Big Bang: Things We Trade For Freedom (SGA/B:tVS | R | het)

[jedibuttercup]

Title: Things We Trade For Freedom
Author: jedibuttercup
Fandom(s): Stargate: Atlantis/B:tVS
Character/Pairing(s): Ronon Dex/Faith Lehane, John Sheppard, Buffy Summers, Scoobies
Rating: R
Warnings: Canon-typical violence, injury, language, sexuality, and a misogynistic villain.

Summary: When Ronon agreed to go with the Earthers after the Ancients claimed Altantis, he'd expected to end up fighting Ori soldiers, not taking a tour of Sheppard's country-- or stumbling into a first contact situation as strange as anything in Pegasus. Who is this woman who calls herself Faith? 26,000 words.

Link to Fic: Story at Dreamwidth | Story at AO3
Link to Art: Art by ningloreth (please leave joy there as well!)



Acknowledgements: Written for kayleyangel's request: Ronon meets up with Faith in Sunnydale before the First makes his move. Submitted as part of the 2011 Journey Story Big Bang challenge. Many thanks to ningloreth for such fabulous work as my artist, and to my betas, dhark_charlotte and sulien77. You guys rock!

(x-posted from journeystory)

Comments

[lizbet0.livejournal.com]

This was really, really well done! I loved the intersection of the two universes, and I think you did a fabulous job with the characters! Your Ronon voice & narration was spot-on: very dry & laconic, with constant tactical awareness.

I also thought Caleb's appearance was fabulously creepy. I could mentally see & hear Nathan Fillion in prime creepy form! (Now I want to go watch or read something Castle or Firefly related to come up with a better mental image!

Having the Seal be an Ancient device was inspired! That pulled the two storylines together very, very well. (And it was really neat that the Seal helped out its guardian!)

Poor Giles! Things getting resolved by military guys without his awareness or input would be extremely frustrating! At least Sheppard's peculiar brand of diplomacy was helpful in the end!

Thank you so much for all the hard work you poured into this! It's another fabulous crossover, and I look forward to reading it again!

[jedibuttercup]

Thanks! I sat down and rewatched a bunch of Ronon episodes before I started the story, and immediately wondered why I hadn't done more Ronon fic; his voice is a lot of fun. The back half of Buffy Season 7 was a lot more exhausting, but Caleb made the perfect villain to use. *shivers* Cheerful villains in likeable clothing are always a lot more disturbing than the ones whose outsides match their insides, to me.

At least I left the Scythe thing for Giles & co. to research? I tried to leave the Scoobies something to do after Faith and her friends fixed their problem for them. *grin* Hopefully, I'll have time to get to the Faith-on-Ronon's turf story one of these days, and turn about will be fair play.

Glad you enjoyed the fic!