"Flying Blind" by Minnow (PG)

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Rec Category: Gen

Category: Gen, Team, Atlantis
Warnings: PG; spoilers for "The Seige, Part 2"; casting spoiler for a Season 2 character but only insofar as CS exists, not how the writers plan to use CS (unless Minnow is psychic).
Author: minnow1212
Author Website: None, but her fic is indexed here.
Link: http://www.livejournal.com/community/sga_flashfic/66821.html

Summary: They were always dependent on the kindness of strangers. Written for the "darkness" challenge at sga_flashfic.

Why read it: "Flying Blind" is absolutely wonderful -- my favourite team-fic so far. A first-contact mission goes wrong, with unpleasant consequences for Sheppard -- but that's almost not the point. It's all in how the characters react to their situation.

Minnow explores the POV of all five main characters, slipping under the surface of canon to get at the heart of them. I'm particularly impressed by her Ford and Teyla: he's smart and take-charge, but inexperienced and so very military; she's cosmopolitan and nobody's victim, alternatively grateful and resentful. Weir and Sheppard are terrific; McKay is dead-on. Tense, thoughtful, funny, and a bit angsty: gen-fic of the highest order.


Go read "Flying Blind".

For Now by Komos (NC-17)

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Rec Category: Jack/Daniel
Pairing: jack/daniel
Category: slash, h/c
Warning: slash
Author on LJ: paian
Author's Website: none that i know of
Link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/paian/3499.html

Why This Must Be Read:
I found this fic on accident and i am so glad i did. The writting is just beautiful, you really feel like you are right there with them. It is set after Evolution pt2. The portrayal of Daniel's want and need from Jack and vice versa is so full of passion. This story is a wonderful little gem.

Jack was an artifact. A living artifact of his own past. The physical embodiment of a spirit that Daniel loved so deeply it bypassed words. Deep-structure. The articulation was in curves and angles of flesh. The bond went past speech. The bond went past flesh. But he was made of flesh, now, again. He was made of flesh, and he ached.

Only Love Survives by quercus (NC-17)

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Rec Category: Genre: Other - Alien's Made Me Do It
Pairing: Jack/Daniel, Sam/Teal'c
Category: Slash, Het
Warning: Slash, Het
Author on LJ:  Not that I'm aware of.
Author's Website:  Fanfiction by quercus/Lemon Drop
Link:  Only Love Survives

Why This Must Be Read: 

It's hard for SG-1 to distinguish between their extremely vivid dreams and the reality of being trapped in this rather comfortable prison, with plenty of food and water and one huge bed.  They sleep a lot and dream a lot, and they think their dreams are connected to the reason for their captivity, if they can only figure out what they mean.

Well written story with excellent characterizations on all four members of the team, and an unexpected resolution.  A very enjoyable read.


Only Love Survives

The Last Man on Earth by Meridian (NC-17)

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Rec Category:  Genre: Other - Alien's Made Me Do It
Pairing: Jack/Daniel
Category:  Slash, Action/Adventure (Maybe?)
Warning: Slash
Author on LJ:  Not that I know of.
Author's Website:  Meridian's Other Oddities of Fiction
Link:  The Last Man On Earth

Why This Must Be Read:

The first serious Stargate fan fic I ever read and still one of my favorites.  Well written, well drawn characters, and a farily reasonable plot for such a crazy genre as Alien's Made Me Do It!  It actually made sense to me why they would end up together under the circumstances, and the way they both fought it seems totally realistic.  I could have sworn that this had been rec'd already, but I can't find it in the memories, so I'm presenting it here...enjoy!

Jack and Daniel end up at the wrong place at the wrong time, touch the wrong thing, and end up psychically linked.  They start out being able to read each other's thoughts, and are slowly pulled together so strongly that within days they can't even leave take a leak without the other one leaning on the outside of the stall door, anxious for the other's return.  They eventually have to seek out help from their off planet "allies" to figure out a way to reverse the effects. 


The Last Man On Earth

Pavlov by Kalimyre (NC-17)

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Rec Category: Genre: Other - Alien's Made Me Do It
Pairing: Jack/Daniel
Category: Slash, Action/Adventure (maybe?)
Warning: Slash
Author on LJ:  Not that I'm Aware of.
Author's Website:  Kalimyre's Area 52 Page
Link:  Pavlov

Why This Must Be Read:  I have to admit, I thought this one, like the one I just finished, had been rec'd before, but I couldn't find it, so I'm grabbing it.  It's a great fic, and I'm totally surprised not to find it here already.  It's amazing how many times you find Jack and Daniel trapped in some room, but this one is unusual, and it's enjoyable.  And I'm glad I found it.

Jack and Daniel are trapped, as usual, in a room with no way out, food, water and plenty of time on their hands while they wait for rescue.  Unfortunately, there's one problem...someone is playing with them - working them like rats in a laboratory, or maybe Pavlov's dogs?


Pavlov

Somewhat Damaged by Zillah (NC-17)

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Rec Category: BDSM/NonCon and Genre: Other - Alien's Made Them Do It
Pairing: Jack/Daniel, Sam/Teal'c
Category: Slash, Het
Warning:  Slash, Het, NonCon
Author on LJ:  visionshadows[Unknown site tag]
Author's Website:  sparklydanceboys
Link:  Somewhat Damaged

Why This Must Be Read:

This is a fairly short piece, described best, I think, by the author: "The Alien's Make Them Do It.  A lot."  The SG-1 Team ends up trapped in a kind of  zoo/museum/entertainment center? for aliens.  I can't describe it any better than that without giving the whole thing away.  It is a short piece.  You're better off to just go read it for yourself.  Somewhat disturbing, just so ya know...


Somewhat Damaged

Love Song #3 by dirty diana (NC-17)

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Rec Category:  Genre: Other - Alien's Made Me Do It
Pairing:  Jack/Daniel
Category:  Slash
Warning: Slash
Author on LJ:  dirty_diana
Author's Website:  Shocking Pink
Link:  Love Song #3

Why This Must Be Read:

Daniel takes part in a native ritual during a mission, and due to his chemistry differing from the natives, begins hallucinating on the trip home.  Under the effects of the alien drugs, he makes a revelation to Jack that he finds difficult to handle.


Love Song #3

Meetings by Anna S (NC-17)

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Rec Category:Slash: Other
Pairing: Daniel/Original Male Characters
Category:  Slash, Angst
Warning: Slash
Author on LJ: eliade
Author's Website:  anna's stories
Link:  Meetings

Why This Must Be Read:

This is a personal favorite of mine.  Daniel is drawn well, the progression from loneliness to need is a slow one, but totally understandable, and to watch it happen hurts and at the same time is release.  And the bartender Jessie is one of my favorite original characters, ever.  Anna is an excellent writer - she's only written a handful of Stargate stories, but there are classics among that number, including No man is Born An Angler and The Other Half, both of which can be found at her website - it'll be worth your time to visit her site.

Meetings

The Sight Of Him by Janis Cortese (NC-17)

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Rec Category: Slash: Other
Pairing: Daniel/Other, Daniel/Jack
Category: Slash, Angst, AU
Warning: Slash, Interspecies Sex
Author on LJ: tanacawyr
Author's Website:  Janis Cortese Fanfic Archive
Link:  The Sight Of Him

Why This Must Be Read: 

Here's an intro to the fic by the author:

This one is a reworking of "Cold Lazarus" which postulates that when the crystal-being examined Jack after he had been knocked cold, the greatest source of his pain was that he could not express his love for his linguist. What would it have done to help Jack then?

It's not a perfect story...I think she feminizes Daniel a bit, and I'm not fond of that, but I like her characterization of the crystal-being, and it's definitely worth reading.  And besides, you can't get more "Other" and still stay in the slash category, now can you?  Enjoy.


The Sight Of Him

Bound by Coreopsis (NC-17)

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Rec Category: BDSM/NonCon
Pairing: John/Rodney
Category: Atlantis, Slash, Bondage
Warning: Slash, Bondage
Author on LJ:  coreopsis
Author's Website:  Multi-Fandom Merry-Go-Round
Link:  Bound

Why This Must Be Read:

Rodney and John explore freedom and how sometimes being bound can be one way to get there. I rec'd the first and second parts of this series eariler this month here, and now, she's written a third.  I really enjoy the way she presents the characters, she has a good grasp of who they are, as well as who they are to each other in her story.  Well written and enjoyable.  I suggest you read at least Come Around before you read this one, but it can be read on it's own. 

Enjoy!


Bound

"Of This and Other Worlds" by LRHBalzer (G)

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Rec Category: Gen

Category: Gen, Sam, Hurt/Comfort
Warnings: G, AU Het (Jack/Sam)
Author: LRHBalzer
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: LRHB Fiction site
Link: http://victorian.fortunecity.com/literary/196/senfic/OTAOW.HTM

Summary: In an epilogue to "Point of View", Sam tries to figure out her place in the universe while Jack deals with a worse-for-wear Daniel.

Why read it: This is Sam figuring out just why she couldn't, or doesn't, or won't let herself, feel more for Jack than she's supposed to. This is Sam figuring out what is important to her, why she is the way she is. What she has that all those AU Sam Carters never had. (Hint: It's not free access to Jack's pants.) I can really feel Sam's confusion here, and her determination to make things make sense.

The hurt/comfort may be a bit much for some readers, but it really worked for me -- it's not too overdone, IMO. Even though I'm an obsessive slasher, I can't read Jack and Daniel as sharing anything but platonic friendship.


Go read "Of This and Other Worlds".