fic and vid rec (SGA)

Slightly Tarnished Armor by friendshipper
PG; Pairings: Ronon/Jennifer, Rodney/Teyla, John/Elizabeth; 37,000 words
Summary: Hear ye, hear ye! Hark to the tale of the heroic and marginally competent Sir Rodney of McKay, the Lady Guinevere the healer, her betrothed King Ronon Pendragon, and sundry other Heroes and Villains, in a tale of Classic Adventure, Tumultuous Peril, Base Treachery, Mistaken Identity, Heroes in Disguise and other Trappings of a Romantic Sort.
author's notes: It should be obvious from reading the summary and warnings, but when it comes to historical accuracy, this is TOTAL CRACK, and while it was originally conceived as a sort of King Arthur AU, it no longer bears much resemblance to the Arthur legend, either. This is silly pseudo-medieval fantasy that has about as much to do with the actual Middle Ages as Monty Python's Holy Grail.

I found this fic way funnier and more entertaining than the Python movie. Friendshipper takes every cliché in the book and spins them into a fun tale. I really enjoyed the plot, and I loved the way she transferred the characters into the (pseudo)medieval setting.

Snippet: Rodney hated the wilderness in general. It was full of wild beasts, which he would be expected to kill, and ruffians, which he would be expected to fight, and flowers, which he was allergic to. He hadn't thought that anything could make him hate the wild lands more than he already did. Come to find out, though, he'd found something that did the trick: riding through the woods on a recalcitrant, ancient warhorse that just wanted to find a nice patch of sun and take a nap, surrounded by all of Kell's most vulgar and violent knights and their even more loutish squires, riding off to kill some poor bastard who was going to be outnumbered thirty to one.

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vid rec: Open Secrets of the Pegasus Galaxy by yevgenie (Song: Leonard Cohen)
gen; PG; whole cast; Seasons: 1-4; Length: 4:04
Summary: That's how it goes, everybody knows.
author's notes: This is my love letter to Stargate Atlantis. It is also a letter about how Stargate: Atlantis drives me fucking crazy. [waves hands in explanation]

Brilliant vid about life and death in Pegasus. It's a meta-essay in vid form, and it made me fall in love with the show all over again.