The Sentient!Atlantis Fanfics ‘blog

The Bird Watcher by rinsbane (author’s journal)

Pairing: John/Rodney, Rodney/Atlantis
Rating: PG
Genre: episode tag (’Last Man’), drama
Author’s Summary or Teaser: Rodney’s standing in the middle of the woods, face turned to the sky, with a pair of binoculars mashed against his eyeballs when some idiot runner mows him down. “Hey,” the man drawls from above him, all loose limbs and tanned skin. “Did you know people use this path to run?” and Rodney snaps back, “Excuse me? That was a black-throated blue warbler. Do you have any idea how rare that bird is here?” and Atlantis helpfully supplies: data: dendroica caerulescens; data: subset: probability of extinction: 99.3%
Story length: ~10,300 words

In the story, Atlantis shows the following specific signs of sentience:
Atlantis targets and/or communicates with: Rodney
Means of communication Atlantis uses: direct
Atlantis expresses the following feelings: want, persuasion
Atlantis takes independant action that affects others, i.e. meddles into the affairs of others.
Atlantis is referred to as female.

Fusion by ca_pierson (author’s personal journal and writing journal)

Pairing: John/Rodney
Rating: PG-13
Genre: drama
Author’s Summary or Teaser: As always, it’s left to the Atlantis expedition to mop up after the Ancients.
Story length: ~3,900 words

In the story, Atlantis doesn’t show any specific signs of sentience; as an author once best described it, Atlantis just is.
Atlantis targets and/or communicates with: John
Means of communication Atlantis uses: direct
Atlantis expresses the following feelings: enticing
Atlantis takes independant action that affects others, i.e. meddles into the affairs of others.
Atlantis is referred to as female.

The Man Who Couldn’t Open Doors by Fenchurch (author’s journal)

Main Characters: Woolsey (John/Rodney)
Rating: PG
Genre: mystery, humor
Author’s Summary or Teaser: The city is not alive. To be manipulated by an inanimate object is purely fanciful idiocy.
Story length: ~2,600

In the story, Atlantis shows the following specific signs of sentience:
Atlantis targets and/or communicates with: Woolsey
Means of communication Atlantis uses: indirect
Atlantis expresses the following feelings: protective
Atlantis takes independant action that affects others, i.e. meddles into the affairs of others.
Atlantis is referred to as female.

Lightning Dances by donutsweeper (author’s journal)

Pairing: John/Atlantis
Rating: G
Genre: gen
Author’s Summary or Teaser: When Atlantis talks, Sheppard always listens.
Story length: ~300 words

In the story, Atlantis shows the following specific signs of sentience:
Atlantis targets and/or communicates with: John
Means of communication Atlantis uses: mental
Atlantis doesn’t express any specific feelings.
It’s unclear whether Atlantis takes any independant action.
Atlantis’ sex, if any, is unclear.

Women’s Work by Rachael Sabotini

Women’s Work by Rachael Sabotini (author’s journal and website)

Pairing: Miko/Laura
Rating: PG
Genre: drama
Author’s Summary or Teaser: Antarctica taught Miko that context was everything.
Story length: ~3300 words

In the story, Atlantis shows the following specific signs of sentience:
Atlantis targets and/or communicates with: Miko
Means of communication Atlantis uses: mental
Atlantis expresses the following feelings: nurturing
Atlantis takes independant action that affects others, i.e. meddles into the affairs of others.
Atlantis is regarded as female.

White Noise by Domenika Marzione (author’s journal and website)

Main Character: John
Rating: G
Genre: gen, drama
Author’s Summary or Teaser: Set in the first week of the Atlantis expedition (circa “Hide & Seek”), John Sheppard fails to avoid participating in an Athosian rite. He’s supposed to be thinking on his past ties, but instead ends up thinking about his newest relationship — with a city that kindamaybesorta talks to him.
Story length: ~3200 words

In the story, Atlantis shows the following specific signs of sentience:
Atlantis targets and/or communicates with: John
Means of communication Atlantis uses: mental
Atlantis doesn’t express any specific feelings.
Atlantis does not take independant action that affects others, i.e. does not meddle.
Atlantis’ sex, if any, is unclear.

Where the Ocean Meets the Sky series by Khriskin (author’s journal and website)

Main Character: Atlantis
Rating: PG to PG-13
Genre: gen, AU, drabbles, darkfic
Author’s Summary or Teaser: For ten thousand years the city slept beneath the sea, dreaming of people she’d never met. Faces, names, lives all carefully teased from a mind in stasis, oblivious to her interrogation. Because Atlantis can wait, but she wants to know who she’s waiting for. - This is the story of the city that might have been. An AI created to guide the Atlantis Expedition Janus knew was coming. An electronic symbiote limited by the harsh lessons learned from the Asurans. A powerful ally, hidden safely away and waiting…
Story length: so far ten 100 word drabbles and one ~350 word ficlet; ~1,350 words for the whole series

In the story, Atlantis shows the following specific signs of sentience:
Atlantis targets and/or communicates with: others, Rodney
Means of communication Atlantis uses: mental, avatar
Atlantis expresses the following feelings: possessive
Atlantis takes independant action that affects others, i.e. meddles into the affairs of others.
Atlantis is regarded as female.

What the Chair Sees: A Side Story by slybrarian (author’s journal)

(from the Sides verse by Archae_ology and slybrarian)

Main Characters: Chuck, John/Lorne
Rating: NC-17
Genre: humor
Author’s Summary or Teaser: Instead of an explanation, Chuck suddenly found an image projected into his head. It was almost as though he was in Sheppard’s quarters, where – holy shit! Holy shit!
Story length: ~400 words

In the story, Atlantis shows the following specific signs of sentience:
Atlantis targets and/or communicates with: Chuck
Means of communication Atlantis uses: mental
Atlantis expresses the following feelings: helpful, protective
Atlantis takes independant action that affects others, i.e. meddles into the affairs of others.
Atlantis is regarded as female.

The Welcome Wagon’s Greasy Wheel by Domenika Marzione (author’s journal and website)

Main Character: OC, John
Rating: PG-213
Genre: gen, drama
Author’s Summary or Teaser: To the ATA carriers among the marines arriving in Atlantis, the city is one part eager puppy and three parts surreal hell.
Story length: ~3300 words

In the story, Atlantis shows the following specific signs of sentience:
Atlantis targets and/or communicates with: OCs, John
Means of communication Atlantis uses: direct
Atlantis expresses the following feelings: eager to chat?
Atlantis does not take independant action that affects others, i.e. does not meddle.
Atlantis is not regarded as female.

We Now Return You to Your Regularly Scheduled Crisis by siegeofangels (author’s journal)

(prequel: High as Heaven)

Pairing: John/Rodney
Rating: R
Genre: drama, humor
Author’s Summary or Teaser: This is a story about sex and power. And, um, monkeys and PowerPoint. (And love.)
Story length: ~8100 words

In the story, Atlantis shows the following specific signs of sentience:
Atlantis targets and/or communicates with: Rodney, John
Means of communication Atlantis uses: mental
Atlantis expresses the following feelings: love
It’s unclear whether Atlantis takes any independant action.
Atlantis is referred to as female.