Luckenbach, Texas by paradise-city

[paradise-city.livejournal.com]

Title: Luckenbach, Texas
Pairing: Lorne, McKay, Ford, Caldwell gen
Rating: PG-13
Challenge: School
Summary: The new Daedalus personnel have a lot to learn -- not only about Atlantis, but about themselves.


The most important thing Caldwell learns is that he will always want the one woman he can't have.

Comments

[wpadmirer.livejournal.com]

I like this! It's really fun to see these POVs, and I adore your Caldwell section.

WP

[paradise-city.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I adore Caldwell myself--probably a little left over Skinner love, but Caldwell himself is pretty cool, too.

[3jane.livejournal.com]

This is wonderful!

[paradise-city.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

[pentapus.livejournal.com]

Oh, Caldwell! And the jumpy little Czech number. :D Loved this.

[paradise-city.livejournal.com]

I love the jumpy little Czech number. :) I think Radek's awesome, but I doubt the military guys would have the same opinion on first blush.

[oxoniensis.livejournal.com]

This was fascinating! And a huge yay for minor character fic - proof that they can be just as interesting as the characters we know well.

[paradise-city.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :)

And agreed on the minor characters bit. I think their view of things is often so much more interesting than the main characters. Minor characters need more love.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Beautiful. Really enjoyed Caldwell. Thanks.

[paradise-city.livejournal.com]

Thanks. The Caldwell section was my favorite, too. Hopefully we get to see more of him.

[cofax7]

Oh, this is excellent. I love it when people look at all the others there, and what they're going through. And Caldwell's not wrong about Sheppard. Really nice piece; and I love Romero's rant about Texans, and Lorne's opinion of Zelenka. Glee!

Typo spotting: Caldwell learns many things while in Atlantis: he learns that Sheppard is much better at his job that Caldwell expected I believe that second "that" should be a "than".

[paradise-city.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for the typo spotting. Five points.

And thanks for the feedback. The Texan rant was a favorite bit of mine, having lived in Texas for some time, though I think I have a much higher opinion than poor, fake Romero.

And y'know, I'd love to see some Lorne and Zelenka fic. The've got senses of humor that would mesh well together, I think.

[akimi-hime.livejournal.com]

Yay, minor characters!(Wait, you mean there's more than eight people in Atlantis? o_o xD) This was so cool.

...he will always, always, want the one woman he can't have.
Glad I'm not the only one to notice that, even if the thought did make me cringe a little at first. Nice work!

[paradise-city.livejournal.com]

Caldwell and Weir have an interesting dynamic, and one I enjoy more than her dynamic with Sheppard. Caldwel seems to be more her peer in a lot of ways.

Wait, you mean there's more than eight people in Atlantis?
Heh. I would love (love!) to see a minor character ep where they have to save all the big names because really, the way they send all their important people into dangerous situations together is just asking for it.

[mice1900.livejournal.com]

Love the bit about crosswords more than chocolate. That sounds SO Liz.

[paradise-city.livejournal.com]

Doesn't it? I really like the way she's so grounded; it brings a great feel to the rest of the team.

Also, yay for randomly Canadian Chuck! So much love for him and his happy button pushing. :D

[mice1900.livejournal.com]

He so needs a name in canon.

[paradise-city.livejournal.com]

You're right! He doesn't even have a canon name. Although he does have a spiffy green jacket. I wonder what the hell the green signifies. I think he's the only one I've seen with the green.

[mice1900.livejournal.com]

Military support staff? He's a sergeant in the Canadian military, but he's in a tech job. He's also really cute and gets lots of lines so he NEEDS a name, dammit!

[paradise-city.livejournal.com]

I take it he's been in other episodes aside from The Hive? I never noticed him before.

[mice1900.livejournal.com]

Yes, he was in some eps in season one as well, and several in season two.

[toniabarone.livejournal.com]

Okay. Wow. Really like this look into the new arrivals' adjustment to Atlantis. REALLY liked Lorne an' Caldwell's pieces (particularly Lorne's. *snerk* Radek. Heh) but that's probably cause I know them. The other two were good, too. Thanks for this.

[paradise-city.livejournal.com]

Thanks for reading; glad you enjoyed it.

Lorne just needs to be in more fic. That's all there is to it.

[melagan.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed this. Especially liked the salute to Grodin and Lorne’s insight into Radek

[paradise-city.livejournal.com]

Poor dead Grodin. I really liked him and I wish they hadn't killed him off.

Thanks for reading. :)

[amalthia]

this was good. :) thanks for sharing.

[paradise-city.livejournal.com]

Thanks for reading. :)

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

okay, that? That was just cool.

[paradise-city.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :D Glad you dug it.

Also, that icon is kickass. That man makes the most ridiculous faces ever.

[dirty-diana.livejournal.com]

This is awesome.

[til-midnight.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, this was wonderful! I loved how real they seemed.

[adri-n.livejournal.com]

This was totally brilliant. I loved seeing Atlantis all over again from new eyes. We didn't really get to see the new folks being added into the culture that had already developed. This was really spectacular.

[svmadelyn.livejournal.com]

Eeeeeee! That was such a lovely story to read!

[nindulgence.livejournal.com]

I really like the tight cadencing of these, especially the first and third. Thanks for writing!

~

[somnio-enormis.livejournal.com]

<3.

[somnio-enormis.livejournal.com]

Okay, that didn't work.

*shakes fist at screen*

I had written this really long, incredibly insightful review that would have totally blown your mind, but now it is lost to the ages. Okay, not really. I just wrote that I really liked this piece. I like the Caldwell piece particularly, but I loved the Texan one too. Hell, I loved all of them!

[celli]

I really liked this. Particularly Romero's section.

[paradise-city.livejournal.com]

Thanks; I really liked his section, too. Weapons happy Texans are one of my favorite cliches in American sci-fi for so many, many reasons.

[grand-sophy.livejournal.com]

One of the great things about SGA is the ensemble cast, and this is a wonderful exploration of some of the characters I firmly believe live in that world, even if the show never quite gets around to telling us about them. Or much about them, in Lorne and Caldwell's case. Thanks!

[paradise-city.livejournal.com]

The sociology of Atlantis is one of the things that fascinates me most about the show. We see a bit in Sheppard's team and a bit in Rodney's lab, but I'd really love to know what Atlantis is like for everyone else. Luckily, since we don't have a lot of canon on that, it leaves writers a lot of room to maneuver, which I apprecate.

[strifechaos.livejournal.com]

Awww I loved Caldwell's piece but Miko's McKay fantasy made me laugh. *grins* Lorne is such a cutie and the bit about Ford was cool too. I enjoyed your work and will have to keep a look out for more of your stuff in the future.

inexplicable truth is that Dr. McKay produces more Hail Marys than anyone—anyone—has a right to. They should all give thanks.

So true! *grins* *waves*

[paradise-city.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :) I love Lorne, and I really like putting him in fic. He works well for a wide variety of purposes. And Miko, well...if she's got a hell of a crush on McKay, I can certainly sympathize. You know he gives her butterflies.

Thanks for the feedback. Glad you enjoyed the read.

[emeraldsword.livejournal.com]

This is really good - short and sweet, capturing each of them very well. Good job.

[sundancekid.livejournal.com]

Such interesting glimpses into minor characters! Caldwell is probably my favorite, 'cause he so does have a crush on Weir.