Fandom Snowflake Challenge - Day 10

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Day 10

In your own space, share your love for a trope, cliché, kink, motif, or theme. (Or a few!) Tell us what makes it work for you, and why it appeals to you so much. Talk about what you like to see in fanworks featuring that theme most. Feel free to include recs and examples!



Humor! I love a good, laugh-out-loud story. Or one that gives me the rolling giggles. Or one that's just plan funny. I love when a writer takes a good look at the characters I love and sees the ridiculousness of it all.

The King of Atlantis by runpunkrun. John is injured. And pantsless. No one seems very upset about it.

The Law of Holes by esteefee: John Sheppard meets an alien in his own backyard. Chaos ensues.

Four Blatant Lies About Atlantis by sabinelagrande: Wherein aliens don't make them do it, John loves ASCII, Carson hates everyone, Weir is highly amused, and Lorne's just trying to be a pal.

the cigarette girl in the sizzle hot pants: In which there is a road trip, a late-night stop at Waffle House, a tasteless joke about the University of Tennessee, and a blowjob, not necessarily in that order. And its sequel 844,739 Ways to Eat a Hamburger: In which John drives a minivan, Teyla communes with an iPod, Rodney is forced to pee on bushes, Ronon falls in love, and waffles are consumed by the dozen. By minervacat.

The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves by smittywing: In 1988, Cadet First Class John Sheppard stole a goat. In 2005, Major Lorne steals a Cat-Thing. It turns out that stealing mascots is never as good an idea as one would think.

And comfort fic, by which I mean stories I find comforting to go back and read on sad, rainy days. These stories all feel like home to me, like wrapping up in a warm afghan with a cup of hot chocolate, even when I'm sitting in some cold, impersonal doctor's office.

Fair Trade by esteefee: AU in which John owns a coffee roastery, and Rodney is Customer Zero who will tell him where to stick his beans.

A Farm in Iowa by sheafrotherdon: John and Rodney on a farm. In Iowa.

NHMR Productions, Inc. by apple_pi: John Sheppard is the host of a home improvement show, Rodney McKay is the anal-retentive contractor, and it's a sweet, slow burn for these two irritating men.

Checkmate 'Verse by bead: John Sheppard is a small, black cat and Rodney McKay must speak for him.

Turn into Something Beautiful by blackchaps: John and Rodney meet at the Antarctic base, and the fur flies.

Redemption by esteefee: John went A.W.O.L. after a mission in Afghanistan. A few years later, a chance meeting with a certain Dr. Rodney McKay leads to nothing but trouble. And possibly redemption.

Retrograde by LtLJ: The Atlantis expedition has been lost for three years. SG-1 goes to find them and arrives just a little too late.