still like to think that things may one day work out, but I can also really see John needing a wake up call like this.

To play devil's advocate...you could not read What I Tell You Three Times...but who am I kidding? You really should!

You know how sometimes you read a story, and it has such a brilliant premise that you can't help but become slack-jawed and silent, thinking, "Oh, why didn't I think of that?" Down to Earth is one of those stories. The expedition loses their ATA genes, and more importantly, John does. This John, suddenly severed from his connection to Atlantis, just makes me ache; I love how the author refuses to pull any punches with her ending, and how she determinedly sees her brilliant premise through to the very finish.

Alter your mental DNA with Down to Earth

Okay, now this is a tough rec to write. Please imagine that, instead of reccing The Experiment (which I very heartily am) that I am trying to persuade you to watch The Sixth Sense. What could I say to convey to you how very awesome it is without giving away what makes it so awesome? This story is like that. Its basic premise is captivating enough, but what it builds to, the climax...that's what will blow you away, and that's what I can't say any more about, lest I ruin it. Which would be a worse tragedy than telling you that Bruce is dead. Because in this story, John and Rodney are very much alive, and yet nothing is what you think.

Twist it, twist it good with The Experiment

Gonna give y'all a chance to get through those before I move on to the very last story of the challenge, which is also one of my personal favorites...

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