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While the main focus of this series is the slash pairing of Sheppard/McKay there are secondary het and a femslash pairings. The pairings that appear in the series: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Cameron Mitchell/Vala Mal Doran, Jennifer Keller/Evan Lorne, Matthew Sheppard/Chase Harris, Elizabeth Weir/Simon Wallace, Teyla Emmagen/Ronon Dex, Sam Carter/Daniel Jackson, Laura Cadman/Aidan Ford, Stackhouse/Markham, Bates/Simmons, Radek Zelenka/David Parrish, Anne Teldy/Allison Porter, Jack O’Neill/Patrick Sheppard
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Find the Casting Information for this series here!
This series is being posted in EPISODES.
Episode: 01
The Gathering (34,600 words)
Sentinel John Sheppard thought he’d spend his life unbonded and then he met Dr. Rodney McKay. The mission to Atlantis is their mutual path and they will gather the strongest, brightest, and best for the mission that will take them to another galaxy.
Episode: 02
The Chair (4,800 words)
The Expedition comes to Atlantis with the hopes of finding the past and understanding their origins. The city control Chair wakes a part of Radek Zelenka that should have lain dormant and the consequences ripple throughout the entire expedition.
Episode: 03
The Guardian (5,200 words)
Sheppard and McKay travel to Athos and meet their Guardian and his consort in an effort to create a relationship between the people of Athos and the expedition. While there they discover a threat like no other they’ve ever known.
Episode: 04
The Shield (5,500 words)
Rodney finds a personal shield and his Sentinel suffers when the shield malfunctions.
Episode: 05
The Enemy (9,300 words)
On a routine mission, they encounter the Wraith for the first time with potentially devastating results.
Episode: 06
The Culling (10,000 words)
The Athosians dial Atlantis in desperation—their Guardian has been culled and they need sanctuary.
Episode: 07
The Alliance (10,454 words)
Teyla and Ronon foster a relationship between the Lanteans and the Genii but not everyone agrees with the agreement the two peoples reach.
Episode: 08
The Trade (5,600 words)
The Genii try to double cross the Lanteans and the Marines learn the hard way that Radek Zelenka needs protection from no one.
Episode: 09
The Return (13,000 words)
Ronon allows the Lanteans to travel to his homeworld but the sight of his devastated world hurts more than he expected. John learns that he has three latent Sentinels on the mission and must determine how best to deal with the likelihood that their circumstances alone might bring them online.
Episode: 10
The Legacy (8,500 words)
John has to tell the latent Sentinels on the city of their Satedian genetic legacy.
Episode: 11
The Runner (13,000 words)
Jennifer is separated from her Sentinel and taken hostage during a mission by a Runner. What she finds surprises the hell out of her.
Episode: 12
The Guide (12,500 words)
The city forces Tyre to come to terms with his needs and the temptation he’s been resisting. Meanwhile, John and Rodney are off world with Cameron and Vala to investigate an abandoned world with an Ancient lab and find something disturbing.
Episode: 13
The Sentinel (7,600 words)
Bates comes online during a hostage situation off-world, Tyre and Peter take some time to themselves on the mainland, and John has an unexpected visitor.
Episode: 14
The Aftermath (7,100 words)
“The life of a soldier is defined by discipline, shaped by duty, and immortalized in acts of courage in the face of the most dangerous situations.” (Read the companion piece to this story: Breaking Point)
Episode: 15
The Tempest (9,000 words)
The Expedition dials Earth and sends them the bad news. John and Rodney take some time on the mainland to reconnect. Patrick Sheppard sticks his nose in SGC business and Jack O’Neill meets Alpha Sentinel Prime James Ellison. (Read companion piece to this story: The Matter of Female Sentinels)
Episode: 16
The Catalyst (16,200 words)
Jack O’Neill struggles with coming online so late in his life while John comes to grips with the guilt he’s been repressing concerning his estrangement from his father and brothers.
Episode: 17
The Queen (12,700 words)
The expedition finds a geothermal drilling platform on Lantea during the final leg of their planetary search that Rodney insists be investigated for potential use for the city and wake a hibernating Queen. On Earth, David Sheppard moves to Denver so that his son will be close to his father and Jack O’Neill.
Episode: 18
The Spirit (9,685 words)
John takes the Sentinels off-world for training and Rodney explores the depth of his bond with his Sentinel when they are forced to stay apart. On Earth, Jack and Andy meet up with something entirely unexpected on the streets of Colorado Springs.
Episode: 19
The Choice (11,400 words)
Chase Harris has his first off-planet mission and suffers for it. Meanwhile, Matthew Sheppard has to make a choice about his status at the SGC and in the Navy. Jack O’Neill realizes something important about Charlie and goes to visit his ex-wife.
Casting for the Sentinels of Atlantis
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 Ronon Dex (actor: Jason Momoa) |
 Teyla Emmagen (actress: Rachel Luttrell) |
 Major Evan Lorne (actor: Kavan Smith) |
 Dr. Jennifer Keller (actress: Jewel Staite) |
 Dr. Elizabeth Weir (actress: Jessica Steen) |
 Dr. Simon Wallace (actor: JR Bourne) |
 Dr. Radek Zelenka (actor: David Nykl) |
 Dr. David Parrish (actor: Jonathan Young) |
 Lt. Laura Cadman (actress: Jaime Ray Newman) |
 Lt. Aidan Ford (actor: Rainbow Sun Francks) |
 Sergeant Marcus Stackhouse (actor: Boyan Vukelic) |
 Sergeant Jason Markham (actor: Joseph May) |
 Sergeant Dean Bates (actor: Dean Marshall) |
 Dr. Graham Simmons (actor: Tobias Mehler) |
 Sentinel Tyre Daos (actor: Mark Dacascos) |
 Dr. Peter Grodin (actor: Craig Veroni) |
 Captain Chase Harris(actor: Chris Pine) |
 Commander Matthew Sheppard(actor: Jensen Ackles) |
 Major Anne Teldy (actress: Christina Cox) |
 Dr. Allison Porter (actress: Nicole de Boer) |
 Sentinel Marius(actor: Ryan Reynolds) |
 Guide Bastien(actor: James McAvoy) |
 Major General Jack O’Neill(actor: Richard Dean Anderson) |
 Dr. Patrick Sheppard(actor: Viggo Mortensen) |
 Lt. Colonel Samantha Carter (actress: Amanda Tapping) |
 Dr. Daniel Jackson (actor: Michael Shanks) |
Author’s Notes
While this is a Sentinel/ Stargate: Atlantis crossover – I’ve played fast and lose with pretty much everything from the way a Sentinel/Guide pairing works to the events leading up the Atlantis mission, character ages, etc. Basically, anything was fair game as I created this world. This is definitely AU. RE: Cast pictures — I cast the original Elizabeth Weir and I cast a different actor to play Simon Wallace. I figured if TPTB could cast Carter’s dead Tollan boyfriend that I could cast Carter’s dead Tokra boyfriend instead. Just sayin’. Besides JR Bourne is uber sexy.
191 comments
Seliki
September 18, 2008 at 9:55 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Need more stories and I am a stalker…kinda…from a long distance…and online because I hate hiding under bushes and trees. There are bugs ya know. Anyhoo just waiting for more.
cat_otter
September 24, 2008 at 11:47 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Woot! I was linked to this via a mediacon group–how did I miss it? I’ve been gobbling up your “What Might Have Been” fics as fast as you post them, then going back to nibble them possessively while awaiting the next. Now I find there’s a juicy Sentinel crossover to enjoy!! ::licks lips with anticipation:: Mmmmm, nom nom nom…. Thank you!
reen212000
October 8, 2008 at 2:01 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I absolutely cannot wait for more in this series! Crossovers make me leery, but this one hooked me right away. The immediate attraction that went deeper than just physical was palpable. Mmm. Yes. More please! I hope!
Anoneemouse
October 18, 2008 at 8:59 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
LOVE this crossover idea, how you are execute it, and would love to see more.
mybubbysbub
October 29, 2008 at 9:02 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
oh wow, the cover art is amazing! when will we be seeing more stories for the series to go with the amazing cover art? *puppy eyes* me just loves it so much!
oh, and i pulled up google and popped in ‘Ronon is from Sadeta’ before, hoping to bring up a good fan profile or something to find some details, and the first thing that came up in the google search? chapter three of bleeding love at keira’s world! you top the list! cool, huh?
Janet
November 2, 2008 at 9:20 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I just re-read the story and I can’t wait to see another part. How do they feel in Atlantis? How does having Sentinels on the away parties change the series events? I love how John and Rodney interact with the other Sentinels? Please write more.
Thanks
Elizabet
November 12, 2008 at 5:46 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I too have re-read the story and I just can’t wait when the other part of the story comes. I just love the crossing between the Stargate series and the Sentinel. I’m just wondering, will Ronon be a Sentinel? Because in Stargate: Atlantis, he says that he is “Specialist” Ronon Dex, could that mean specialist means sentinel in Sateda?!
Shadow
November 28, 2008 at 4:53 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I love what you’ve done with this series. The Sentinel has always been one of my favorite fandoms and I love seeing a crossover into the SGA world. And John and Rodney’s relationship is great. I can’t wait to read more.
dragonfly126
December 9, 2008 at 9:18 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I love this fic! This is a great series and I can’t wait to read more!
Chali
December 31, 2008 at 7:25 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
So I just reread this story and… I STILL LOVE IT!!! (yes, I’m one of those people who’s not so very good – read: terrible – at commenting, but this time I thougth it impossible not to)
I just adore this series! And the part towards the end with the marines, armed to the teeth, appear in the gate room ten minutes after John ‘projects’ that they’ve found Vala was brilliant!
Well, I’ll stop rambling now… Great work! And happy new year, by the way!
Jamie
February 18, 2009 at 10:54 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
This is the best Sentinel/SGA fusion that I have ever read and i have read quite a few. i sure hope u write more in this universe. I am a huge fan of your writing it is great and your characters development is exceptional. Keep the stories coming.
Diversam
February 19, 2009 at 9:00 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Rodney and John what a stellar Sentinel pair. And your secondary combinations WOW! Any story that contains Vala, Lorne, and Daniel rules.
azmari
February 20, 2009 at 1:28 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
This is my fave sentinel/sga story. I’ve reread it several times and I love it more. Can’t wait for more in this ‘verse.
Janessa
March 11, 2009 at 6:28 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Okay, I have to admit that I’ve never seen anything from the sentinel series, but I’ve looked up enough info on line to basically figure out what’s going on if there’s ever a crossover fic that I come across…I also have to admit that this is my FAVE sentinel/SGA fic EVER! I love your style of writing. You’ve got me hooked on this and I can’t wait for more..well I COULD I’m just going to be impatient about it and then squeal like a little school girl whenever you finally post more. ^_^ It’ll be entertaining for my son at the very least.
So really basically I’m saying Thank-you for being made of awesomeness!
Shaz
April 1, 2009 at 10:25 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Just finished this again as I had insomenia as I wanted a fresh comarrision to The Awakinging uni and after rereading I would definately say they hare differnt universes sort of half way between Canon SGA and Sentinels of Altantis.
In this one Sentinels seem to the a creation of the Ancients and all Sentinel and Guides have the Gene and interact with the Chair.
As Awakening is clsoer to Canon it is entirely possble the Sentinel genes have nothing to do with the Ancient Gene, thise with the ATA are decended from the Ancients who came back but they woudd alsi by default be descended from humans so it is very possible in the Awakening Universe for a person to have both the ATA and the Sentinel or Guide Genes the ATA fom their Alteran ancestors and the Sentinel/Gude from their human ancestors this of cause mean in te Awakening Stargate universe you would have ATA by itself, Sentinel/Guide by themself and the convergence the Seninel or Guide with the ATA, the ATA could be the trigger for the evolution of the sixt sense to the next stage after all the Alteran were close to Assenion when they came back to Earth they already had many of the sensory gifts just from their advance evolution during the plague era in the milky way as shown by the woman they found in the Ice the intraction fo the two different genetic evolutions would be unexpected as it would be the combination first an second evlution gentics into something new a hybrid strain that could possbly be stronger than both parents then add Carson ATA therapy tp the Pure Human strand and god knows what the result would be possibly a synthic thirds strand that could breed true thile the natral hybrids
Well have fun contemplatiing my off the wall theories hopefor more stories of any sort soon
shaz
jstreader
June 8, 2009 at 7:34 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Hi…just a thought. Do you think you could write a sort-of side story about how Mitchell and Vala met? I think it might be pretty neat.
moonjean2009
June 22, 2009 at 11:23 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I can’t wait to read it. I absolutely loved that series.
Thank you for taking the time to share your writings,
Sammie
marli
June 23, 2009 at 1:48 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
sound very good, i can’t wait for read you.
Thanks to share your world again ma chère.
Kat
June 23, 2009 at 2:05 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Will it be up-date Wednesday morning, afternoon, or night?
Keira Marcos
June 23, 2009 at 3:47 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I honestly (really) have no idea. I hope to do it before I go to bed on Tuesday.
Billie
August 16, 2009 at 6:56 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Just found this and love, love, love it. I know I am very, very dumb, but I can’t figure out how to register for your site. It is great and I would love to get updates.
Thanks so much,
BB
Keira Marcos
August 16, 2009 at 9:41 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
You can join my Yahoo newsletter- there is a link to it on the side.
chrisking2005
June 23, 2009 at 3:43 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
*sheepish grin*
Okay, I promise to behave.
*drools over the massive teaser that is your update*
*counts the hours until Wednesday*
DiverSam
June 23, 2009 at 8:53 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Oh wow. What a wonderful present. You constantly amaze me with your writing> I plan on a relaxing day of reading tomorrow.
djaddict
June 23, 2009 at 10:01 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Whoo Hoo!!!!!
I am sooooo excited to see that you will be writing more in this series. I enjoyed the first one and to find out there are a lot more planned… well that’s just great news.
Lee
June 23, 2009 at 3:54 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Looks everyone was rereading the 1st part in prep for Wed’s update!! That’s all I’ve done at work today. Still a great story and my expectations are high but I know you can (and will) exceed them.
Sivrbld747
June 23, 2009 at 7:30 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
OMG, laughs delightedly, just reading the summaries is enough to get me all intrigued, and excited. I love your creative mix of these two series, and am looking forward to these stories. I have always thought the Sentinel was a great crossover vehicle with almost most any other fandom. You have taken that theory to the next level, and created something new and wonderful. Bounces excitedly, and waits patiently. Thank you. -SB
Laura
June 24, 2009 at 1:51 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Loved the latest addition to the series and I am very interested in the episodes that you have summaries listed for. Can’t wait to see more of your fascinating stories.
mad1zel
June 25, 2009 at 5:40 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
more please again wow awesome
moonfall
July 1, 2009 at 1:14 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I think I love you! OMG! *bouncing in anticipation* at those awesome angsty, h/c’y teasers!
Levi
July 1, 2009 at 8:45 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I just want to say thank you so much for all the effort and time you put into writing these fanfictions. I love the Sentinels of Atlantis series. I love how it feels like I’m watching the tv show because you post one like every week and you have the previews for the next ones already up. Just wanted to say thank you so much again for the Sentinels of Atlantis and the What Might Have Been series. You are totally made of win.
hewlettluver
July 6, 2009 at 8:45 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
i just love your stories you seem to have brought all your characters to life and not just in this series i really envy that talent you’ve got just fantastic can’t wait for the next chapter
hewlettluver
July 6, 2009 at 8:55 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I love this series in fact I love all your stories you seem to to be able to bring all your characters to life main and secondary its a enviable talent I can;t wait for the next chapter to see how John & Rodney deal with the wraith keep up the good work
claire
July 15, 2009 at 11:06 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Thanks for another intriguing chapter. Can’t wait for more.
Will there be more episodes than the ones already listed? Yeah, I’m just greedy like that, sorry. :0)
Keira Marcos
July 15, 2009 at 11:18 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I haven’t planned my “second” season yet– that’s just the first set of stories. I sort of see this series as “on going” because I don’t have any huge plot arcs planned for it
entish-fan
July 19, 2009 at 11:48 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I just want to say WOW, I love this series! I am in awe with how you write so many characters with so much depth! John and Rodney are always my very favorite paring, but I so love the interactions between the other Sentinel and Guide pairs too!
All I can say is THANK YOU for sharing your talent.
Paula
July 30, 2009 at 8:29 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I just have to say that I love this story, and the rest of your writing too, especially “What Might Have Been.” You do a superb job of making the characters come alive, especially the original ones, and giving them each a “voice” that is real. Thanks for sharing and keep it coming!!!
Levi
July 31, 2009 at 7:44 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I was watching episodes of The Sentinel on Syfy(I really hate that they had to dumb down the spelling)yesterday and I was shocked to see some Atlantis cast. Major Kawolsky and Major Lorne playing villains. I laughed so much. Just thought I’d share.
Levi
August 6, 2009 at 10:14 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I love that you added more stories. I’ve always had a soft spot for Zelenka and I’m really glad that you have a story summary that makes him even more awesome.
Chris King
August 18, 2009 at 4:31 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Okay, I really do understand all about the dateline…
I’ve been living on the other side of the planet for a decade. I can read the world clock like a champ, and yeah, I really do get the fact that Oz is pretty much the Land of Tomorrow.
This does not, however, prevent me from wistfully hitting the ‘refresh’ button – just in case – on Update Wednesdays, even if it’s just barely sun up on *my* Wednesday… ’cause you know you’re Just That Good.
And I’m thoroughly and shamelessly addicted to Keira!fic.
Teresa
September 24, 2009 at 9:11 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I love your fic. I wanted to take a moment to tell you how wonderful it is. I was heartbroken for you when your hard drive crashed. *tear* I, like many others I am sure, are waiting patiently for your next installment. Please know that reading your stories has given me hours and hours of pleasure. I have re-read most of it. I am guessing that it may be a while until the next update because of the crash.
Oh and I can’t tell you how excited I am that you are posting something in the “Coming Home” world. I am really super excited to read that, as I love all of Xanthe’s stuff.
Rosie
September 28, 2009 at 9:43 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Yummy Yummy Yummy. I’m loving this fic!
Oh and… lol, running out of September!!!
Keira Marcos
September 28, 2009 at 8:25 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I know– September is a VERY short month.
Stormraven
October 1, 2009 at 5:34 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Darn, December can’t come soon enough. But with the holiday seasons going into full swing soon, the time will pass by fast and December will be staring us in the face before we know it. Your fics are worth the wait and eagerly looking forward to chapter 8.
chrisking2005
October 7, 2009 at 6:38 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Oh, hurray!
There’s an update date!
*blinks*
*blithers*
*scampers off to re-read*
Tawariel
October 23, 2009 at 7:03 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
This story was recommended on SG1 to Cascade and I love it so far. Even though I promised myself I would never read a WIP again.
Great Work, thanks for sharing.
Tawariel
Keira Marcos
October 23, 2009 at 7:09 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Well it’s not really a WIP– it’s a series of short stories and novellas. LOL. So– ya know.
AmyCat =^.^=
December 17, 2009 at 6:36 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
“This story was recommended on SG1 to Cascade and I love it so far. Even though I promised myself I would never read a WIP again.
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Same here… but here I am, happily following “Sentinels of Atlantis” and “What Might Have Been”. Twist my arm, make me re-read the series every time you post a new episode…
Dawn
November 13, 2009 at 6:03 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Is it December yet?!! ^_~ I adore this series. Been a huge fan of the Sentinel, so it was really easy to fall in love w/ those same dynamics portrayed in the SGA Universe. Looking forward to the next episode. Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful works of ficton! Cheers.
Tawariel
November 22, 2009 at 3:46 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Can I second the post above me?
8 more days to go until December…
Ilona
November 27, 2009 at 5:56 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
O Keira, i’m so hooked on your stories! I love John and Rodney together like that. Love all the others too. Can’t wait for December. Not so long anymore…
Diva0789(Michelle)
December 1, 2009 at 5:35 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
woot woot…december!
Stormraven
December 4, 2009 at 2:25 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Hear! Hear!
chrisking2005
December 6, 2009 at 4:14 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
*proceeds to engage in the Official Geriatric Fangirl Chairdance of Anticipatory Glee*
Yay! It’s December! And all I want for Christmas is another part in ‘Ties That Bind’ and ‘Sentinels of Atlantis’!
*waves my pom poms*
WMHB is my first love, and I’ll wait (sort of) patiently (or at least I’ll make an effort to *appear* patient) until you hatch Ring of Fire.
Yes, your fic is worth the wait!
*goes back to doing a slightly more genteel version of the December celebratory jig*
meikitsune
December 10, 2009 at 7:12 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Holy smokes! I found something you’ve written that I haven’t read (I don’t think I have, but it’s too early in the morning for me to know for sure)
This is a problem! *reads <3*
Amanda
December 12, 2009 at 8:06 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
thank you for the major amounts of eye candy in the character list and all the great fic you’ve been posting the last year.
iadorespike
December 12, 2009 at 9:42 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Love the pictures…but if I’m reading this right then Elizabeth is (of will be?) a Sentinel?! Oh wow! She’s going to freak!
But. No Laura & Aiden pics. *is sad*
Thanks so much!!
Keira Marcos
December 12, 2009 at 11:26 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Dude! I knew I was forgetting someone. LOL. Thanks!
rellan
December 13, 2009 at 12:41 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I look at this page and just go RAWR!
fanarts_series
December 13, 2009 at 4:29 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
yummie the cast.
I love JR Bourne, with his white, so white teeths lol.
It’s a very lovely cast, gorgeous and sexy, make envy to see a movie with them.
AJ
December 14, 2009 at 12:48 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
OH MY GOD!!!
YOU ARE SO MADE OF AWESOME!
I didn’t think you’d update again so soon… I am (as I’m sure you’ve noticed, flippin bouncing off the walls!) THANK YOU!
I’m going to go read now.
@floats away on happy fan girl glee@
purrfus
December 15, 2009 at 12:27 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Love the pictures. And your choice of J. R. Bourne for Simon Wallace. Sanford never really clicked for me, and certainly doesn’t deserve the Elizabeth you’ve created.
ribbon_purple
December 20, 2009 at 12:52 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I love when you put these pic pages together.
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Keira Marcos
December 20, 2009 at 2:18 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I’ll be adding two more pics to this series with the next installment
fanarts_series
December 27, 2009 at 5:30 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
the adding is gorgeous, seriously this pairing is hot and feral, honey skin and lovely eyes.
thanks for make us dream.
MG
December 27, 2009 at 8:36 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I just read the latest story and had to check for pictures to see who you added. You made my day when I saw Who you chose to be Tyre. Marc is a fav of mine and I watch anything with him in it. I love all your stories and this was just icing on the cake. Can’t wait to read more.
K-lee
December 28, 2009 at 7:05 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
OK, I am trying to figure this out.
Major Anne Teldy and Dr. Allison Porter are listed as a sentinal and guide pair on this page and I can’t remember reading about them in this series. Seeing as the expedition has already left earth, they can’t be part of the initial group. Teldy can’t be one of the three sentinals that Keller identified because they are Weir, Bates, and Stachhouse. In The Runner, Rodney mentioned needing Daniel to figure out Sateda. Does that mean that the Daetelus (or other ship) will bring Daniel and Sam out along with more people that will include Teldy and Porter?
I am really enjoying this as well as all of your other writing. Thank-you.
Keira Marcos
December 28, 2009 at 7:10 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Teldy is mentioned briefly by a Marine in one of the episodes– and yes she’ll be joining the Atlantis expedition in a future episode. I just went ahead and put up their pictures so i wouldn’t have to do it later.
K-lee
December 28, 2009 at 8:18 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
cool, thanks.
I eargerly await any updates.
RavynOwl
January 4, 2010 at 2:12 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Is there any chance of Matt Sheppard joining the story? He’s a very enjoyable character, and JA is very drool worthy! *checks chin*
Keira Marcos
January 4, 2010 at 8:34 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
John’s family will eventually make an appearance in this series. So, yes.
Meredith
January 5, 2010 at 4:19 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
When are you posting the next episode? I’ve been re-reading like mad just to keep myself occupied while we wait.
Irina
January 7, 2010 at 4:29 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I slowly made my way again through the entire series and now I have a question. If Sentinels and Guides are originally from Sateda, what about Vala’s world? I remember Rodney telling John she was the first Guide they found outside Earth. But later Vala tells Parish that on her world, Guides choose their Sentinels, as opposed to what happen on Earth, so she’s not unique. Can you give me some backround about Vala’s world, if possible, please?
Keira Marcos
January 8, 2010 at 3:51 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
The Ancients brought them back to Earth and from there they spread out over the Milky Way Galaxy but Goa’uld oppression kept the Sentinel/Guide genes latent on many worlds. Vala was the first Guide they found but she wasn’t the last– through her they were able to connect with an entire underworld of Sentinel/Guide pairs in the Milky Way but I never really discussed that in the story because it didn’t further the plot of the Atlantis angle.
AJ
January 8, 2010 at 7:42 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
That is a really interesting possibility, but couldn’t we assume that the Tok’ra would have, at least peripherally, heard about this underground in some way? And if they had, wouldn’t Sam have already known about them? Or was running into Vala more of an accumulation of what they knew was out there?
(I swear I’m not a deranged fan needing every little thing laid out, but I liked that idea and it twisted in my head a bit.)
Keira Marcos
January 8, 2010 at 8:03 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Well in this AU Sam was never a Tok’ra host and Vala was never a host either. Though I haven’t mentioned it so far– the Goa’uld/Tok’ra can’t use Sentinels or Guides as hosts. It’s one reason they worked so hard to never come to the attention of the Goa’uld. Also, in this AU– they found Vala very early on, Cameron Mitchell has been with the Stargate program in the mountain since before the Anubis attack because he’s a Sentinel.
In canon– they don’t actually meet Vala until after the Atlantis expedition is in Pegasus (she takes Daniel hostage when he’s on his way to Atlantis with George Hammond on the Prometheus).
As I said when I first started this particular series– it’s AU in a great many ways and I played with timelines, character ages and everything else I could think of without shame.
BillieBog
January 10, 2010 at 8:33 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Can’t wait for an update to any of your fics. Love them. Just an idea, I just watched “The Shrine”. It is a great episode and I kept seeing the characters with the background and relationships in this AU and in “Ties that Bind”. I usually don’t make plot suggestions, but this was such a great episode and would fit so well with your stories.
Hope things are going well and am waiting impatiently for whatever comes next.
BB
Irina
January 8, 2010 at 12:53 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Thanks. Maybe someday if you’ll write SG1 fics – this is a yummy plot. I can still hope you’ll find somewhere Chris’ dilatation time field, right?
Annika
January 11, 2010 at 4:47 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I’ve just been re-reading your “sentinels of Atlantis” series, and as all the times before it has been captivating. I enjoy your story-telling. For curiosity’s sake: in the “Legacy” you offer a conversation between Mitchell and Bates on the topic of the latency of his sentinel gifts. Everytime you call Bates by his first name “Dean” I flash onto “Supernatural” and one of my most favorite characters “Dean Winchester”. And I had the sudden thought: what if the brothers Winchester were Sentinel and Guide, and what if they somehow found their way into your ‘verse? Please: Yes?
Thank you for writing so many wonderful stories.
Keira Marcos
January 11, 2010 at 9:24 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Since in this universe — Sentinel/Guides must have a sexual bond to have a truly healthy relationship– I couldn’t add a pairing like this. I don’t read or write incest. It just really pretty aweful to me.
Giggles149
January 16, 2010 at 10:32 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
yeah, I second that. It makes it very difficult to really read much in the Numb3rs or Supernatural fandom, because quite a few people don’t even warn about that sort of thing.
justalurkr
January 17, 2010 at 11:02 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Given the genetic component for Sentinels and Guides you’ve built into the story and the number of Sentinels and Guides you have coming from families of same, it actually makes sense that there would be as strong a non-sexual bond between siblings as there is a sexual bond between unrelated pairs. The Ancients would have been canny enough to build a eugenic bar into the Sentinel/Guide gene suite that allowed for bonded sibling pairs.
Translation: I don’t like Wincest either, but can totally see the Winchester brothers as a non-sexually bonded pair of Sentinel/Guide hunters.
Keira Marcos
January 17, 2010 at 11:10 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
It still squicks me– I really can’t see siblings being bonded as Sentinel/Guide.
justalurkr
January 17, 2010 at 12:54 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Understandable and understood.
This is a really amazing AU you’ve got going. I just read all 12 parts in the last 36 hours and am completely blown away. I’m going to assume Jim and Blair are *not* read in on the Stargate program, or Jim would have to tie Blair to a bedpost to keep him from exercising his considerable curiosity about how Sentinels interact with extraterrestrial territories. The description early on as Blair as the Alpha Guide of North America tickled me silly.
Annika
January 11, 2010 at 5:20 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Sorry. That story idea doesn’t let go. Just to spin it a bit further: the Winchester brothers are sentinel and guide to each other. What if Dean came online as a guide really early to take care of his younger brother; but nobody knows or realizes or cares. Their father ignoring that possibility in his quest to avenge the death of his wife. Because they are travelling so much they escape government testing and -notice. They grow up pretty much as we know, except when Sam’s sentinel gifts start to emerge when he’s eighteen. That might be why he is always arguing with his father… The brothers are suddenly confronted with this situation and now have to somehow deal. For a reason I can’t imagine they are within the group sent to Atlantis by Earth – and their unique knowledge becomes necessary.
Perhaps this idea grabs you and you’ve got to write it?
samsas
January 25, 2010 at 9:11 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Good Morning,
Your story was recommended on a yahoo group I belong to called Imaginings. Are you thinking of crossing this stories to other shows?
If so may I recommend BTVS as I can see Xander Harris being an unfound Guide. As he seems to always be there to help guide Buffy, Willow, Angel and Faith on the right path no matter the price that has to be paid or the way they treat him.
Dharte
February 19, 2010 at 5:18 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I love this story… I enjoy your story-telling…. i hope the next chapter is comming soon…
Nati_A
March 3, 2010 at 9:58 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I hope they find a group of Satedan kids somewhere (maybe with a Protector/Keeper of sorts.). Like hiddin with Keras and company or something. I would love to see John with a bunch of online kids running around. Would be nice Pride conflict if the kids came with their own Alpha Prime. I can see him being so clueless with kids underfoot, but trying so hard.
I’m lovin this series. Hope you’re feelung well and have many more episides planned.
Posted from my iPhone
fanarts_series
March 22, 2010 at 12:39 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I’m making my first art for sentinel right now, i’m excited to play with them !!!
I have a resquest, if someones have some pics of Tobias Mehler, can you sent its to me, thanks.
fanarts_series
March 22, 2010 at 5:09 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Keira, check your email, you have the first art posted !
fanarts_series
March 23, 2010 at 10:17 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Keira, luv, i’m going to post again.
fanarts_series
March 24, 2010 at 5:03 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Keira it’s me again, i’m going to check a thing for my art and posted in the hour.
Sanna
March 24, 2010 at 8:26 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
*Comes out of lurking*
To think that I have been following this series for almost two years, and never commented even once. *headslaps self*
I just want to say that I love your stories, and especially the Sentinels of Atlantis. I always look forward to the next part of the series, and I seriously think that this is one of the best AU/crossover stories I’ve ever read. And even though I’ve never even watched The Sentinel, I love how you’ve adopted the sentinel/guide theme and put your own twist to it, making it your own in a way.
I also think it’s obvious of how much thought you put in your stories. I love how detailed they are – it really gives them depth, and I love your take on the canon characters.
Please, never let this series come to an end.
Melissa
March 24, 2010 at 8:00 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Hey Keira! Got a question for ya. I wanna do some art of some of your other couples but can’t find any good pics of Jonathan Young….. Or any at all really. Can you point me in the right direction please?
Keira Marcos
March 25, 2010 at 12:22 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I always use Google Images– I think you mean Jonathan Rhys Meyers right?
http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&rls=ig&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=jonathan+rhys+meyers+&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&start=0
Melissa
March 25, 2010 at 9:59 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
No, not for him. Silly, he’s not even in SoA. No I would like to do a Cadman/Ford a Zalenka/Parrish, but I can’t find any good pics of Parrish, and I know a couple of his other roles, but it’s not really helping. *Sigh*
Have I mentioned that I absolutely love this series? Thanks.
Keira Marcos
March 25, 2010 at 11:36 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
OH. well shit. Did you check the Stargate sites? LOL.
Melissa
March 25, 2010 at 12:26 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I did, and I’m not having any luck. *shakes head in disappointment* I’ll just have to keep looking.
Off to do the other ones I wanna make.
fanarts_series
March 25, 2010 at 12:38 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
For Cadman i check with google the actrice has a good site where there’s a lot of pics
http://jaimeraynewman.org/
http://jaimeraynewman.info/
Ford it’s more easy like for Zelenka, you can pic on the gateworld site.
For Jonathan Young (parrish) think to check the sites about sanctuary, there’s a lot of pics of him in the role of Tesla. But pay attention it’s Jonathon Young not Jonathan, i see that yesterday when i searched some pics.
Hope it’s can help you, so if you make arts of them, i concentrate in Tyre/Peter and Bates/Grahams.
DhAWK
March 27, 2010 at 3:08 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
ya know…. i really can’t see rodney as a wolf… (note… i’ve reread this story so many times now it hurts) ….i mean i kinda think more like a… a…. oh! a lion maybe? Because you could have the feline self dependant sorta thing, coupled with the need of having a pride to boss around. And the stocky build of a lion fits…. i dunno… i just kinda liked getting away from the original pirt animals. but then again, i nit pick! haha.
Keira Marcos
March 27, 2010 at 7:58 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
LOL.
samsas
April 1, 2010 at 6:49 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Great update, I have been hooked on this series since it was first recommended to me. I hope to see more posted soon!
fanarts_series
April 16, 2010 at 3:21 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Keira honey, check your email box, surprise, surprise….
hab318princess
April 24, 2010 at 8:16 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I had to wikipedia The Sentinel… and got utterly hooked on this… wonderful, love the various relationships
sati
May 16, 2010 at 6:20 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Oh my!
I have read all your stand alones, ties that bind and sentinels of atlantis… THIS WEEKEND! From yesterday morning to now. and in that time, i slept for 8 hours and left the house for 5 hours or so.
So, yeah, hooked. Oh please tell me there will be more! Your characterizations are effin’ awesome and the characters and worlds you’ve created are so real and well developed.
Thank you.
Becca
May 16, 2010 at 7:15 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I’ve never seen anything Sentinel related. Have read a few fics that were based on it but this was the best. I really do love it. Now I wait patiently for updates on Ties that Bind, Sentinels of Atlantis, and Tangled Destinies…and anything else you post.
fanarts_series
May 25, 2010 at 2:07 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Keira, dear, have you received the new art ? even if it’s not for now to post.
omry
May 27, 2010 at 4:37 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
just a Q I just thought of. John said that a Sentinel Can’t respond sexually to anyone other his Guide. Ronon said he had a wife after he bonded with his Guide. how?
Keira Marcos
May 27, 2010 at 6:22 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Sam Carter and Daniel Jackson had a platonic bond for years and enjoyed outside partners.
Whether or not John can have a sexual response to someone besides his Guide is up for debate but in this verse Sentinels definitely aren’t interested in each other sexually. It would be on some instinctual level– incestuous to them.
omry
May 28, 2010 at 10:44 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
my Q was not about John/Ronon, but how was Ronon able to get it up for his wife if he could not respond sexually to her?
Keira Marcos
May 28, 2010 at 3:54 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
His wife wasn’t a Sentinel.
John was speaking to Elizabeth–saying he couldn’t respond to her sexually. It was about Elizabeth being another Sentinel.
omry
May 28, 2010 at 4:03 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Ow, that explanes it. so… When’s the next one?;)
justalurkr
May 28, 2010 at 7:17 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
My best recollection of the “sexual response” q&a is that it concerned whether Guides could respond to others and that Vala indicated (in general) yes, but it wasn’t good for the Sentinel and (in particular) she found the idea distasteful.
I assumed that Satedan Sentinels required to take a mate in order to propagate their kind just lay back and thought of their Guides, and that John was disinclined to respond sexually to anyone but Rodney. It never crossed my mind that you’d removed the potential for an Alex Barnes clusterbomb in this universe by making Sentinels not respond that way to each other, but I find I like the idea quite a lot.
dkvj
May 29, 2010 at 10:56 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Absolutely wonderful. I have loved this fic for a while (two years?) and have eagerly awaited every updated. Is it truly ended? While I sincerely hope not, if it is I will just have to wait for whatever you will do next. I love your writing which, while not following canon or characterization, is completely fantastic. You are so creative and talented–thank you for sharing that with us!
Keira Marcos
May 29, 2010 at 5:07 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
There is a novel length follow up to the series in the works but I do consider this series finished.Forgive the original answer– I was speaking of another series. Yes, I have a LOT planned for this series and it is not done. (blush)
iadorespike
May 30, 2010 at 1:44 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Oh? I thought that this was going to be ongoing in episodes and seasons. As in, this set of episodes are part of the first season and then it would continue in the second season. Was I mistaken, then?
*sigh*
Keira Marcos
May 30, 2010 at 2:41 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
No- you’re right. That was my bad.I had a brain spaz and thought she was asking about What Might Have Been
Billie
May 30, 2010 at 11:56 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I saw the original comment in my e-mail late, late last night and panicked. Had the world changed??
So glad to see it was a typo–cannot wait for the next chapter.
As I have said many, many times, love your work.
Billie
Valerie
June 8, 2010 at 8:13 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I am in the process of rereading this series for the third time. It is absolutely fabulous!
I look forward to more updates. After I finish here I’m off to reread WMHB for the fourth time!
Thank you for sharing your wonderful gift!
EmruasCat
June 14, 2010 at 2:41 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
So from your hints in “The Tempest,” Patrick Shephard and Jack O’Neill will be paired together. Can we see pics under the character listing? Do you see the same actor for Patrick as you do in What Might Have Been? Also, can we see pics of Jim ‘n’ Blair, just cuz you were awesome and included them in this fic? I know you have some posted under “The Awakening,” but I’m personally selfish and wanna see more
Cassie
June 23, 2010 at 6:05 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
You know, I have to blame my sister for this. She’s the one that got me into this. I started reading everything on your site, but so far I’ve just focused on the big things. I could say I hate you, but that would be a lie, because I definitely don’t.
So, this isn’t over, right? Because if you left me hanging on Patty/Jackie, I’m going to kill you. No-sorry. I have a problem with threatening really good authors. It just goes to show you how good you are. *cheeky grin*
I have to say that this is my favorite. I don’t know why, but it must be because of the crossover-ish thing this is. It can’t help that I didn’t rest until I finished this. Not even for bathroom breaks. *winces* Was that a little too much? Gosh, I’m so insensitive.
Anyway, um, I like Chuck. But I’ve got a question. Is he like sensitive or was it just the Wraith that caused him to be all weird-like?
Also, did the gene really skip Patty like they all think? No, I shouldn’t ask that. No author I know is willing to part with plot line thingies. By the way, I did not just say thingies.
A little brain-dead from reading something so awesome it blown my mind,
Cassie
iamaslashaddict
July 6, 2010 at 5:20 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
*Squeeee!!*
Ryan Reynolds and James McAvoy are just delicious, i’ve always had an affinity for them so you casting them in your series is just spectacular! And pairing Matt with Chase Harris AKA Chris Pine… *drools* Yeah, that’s just yummyness all around!
Can’t wait until the next part and hope you had a good 4th of July.
Janet
July 6, 2010 at 7:25 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I love the new pictures. Thank you for putting them up.
My question is about Sentinel and Guide reproduction. Since most of the pairs are same sex, does the Council have a surogate program to keep the genes in the population? Especially the very strong ones, or are they trusting in siblings providing the next generation of Sentinels and Guides like David having Andy?
Keira Marcos
July 6, 2010 at 7:30 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Most families that produce Sentinels and Guides also produce those (like David) who carry the genes to pass them along to children. There are no official programs but John and Rodney both will be encouraged to have children eventually through artificial means.
fanarts_series
July 6, 2010 at 8:27 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Seriously…
Matt and Chase … Thinking of them together… can i have an orgasm or at least some valium to calm myself.
And the cast of Marius and Bastien is gorgeous.
Well done.
Chris King
July 7, 2010 at 3:09 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Chase Harris and Matthew Sheppard?
I think that much pretty in one bed would probably break my brain… but only in the very best way.
You already know how I feel about O’Neill and Patrick Sheppard. I adore your Patricks, and once again you make me believe in a pairing I never would have imagined.
*flails happily*
Alwaysand
July 8, 2010 at 10:58 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
The new pictures are beautiful. My problem is that I have an incredibly hard time trying to get past Jensen Ackles mouth. And his eyes do me in. So while I did look at the new pictures and enjoyed them, my scrollbar kept sliding right back up to gaze in happiness.
weebeanie
July 10, 2010 at 5:35 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Patrick and Jack!
Chase and Matthew!
There are no words for how much I love this series and these pairings.
I need to go back and stare at pics again now…
Erin
July 13, 2010 at 6:44 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Have anyone in mind for Andy?
Keira Marcos
July 13, 2010 at 8:53 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
As a Guide? Yep.
Melissa
July 13, 2010 at 8:56 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I think they meant an actor, honey. *grins*
Keira Marcos
July 13, 2010 at 8:59 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
OH. LMAO.
OOps.
Actually– no –not really. I don’t know a lot of “child” actors and I wouldn’t be comfortable putting a picture of a kid that small on my site with all of the adult content.
Melissa
July 13, 2010 at 9:19 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Hmmm… I see your conundrum…. I’d happily volunteer the use of one of my 6 year olds (Twins, and no they’re not identical) but that would defeat the purpose huh?
Keira Marcos
July 13, 2010 at 9:38 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Right.
Indus
July 21, 2010 at 1:42 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Hmm, I have a question- are you planning to bring mini me (Jack’s clone) into the picture, and if so will you use Michael Welch?
By the way, just wanted to express my love for this series. I hope you haven’t read my other comments as criticism- they really were meant as a compliment in that your story brought me so into your world that I was debating John alongside Elizabeth as if it were all real… I do love your writing and your story-telling, and I’m so glad you share it!
Keira Marcos
July 21, 2010 at 2:11 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I won’t use Michael Welch– as a grown up he’s not a great fit for character anymore. I have cast Jack’s clone in Lantean Legacy (my new series) and I used Chace Crawford.
As for his appearance in this series–I don’t like to answer “plot” questions about on-going series.
PS- I don’t post comments that insult me. LOL.
Indus
July 21, 2010 at 8:36 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Chace Crawford… interesting. Can’t wait to read that. I love to have a face to OCs, it makes both the angsty and the naughty bits so much clearer.
As for the plot question- I totally understand!
One last question- I went back and re-read your series, and I’m sort of wondering about David. You have John’s father and Matt up there, but no David, even though I’m guessing you’re going to use the same actor who actually played him in SGA and who you’ve used in other series. Is that because the only people you really have in there are Sentinels (Teal’c isn’t there either) and Guides? Or do you have someone else in mind for him?
Also i went back and re-read but because of finals I’m sort of skimming so if I missed this please feel free to just tell me to go back and read- I don’t think I’ve read anything about Andy’s mother. Something I read made me think she was dead, so I suppose I’m referring more to her genes. John’s early and strong activation seems tied in part to his genealogy so Andy’s might be too. Was Andy’s mother a guide or sentinel?
Keira Marcos
July 22, 2010 at 1:35 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Andy’s mother was neither and she isn’t dead. It will come into play later. (unintentional plot question)
I don’t have a picture of David up because I haven’t “paired” him. That’s crazy, huh? I’m not sure what I’m going to do with him at this point.
Dennie
July 27, 2010 at 2:35 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Thanks for answering those questions. I guess in my mind I had killed off Andy’s mom, too.
fanarts_series
July 27, 2010 at 11:00 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
hummm Misha Collins… lol
Misha and Dylan…..
I’m going to have my ass spanked…. Come, queen, catch me….
serinianfire
July 29, 2010 at 8:14 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
This series is SO AWESOME! I’ve read The Gathering dozens of times and each time I love it more. It was only recently while I was browsing your other works that I realized that you had all of these additional episodes within the Sentinel/Guide crossover universe. I was positively thrilled! They are just as fun and quirky as the first story in the series and I love each and every one of them! You are an amazing writer and I am very happy to have opportunity to read your work! I will be anxiously waiting to see what happens next to these wonderful characters!
Keep up the great writing!
Meredith
August 1, 2010 at 2:30 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Hey Keira, I know I haven’t commented in a while but I’ve been cut off from the Internet for the past 3 weeks and have just recently read your three latest posts (I squeed through all three, fucking AMAZING job by the way), and now I’m re-readings Sentinels of Atlantis. I have a question, I should have asked this when you had the q&a session for SoA but I forgot: How old are all the characters? I know Rodney is the 32 (and I assume John is around that age), Keller is 25 (I think), and that Patrick and Jack are in their 50s, but beyond that I have no clue. Could you clarify that for me please?
Keira Marcos
August 1, 2010 at 3:13 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I try not to put ages on my characters if I can avoid it because eventually I will fuck it up especially in a series this large.
Meredith
August 1, 2010 at 3:57 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
That makes sense. So should I just assume that most everyone is late 20s, early 30s?
Meredith
August 1, 2010 at 3:59 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Not including people who are obviously older (like Jack) or younger (like Andy).
Andy
August 4, 2010 at 3:39 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I really love your fics. I love that even your OCs in the background are fully fleshed out people. I know you don’t want ideas for further along in one of your series but how about a suggestion for another series?
I would love to read an Stargate story about how differently things would have gone if a Sentinel and Guide pair had been part of SG-1.
Shengyang Vang
August 20, 2010 at 9:40 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
HOLY MOTHER OF POPCORN.
I had fallen and fallen hard. Like a falling rock into a thousand miles abyss. When I first discover episode 1, I was like “eh? What’s the harm?” Oh boy, how naive was I. The first sentence hook and drag me fast like I was in a five mile horse race before I was even sure it was something I like to be aware of. Then baits kept popping up EVERYWHERE. NO matter where it was, I couldn’t stop myself from seeing it. More addicting than drugs, I tell you. Then episode 1 ended and then there was part 2. Then part three. Then part four and so on and my story goes on. But then guess what, my too excited brain decided that I had too much fun and shut down my thought process and conscious and I didn’t get to finish. Soon after, I was bombed with work like Germany did to England. But that was over after years of torture and here I happen to be strolling before a seductress push me into a alcove and and made me insane with lust. Lust to discover just what is going on. After a mad hour of going through the abyss once more, I found myself here at the end of this light and I was like, “WHATS? THAT’S IT?” and so I just had to do something about it and well, here I am, doing something about it.
I love everyone. Even the villains because without them, then what is this whole plot is about? There would be no drama and without that, who is ever going to be lured at all. I don’t care much about the original story behind all this because it just too much work. And because I love this one much more. MUCH MUCH MORE. More than I can ever say. Anyway, every sentinels and guides has earn a deep hole in my heart. Let’s not forget even the mundanes. I just positively adore them.
I dare not question a thing about anything because that would just ruin my fun. I mean, if some major players are missing, just assume that somehow they don’t exist as of now or that they will soon be coming to play. By questioning things and seeking answer, the joy and wonder of discovering these kind of thing wouldn’t exist and where would we be then. On a stupid plain and that is just inexcusable, so as of now, I will bask in my knowledge, or lack of, anything and just let things flow as it might. You can’t stop a raging river while a storm is happening. Sure you can dam in but that take times and well, time. plus determination because hello, a storm is still going on and that guaranteed rain and flashes and flood and mud and all the uckys.
Anyway, now that I had completely wonder off what I was originally saying, I just have to say some more things like this. “Fantastic job. Keep it going. If you start something else, then YAY! Love the work. Love the art. Love every f*@#$$% thing that has happen so far. But most of all, I crave the sex. And the humor. And the angst too, if I was to be honest. Maybe the love, not cross that maybe and put a definitely there. Just everything is perfect in its own imperfection way.” I don’t make sense at all, do I?
Lyn
August 21, 2010 at 12:19 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I really want to read this because I have this love affair going on with your work, but I know NOTHING about Sentinel. Is it needed for me to know, or is it explained what everything is?
Keira Marcos
August 21, 2010 at 12:31 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I want to say that I’ve written an AU where everything is explained to you. A lot of my readers have read both this series and my Sentinel fic without ever watching a single episode of The Sentinel.
What I would say is that you need to know this: Sentinels (most) have 5 advanced senses and they need a Guide (in this AU) to remain healthy and productive while they use those senses. Feel free to ask questions if you get lost along the way. I’m happy to answer them.
Heidi
August 28, 2010 at 4:32 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I hope you post your cast picture of David on here soon… I’ll admit to wanting a hint at who his guide will be based on your casting.
Keira Marcos
August 28, 2010 at 4:34 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Yeah, that could be the reason there is no cast picture of him up
fanarts_series
August 28, 2010 at 5:04 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Keira, you try to kill my brain, because, NOW i search the guide of David in your whole verses, make me crazy. I try to read your mind but the atlantic is a block minding.
Miko…..A Declan, a scot doc with blue eyes……So much possibity. Crazy i say….
Mi
September 23, 2010 at 8:35 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I’ve have a question, if you don’t mind, concerning distances. I hope it makes sense, because I have problems conveying my thoughts in English.
You said in “The Gathering” that the distance of 50 million light years is a save bet of separating John and Rodney. Granted Parrish said to John that it was 50 million light years and he’s a botanist so … ya know
(I believe it would have taken 10 ZPMs to travel that distance just FYI because the travel from earth to Atlantis needed a at least a half charged ZPM and they had to overcome a distance of 3.3 million light years) So it would be theoretically impossible for Rodney and John to be physically separated by 50 million light years.
Anyway in “The Queen” you made us believe that David was coming on-line for Miko over the actual distance of 3.3 million light years.
Let’s just ignore the fact that the diameter of the Milky Way is only 100.000 light years and the distance between the Pegasus Galaxy is indeed over 3.3 million light years (my sister is a astrophysicist I blame here for knowing this) Also I believe that the Stargate network only works within it’s planed Galaxy or between certain Stargates connecting different Galaxies. (I could be wrong, with tptb you’ll never know for sure)
Is it because of the psyonic stones that connects Atlantis and earth or are Miko and David really that powerful to overcome the distance? If the stones have no play in this that would make them theoretically more powerful that either John or Rodney.
I don’t want to criticize you or demand that you correct it, as I said my sister is an astrophysicist and she is totally to blame for my tic with distances in science fiction. In the end it doesn’t really matter I’m just curious if the psionic stones have a special play in this or not. I love John and Rodney and would never question they awesome prowess. ^_^
Keira Marcos
September 23, 2010 at 7:27 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
As Bastien explained in THE QUEEN when Rodney asked — the only limits a Guide has with his Sentinel are the ones they create with their own perceptions. It has absolutely nothing to do with distance as it relates to space and everything to do with the psionic plane in this ‘verse. The Sentinels and Guides on Earth are really in the dark about their own abilities and their past as a species.
From The Queen:
Mi
September 24, 2010 at 1:37 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Ah I see thank you! I was just confused by the little error with the Milky Way.
So even the low level Sentinels and Guides would be able to use the psionic plane? I can’t image that being rated a level 2 is good for your self esteem and would limit them in the beginning to develop they gifts.
Keira Marcos
September 25, 2010 at 12:49 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
The power of the brain, right? Self-enforced limitations get us all in the end.
Mi
September 25, 2010 at 4:25 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Exactly! Would it be possible to train your gifts? Or are they predetermined at birth by they genes? It would be cool if a level 2 Sentinel would make it to a level 4 by training.
Keira Marcos
September 25, 2010 at 6:04 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
The US did the ranking system based on their abilities to “control” and use their gifts so they could determine how best to use the Sentinels and Guides in their population. They are the only government on the planet to do that. I would say that the actual level of a Sentinel/Guide’s ability to use their gifts would fluctuate throughout their life time AND it changes after bonding.
Atymer
December 1, 2010 at 2:33 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
The Sentinel universe meshes so well with Atlantis. This is just wonderful to read. There is never a dull moment. The characters actually change before your eyes. I look forward to the new possibilities this AU offers. LOL It’s awesome.;D
Sirc
December 29, 2010 at 5:45 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I love this series! I hope you have the inspiration for more, ‘coz I’d be demanding for more if it wasn’t rude…
Stella Kowalsky
January 1, 2011 at 4:44 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
OMG! Sqeeeeee! This is the bestest, wonderfullist, amazingly, fantastically brilliant series ever! I can NOT wait for the next update of this story and your many others, especially Lantean Legacy, Ties that Bind and Tangled Destinies’ -That was the one that got me hooked, I just goggled Star Trek 2009 slash and you popped right up in the number one slot – and I was wondering if you would ever try something like the Sentinels of Atlantis but for Star Trek? Original or 2009 maybe?
Sarah-Jane Scott
January 12, 2011 at 10:28 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
WOW I stumbled across this fic via Google images of all places and have in the course of just over 15-ish hours read it from start to finish (baring bathroom and toast breaks). I is the most awesome story ever I have never even heard of the whole ‘sentinels’ thing till now either so bit of a cherry pop there to though it has intrigued me enough to track down the original show and watch a few episodes!
This story is so EPIC and fricken amazing in scope I am captured by every character you pair (for some reason even though there really the briefest so far the whole Jack/Sheppard thing is my fav hehe. and as I am soo new and yet horribly addicted to your work I was wondering when there would be more ( puppy eyes ) … please be sooooon !!
Once more WOW!
Sarah.
Billie
January 12, 2011 at 2:17 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Sarah, if you haven’t read Sentinel stories, here are 2 sites you might start with:
http://www.susans-stories.co.uk/ I just love Susan’s GDP stories and a lot of the other fiction at this site.
Also,
http://www.852prospect.org/archive/ The adult archive of Sentinel fic. I have spent hours and hours at the this site.
You just hit a hot button for me. I love Kiera’s work and she is my favorite new author, but TS is what I started reading and will always hold a special place in my heart.
Enjoy yourself.
Billie
rileylove
February 13, 2011 at 1:57 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Great!! Hope you update soon!!
fanarts_series
February 20, 2011 at 3:43 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Keira, email checking at your leisure.
seadragonlady
March 8, 2011 at 7:08 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I have just read this wonderful series through again. A real treat as always. Your worlds are so so complex and involved and I do like the fact that you don’t centre it all on the sexual side of things (though that is good too!) the intimacy, feelings & love just work beautifully along with real and interesting plots. Once again than you for all your hard work.
Toni
March 11, 2011 at 11:17 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Okay, wow. Just.. wow. I discovered this series today, and pretty much abandoned everything to read the entire thing all the way through. Will there be any more? I LOVE this hints you’ve given about more pairs and where things in the universe will go. It’s just so well written, and such a beautifully done universe!
Keira Marcos
March 11, 2011 at 11:45 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I’m writing the next part now.
Tammy
March 24, 2011 at 9:02 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I am a huge fan of your “Sentinels of Atlantis” series! It is absolutely fantastic and knowing that you are in the process of writing the next episode is terrific! Happy writing!!! I can’t wait to read it!
Tara
March 29, 2011 at 4:51 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
oooh! I can’t wait to read this! Especially since I LOVE your ‘Awakening’ series; which is marvelous!
The only thing I feel sad about is the lack of Jack O’Neil and Daniel Jackson pairing.
Tina
April 18, 2011 at 2:34 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Hi,
First I would like to inform you that I am from Germany, so my English is not very good. Sorry.
Then I would like to tell you that I am a huge fan of your story “The Sentinels of Atlantis”. I love it. Great Work! Even if I do not understand everything.
Can you tell me more about what exactly “zone out” and the “bonding” is? What does it mean? How does it work?
I also write a story and some aspects of this “bonding” and “zone outs” I like very much. So I would need more information. I want to write something similar. But not about Sentinels, or something like that.
That would be very nice of you and I thank you
Many Greetings
Tina
Keira Marcos
April 18, 2011 at 5:44 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
A zone out is when a Sentinel focuses on using one sense and forsaking all others to the point where the only stimulus he has in that one sense. For instance, if he focuses on something with a great deal of detail and loses himself in the detail.
Bonding, within this series, is a spiritual and mental link between a Sentinel and Guide that is supplemented by their individual links to the psionic plane.
Tina
April 19, 2011 at 3:17 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Many many thanks for the explanation. I hope there is soon to read more from you. I love “The Sentinels of Atlantis.”
Shahar
May 16, 2011 at 10:57 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Hi Kiera,
I am a huge fan of your story “the Sentinels of Atlantis”.
I wanted to ask you if you allow me, your story “The Sentinels of Atlantis” to translate into German.
My english is not quite as good, but so far I have understood everything I read. I would like to use to improve my language skills passing and I am really a huge fan of your story.
The rights would of course be with you and I would give a link to your website and make it clear that you’d allow me.
What do you say?
Greetings from Germany
Shahar
Keira Marcos
May 17, 2011 at 2:25 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
That sounds fun
Shahar
May 17, 2011 at 2:44 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
So, just to be sure … that’s a yes?
Keira Marcos
May 17, 2011 at 11:01 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Oh. Yes. Absolutely. Have fun with that and sorry about the vague answer. I had a little headache.
Shara
May 18, 2011 at 4:39 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Hey, do not worry. Thanks for the permit and I hope you are feeling better soon.
cynthia
June 3, 2011 at 12:21 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I am rereading this series for the… Well I have lost count. I love this and all of your other Atlantis work. Just a question. Is John a stronger Sentinel than Ellison?
Keira Marcos
June 3, 2011 at 2:17 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Ellison’s power in this ‘verse is more political because his Guide is profoundly powerful — as powerful as McKay. I think I wrote in my notes that Ellison was a high level 5.
Meggs
June 22, 2011 at 5:38 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I have read everything you’ve posted, and I’m SO IMPRESSED, I really am. I adore your series, and I can’t wait to read more of each and every one!
Thank you so much for posting such unbelievable stories, and keep up the fantastic work!
cheers!
Aayesha.R
July 1, 2011 at 2:00 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I have a background tab open to your website and have rotated through your stories pretty much continually for months. “The Sentinels of Atlantis” is one of my favorites, and each time I reread it, I hope for another chapter. I’m fascinated by the variety of expression of the Sentinel/Guide relationships as you write them, and the way the all characters seem to come alive as I read. I’ve also read a lot of TS/SG:1 and TS:SGA crossovers and a few fusions, and the world building you’ve done in this one outstrips anything else I know. Thank you for the entertainment which hasn’t grown old after repeated readings, and I hope you have plans for more.
Haru Maru
July 2, 2011 at 3:03 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I ‘m in love, “The Sentinels of Atlantis” is fantastic, the job that you obtained with these stories are fabulous, the relationships that you created are incredible, this croossover like the best that I have read, it is so amazing that I would like that you write more,,,xD
Also I’m pending of your other works and I get excited reading them… O.O…though I can’t wait to read “The Sacrifice” Seriously, I die to read it ….xP….
PSD: Seriously I hope that you write more of The Sentinels of Atlantis something like second season,,,,whynot? When you finish this…. xD…
THANKS for writin and Sharing >//<
Ziggie
August 3, 2011 at 5:19 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I have a question: in ‘The Legacy,’ there is some speculation about whether or not Chuck is a sensitive mundane; that wasn’t really answered. I am also confused about how there can be sensitive *mundanes.* It is mentioned that Chuck came from a family of Guides. But I don’t understand how he can be sensitive if the gene “skipped him entirely.” And how did Chuck even get two miles from the city center without the notice of anybody, Sentinel or mundane, in the first place?
Another question: I don’t remember all that well, but I think in each of your stories everybody is a different age; how old is everybody in tSoA?
I have more questions, but they’ve runaway from me. I’m in the process of rereading, and have all these questions coming to me. Of course, the questions about Chuck and sensitive mundanes came to me about three or four chapters before it actually happens. It’s funny how that happens . . .
Dr. McKay would hate the disorganization of my mind. Heck, ‘I’ hate it.
Thanks and great job (which is an understated comment),
Ziggie
Keira Marcos
August 4, 2011 at 2:03 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
“sensitive” mundane comes back to people with advanced intuition and the like. It’s just a thought and unexplored in the series because it’s not important to the plot at all. The same idea is mentioned in my other sentinel story The Awakening.
I didn’t give them ages in this series because I have a difficult time keep tracking of it otherwise and some jackass always comes along and checks my math which makes me pissy so to avoid it– no ages. Ages are meaningless in Keira land.
justalurkr
August 7, 2011 at 2:59 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
With all Keller is learning about what I’ve started referring to inside my own head as the “Satedan Gene” and the “Ancient Asshole Designer Gene,” it made perfect sense to me that the genetic suite that results in Sentinel or Guide traits is a sprawling mess of mutually mutated chromosomes that the AADG creators wouldn’t even recognize at this point. I am reminded of a suite of real world genes that working correctly, confer greater resistance to malaria and working incorrectly, result in Sickle Cell Anemia. And those are natural genes. In your story, some people get one, the other or in John’s case, both versions, and it would be surprising if there weren’t some interesting side consequences in terms of partially or incorrectly activated genes.
I could just be mooshing up realities, though; you tend to do very interesting but slightly different things with heredity across your stories.
Rae
August 10, 2011 at 4:14 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I read the whole thing and loved it.
I was wondering if you knew of any other Zelenka/Parrish fic. I really enjoy that pairing.
Syble
August 30, 2011 at 1:48 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I was re-reading this series -again- and I have a question – or two – about Andy and John.
1) Will Andy be more powerful than John when he grows up?
2) Andy has S/G pairs around him (watching out for him). Did John have this too? I got the impression that he didn’t, or at least he didn’t know about it.
Thanks again for creating this wonderful series. I really love it.
Keira Marcos
August 30, 2011 at 5:12 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Andy is in many ways a MIRROR of John’s character. His gifts are on par with John’s and no, the Sentinel/Guides on Earth do not know that they are watched over by ascended pairs. It’s part of their culture and mythology that has been lost to time due to the manipulations of the Ancients.
lilith1820
February 22, 2012 at 11:55 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I love your storys.
do you plan to upload the chapters as ebooks?
Keira Marcos
February 23, 2012 at 6:01 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
The first season of SoA will be made an ebook when I publish the last episode for the reason — which is the next episode.