#sga secret santa 2021

[dorothyoz39]

Fandom: Stargate

Title of the series: The Ancients did it.

Genre: Romance.

Season/episode: SG: Atlantis, season 4

Spoilers: Stargate movie, Stargate: SG1 (all seasons and movies), and SG: Atlantis (season 1 to 4)

Pairing: John Sheppard/Cameron Mitchell.

Stories:

Christmas' Confessions (G). Written for 2021 SGA Secret Santa.

Magic Sphere (G). Written for Stargate's 30th anniversary.

[frankthesnek]

SGA Secret Santa fics have been released 🎅🎄 Happy Christmas everyone!

Rodney, his best friend, teammate, and secret crush who practically held the title of resident Scrooge, open and loud with his disdain for sappy holiday traditions and the associated religious aspects. For three years, John had put up with listening to Rodney complain about the season, and this year he was determined to get the other man into the holiday spirit purely for the fact that Rodney deserved to be happy and have a good holiday.

[frankthesnek]

Yes yes all the kudos for @popkin16! Thank you for setting this event up!

After a slight hiccup, ALL 2021 SGA Secret Santa fics are up!

[carsonsweebabyturtles]

This is my Secret Santa gift for  @mrsgenderfluidwpoindexterirl​

The original drawing I did was of Sam SG1 era and realised a week before closing my mistake. So this was the 2nd attempt. 

[cassiope25]

This is my Secret Santa gift 🎄for the lovely @frankthesnek 💖

It's a Cover Art for her wonderful story "How the Story Goes" I had so much fun making it!

It's also here on AO3 in case you want to give it kudos or leave a comment :)

So now go everyone and read this emotional rollercoaster!

[a-storm-of-roses]

An end of year, writing reflection post!

My writing has probably been my greatest accomplishment of 2021. I started off in January thinking I'd like to get back into writing fic, and tooled around a bit for fun. I set myself an ambitious goal - I wanted to write 100,000 words in 2021. They didn't need to be good and I didn't need to share them.

And here we are at the end of the year - I've blown past this goal and I am so so chuffed!

Some 2021 stats:

Total words: 193,993 (160,104 published, 33,889 tbp)

Total fics: 47

Fandoms: ALL Stargate Atlantis, except for one Green Creek fic, which was my first of the year

Longest fic: In Sickness and in Health (31,252, written for the McShep Big Bang)

Shortest fic: Cardinal Points (674)

Most popular fic (by kudos): Corresponding (My first McShep piece and also the second I published, so makes sense that it's had a lot of time to be read!)

Least popular fic: Leaf Peeping (actually my top three least popular fics were femslash 😭)

My favorite fic: I've loved almost everything I wrote this year, but I especially feel tender towards my rare pairing fics: Pegasus Miracles (Aiden/Ronon) and Fruited and Sweet (Katie Brown/Laura Cadman). They actually both have a similar writing style to them as well, which probably says something!

Some other highlights: I wrote a fic every day in October for my own autumn writing challenge, and I did Romancing McShep, the McShep BigBang, and SGA Secret Santa!

It was a great year for creativity and I had such fun getting back to writing. Massive thanks to the extremely welcoming and supportive SGA/McShep community - such a talented, inspiring, and kind group of people. I've loved reading and writing with you this year!

If anyone wants to share some of their 2021 writing highlights, would love to see it!

[atlantis-scribe]

Kit's 2021 SGA Fics

gabriel's law

Stargate Winter Fic Exchange 2020-21

McShep | rated E | 10,634 words

It never gets easier, no matter how many times John has done it. It will still be the same blue eyes, the same look of betrayal right before they close. It never gets easier, but he is Rodney’s only hope, and John has always known that he is destined to damn the whole universe in a bargain for one man.

McShep Febuwhump 2021

Febuwhump 2021

McShep | 28 ficlets

road less traveled

McShep + Jack x Daniel | rated T | 2,048 words

The repeal of the US military’s ��Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy changes John Sheppard’s life in more ways than one.

A Missing Hacker (incomplete)

Leverage crossover

Eliot x Hardison x Parker + McShep + Jack x Daniel | rated T

When Hardison disappears while visiting a refugee camp in South Asia, the team turns the world upside down to find him. Their search eventually leads them to a shadow organization buried within the US military, an enterprise with secrets far greater than a band of modern vigilantes can ever imagine. Eliot, whose checkered past once brought him above and beyond special ops, knows that this is his worst fears realized: the people he loves in the crosshairs of danger even he may not be able to protect them from.

Parker, who is far less somber, just wants to know exactly who thinks they can stand in her way.

McShep AU-gust 2021

AU-GUST 2021

McShep | 31 ficlets

a quarter after midnight

McShep | rated G | 1,097 words

It’s only when the city is asleep, when none of even his most reasonable excuses can hold a candle to the yearning that grows, wild and untamed, under the cover of darkness, that John allows himself to be brave.

heavy is the head

Rodney & Elizabeth + McShep | rated T | 3,297 words

Rodney and Elizabeth’s second conversation about the disastrous end to the Arcturus Project is not a continuation of the first, nor is it a rehash of what feels like an even older, endless argument. If anything, it’s the real talk they’ve been waiting for, the sort they just can’t afford to allow themselves anywhere else. Their subsequent discussion about John Sheppard, however, is the only one of its kind that they are ever going to have.

last day of winter

SGA Secret Santa 2021

McShep | rated T | 1,680 words

There’s something about the Athosian Festival of Colors that makes people see things in a different light.

Stargate Oblivion (ongoing)

McShep | rated T

Fifteen years after John Sheppard left Atlantis for good, the Stargate Program is finally ready to go public.

In the ensuing chaos, sixteen-year-old Paula Jane McKay is thrown in the middle of sinister plots, complicated loyalties, and old secrets that will force her to choose between her beloved city and the planet she has spent her whole life yearning for.

[callunavulgari]

Scrapbook 2021 | Pt IV

I had to do a fourth part this year, because I read too much good fanfiction in October and went over the limit. Whoops.

For anyone that’s new to this, this is how I keep track of all of the things I enjoy and/or create throughout the year. I have literally been doing this since I had a livejournal.

It’s a nice little snippet of my life and helps to organize my brain.

A reminder:

Normal font - Indifferent/Neutral Italicized font - Enjoyed bold font - Loved with an asterisk* - All time favorite (bracketed titles) - Re-watches/Re-reads strikethough - Disliked

Goals are: read 80 70 books (yes, i reduced my original goal. no regrets. am currently at 57), finish five video games (completed), write more than 20 fics (completed, thanks October!) or something larger than 20k (negative, but I got close with 14k), and write either an original short story or start a novel (plotting only).

Past Years

2021 Pt I: January-April 2021 Pt II: May-August 2021 Pt III: September-October

MOVIES

November

V For Vendetta

Love Hard (so cringe though)

Red Notice

Tick, Tick, Boom

December

The Holiday

Spiderman: No Way Home

The Matrix: Resurrections

Encanto

(Lotr: The Two Towers)

BOOKS

November

The Witness For the Dead | Katherine Addison

The Wolf and the Woodsman | Ava Reid [Fin]

A Marvellous Light | Freya Marske [Fin]

In a Holidaze | Lauren Christina [Fin]

December

The Witness For the Dead | Katherine Addison

PODCASTS

November

N/A

December

Wolf 359 - Making of Special

TV SHOWS BY SEASON

November

Watcher: Are You Scared?

Buzzfeed Unsolved: Supernatural, Final Season

Locke and Key, s2

Husbento Boxes | Imamu Room

Scumbag System

Arcane, s1

Cowboy Bebop (2021), s1

Hotel del Luna

Too Many Spirits, s4

December

Too Many Spirits, s4

Wheel of Time, s1

Hawkeye, s1

VIDEO GAMES

November

Pokemon Go

Spiritfarer

Animal Crossing

December

Animal Crossing

Pokemon Go

Hollow Knight, 40+ hours

POSTED FIC

November

N/A

December

ampersand after ampersand | The Untamed | Xue Yang/Xiao Xingchen/Song Lan | 9,430 words | “Will you kill me, then?” Xue Yang asks, showing his teeth when he smiles. “Pretty, vicious Xingchen. Should have known that it was you I should have watched out for.”

a dream to end all deams | Seraphina | Seraphina/Kiggs/Glisselda | 2,093 words | The morning of her daughter’s third birthday, Seraphina wakes slowly to the soft pre-dawn light slanting in through the large gilded windows along the southeastern side of the room. She is warm and enormously comfortable, but the moment is unfortunately somewhat ruined by the fact that she has a healthy chunk of Glisselda’s hair in her mouth.

the impact and the glue | SGA | John/Rodney | 5,228 words | Rodney gets transferred to Area 51 on an unseasonably warm day in early December, just a few weeks short of Christmas. He gets more than he bargained for out of his stay.

WIPS | UNPUBLISHED | ORIGINAL

November

4k of SongXueXiao Exchange fic

4k of SGA Secret Santa

December

9.5k of SongXueXiao Exchange fic Done!

2k of Yuletide Done!

4k of SGA Secret Santa Done!

Fanmixes/Graphics

November

N/A

December

Discover Weekly Medleys

DELIGHTFUL FIC

November

And Many More by giraffeter | The Untamed | Jiang Cheng/Everyone | WIP | 9k | “Hmm.” Nie Huaisang taps his chin with one green-lacquered fingernail. Raising an eyebrow, he leans into Jiang Cheng, letting his eyes go heavy-lidded and suggestive. “What is your deepest, darkest, filthiest sexual fantasy?” he asks in a husky voice. “And no cop-outs, I’ll know if you cop out.”

No night as deep as my night. by orange_crushed | The Untamed | Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian | 17k | When he opens his eyes all the candles in the room sputter at once, and go out. And then they come back again, as easily as they were extinguished. Wangji looks up, to find a tall shadow in the doorway. Wangji is not afraid. “Wei Ying,” he says. “Come in.”

in the room where you sleep by blurhawaii | Buzzfeed Unsolved | Ryan/Shane | 9k | Hunched over on himself on the bottom step of the staircase, Ryan throws out the term ‘tulpa’ for the camera and then has to backtrack when Shane cuts in, wait, wait, wait, just a second here, a what?

hunger by lastembers (last_embers) | Word of Honor | Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu | 3k | His neighbour eats people. Zhou Zishu doesn’t particularly care, as long as he keeps the noise down.

Magnanimous in Victory by giraffeter | The Untamed | Lan Wangji/Wei Ying, others | 30k | WIP | After Cloud Recesses burns, Wen Xu brings Lan Wangji — the last Lan — back to Nightless City as his prize. Not to be outdone, his brother Wen Chao soon returns with a prize of his own: the Jiang Sect's senior disciple, Wei Wuxian.

hear the monsters calling home by sundiscus | The Untamed | Lan Wangji/Wei Ying | 8k | In which Lan Wangji is investigating a string of strange deaths and Wei Wuxian is a vampire he can’t seem to kill.

haemoglobin by hisevilforest | The Untamed | Song Lan/Xue Yang/Xiao Xingchen | 20k | "Why won't you fucking touch me?" It comes out a lot quieter than he meant it to.

Virtual Virtue by FayJay | The Untamed | Nie Huaisang/Nie Mingjue | 20k | Modern AU: Nie Huaisang is at University, studying business (as is his duty) rather than Fine Arts (his passion). He is also, however, moonlighting as a photographic artist anonymously posting a series of high-end erotic self portraits, under the nom de guerre of FanBoy, in which his face is never visible.

in the blind by sarcasticfishes | Watcher | Shane/Ryan | 4k | “Okay. One last time,” Shane says, with the air of someone trying very much to hold their nerves at bay and think logically. “I’m going to blindfold you. Your hands will be restrained. I’ll make sure you’re comfy and then I’m going to leave the room to welcome our guest.”

i'm the one for your fire by occultings (microcomets) | The Untamed | Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian | 43k | Wei Ying, virgin and noted heterosexual, gets hit with a curse of an unusual nature on his 30th birthday: Through physical contact, he can read the minds of others around him.

and i double dare me as well by iodhadh | The Untamed | Song Lan/Xiao Xingchen/Xue Yang | 50k | Or: How to ruin a discussion conference, nearly start a war, and fall desperately, agonizingly, soul-destroyingly in love in ten days.

work friends by Skyuni123 | Red Notice | Sarah/Nolan/John | 6k | It takes a solid two weeks for Nolan Booth to realise that he’s essentially just following The Bishop and Hartley around like a lapdog.

And the world's alright with me by so_shhy | The Untamed | Wei Wuxian/Lan Wangji | 13k | Wei Ying has been feeling like a grey, wrung-out, mildewed dishrag for a week when Lan Zhan slopes in from a trip to the store looking blank-faced and awkward and sets a pregnancy test down on the kitchen counter.

We're OK by giraffeter | The Adventure Zone | Magnus/Taako | 8k | (Interdimensional travel gets lonely. But can you really ever get back to normal, after you've slept with your best friend? Set midway through The Stolen Century.)

leading tone by silencemostofall | The Untamed | Wei Ying/Lan Wangji | 32k | The first time you touch someone you're fated to love, you leave a mark on their skin. If they will love you in return, they'll mark you where you touched them. The deeper the color, the deeper the connection.

Blossom by triedunture | The Untamed | Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian | 26k | A Cherry Magic AU where Lan Wangji is cursed in the years following Wei Wuxian's death, and what happens when he returns.

A New Era by spicedrobot | Arcane | Jayce/Viktor | 2k | They toast. They toast again. To Piltover. To their partnership. To their dream.

out to get you (to get you) by iliacquer | The Untamed | Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian | 41k | In order to kill the Demon of Yiling, assassin Lan Wangji pretends to be courtesan. Falling in love with Wei Wuxian is an unfortunate complication.

beneath six layers of silk by darkredloveknot (enheduane) | The Untamed | Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian | 12.5k | While exorcising a haunting, Lan Wangji gets cursed with a brand of honesty, and is forced to speak his every thought out loud.

The Compact by astolat | Harry Potter | Draco/Harry (/Hermione/Ron) | 64k | Hermione frowned. “The real question is why the magic of Britain would be failing now, in fact.”

December

All Old Things are New Again by The Feels Whale (miscellea) | The Untamed | Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian | 51k | Full-time necromancer and part-time cam boy, Wei Wuxian, finds himself unexpectedly homeless. An enthusiastic patron comes to his rescue.

say my name by fruitys | The Untamed | Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian | 13k | “Wei Wuxian, what have you done,” he moans aloud, anxiously carding his hands through his hair.

The Better Part of Valor by @tierfal | FMA | Royed | 13k | Roy should have expected that the rescue mission would be the easy part.

Things Past by spqr | The Witcher | Geralt/Jaskier | 7k | Excerpt from “Family History — Revisiting the Witcher Split Five Years Later,” GQ, Issue 1710, Nov. 2021

Something at the Door by Pip (Moirail) | The Untamed | Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian | 50k | This is not a love story. This is a story about love.

One True Weakness by blacktofade | BFU | Ryan/Shane | 7k | Shane steals Ryan's soul, but promises it isn't anything personal.

Legato by minnabird | Seraphina | Seraphina/Glisselda | 2k | While working on a new composition, Seraphina discovers that she can love both Kiggs and Glisselda.

Betray the Moon by @tierfal | FMA | Royed | WIP | 37k | Ed read the reports: he understands the gist of what the Cretans did to Roy.

there'll be no strings to bind your hands (not if my love can bind your heart) by @spaceoperetta | The Flash | Eobard/Iris(/Barry) | 2k | “If he was younger, he would have done it, he would have become Barry Allen, in both name and body, so great was his desire to become The Flash.

transposition ciphers by applecrumbledore | FMA | Royed | 36k | “I kissed Edward,” Roy said, more quietly than he'd ever spoken to her before. Riza’s raised eyebrows asked a question all on their own.

The Kinn by GreenBird | The Witcher | Geralt/Jaskier | 5k | WIP | The Kinn are souls-matchers; beings who lead you to the person you need in your life, the one who will bring out the best in you. They are ancient and rare and for foolish romantics.

I’m the Fire, You’re the Oil Rig by ritualist | The Untamed | SXX | 23k | This is either a heartwarming story about a boy and his alien or a narrowly averted apocalypse. Maybe, if they play their cards right, it's both.

That Unwanted Animal by Lise | The Untamed | SXX | 16k | Things are good. Things are really good: Xue Yang's in the best relationship of his life, has two very sexy boyfriends, he's actually (???) pretty happy.

Tired In The Glow by Anonymous | What If | Thor/Loki | 3k | Very occasionally, when the stars aligned just right, Thor and Loki got to meet up.

Once & Future by spqr | The Witcher | Geralt/Jaskier | 50k | Jaskier tilts his head, neck crunching at the strange angle, and kisses the King’s stone frown.

Out of your system by mimilamp | The Untamed | Wei Wuxian/Lan Wangji | 20k | “Maybe you should get me out of your system,” Wei Ying blurts. “Maybe that’ll help.”

Exposure Therapy by mimilamp | The Untamed | Wei Wuxian/Lan Wangji | 14k | Wei Ying clambered up from the floor, put the joint on the corner of the night stand, announced, “Exposure therapy,” and got into Lan Zhan’s bed.

DELIGHTFUL FANVIDS

November

MARVEL || In Da Getto

The Amazing Spider-Man

Loki || Control

A dream to end all dreams.

money [Mo Dao Zu Shi]

MONEY || Multi-Female

Nie Huaisang MDZS - ( Look What You Made Me Do )

MARVEL || Shang-Chi : The Heart of Dragon

MARVEL || Enemy

MARVEL || Outside

(MARVEL) Shang-Chi | Heritage

Allison Argent || Like That

motley crew [Mo Dao Zu Shi]

Spider-Man: No Way Home || A Swing Through the Multi-Verse

JINX | Arcane

Jinx & Vi || Arcane || White Flag

(Arcane) Jinx | The Monster You Created

December

why us? - the heart as queer allegory

poison [Cliff Unger] *for NiceSinner*

Shang-Chi || Black Sea (Marvel)

xue yang || BAD GUY

Xue Yang | Swerve | The Untamed edit

ENEMY | Mo Dao Zu Shi S3 | AMV

Mo Dao Zu Shi Season 3 「 AMV 」 War Of Hearts

Mo Dao Zu Shi Season 3「 AMV 」Cold Blooded

Mo Dao Zu Shi Season 3「 AMV 」In The End

Mo Dao Zu Shi Season 3 「 AMV 」Survivor ᴴᴰ

[AMV] Mo Dao Zu Shi || Without Me

Spider-Man : No Way Home || What's up Danger || Spider-Verse

(Arcane) Viktor | Lost Dream

Yelena Belova || Ready or Not

Smells Like Teen Spirit | JOHN WICK

"I'm in pain" | sad multifandom

MARIA | Heaven Official's Blessing + Mo Do Zu Shi | AMV

more / MO DAO ZU SHI / blood, angst, pain,

Jaskier - I'm an Artist

INFERNO || luo binghe, wei wuxian, hua cheng || AMV

BATTLE ROYALE | Mo Dao Zu Shi

Viktor || Arcane

Miles Morales || Can't Stop Us || Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

silco || toxic

THE WITCHER || Geralt of Rivia

Geralt & Jaskier | Wildest Dreams

(Witcher) Geralt of Rivia | Protector

Directed by Stanley Kubrick

(Hawkeye) Kate Bishop | Partner

YILING LAOZU | AMV | ENEMY || MO DAO ZU SHI

WEI WU XIAN MDZS - ( ENEMY )

Multifandom Mashup 2021

Time moves forward.

Kate Bishop & Clint Barton || Hawkeye

every second

THE WITCHER | Geralt

2021 Movie Trailer Mashup

Venom || Another One Bites The Dust

Moiraine | Aes Sedai

(The Witcher) Geralt of Rivia | Monster Slayer

DELIGHTFUL MUSIC

November

Slowdance | The Murder Capital

Will It Ever Be the Same | Young Summer

Tide | Niki

Lion | Saint Mesa

Inferno | Hiroyukio Sawano

My Brother Rabbit: Dreams | Arkadiusz Reikowski

Enemy | Imagine Dragons

Playground | Bea Miller

Deepness | Ricardo M

Our Love | Jasmine Sullivan

Goodbye | Ramsey

Read My Mind | Golda May

Money | Lisa

Arcane OST**

Tick Tick Boom OST

NEXUS | Sawano Hiroyuki

Julia's Song | SEATBELTS

Lord of the Empty | SEATBELTS

December

I Don't Believe You | The Magnetic Fields

Like Spinning Plates | Radiohead

Spotify Wrapped

Julia’s Song | Seatbelts

Lord of the Empty | Seatbelts

Dynasty | Rina Sawayama

Let Me Follow | Son Lux

Happy Loner | Marina

Bad Omen | FJORA

Face My Fears | Jenn Sakura

Passion | Utada Hikaru 

The Sword of Destiny | Jillian Aversa

Sand Dream | Revo

Conspiracy of Silence | The Swoons

We Don’t Talk About Bruno | Encanto

Encanto soundtrack

[dorothyoz39]

Title of the series: The Ancients did it

Title: Magic Sphere

Summary: After being outed by an Ancient artifact, Cam and John play with yet another Ancient artifact.

A sequel to “Christmas’ Confessions”.

Genre: Romance.

Season/episode: SG: Atlantis, season 4

Spoilers: Stargate movie, Stargate: SG1 (all seasons and movies), and SG: Atlantis (season 1 to 4)

Pairing: John Sheppard/Cameron Mitchell.

Rating: G

Warnings: Ancients’ artifacts being used as plot devices.

Comments: “Christmas’ Confessions” was written for 2021 SGA Secret Santa Exchange.

This month is the 30th anniversary of the Stargate movie. The fandom is doing all kinds of stuff to celebrate this milestone, including a fic fest in AO3.

My way of celebrating was to finish a bunch of short stories that had been in my draft’s folder for way too long. This is one of them but, if you want, you can check out my series “SG 30th Anniversary” for the other stories.

Prompts used: “Oh, shiny!” and “ceremonies and rituals” (stargate anniversary fest).

[dorothyoz39]

Fandom: Stargate

Title of the series: The Ancients did it

Title: Christmas’ Confessions

Summary: Cam visits John in Atlantis, an Ancient artifact intervenes and... Spoilers!!!

Genre: friendship, romance, holiday fic, SGA Secret Santa

Season/episode: SG: Atlantis, season 4 (Sam is the boss)

Spoilers: Stargate movie, Stargate: SG1 (all seasons and movies), and SG: Atlantis (season 1 to 4)

Pairing: John Sheppard/Cam Mitchell, team friendship, the Atlantis expedition is one big happy family.

Rating: G

Warnings: No warning needed.

Comments: This story was written for 2021 SGA Secret Santa.

[frankthesnek]

Discord Fic Exchange 🎊 got to write for the wonderful @dedkake I hope you enjoy it!

There was an art to hiding your true self, an art John had mastered. Sometimes however, life forced you into situations where hiding was impossible and all your secrets were revealed.

Once things are forced into the open, can John pick up the pieces and hide himself away again? Does he want to?

[frankthesnek]

You know there were several fics I had planed to post these next two weeks, but I'm taking a break. No more fic posts for 2021 (save the SGA secret santa reveal).

[popkin16]

hi! the sga secret santa link leads to the 2020 collection. is there an updated one for 2021? thanks!

OOPS. Thanks for the heads up, I'll fix that now

[scifidancer]

Beautiful! ❤️

SGA Secret Santa fics have been released 🎅🎄 Happy Christmas everyone!

Rodney, his best friend, teammate, and secret crush who practically held the title of resident Scrooge, open and loud with his disdain for sappy holiday traditions and the associated religious aspects. For three years, John had put up with listening to Rodney complain about the season, and this year he was determined to get the other man into the holiday spirit purely for the fact that Rodney deserved to be happy and have a good holiday.

[frankthesnek]

Ah I love this so much 😍😍😍

It is perfect. There are so many little details here that match up so well with what was in my head. Thank you so very much @cassiope25 !!

This is my Secret Santa gift 🎄for the lovely @frankthesnek 💖

It's a Cover Art for her wonderful story "How the Story Goes" I had so much fun making it!

It's also here on AO3 in case you want to give it kudos or leave a comment :)

So now go everyone and read this emotional rollercoaster!