Prompt 30.04

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Five ways John Sheppard went crazy (or alternately, didn't go crazy when anyone else would have).


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Five ways John Sheppard went crazy (or alternately, didn't when anyone else would have)

[sid]

1. Waking up the Wraith would drive anyone crazy. It’s an enormous responsibility to bear. Elizabeth thinks that’s why John takes so many risks. His military record doesn’t indicate any special tendency towards heroism, so she thinks he has some insane idea that he needs to atone, with his life if necessary. She hopes it never comes to that.

2. Having Rodney McKay on your team would make anybody crazy, but John seems to handle it astonishingly well. Elizabeth hates to admit it, but when John takes one of his famous huge risks, as she prays for his safety and success, part of her fear is the dread of having to reassign McKay to a new leader.

3. John will never be able to beat Teyla at her own game. He spends hours and hours training with her, and ends up sweaty and bruised and panting and flat on his back. Elizabeth thinks that would drive most men crazy, especially military men. The fact that it doesn’t seem to bother John at all tells Elizabeth everything she needs to know about his feelings towards women. The respect he shows her is genuine, and he extends it to women who aren’t in an authority position over him. It’s kind of sweet, actually, considering the way women tend to throw themselves at him.

4. Having the life sucked out of you by a Wraith, and then, astonishingly, given back, should make any normal human being go batshit bonkers. It should! John was a little quieter than usual, right after it happened, but he seemed to be pretty much taking it all in stride. How the hell did he do that? It was driving Elizabeth crazy trying to figure that one out. Why, even McKay had been bouncing off the walls with more than his usual manic energy…although, strangely, he hadn’t been biting the heads off of the scientists working under him, which she would’ve expected to be something that would increase when Rodney was under pressure…huh. Wait just a minute!

5. John was clearly insane. Crazy in love, even more crazy to think that he was hiding it. But the nuttiest part? Being in a relationship with Rodney McKay would obviously drive any human being insane, but the only sign of John’s insanity was the fact that he was in a relationship with Rodney.

Elizabeth’s head was spinning and she wondered if banging it against her desk would make it stop. But that was just crazy talk.

And why was she giggling?

Re: Five ways John Sheppard went crazy (or alternately, didn't when anyone else would have)

[dunv-i.livejournal.com]

Oh, this was great! I loved the POV choice.

Re: Five ways John Sheppard went crazy (or alternately, didn't when anyone else would have)

[sid]

Thank you! Once Elizabeth entered the picture she just decided to stay, and I'm very glad she did, because I had a blast writing this!

Re: Five ways John Sheppard went crazy (or alternately, didn't when anyone else would have)

[niamaea.livejournal.com]

Oh, how cool, to write it from Elizabeth's POV. #3 is totally my favorite, that's an awesome observation of John. (And #2! Heh. No kidding.)

Re: Five ways John Sheppard went crazy (or alternately, didn't when anyone else would have)

[sid]

Elizabeth was a complete accident stroke of genius. ;-)

John totally respects Elizabeth - sure he disregards her orders sometimes, but hell, he does that to everybody. Male, female, ascended. Hee.

Yes, Rodney has his colonel broken in already, a la Daniel, so it's best to leave things right where they are.

Re: Five ways John Sheppard went crazy (or alternately, didn't when anyone else would have)

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

awww...very cute.

Re: Five ways John Sheppard went crazy (or alternately, didn't when anyone else would have)

[sid]

Thanks! :-) I had so much fun with this!

Re: Five ways John Sheppard went crazy (or alternately, didn't when anyone else would have)

[blackpapertiger.livejournal.com]

oh, that's awesome! John and Rodney are a catch-22... the only way you can leave is if you're crazy, the only way they'll say you're crazy is if you don't want to leave... being in a relationship with McKay will make you crazy, but the only sign he's crazy is that he's in a relationship with McKay. That's a fantastic comparison! Also, love the Elizabeth perspective, even in the little snippet she comes off dry (like humor, not like boring), amused, and concerned in turn.

Re: Five ways John Sheppard went crazy (or alternately, didn't when anyone else would have)

[sid]

Yes, Catch-22! I didn't even think of that, and I should have, since I have the book and everything. :-D

I'm so happy that Elizabeth decided to take charge - she made this list rock!

Re: Five ways John Sheppard went crazy (or alternately, didn't when anyone else would have)

[aqualegia.livejournal.com]

Writing this from Elizabeth's point of view was a great idea. I was giggling at the end along with her :)

My favourite 'way' was #3 closely followed by #2 and #5

Re: Five ways John Sheppard went crazy (or alternately, didn't when anyone else would have)

[sid]

My favourite 'way' was #3

You just like John 'sweaty and bruised and panting and flat on his back', don't you? (okay, we'll call the bruised part optional) :-D

Glad you enjoyed!

Re: Five ways John Sheppard went crazy (or alternately, didn't when anyone else would have)

[aqualegia.livejournal.com]

ou just like John 'sweaty and bruised and panting and flat on his back', don't you? (okay, we'll call the bruised part optional) :-D

How did you guess? :-D

Re: Five ways John Sheppard went crazy (or alternately, didn't when anyone else would have)

[sid]

There's a lot of that going around. Hee!

Re: Five ways John Sheppard went crazy (or alternately, didn't when anyone else would have)

[shara50.livejournal.com]

I loved this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

Re: Five ways John Sheppard went crazy (or alternately, didn't when anyone else would have)

[sid]

I'm so glad I decided to post it to another community! Thank you. :-)

Re: Five ways John Sheppard went crazy (or alternately, didn't when anyone else would have)

[aerynvala.livejournal.com]

that, all of them, was utterly brilliantly funny :) *giggles*

Re: Five ways John Sheppard went crazy (or alternately, didn't when anyone else would have)

[sid]

It does kind of build to a head-banging climax, doesn't it? *giggles with you* Thanks!

Re: Five ways John Sheppard went crazy (or alternately, didn't when anyone else would have)

[brandinsbabe.livejournal.com]

loved this. number 3 stole my heart :)

Re: Five ways John Sheppard went crazy (or alternately, didn't when anyone else would have)

[sid]

John is just so not a Captain Kirk, no matter what Rodney says.

Thanks, I'm very glad you enjoyed these!