#dave sheppard

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Stargate Atlantis: Outcast

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Stargate: Succession

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Can we talk about the fact that Dave Sheppard took one look at Ronan, and said "Riiiiiiggghhhhhtttt, 'civilian contractor' uh huh, sure" because we don't talk about that enough

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Just finished this Episode of my SGA rewatch. I'm now craving Sheppard family fics. I need recommendations! Please!

As along as there is John and either at least his father, his brother, or even Nancy.

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annnd I wrapped up that John/Dave(/Ronon) fic that grew feelings on me and, like, pretty much consumed my entire being for the past two months.

Coming Home - Explicit, complete

CW for underage content in chapter 1-3, incest, and more, please read the tags xx

Six chapters, just shy of 15k words total... I still don't know where this came from but I've never been so interested in Dave Sheppard before 😂😏 Starts when they're teenagers and wraps up in canon-present-day. I'm also still not over the moodboard art Anagrrl made for me to go with it 😍 so I'm gonna put that here along with a little Chapter 5 (Reunion) excerpt just because I can.

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After an incredibly awkward exchange with John and his… “friend,” the rest of the day passes in a blur. Somber faces Dave only half recognizes, a tangle of conflicting emotions he’d just rather not have to process at all, especially not today. 

John’s home. Now, John comes home, after disappearing for longer than he ever had before; after leaving Dave to deal with all of this alone and not even bothering to get in touch, let alone come back for a goddamn visit. 

Dave can’t work out whether he’s more relieved or pissed off about it. 

He also can’t work out how, exactly, he’s feeling about John bringing a stupidly attractive man home with him the fucking minute their father dies. Civilian contractor, my ass, Dave thinks to himself, with equal measures of bitterness, sardonic amusement, and— 

…Jealousy. 

Even after all this time, even through the dark, mirthless laugh he gets at the thought of John pulling this stunt to flip their father one last middle finger for good measure on his way out; despite all that, Dave can’t bring himself to deny the fact that deep down, he’s jealous that this guy has what Dave lost, twenty-plus years ago. 

The way the two stand while they talk quietly, so casually, comfortably near one another; the way this ‘Ronon’ hovers protectively and glowers at almost everyone else who comes too close or so much as looks at John sideways. The way John smiles up at Ronon, who is… not that far off from Dave himself in height and build, even if they have nothing else in common. 

The afternoon seems to last for a week all by itself; but once the day is finally, finally over, once everyone has gone home and left Dave in peace… He steels himself, and goes to find his brother. Surprisingly, John hadn’t found some vague excuse to leave early— Dave had been fully expecting he would— and he and Ronon accepted the offer to stay the night at the estate to give Dave and John the chance for a much-needed talk.

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John's getting honored... and even Dave came to see his little brother on his big day 🙂

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top 5 characters

OF ALL TIME? FROM ALL MEDIA? JESUS CHRIST TIA

uhmm..

I can't put them in order,. but

hisoka. eridan homed stuck. taako taaco. yuki sohma. and of course. keith voltron.

ps I want you to know it took me over an hour of intense thinking to come up with this list and I'm still not entirely happy with it

thank you for the pain!

edit 6/18/23 taking eridan off the list replacing him with vash the stampede

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The Christmas Special Day 25: Prep and Landing (2009)

The Christmas Special Day 25: Prep and Landing (2009)

Directors: Stevie Wermers & Kevin Deters Writers: Kevin Deters, Stevie Wermers & Chris Williams Cast: Dave Foley, Sarah Chalke, Mason Vale Cotton, David DeLuise, Derek Richardson, William Morgan Sheppard, Nathan Greno Plot: Before “The Big Guy” (William Morgan Sheppard) can make his rounds, it’s up to the Prep and Landing Elves to scout ahead and make sure your house is ready: children nestled in…

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SGA Fic rec

I've never seen SGA but that's not going to stop me from making a rec list for it. Is the characterization accurate? who the hell knows. Not me. I'm just here for a good time.

These are not in any order whatsoever.

A Slightly Different Quality of Light by rageprufrock | M | 5k | John/Rodney

Rodney has to go through John's memories when he accidentally uploads them all to Atlantis servers.

Navigation by rageprufrock | M | 26k | John/Rodney

Trauma and therapy. Mind the warnings.

Whither by Daephraelle | 15k | T | John/Rodney

John learns Rodney has feelings for him and handles it completely responsibly and reasonably and ha ha ha ha jk

Oolon Colluphid Was Right by melannen | G | 1k | John/Rodney

Communication in pop culture references. Ask me about my translation.

Proof by Contradiction by astolat | E | 10k | John/Rodney

Sex pollen aftermath.

Friendly by Speranza | E | 6k | John/Rodney

Secret gay stargate network that John is left out of.

Sheppard's Law by Speranza | E | 40k | John/Rodney

Rodney time travels through John's life.

Kid A by Speranza | E | 8k | John/Rodney

John and Rodney are hooking up except John is definitely not gay about it no sir.

Just So Long and Long Enough by busaikko | T | 8k | John/Rodney

Dave Sheppard tries to send John care packages.

Weddings, Plural, and a Yak by Speranza | E | 18k | John/Rodney

John and Rodney keep getting married for convoluted reasons and it's funny until it isn't. Also Rodney adopts a chaos child. John is normal about it.

War Bride by Speranza | E | 9k | John/Rodney

John and Rodney have a weird dinner with Dave and his wife, then go to space and almost get ritualistically murdered. It's genuinely very sweet.

Ordinary Life by astolat, Speranza | E | 20k | John/Rodney

They get shore leave, go to Florida for one of Rodney's contracts, and things go about how you'd expect (people try to kill them.)

paper cranes (upstairs, downstairs) by verity | M | 18k | John/Rodney

Rodney stays at John's childhood home and is bad about opsec.

Decision Point by esteefee | M | 23k | John/Rodney

Rodney tries very hard to retire to Nevada and John tries very hard to go back to space.

Your Inevitable Unhappy Ending by Helenish | E | 15k | John/Rodney

Rodney tries to attract women by carrying around a baby, and there are some delightfully awkward conversations. And a sex temple.

My Home And Native Land by copperbadge | 17k | T | very very background Rodney/John

Ronan becomes friends with Chuck, and decides to become Canadian.

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Vegas…….

this is my beloved post-vegas detective john lives au. he has a second chance and hes trying to turn his life back around but he keeps being given the "weird" cases because he's good at thinking outside of the box and he keeps solving them. and hes juggling two cases, once sgc related and one not and rodney comes back into his life.

it also feats my fav minor hc, john and dave are twins. a not good guy lorne and one of my favorite oc's ive ever written, Bell.

He tilted his head to the side as he moved back into a crouch and rested one hand on it to keep from rolling away as he pulled out his phone and hit speed dial.

“Las Vegas Crime Lab. You kill ‘em, we fill ‘em.”

“Seriously?”

“Caller ID. What do you want, Sheppard?” Bell asked, chuckling.

“You got the photos from the crush injury guy?”

“Barr? Yeah, hold on.” There was a shuffling noise and then Bell was back, humming. “What do you want to know?”

“Bowling ball?” John asked, rolling it around to try and see anything but the alley was dirty, and the bowling ball picked up every speck of sand and dirt it touched. “Found it under the trash by the body.”

Bell hummed. “Bright blue?”

“Yep.”

“Yeah, did a quick dust and didn’t find anything. It was lodged under there pretty well. ‘sides, we photographed it and it's only a six pounder. Something for the little kids. Won’t crush a man.”

Bell always was six steps ahead of them all. “Even if it’s multiple times?”

“I’ve got the initial report from Lam. The amount of time it would take to cause the injures Barr had? Nah, you’d need a twenty or bigger, and even then, it’s gonna take multiple drops even from a height. Nice try though. Why so focused?”

“Because it’s better than nothing,” John replied, letting go of it and watching as it rolled back, right to the same position it had been. Bracing a hand on the ground he leaned down. “Y’all check under the trash bins?”

“What do you take me for?”

“Overworked and underfunded?” John asked, kneeling on the ground and grabbing his flashlight from inside his jacket and shining it under the trash. He reached out and rolled the bowling ball away. “You busy?”

Bell was silent for a long time. “Fuck you.”

The phone went silent, and John snorted, sliding it back into his pocket as he stood up, ignoring the ache in his side from a scar that still hadn’t fully settled. He began to wander, paying closer attention as he waited for Bell to arrive.

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Bellarina Dixon was five foot two on a good day, had parents who had dreams for her and thought naming her after those dreams would inspire them, and had a fascination with bodies that bordered on creepy and the running joke was she could be a serial killer and they’d all let her get away with it as long as she kept helping them find their own killers. She had an eye for details and zero patience. John had always appreciated her bluntness, as well as how quick she could turn the crime scenes around when needed.

“What the fuck did you find, Sheppard?” Bell demanded, ducking over the crime scene tape, storming over and glaring up at him from behind glasses that had stepped out of the 80’s.

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The Siege III, Pt. 2

Once again events conspire to keep our heroes separated. Sheppard is now onboard the Daedalus that sets out to take on the other hive while McKay has to get the shields up and running down in Atlantis. There is little Sheppard can do but look out of the window to the planet below wishing there was some way for him to help the people down there. Even out in space, far above the planet, he has his body turned toward McKay because next to him is where he wants to be.

Sheppard is showing clear signs of anxiety which Caldwell also notes and soon points out. This is not the anxiety of a fighter pilot having to watch a dog fight from the sidelines. It may be because he noticed Sheppard's anxiety that Caldwell decides to utilize his expertise on the wraith and their technology, to give him something to do besides just standing around. While the issues Sheppard has with authority are both many and manifold, and he often seems to have a hard time getting that 'sir' out of his mouth, he is likely so thankful for the daring rescue of his life that he easily falls into the role of a subordinate to the Colonel.

Caldwell: Major, do you recommend any specific target on the hive ship? Sheppard: One of the fighter bays, sir. Caldwell: It would increase the chance of secondary explosions. Sheppard: That was the thinking, sir. Caldwell: I agree.

Sheppard also seems very keen on taking the wraith out, trying to come up with strategies that might accomplish the task. What is notable here is that Sheppard is trying to think through the situation, he is trying to logic it. While he would much rather be doing something physically, tangibly, his relationship or friendship or camaraderie with McKay has taught him to slow down and to think things through. And this is why it is Sheppard that finally comes up with the solution that works.

Sheppard: We didn't even get close. Caldwell: Helm, alter heading to intercept. Go to max thrust. Helm: Max thrust. Caldwell: We just have to get closer. Sheppard: The Asgard gave you hyperdrives and shields. How come no offensive weapons? Caldwell: They don't like providing other races with anything that could potentially be used against them. Sheppard: I thought they were allies. Caldwell: Without the beaming technology, you wouldn't be here, Major.

It wasn't just Asgard technology but this man in particular that had saved his life, and what he says reminds Sheppard of this fact. He owes Caldwell his life. Much more than that, in fact, as the Daedalus bringing over the ZPM and beaming it down to the city would protect McKay and everything there that mattered to Sheppard. Since he was just reminded of all that is waiting for him down there, he is twice as determined to figure out a way to help them.

And talking about the Asgard (and apparently also watching the Canadian Bridge Officer Dave Kleinman's hand pressing buttons; this might have reminded him of someone back home as Kleinman does not not look like McKay) then gave him an idea:

Sheppard: How many of these things have you got? Caldwell: Only one needs to get through. Sheppard: Is there any way we can deliver a warhead the same way you plucked me out of the jumper? Caldwell: The Asgard have already considered that, Major. There are fail-safes built into the system to prevent their use as a weapons delivery system. Sheppard: You've got one of these Asgard on board? Can he override the fail-safe? Caldwell: Why would he do that? Sheppard: Well, his butt's on the line just as much as ours.

Sheppard makes the observation that when someone is in the same boat, it is in everyone's interest to work toward a common goal. Where the Asgard Hermiod can be convinced to help them by reminding him of this fact, McKay does the exact opposite and puts his own butt on the line for everyone else without anyone even needing to ask because that's just the kind of person he is. He does the heroic thing because it doesn't even occur to him that he could leave it undone. When there are people to save, it is his natural inclination to give his everything to see that they are saved.

As they so often do, Sheppard and McKay are working toward the same goal in parallel. They may be physically apart but they are working as one. What McKay is doing down on the planet is trying to get the shield operational, and so he has set everything up for Zelenka to execute just as soon as he gets the ZPM hooked up.

Getting it to the power room is the bigger problem since there are still wraith loose in the city. Weir has arranged a security escort for him but she seems to be able to spare only two marines for the job. The fact that McKay appears to take issue with this shows not only that he understands the gravity of what he is about the undertake but also the fact that he has grown used to being and feeling much more protected when Sheppard is around.

McKay: What is this? This is my security escort? Weir: Well, we are spread a little bit thin right now. McKay: OK. You need to know that if we come under fire, you're gonna have to put your lives on the line to protect me. Weir: Rodney! McKay: OK, I mean the ZPM. You need to protect the ZPM at all costs... and me. Am I wrong?

First of all, McKay has no desire to die or be injured, not now that he knows Sheppard survived. It had not been ten minutes since he had looked like a man that had nothing left to live for and all of a sudden his disposition is entirely altered. This scene is also played out for comedy. It is meant to highlight McKay's arrogance, thinking that his life is more important than those of the marines, when he does actually have a point. All human life may be sacred, all lives may be equal, but his role for the survival of Atlantis is quite singular. There is no one else that can do what he can do, and what he can do is essential. Sure, he's not meant to say it out loud but right now, at this moment, when their lives (and possibly the fate of the Earth) are hanging by the thread of him being able to hook up the power source in time to raise the shield, false modesty is not going to help them.

McKay has actually been around Sheppard enough to understand how soldiers need to be informed, how their orders need to be formulated and verbalized (which Weir continuously has trouble doing), and he needs to make sure that they understand what their mission is. Their mission is to protect him at all costs and if necessary, lay down their lives for the protection of the Earth. He is aware that it is the fate of the Earth that hangs in the balance, no more and no less, and they need to understand it too.

But what's really interesting is the expression on Weir's face after McKay takes off. McKay doesn't see it, no one sees it, it's a private look. But we as the audience sure get to see it.

Weir doesn't verbally respond to question McKay throws at her but her expression tells us that he is not wrong. The pained look on Weir's face tells us that it is not just for the survival of the city that McKay is pivotal. She had seen what losing McKay had done to Sheppard. She had seen Sheppard rush to that jumper to give away his life for this man. She didn't ever want to see Sheppard like that again, and she knew now that he could not survive losing this man. And this state of affairs greatly concerned her.

Her expression here is the same that we saw on her face twice with regards to Sheppard sacrificing his life, first as she had to let him do it ("I have to, and you know it") and the second time after they thought he had succeeded in his mission, that Sheppard had died. Both times she bowed her head and closed her eyes, the same as she does here. Beckett also had the exact same response to the thought of Sheppard having died. So, it follows that here too, as McKay takes off after throwing her the question of whether she thinks his life is important, she is likewise thinking about Sheppard and his sacrifice. Here, as McKay asks her whether protecting his life is as important as protecting the ZPM, she is thinking about Sheppard laying down his life. This is confirmation of the fact that these two things are connected in her mind.

Elizabeth Weir knows something that McKay does not know. She has seen a side of Sheppard that McKay has never seen, that Sheppard would never even want McKay to see. She has seen Sheppard at the very end of his rope. She knows what McKay means to him even better than McKay knows himself; she knows something that McKay would never even be able to realize because he could never believe someone would care about hi that much. So he's not wrong. They do have to keep McKay alive at all costs. She doesn't want to see what happens if they fail. Not just to the people of Atlantis, but particularly to John Sheppard. It is that thought that gives her pause here.

Continued in Pt. 3

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Stargate Atlantis "Outcast"

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Antis DNI

Comship Bracket 2 Round 1!

Round 1 is split up into 6 Segments, which are split into 3 smaller polls within them! These will be posted when I am able, with a 6-day voting time limit. Look out for your ships! Propaganda is both welcome AND encouraged, whether through the form of essays, art, fanfiction recommendations, or otherwise, All propaganda will be reblogged.

Round 1 Segment 1

Poll 1: Winterkov (The Winter King x Simon Petrikov), Fionna and Cake VS Beluz (Emperor Belos x Luz Noceda), The Owl House

Poll 2: ZorcRyou (Ryou Bakura x Zorc Necrophades), Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters VS Jodihan (Jodio Joestar x Rohan Kishibe), Jojo's Bizzare Adventure

Poll 3: Lammis x Boxxo, Reborn as a Vending Machine I Now Wander The Dungeon VS Coffincest (Ashley Graves x Andrew Graves), The Coffin of Andy and Leyley

Round 1 Segment 2

Poll 1: Blossom Utonium x Father, Cartoon Network: Fusionfall VS Paperhat (Dr. Flug x Black Hat), Villainous

Poll 2: Reimob (Reigen Arataka x Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama), Mob Psycho 100 VS Ganonzelink (Ganondorf x Princess Zelda x Link), the Legend of Zelda

Poll 3: Eugarian (Eugene Fitzherbert x Varian), Tangled The Series VS T.K.O x K.O, O.K. K.O. Let's Be Heroes

Round 1 Segment 3

Poll 1: Yaeona (Yae Miko x Diona Kätzlein), Genshin Impact VS KuroWolf (Lord Kuro x Wolf/Sekiro), Sekiro

Poll 2: Stridercest (Dave Strider x Dirk Strider), Homestuck VS Itacest (North Italy/Veneziano x South Italy/Romano), Hetalia

Poll 3: MegaStar (Megatron x Starscream), Transformers VS Chosenshipping (Blue [F] x Silver), Pokémon SPECIAL/Pokémon Adventures

Round 1 Segment 4

Poll 1: SayoHina (Sayo Hikawa x Hina Hikawa), Bandori BanG Dream! Girls Band Party VS Soushin (Sou Hiyori x Shin Tsukimi), Your Turn To Die

Poll 2: Niffany (Tiffany Valentine x Nica Pierce), Chucky VS Seymorin (Seymour Krelborn x Orin Scrivello), Little Shop of Horrors

Poll 3: Cletus Delroy Montfort DeMontblanc Bigglesworth Spuckler x Mary Wrestlemania Spuckler, The Simpsons VS Michael Kenmore x John Sheppard, Stargate Atlantis

Round 1 Segment 5

Poll 1: Despaircest (Junko Enoshima x Mukuro Ikusaba), Danganronpa VS SasoDei (Sasori x Deidara), Naruto

Poll 2: Shroudcest (Idia Shroud x Ortho Shroud), Twisted Wonderland VS Lapptex (Lappland x Texas), Arknights

Poll 3: Velphi (Velvet Crowe and Laphicet), Tales of Berseria VS Makoyuma (Makoto Kagutsuchi x Yuma Kokohead), Master Detective Archives: Raincode

Round 1 Segment 6

Poll 1: Rickorty (Rick Sanchez x Morty Smith), Rick and Morty VS Pinecest (Dipper Pines x Mabel Pines), Gravity Falls

Poll 2: Dottoscara (Il Dottore x Scaramouche), Genshin Impact VS Batjokes (Batman/Bruce Wayne x The Joker), DC

Poll 3: Moriarthree (Louis James Moriarty x William James Moriarty x Albert James Moriarty), Moriarty the Patriot VS Snow x White, Promise of Wizard/MahoYaku

This is the line-up for round 1, let's see who you all vote for to move forward into Round 2! Remember, propaganda is encouraged! Have fun voting, everyone! Our inbox is also open for propaganda - Mod Satou (She/Her Only)

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Sheppard’s brother thinks John is out of the closet and pretending not to be

“This is Dave, my brother”

“Nice to meet you.”

“Pleasure...”

“You two...”

“Work together? In the air force?”

“He’s a civilian contractor.”

“...right.”

EDIT: full scene in clip below

https://youtu.be/Eu_QEhBufk0

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New SGA kinkfic started... There's a deeper reason behind John's falling out with his family when he was younger.

Content warnings for the fic as a whole: Underage (teenage John); eventual angst along with the fun smut; heteronormativity and homophobia; plus dysfunctional family shit. Oh. uh, right. And all the sibling incest 😅 Full tags on AO3, teaser below the cut xx

Chapter 1: Like old times

It starts when Dave’s eighteen, during his first year at college. 

He’s home during the first term break, and he’s been a little nervous coming back. He and John have always been close despite the few years’ difference between them, and Dave has found himself, quite privately, slightly worried that him being away like this will somehow… change things between him and his younger brother. Even though he hasn’t really been gone all that long. 

But it doesn’t change anything. To Dave’s quiet relief, he and John are right back to being inseparable almost from the moment he walks in the front doors. More so, even, than before Dave had left; as though they’re making up for the lost time apart. 

It’s not a long break, and aside from the expected parental interrogation about the school term and being expected to show up for dinner every night— appropriately dressed, of course, and on time— Dave and John are mostly left to their own devices. 

Just like old times. 

It’s familiar, comforting, and eases a little tension Dave doesn’t really realize he’s carrying until it lifts. Not that his first semester at college is going badly. He’s near the top of his class, he’s got the build and the upbringing to excel at pretty much any sport he chooses, and… people like him there. He’s not the rich kid anymore; he’s just one more rich kid instead. 

People like him, and more importantly, girls like him. 

John wants to hear everything Dave will tell him about college outside of class. He’s not worried about the classes themselves; Dave didn’t expect he would be. John’s even smarter than he is and they both know it, even if John does like playing dumb most of the time for some unfathomable reason. The whole thing is going to be a breeze for him once he gets there. Unfairly so; or at least, Dave would be more than a little envious if it were anyone but his little brother. John is just… too damn likable to get annoyed at for something like that. 

What John really wants to know about, what makes him perk up and listen intently and ask a thousand questions, is what Dave gets to do with his free time away from all the stifling rules and constant oversight of living at home. 

“They’re pretty fucking great,” Dave tells him, the day after getting back. They’re out away from the house, back behind the old, unused stables up the hill so Dave can sneak a cigarette before supper without any real risk of getting caught, and John’s just asked him about the parties. 

“Yeah?” John asks, and Dave nods, watching the sun drop towards the horizon. 

“Oh, yeah. Booze, weed. Sex,” he adds, pretending it’s an afterthought, like he’s not bragging about it even though he knows he absolutely is. 

“D’you get laid a lot?” John’s turned towards him now, still leaning against the stable wall. There’s a real bite in the air tonight, though not quite enough for their breath to hang in the air. 

Dave takes a last, long drag of his cigarette before dropping the butt and grinding it into the dirt with his heel to hide it. “C’mon man, what d’you think? Of course I get laid a lot,” he says, and shoots his brother a broad, cocky grin, spreading his arms wide. “Just look at me.”