Stargate Fic Recommendations

Just for note, the author does list this story as PG-13, but to be safe, I have listed it as R for language and the adult concepts mentioned.

Rec Category: Character: John Sheppard
Pairing: N/A
Category: General/Character Study
Warning: Language/Adult concepts mentioned/General Spoilers for the Character
Author on LJ: miss_porcupine
Author's Website: Author's Site
Link: Just Like the Richard Gere Movie

Why This Must Be Read:...Because not everyone thinks that John is a "hero." This a really nice character study given through the point of view of the military contingent as they prepare to find Atlantis. And lets face it, they don't like the fly-boy. *grin* It is a very unique story exploring the character from a very different angle, which is always nice.

The guys who'd come from Antarctica hated Sheppard. Really hated him, not just the jealous kind of hate that was really just envy made macho. Sheppard was lazy, they said, didn't act like an officer -- even by the mommy-clinging, where's-my-latte Air Force standards -- or a fighting man. He'd gone to Antarctica voluntarily, they'd said, and not just to be the light switch for the scientists there. And that was the kicker -- not everyone could be where the action was, but anyone worth their dogtags wanted to be. And Sheppard didn't. Nobody said 'coward', but they didn't have to.

Just Like the Richard Gere Movie