#aroace!john sheppard

[sga-owns-my-soul]

Every version on John in my head is queer. Whether he’s bi, gay, aro or ace (or both). It’s gotten to the point where I can no longer comprehend him as straight. It’s like straight John Sheppard is an oxymoron.

honestly???? same. i have nothing against a straight john!! i just personally.... do not see it at all. there's just something so fundamentally queer about him to me idk maybe it's just projection but there's just something about his character that feels so queer to me?? i love gay!john and aroace!john so much, and bi!john is just so fun but i really just cannot see him as straight no matter how hard i try

[mushroom-through-the-stargate]

Operation : Protect Sheppard

John comes out as aromantic, and his team gathers around him in the most chaotically supportive way. (he's actually aro-ace, but they didn't get that far in the conversation)

aroace!John; coming out; the team loves john (platonically); and john loves them (platonically); and the team Will Fight You if u make john uncomfy

"so, like, you don't like when people make advances or what?" Ronan asked, as eloquent as ever. Teyla shot him a look, but John seemed fine to answer.

"I was actually looking stuff up when I first realized it back on Earth. I think the word is aromantic. I just don't... feel that way about anyone, and I don't want people to feel that way about me." he stuttered a bit, and his delivery was awkward, but his point was made.

AR-1 was taking the jumper home, and there was a thick tension in the air. John was scowling, and Rodney was going on a rant about how John is such a Kirk and he gets all the alien women. Teyla and Ronan could tell this was getting next to John, but they couldn't tell why until he slowed the jumper to a stop and jumped up into Rodney's face.

"I don't like that! I don't like any of it! can't you see how uncomfortable I am when something like that happens? I thought you were my friend, but you complain and backhandedly praise me for something I hate and have no control over!"

John looked furious, panicked, and relieved all at the same time. Rodney's face fell in shock and guilt.

"I'm sorry, John. I didn't mean- I didn't know- I'm just sorry."

"no, it's fine. I shouldn't have yelled at you." John seemed to relent at how upset Rodney was. the other two remained silent, unsure of what they could bring to the conversation.

"yes, you should have. me and my big mouth, I was being a terrible friend and I should have noticed that it made you uncomfortable."

"well, I appreciate that."

"so, like, you don't like when people make advances or what?" Ronan asked, as eloquent as ever. Teyla shot him a look, but John seemed fine to answer.

"I was actually looking stuff up when I first realized it back on Earth. I think the word is aromantic. I just don't... feel that way about anyone, and I don't want people to feel that way about me." he stuttered a bit, and his delivery was awkward, but his point was made.

Rodney was deep in thought. "if you don't want people to feel that way about you either, why don't we set up a plan for when someone does try to hit on you?"

"like what?" John seemed very skeptical.

"you could claim you are already in a relationship, and then call one of us over to help with the lie," Teyla suggested. "as all three of us know that you are aromantic, we would be a safe alternative."

"I'm down," Ronan smiled. "I'd beat up anyone who tried something with my partner."

"of course you would," John made a face at him. "so what, I'd just yell I'M MARRIED and one of you would come running?"

Rodney scoffed. "you wouldn't have to yell, exactly. just subtly turn on your radio and say it normally."

"maybe add another codeword to tell us which one would be best." Teyla suggested.

John had scoffed at the idea, but the more he thought about it the more he realised it could work. he smiled at how much his friends loved him, however misguided that love may be. he sat back down in the driver's seat and the four of them ironed out what they affectionately referred to as "Operation : Protect Sheppard" all the way back to the gate. they silently agreed, however, to not speak of the plan in Atlantis, and let this be a private affair.

it only took two missions for a trial run of the plan to be necessary. a personal record, John thought frustratedly as yet another alien woman advanced upon him.

"what say you if we took this... somewhere more private?" the woman smiled at him, her hand uncomfortably on his shoulder. disguising it as him brushing his unruly hair from his face, John activated his earpiece.

"I say, I'm married." he stumbled. it was such an odd statement in his mouth, but it was the agreed upon codeword.

"Oh? and who is this woman who takes your heart?" she didn't seem to believe him. who would be good in this situation? Teyla would probably handle it tactfully, Ronan already admitted he would come in guns blazing, and Rodney would channel all his annoying aspects into one jealous rage. any of those options would be good right now, as he was already panicking.

"we hear you, John. Teyla's on her way." Rodney's voice crackled through the radio, and John silently thanked him for making the choice for him.

"she's an excellent diplomat, and an ambassador for her people," John stalled. he saw Teyla in the corner of his eye, and he held out a hand to her. "as a matter of fact, here's my darling wife now."

"I am Teyla Sheppard, nice to meet you." Teyla smiled, and extended her hand in greeting. John thought the last name was a nice touch, made it very believable. the woman who was previously flirting with him flashed a smile that was closer to a grimace and walked away. John sighed with relief and placed a load-bearing hand on Teyla's shoulder.

"thanks. you did good." he said, still looking stressed.

"was the last name too far?" Teyla asked. "I couldn't exactly ask first, and I didn't want her digging too deep into the lie-"

"no, no. it was a good touch."

that mission went well, much better than Ronan's turn. a rather pushy woman made John's discomfort scale crank all the way up to eleven, and he pulled out the big guns.

literally.

"I'm sure you're very lovely, but I'm married." John uttered the codeword, making sure his radio was on. he put emphasis on every word to make it clear who he wanted. "he's quite the big guy, you wouldn't want to mess with him."

"really? you want Ronan?" Rodney clarified, his voice dripping with disbelief.

"yup, my husband has certainly defeated his fair share of wraith. who knows what he'd do to someone trying to take his man?" John continued, getting more anxious the closer this woman crawled.

"alright, you do you. Ronan's on his way."

several long seconds later, John heard the thundering boom of heavy, running footsteps, and he knew that he was saved. a large arm scooped him away and held him close. Ronan's gun waved suspiciously over John's shoulder, and a very concerning smile was across the larger man's face.

"hi. I'm Ronan." he smiled, glancing at the gun. "this is John. he's mine."

John chuckled nervously, and the woman made a face at the two men.

"if he's taken, why was he so expressive with me?" the woman countered.

"he's a nice guy. he likes being nice."

"I was just being nice. I didn't mean to lead you on." John added. the woman rolled her eyes and walked away. so far, the plan was 100% successful.

"was the gun necessary?" John asked as Ronan holstered said gun and shrugged.

"yeah."

John gave him a look, and the two of them walked away to finish the mission they were there for.

now, as you would expect from getting comfortable using a system, there were a few false alarms. one such false alarm was on an infiltration mission, where John was sent into a party that had the possibility of Genii spies. as he surveyed the room from the bar, a woman seemed to seek him out and sat next to him.

"hi." she started.

"hi." John replied. he couldn't be rude, could he?

"I'm Linda."

"John Sheppard."

an awkward silence. how did Rodney ever make the mistake of believing he was good with people?

"it's quite busy here." Linda stated. oh dear.

"it is."

"a lot of people. where do they even find all these people?" she laughed.

"that is a good question."

"are you here with anyone?"

here it comes. "are you?" he deflected. he didn't want to have to call someone in if she was just making conversation.

"I asked first." she smirked.

alright, better safe than sorry. good thing that the radio was always on, so he didn't have to worry about activating it. "I'm married."

Linda's face twisted in confusion. "do you think I'm hitting on you?"

"you're not?"

"heavens, no! I'm just being nice!" Linda laughed again.

"oh, I guess it was a false alarm." John chuckled, putting a strange emphasis on the last two words hoping that Rodney would hear him and stay where he is.

"you don't have to worry about me," Linda started again. there was an odd familiarity about what she was saying. "I don't do that."

"what, flirt with married men?" John joked.

"flirt with anyone."

that's what's familiar about what she was saying.

"me, too!" John exclaimed excitedly. right as he was about to explain, Rodney ran up to them.

"stay away from my man!" he panted, having obviously ran the whole way there. John smiled at his friend, and turned to Linda.

"this is Rodney. as I was about to say before he heroically came to my aide, he's my friend who pretends to be my husband when I'm in uncomfortable situations. you must not have gotten the false alarm, sorry you had to run all the way over here."

Rodney looked very lost as Linda gasped.

"that's why you randomly said you were married?"

"it was our safe word." John nodded.

"is anyone going to fill me in?" Rodney kept looking between them, getting more confused and frustrated by the second.

"Linda here is in the same boat I am," John said carefully. "we were just... being nice to each other. I got a little nervous, but turns out I had nothing to worry about."

"Oh. thats good, I guess." Rodney mumbled.

"would you like to join us?" John asked, picking up on his friends awkwardness. Rodney nodded, and the three of them sat and chatted for a while. of course, John had to hop up when his target arrived. they were there on a job, after all.

[nimuetheseawitch]

New headcanon just dropped: John and Larrin are bearding for each other. John due to DADT, Larrin due to some Traveler thing about ship’s captains needing to marry/settle down/reproduce or something. I think it gives a fun spin on the way they interact.

[blue-ravens]

@notenufcaffeine, bestie, you are SO right.

[dedkake]

john sheppard experiencing this particular aroace feeling and finding it only in the comradery of the military. something that is fleeting and often lost, but also found again and again throughout his life. 

and then he gets his atlantis team. where it is Perfect in a way it hasn’t ever been before. except--it’s still fleeting. he still watches teyla with her son and rodney and ronon as they pursue their romantic relationships. 

but he’s still there. putting the three of them--and now their extended families--first. while he’s got no one doing the same for him.

[moved--306389]

for the character ask: John Sheppard :D

Thank you!!

Btw, it’s been brought to my attention my ask box was deactivated. I’m not sure why, but I’ve fixed it now.

Character: John Sheppard (Stargate Atlantis)

1 - favorite thing about them: how well you can use this guy as a free template for all your angst. Seriously, he gets beat up, kidnapped, tied up and poisoned on the regular. He ticked off every single item in the whumptober list of prompts.

2 - least favorite thing about them:

Tbh I consider this to be more bad writting than a character flaw, but they wrote him as a walking military propaganda. When the plot goes in that direction and he’s no longer being funny and charming, he does so many horrible things you start to question how the fuck is he supposed to be the hero of the story.

3 - favorite line:

“You, Elizabeth, Ronon, Carson, even Rodney are the closest things I have to a…” “A family?” “I’d do anything, for anyone of you.”

4 - brOTP: The whole Stargate team, naturally, given the line I just picked. But specifically Ronon. He acts like such a big bro to him.

5 - OTP: No one, really, I quite frankly headcanon the guy as aroace.

6 - nOTP: Sheppard and Rodney, I guess? I know half the fandom ships it, but I honestly can’t see it, even if I thought John was allo. Not that it’s a bad ship, it’s just so popular in the fandom I got tired.

7 - random headcanon:

Well, I just mentioned I think he’s aroace. I also believe he is touch repulsed, considering he makes such an awkward face at every physical contact he gets, specially hugs.

8 - unpopular opinion:

Dude, but seriously, if you go by the canon, that guy is not a good person. The writers fucked up so many times, you can’t pretend otherwise. I mean. He was involved in a space concentration camp once, without a hint of irony?? Stargate, what the fuck.

10 - song i associate with them:

Solstice, by Starset

11 - favorite picture of them:

Bro, literally any picture of him. The guy is so fucking beautiful, that’s a bit undeniable.

[puddlejumper38]

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Relationship status: Single, and probably staying that way (asexual and likely aromantic here)

Lipstick or chapstick: Well, not lipstick. I sometimes wear chapstick...

Last song I listened to: Human, The Killers (good timing, my fav song right there)

Last movie I watched: Errrm.... I think it was Beauty and the Beast.

Top 3 characters: Um in any fandom? This is not a fair question. I’m going to just go with my current top obsessions; Marsh (Mistborn - listen I am crying about Marsh 24/7 at the moment), Rumplestiltskin (OUAT s1-3) and.... damn. Um. Havelock Vetinari (Discworld). Special mention for John Sheppard (SGA) who I feel oddly guilty for not listing.

Top 3 ships: Not a huge shipper, could be the aroace thing. Rumbelle (OUAT) and thats... it really. I have vaguely supported ships in Stargate, but... I wouldn’t say I ship them as such.

I have absolutely no idea who to tag, so if you see this and want to do it, please do!

[philcoulsonismyhero]

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gender: Agender star sign: Aquarius height: 5′9′’ sexual orientation: Aroace hogwarts house: Ravenclaw favourite color: Blue favourite animal: Red pandas, pretty much all types of cats (big and small) average hours of sleep: Either too many or not enough cat or dog person: I like dogs, but I’ve always had cats favourite fictional characters: *deep breath* Obi-Wan Kenobi, Phil Coulson, Carol Danvers, Hank Pym, Sam Carter, Jonas Quinn, John Sheppard, Julian Bashir, Malcolm Reed, Data, Spock, Seven of Nine, Jack Harkness, the Ninth Doctor, Lin Beifong, Steve Jinks, Johnny Jaqobis, Eobard Thawne, Cisco Ramon, Ray Palmer, Harry Wells, Martin Stein, J’onn J’onzz, Kara Danvers, and that’s maybe half of them. I have A Lot of favourite characters. number of blankets I sleep with: One favourite singer/band: The Mechanisms dream trip: Space (or San Diego Comic Con) dream job: I get paid to spend all day thinking about interesting things? I don’t know. This is currently kind of up in the air. when was this blog made:  Mid 2014 number of followers: almost 600 what made you create this blog: I’d read pretty much the entirety of TVTropes and needed somewhere new to get fandom content.

I’m not going to tag anyone, but if you want to give this a go feel free to say I tagged you!

[mushroom-through-the-stargate]

thanks to @sga-owns-my-soul , I've been dipping my toes in the fanfic writing pool a lot lately. and one I'm working on that makes me SO VERY HAPPY right now is an aroace!John one where the rest of AR-1 come to his aide whenever someone flirts with him by taking turns pretending to be his spouse. just being supportive in the most chaotic way possible is my kryptonite.

[mushroom-through-the-stargate]

in reference to the fic i posted yesterday

[mushroom-through-the-stargate]

me, noticing things about a character : am I actually noticing this or am I just projecting-

[sga-owns-my-soul]

me: john sheppard is aroace for SURE

also me: that man is fundamentally a slut

[sga-owns-my-soul]

omg how could i CHOOSE

Reasons Not To Kiss Him, The Other Atlantis, Lesbian McShep, idk johns gay crisis or something, Johns a shit, and Rodney Gets Adopted

if you wanna just choose a couple you can (and if i accidentally picked a nsfm one you can skip it lol)

fuckin BET

Reasons Not To Kiss Him is a conversion coda fic based off this post, i read it and literally screamed bc it was so mcshep to me. that's it that's all it's literally just that post as a mcshep fic

The Other Atlantis is this idea i had of john getting sent to an alternate atlantis where their sheppard is dead because teyla and ronon killed him for abusing rodney. so canon john is stuck there for like 2 weeks and the entire time the whole city is watching him like theyre waiting for him to give them a reason to kill him and the au rodney is so glad to have a john back even if it's not his john and canon john is so horrified by all of this because he knows *exactly* how close he has come to becoming like that other sheppard and when he finally gets home he refuses to debrief until he can talk to his team and when he tells them, rodney refuses to believe john bc he's So Sure John Would Never hurt him (but plot twist rodney also knows himself and knows that's even if john DID start abusing him, he would let it happen bc attention from john is always worth it which leads to an identity crisis) anyways this was long but i think about this concept like. Daily. so. i could go ON about this fic and the back story for it tbh

Lesbian McShep is exactly what it sounds like- genderbent gay mcshep with femme!john obsessing over butch!rodney and how hot she is

idk johns gay crisis or something is SO FUCKING FUNNY basically john yells at rodney that he's gay out of frustration and then immediately has a heart attack from the stress of Expressing One(1) Honest Emotion and collapses and rodney FREAKS out

Johns a shit is the prompt you gave me(!!) where johns back home for whatever and he sees rodney across the room and he's like THERE HE IS MY SEXY MAN LOOK AT HIM HES SO DELICIOUS I LOVE MY MAN COME HERE RODNEY MUAH even tho he's aroace as fuck bc john is a little shit and wnats to see how many people in his family he can give a heart attack to

Rodney Gets Adopted is about rodney finding A Cat (not the pegasus equivalent, a literal carbon copy of an earth tabby cat) off world and the cat walks over to him and sniffs him once and decides This Is Mine Now and the natives are like sorry if you don't take this cat home it will kill you :// and rodney's like if you try to take this cat from me *i* will kill you

[sga-owns-my-soul]

✨💘💫🌈💌 for the writer asks!!!!

writer asks

thanks bestie 🥰🥰

✨What's a fic you've posted you wish you could breathe life into again and have people talking about it? (or simply a fic you wish got more credit)

The Calm After The Storm, it's a fic i wrote focusing on elizabeth and her reaction to the events of the storm/the eye and her being worried about rodney and honestly i think it's such an adorable elizabeth and rodney friendship fic (bc u know i love them as besties) and idk it's my least read fic and i feel like it deserves more love

💘Is there any posted fic you want to rework/re-edit/re-write?

not really? although i do sometimes think about reworking Not Dating, but More Than Friends to make it explicitly an aroace!john fic where him and rodney are in a qpr. that was the general idea of the fic when i wrote it but i think i could make it more specifically queer

💫what is your favorite kind of comment/feedback?

i've said before that any time of comment makes me smile, but specifically comments or feedbacks from my friends. nothing makes me smile more than posting a fic i know a mutual was excited for and then getting excited texts from them while they read it 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

🌈is there a fic that you worked *really fucking hard on* that no one would ever know? maybe a scene/theme you struggled with?

lmao all of them? basically anything that includes Actual Plot i will struggle with, i'm a lot better at coming up with emotionally charged one shots 😅

💌share something with us about an up-and-coming work (WIP) that has you excited!

oh my god there's so many uhhhhhhhhh okay i'm gonna go with one i'm struggling to find motivation to finish so if you're interested feel free to tell me to finish it 😂 basically the concept is an au john comes to atlantis and immediately realizes that rodney is into him and just takes advantage of rodney and canon john has..... issues with it 😅

"You're not going to shoot. Not when you risk hitting your precious McKay," Sheppard sneered, a cocky grin on his face. John's eyes narrowed.

"I'm not aiming at him," John said calmly before pulling the trigger. The shot rang out, and John supposed he should have felt worse about killing himself; another version of himself at least. But all he could feel was relief as he grabbed Rodney and pulled him towards him.

"Are you okay? Did he- did he touch you? Hurt you?"

"I'm fine, I'm fine John, I- you-" Rodney had blood splattered on his face and was just staring down at the other Sheppard; a perfect hole in the centre of his forehead. Rodney looked back at John. "You killed him."

"I had to."

"But he's, he's *you*."

"No," John said desperately, shaking his head and squeezing Rodney's arms. "I would never use you. I wouldn't ever hurt you. You do- you know that right? I wouldn't- not on purpose. *Never* on purpose."

[sga-owns-my-soul]

🥤🍄

ask game

thanks anon!!

🍄 ⇢ share a head canon for one of your favourite ships or pairings

okay one hc i have for caldwier that i'm so obsessed with is that when they get married they have two twin girls, one of which they name meredith after rodney and he would cry when elizabeth asks him if she can name her daughter after him

🥤 ⇢ recommend an author or fanfic you love

so i already linked one here for another ask but i will gladly link more bc i have so many fics i love, and since im really on my aroace!john bullshit im gonna recommend is Operation: Protect Sheppard by @the-mushroom-faerie i love it so much it's such an adorable team fic i just love how immediately supportive and on board they are to lie to people to protect john it's so good 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

[sga-owns-my-soul]

For the ask game A, C, F, H, U

ooh good ones! this one got a little long lmao whoops 😂

A - Ships that you currently like a lot. (They don’t have to be OTPs because not everyone has OTPs.) Friendships, pairings, threesomes, etc. are allowed.

i'm obsessed with a mcshep queer platonic relationship (aroace!john and bisexual!rodney for the win tbh) and a ship i've been thinking about a LOT lately is ronon and woolsey idk why i just. idk that scene in the prodigal at the end where ronon is like 'i know it's not a mission but i made a report' and woolsey laughs at 'michael tried to invade the city. we stopped him. end report' BABES THEYRE SO CUTE

C - A ship you have never liked and probably never will.

john/teyla. i just. i can't. the ONLY time i like it is ot4

F - What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom?

19 years and counting babey!!!! i've been watching stargate since it came out (i was 6 years old!) and i've been a fan of it since i saw the first episode. fun fact i had a little "club house" in a small storage room in our basement when i was a kid and i PLASTERED the walls with art and posters that said "I LOVE _______" with all of the sga characters when i was like 7? 8? something like that?

H - What is your favorite source text for fandom stuff (e.g., TV shows, movies, books, anime, Western animation, etc.)?

i've been in fandoms for lots of different things but i think my favourite is probably tv shows/movies. i just love me some good cinema

U - Three favorite characters from three different fandoms, and why they’re your favorites.

absolute all time fav blorbo of forever is Doctor Rodney McKay PhD PhD he always has been he always will be forever and always he owns my heart. i love everything about him- he's smart, he's canadian, he's arrogant, he's hot, he's funny, he's competent, he's an asshole, he's selfless and heroic, he's literally everything. i'm actually genuinely in love with him i would give up my entire life if he asked me to zero hesitation no questions asked

i know it says three different fandoms but i'm also going with john sheppard even tho it's the same fandom bc those two are just so far above the rest in terms of being my fav characters that i can't not include him. john is a disaster human and i love him. i'm like, 95% sure my obsession with putting my friends first and making sure they're happy and comfortable (even at the detriment to my own happiness and comfort) above all else is because of john sheppard. he's selfless, he's reckless, he's charming, he's funny, he's smart, he's hot, he's perfect he's everything i'm obsessed.

and then last i'm gonna go with nick miller from new girl bc (no surprise) i have a Thing for grabage broken men. i fell in LOVE with nick when i was watching new girl for the first time he's such a fucking disaster he's a middle aged drunk who doesn't know what he's doing with his life for half the show and he's so FUCKING HOT IM OBSESSED god i just hnnnnng ugh he's everything honestly i love me a scruffy middle aged garbage man so good always