Shooting Star by Colorquilt (PG)

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Rec Category: Daniel Jackson
Pairing: None
Category: H/C, A/U, angst, kidfic, friendship
Warning: None, save Cuteness
Author on LJ: Don't know
Author's Website: Don't know
Link: Shooting Star
Why This Must Be Read:
Between the wonderfully adorable Kid!Daniel and the AUness I couldn't help but rec this. The team is solid, showing how much they care for Daniel throughout the story. This is an interesting twist on Daniel's return from Acension. The imagery in the story is very clear, making some parts of the story flow almost like a movie in your mind. Truly enjoyable and lighthearted even though the author categorizes it as Angst.

Downpour by Little Heaven (NC-17)

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Rec Category: Vala Mal Doran
Pairing: Daniel/Vala
Category: het
Warnings: het
Author on LJ: littleheaven70
Author's Website: Fanfiction by Little Heaven
Link: Downpour - feedback here

Why This Must Be Read:

This is graphic and hot, but far from "just a PWP" - the character dynamics are intense and plausible. littleheaven70 doesn't need to sentimentalize them or twist either of them out of character to get them into bed, and she's not afraid to hit Daniel where it hurts:

He was just about to pop the lid on one of the boxes when he heard Vala say, in a strange voice, “Amonet. That’s the Goa’uld who took your wife?”

A little shiver prickled down Daniel’s spine. He turned to Vala, who was staring into his wallet, at the picture of Sha’re he still kept in there. “You recognize her?”

Moving on Up by Tiv'ester (PG)

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Rec Category: Alternate Universe
Pairing: None
Category:Daniel Jackson, Jack O'Neill, drama, humor, friendship, Alternate Universe
Warning: None
Author on LJ: captain_tiv
Author's Website: Lion's Lair
Link: Moving On Up
Why This Must Be Read:It's been 9 years now and in the cannon SG-1 universe Daniel has never been honored for his accomplishments or actions at the SGC. Tiv'ester fixes that with a great "should've been" scene from Season 8's "New Order". It's warm, it's fun, it doesn't take shots at anyone...except maybe Vice Pres Kinsey. It's just a fun feel good peice that shouldn't be an A/U but is.

Coda by Kres (R)

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One of the joys of sci fi is the ability to play with time, which Stargate SG-1 has done canonically with Window of Opportunity, 1969 and 2010, and Moebius. So I wanted to rec some of my favorite fics that have played with the concept.

Rec Category: Genre: Other - Time fics
Pairing: Jack/Daniel
Category: Slash, Angst, Alternate Timeline, Episode Related
Warning: Slash, Sex, Character Death, hints of Sam/Jack
Author on LJ: kres
Author's Website: http://randomcorners.com/?p=kres,fanfic
Link: http://randomcorners.com/?p=kres,fanfic,coda

Why This Must Be Read: This is a heart-breaking tag for Moebius in which Daniel somehow accesses the memories of that first timeline's trip to Egypt -- remembers being with Jack, watching Ra kill his friends. He knows that the new timeline is his "real" timeline, but now he also knows what he's lost/has never had. Grab kleenex.

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Moebius' Nightmare by Mystic (R)

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Rec Category: Genre: Other - Time fics
Pairing: Jack/Daniel, Jack/Sam
Category: Slash, Het, Alternate Timeline, Episode Related, Adventure
Warning: Slash, Het, Character Death
Author on LJ: unknown
Author's Website: http://www.area52hkh.net/author.php?name=Mystic
Link: http://www.area52hkh.net/asm/mystic/moebiusn.php

Why This Must Be Read: For me, Moebius is up there with Meridian in the angst stakes -- maybe worse, because Daniel came back after Meridian. In Moebius, Daniel's teammates all get killed in the failed uprising, and he's marooned in ancient Egypt with the second timeline Jack, Sam and Teal'c for the rest of their natural lives. This fic works as an episode fix for me: The second attempt to restore the timeline fails spectacularly and we follow the story of a third timeline Jack and Daniel in a world at war against Nazis allied with goa'uld. It's up to this pair to figure out what happened and try again. Meanwhile, there is romance. The story could have used a beta reader, but the adventure is creative and engaging.

Warning: If you are a fan of the second timeline Jack and Sam's romance, you'll be offended by this one.

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