Fic: In the Hands of Yes

[hth]

In the Hands of Yes
by Hth

32,834 words of Aliens Made Them Get Married, and don't say I never gave you anything!

"There’s a ritual, Colonel! Do you know what *kind* of ritual? You have no idea! There could be – it could be dangerous, or, or – perverse!"

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[damned-colonial.livejournal.com]

Wheee! *clickety-click* There goes my lunch break.

[stungunbilly.livejournal.com]

Okay, now I love you forever.
I forgive you completely for killing the boy.
(Even though I actually love you for that too.)

I'd still like Ronon the Space Pirate, though.
I'm sad that way.

[abbylee]

One thing I love about sga, and especially most of the sga fanfic I read, is the (Rodney & John) banter and the humour. Oh my god, the humour.

I knew I'd like this story from the moment I saw your name on it. (And how can you go wrong with forced alien marriage?) But I didn't know how much I'd love it. John's inept jokes. Rodney's huffy indignation. Ronon's stoic wariness. Teyla's fussing. My team, oh my team.

They've only just gotten to Vacuna, but I'm already flailing in happiness.

(And that your Rodney/Ronon story seems to be 3POV John? So much love because I know there will be so much fun.)

[shusu.livejournal.com]

You know how you cry at weddings?

I am BAWLING. Oh god. You make me want this pairing forever and ever.

[exegesis.livejournal.com]

Gah! Loooooong fic! You've just made my day! There's aren't enough long fics in this world and your stuff always rocks.

*goes off to read happily*

[diluvian.livejournal.com]

Completely by coincidence, I re-read almost all your SGA fic this weekend.

And now there's this, which makes me even happier, and even more impressed with your writing, and loving this pairing even more than I already did. And aside from the R/R, John and Cadman in particular had some really great moments.

So great, so much fun. Yaaaaaaaay!

And the ceremony was really interesting. Did you base it on a particular ritual or did it come entirely from your fantastic brain?

[abbylee]

That was just.... yes. Thank you.

[brownbetty]

Hah! I love very much how the story is only partly about the happilly married couple, (they're happily married, after all,) and is instead about how it's scary when people grow and change and aren't who you thought they were.

[2naonh3-cl2.livejournal.com]

i love ronon/rodney, and this fic, just rocked so hard. i love it. *adds to memories* thank you for sharing.

[myalexandria.livejournal.com]

this is excellent, very excellent. but oh man, poor John. Jesus.

I know how he feels. It's hard to be already invested in people and then find out that you're always going to be a very distant second.

[livrelibre.livejournal.com]

This was unbelievably rich and real and dead funny and full of wonderful moments and great characterization. I am filled with love for this and want to wrap it around myself like a warm and fuzzy blanket. Its rightness is as apparent as macaroni and cheese and I am too busy feeling full and warm to give coherent feedback but here are just a few things I loved--the Teyla-talking-to in the gateroom, the Man Planet (!) Ronon fanciers (I kind of want there to be an epic song about Ronon), that whole passage of Rodney's thoughts on how he feels about Ronon, the details in the sex with the bowl spinning and Satedan, the bits about Kell and Rodney's awful childhood and marriage freakout, John's understated freakout which you can read as missed chances or that single-thing when your friends shack up (or bonus-both!), the Atlantis love . . .oh all right the whole gosh darned story!

[millefiori.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is so good!! (Is it the same universe as Thirteen O'Clock?) I loved the Ronon/Rodney (of course, I'm such a Rodney-babe!), but I think John is the best part of this story. You've made him so real and conflicted and nuanced, and his pain was so subtle and well-hidden, even (especially?) from himself. It's as if the story took him through all the stages of a grieving process, with acceptance/resolution at the end. I really, really loved all sorts of things about this story, but I think John's character arc is just really awesome writing!

[livrelibre.livejournal.com]

Oh! And I forgot to mention the videos and both Rodney and Ronon's surprise backstory (and man would I have loved to have heard the conversation that they had on the podium) and Rodney calling John out (and I think that conversation (and my usual John/Rodney filters) is what gave me repressed!John though looking at it I think it is more friends-changing freakout) and Cadman and Teyla riding herd as well. Ok, backing away from the keyboard now and going to cuddle some more. . .

[maryjane7547.livejournal.com]

With it being all about Ronon, Rodney, and the Team! love this story pushed my so many of sga buttons. I'm deeply in love with it.

[mangst.livejournal.com]

This was just wonderful. I liked all the many views on love and marriage. The different reactions that friends can have. You made me think a bit, on what I think about love and marriage. To me that's when you know you are a successful writer, when you make people look at a subject from a view point other than their own. Great job.

Mangst

[sage]

*loves madly beyond all description*
♥♥♥
Yay romance! :D

[spike21.livejournal.com]

well, I just loved that. It made me happy and it made me cry. I totally believe in this rodney and ronon. And john -- i know just what this feels like. so, yes. Loved.

[maverick4oz.livejournal.com]

Oh Man...I don't even know where to begin. How about like this...there is not a single word in the that I don't love. You capture the very essence of what I love about Rodney/Ronon and illuminate it so beautifully that it makes me smile, cry and just fucking glow with it. Thank you so much for this. Just an amazing story from start to finish.

p.s. The databurst from Sam and Jeannie were in themselves perfect pieces of art. <3<3<3<3

[kitestringer.livejournal.com]

Oooooh, I absolutely adored this! The whole thing was brilliant, but I think this might have been my favorite part:

– you fascinate me, all those odd layers, your wit and your anger and your passion under all that steadiness and silence, I can’t puzzle through you, which of course makes me desperate to keep trying – it’s irrational how safe I feel with you, because I know you can’t always protect me, I know you haven’t always been able to protect me, but something about you makes me think constantly about my future and never about my possible lack thereof – everything about you succeeds where everything else I’ve ever tried has always failed, you’re the perfect cure, you touch me and I don’t feel weak or vulnerable or allergic or frightened or alone, I feel as strong as I did on the enzyme and ten times happier –

I just think it says so much about Rodney and his vulnerability, in such a perfectly Rodney-like way. *sigh* I also think you did a great job of keeping John sympathetic throughout the story. Really, it was just amazing from start to finish! *loves*

[buddleia.livejournal.com]

Lovely. Just lovely. And I really like the homophobia and John being so crap about the whole thing - they seem quite likely. I think my favourite scenes are the one where Elizabeth already has the marriage certificates ready and the one where John drunkenly tells Ronon he didn't have to do it.

[rike-tikki-tavi.livejournal.com]

Lovely, lovely story. Brain to blown away for better feedback.

[neery.livejournal.com]

Wonderful story. I especially liked how loving and affectionate the Rodney/Ronon relationship seemed. They may not know it yet, but they reall do fit together incredibly well.

[mirabile-dictu.livejournal.com]

I read this last night and ended up dreaming about the Rodney in your story, whom I loved. The combination of strength and uncertainty you gave him was irresistible. I also love your complex, sophisticated Ronon with his sly sense of humor. Oddly, the scene I keep thinking about is the one through John's eyes, early in the story, when Ronon and Rodney are eating, and John finds how they've bonded over food so amusing. Just wonderful how you conveyed so much information about all three characters yet none of them knew what your readers did. Thank you very much.

[severusslave.livejournal.com]

Darling? I AM SO GIDDY WITH JOY! *MWAH*

Now: evil uni class, then: story!

[jssangel.livejournal.com]

Oh, that was great! It was such a long lovely read - my favorite kind.

I liked the journey that you sent the characters on. It was interesting the way the story was about John and Rodney and the different ways they come to terms with change and different kinds of love and commitment - rather than just about Ronon & Rodney as a couple.

Actually, you did a great job of leaving Ronon the gloss and shadow of his "otherness" that makes him so intriguing - partly from the pov choices you made, and partly by staying so true to his speach patterns from the show.

Thank you for sharing this story!