The New Atlantean Dictionary of Literary Terms . . . by Thingswithwings (NC-17)

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Fandom: STARGATE ATLANTIS
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard, Teyla/Kate Heightmeyer and others, both slash and het.
Author on LJ: thingswithwings
Author Website: n/a
Why this must be read:

I admit, while I adore John and Rodney, I often find myself wondering what life might be like for everyone else living in Atlantis.  Here thingswithwings gives us an amazing behind-the-scenes look at what life in the Pegasus Galaxy could be like, not only for John and Rodney, but for the rest of the crew as well.

Every day, Chuck traces his fingertips over the constellation-patterns for planets he’ll never visit, for solar systems he’ll only read about in mission reports.

He doesn’t mind. He has a name for every constellation. When he dials the gate, he imagines that the world he’s calling out to is coming into being at that moment, whispered into reality by the star-positions that describe it. When another planet dials into Atlantis, he thinks of the precious set of symbols that bring the city into existence, again and again, and of the fragility of this place, this planet that is determined only by the relation of their sun to a thousand others across the galaxy.

The New Atlantean Dictionary of Literary Terms: A Complete Reference in Four Volumes - Volume I,  Volume II, Volume III, Volume IV