New SGA story: Girlfriend

[resonant]

I've posted a new SGA story to my website.

Girlfriend
McKay/Sheppard -- NC-17 -- 6,900 words
"Rodney, you are the strangest man I've ever met. And ... almost the strangest woman."

Beta thanks to cesperanza and terrio.

Comments

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

I think later Rodney might claim to be disappointed that he didn't get the opportunity to observe menstruation, or even pregnancy, for scientific purposes and also to win even more arguments and be even more obnoxious.

Re: I'm not sure why I felt the need to do this...

[sundancekid.livejournal.com]

...SERIOUSLY that's what was going through my head too.

resonant8, great fic! Funny and spot-on characterization and a refreshingly drama free approach to being a new gender on Rodney's part. :)

[mythdefied.livejournal.com]

Oh, this was just perfect! It's one of the few (if not the only) genderfuck fics I've read where there's no total freak out or existential crisis over the change in genders. Rodney's wonderfully matter-of-fact about it, scientific and blunt all at once. Of course he's already run his new body through a good test drive before getting John in bed. It's so him.

I really loved how he just ran right over John in that last scene. Because, of course he had it all figured out the instant he saw John's reactions, and he knew exactly what to do about it. So any further talking was pointless and letting John argue/protest was a waste of time they could use fucking. Brilliant! And all of it is just so very much Rodney. John doesn't have a clue what hits him either time. But that's okay, because Rodney has him well in hand.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you liked it! I can certainly see Rodney freaking out if a female body was put on him without his consent (though I would totally love to hear his dithering and threats in a different voice), but as long as it's for science? He's so there. Totally oblivious to any conflicts John might have, but ready to learn!

Re: I'm not sure why I felt the need to do this...

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you liked it! Hey, anything that inspires T Rex cleavage has to have something going for it.

[amalthia]

rofl, I adored this story so much. Rodney's voice was perfect and the sex with sheppard was incredibly hot.

[thatratorpheus.livejournal.com]

Wandered in from amothea's recs. Love this, love this, love this. And under the humor and the hotness it's kind of a horror story, isn't it - with John surrendering to Rodney's cheerful monsterousness and Rodney gleefully considering the others on his list. So much potential for creepy badness. *happy sigh*

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! I'm glad you liked it. It's fun to hang out in Rodney's brain for a while, though staying there permanently would probably make me insane.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you liked it! I'd never thought of it as being creepy, because of course in my head Rodney just happens to be exactly what John needs. Not that Rodney makes a habit of considering what anyone else needs, mind you; it's just the benevolent workings of the universe conspiring to find love for John Sheppard, who's too screwed up to find it himself. In real life, odds are it would turn out very, very badly, just like every other romance involving John Sheppard.

And your icon is classic!

[thatratorpheus.livejournal.com]

By all means, the universe should give John what he needs, and I'm convinced it's Rodney. I'm not so convinced that Rodney needs John, which is why it made sense to me that John didn't make the top of Rodney's list. But that's why I love your stories - you take what I see as a recipe for disaster and turn it into something really yummy.

[murklins.livejournal.com]

I really like this! I recced it over here (http://murklins.livejournal.com/126518.html).

[ubixtiz.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed this very much.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad! Thanks for the rec.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Cool! Glad you liked it.

[(Anonymous)]

Usually I hate genderswitch stories, but this one... wow!

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you liked it!

I haven't read a whole lot of genderswitch, but sometimes it works for me -- sometimes it so very much does not, and I'm shouting at the screen, "Hey, I clicked this link because I wanted to read about Rodney, so who's this strange woman??"

[shalom]

Every word you write of Rodney's words and thoughts and actions rings hysterically true. "That's EXACTLY what he'd do!" is what I repeated throughout. This was such an enjoyable, satisfying read.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Oh, excellent! It's very weird, I guess, to write a story where magicscience makes someone change genders and then want it to be realistic, but I did.

[shalom]

Upon re-read, it still strikes me as hysterically funny that Rodney is so damn confident about being female, as if his big brain and logic is enough to guide him in how to live well in his new body. *laughs again*

[general-jinjur.livejournal.com]

i've taken advantage of your open-transformation policy and podficced this - posted here (http://community.livejournal.com/amplificathon/115858.html). i love the story, and john's weird confusion/denial, and his careful, polite sex practices as a symptom of that confusion/denial. and yes, of course rodney would take it all in stride. :D

raz0rgirl made me a cover for the m4b, so that's for you, too - here (http://jinjurly.com/img/girlfriend.jpg). :)

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Oh, cool! For a change, I'm not waiting three months before announcing it; I just posted to my LJ.

I like the phrase "open-transformation policy." It sounds so official.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

He probably figures he'd be better at being a woman than women are. Stands to reason, right? He's better at everything than everybody.

[kunoichikaoru.livejournal.com]

how weird must it be to have a whole fifty percent of the human race that you couldn't be attracted to--exactly!

Um, so. I've seen maybe three episodes of this show, but somehow wandering around lj I've seen an obscene amount of mckay/sheppard fanfiction and some of it is really good--like this--so I'm making an effort to acquire it on dvd. Or something. Anyway, I don't really know what I'm talking about, but I think your Rodney was awesome and I love uke!John. This rocks.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

uke!John! I love it! That's exactly the way I see him here.

I'm so glad you liked it!

[tenar.livejournal.com]

this is everything i wanted out of a story tonight - smart and well written, hilarious, hot, full of fascinating character revelations and moments of obscene rightness, such as rodney's overly scientific and pragmatic treatment of his fun new body - good times. i loved john in it as well, i can absolutely see him being that kind of boring and repressed lover. i'm glad rodney was able to help him out.. :P