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I finally read Freedom's Just Another Word For Nothing Left To Lose which is beautiful and amazing and should be read by everyone, because I doubt you need anything more than the most basic of basics to understand this story.
(I mean, um. Yeah. Atlantis was an alien city in another galaxy. The SGC is the military branch that was in charge. John was a hot pilot with an ability for maths. Rodney's an astrophysicist/electrical engineer, Zelenka was his 2IC in the labs, and Elizabeth was the diplomat in charge of the expedition. Honestly, the rest you can figure out from context within the story.)
Everyone reccing it to me seemed to focus on the "will tear your heart out" idea, which didn't happen for me. Instead, I found it... well, it's easier to quote the feedback I just left:
It's a story that is uplifting and amazing, that makes you thankful for the grace and beauty of life. It leaves you proud of being a human being, of being capable of feeling so deeply, trying so hard, living so fully.
I wish I could explain how marvellous this is. How it enthralled and ensourcelled me from the first paragraph, how even when things hurt Rodney there was always a warm, shining sunbeam of hope. How this said something so deeply true and honest about people, about what a person is capable of, about how we can adapt and live and be *grateful* for our successes and acknowledge what we learnt from our failures.
That was a fantastic read.
(I mean, um. Yeah. Atlantis was an alien city in another galaxy. The SGC is the military branch that was in charge. John was a hot pilot with an ability for maths. Rodney's an astrophysicist/electrical engineer, Zelenka was his 2IC in the labs, and Elizabeth was the diplomat in charge of the expedition. Honestly, the rest you can figure out from context within the story.)
Everyone reccing it to me seemed to focus on the "will tear your heart out" idea, which didn't happen for me. Instead, I found it... well, it's easier to quote the feedback I just left:
It's a story that is uplifting and amazing, that makes you thankful for the grace and beauty of life. It leaves you proud of being a human being, of being capable of feeling so deeply, trying so hard, living so fully.
I wish I could explain how marvellous this is. How it enthralled and ensourcelled me from the first paragraph, how even when things hurt Rodney there was always a warm, shining sunbeam of hope. How this said something so deeply true and honest about people, about what a person is capable of, about how we can adapt and live and be *grateful* for our successes and acknowledge what we learnt from our failures.
That was a fantastic read.
