Matter, Form, and Privation by Domenika Marzione

[havocthecat]

Rec Category: Elizabeth Weir
Pairing: None
Category: Suspense, Drama
Warning: None
Author on LJ: [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]
Author's Website: http://www.offpanel.net/dmz/
Link: Matter, Form, and Privation

Why This Must Be Read: When he first debuted on the series, it was pointed out that there were a number of potential Runner signals found besides Ronon's. This is the story of someone who took the same situation, and made a very different thing of it. Elizabeth is a key player in this story, though her part isn't a major one. I like this one because it acknowledges how the realities of what some of the people of Pegasus do are viewed through the perceptions of someone from Earth, and how they are also viewed by those of Pegasus. The final resolution to the problem encompasses the security of Atlantis, the legal realities both on Earth and in Pegasus, and the question of whether a Runner can, by any definition, be called sane. Elizabeth balances all of these things, and makes the only decision she can for the safety of Atlantis.

Four Queens by A.j.

[havocthecat]

Rec Category: Elizabeth Weir
Pairing: None
Category: Vignette, Friendship
Warning: None
Author on LJ: [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]
Author's Website: http://www.the-family-archives.com/
Link: Four Queens

Why This Must Be Read: The female oddballs of Atlantis get together for some poker and some girlbonding. Because why should poker night be reserved only for men? Also, contains Elizabeth, Kate, Teyla and Laura being vulnerable in some ways and strong in others, which is a nice example of how people really are. I tend to dislike fics where everyone is Strong All The Time, because that? Just isn't possible. And I also like fics where people are part of a community, and this shows how the four women involved take and give back to their unique group of friendship. I'm reccing this for the Elizabeth Weir category because it's nice to see Elizabeth acting as an equal and as a friend, and not in her role as leader of Atlantis, though you get the sense with this story that she will fall back into that role in a heartbeat when it's needed.

Perimeters by unwinding

[havocthecat]

Rec Category: Elizabeth Weir
Pairing: None
Category: Ep Tag, Angst
Warning: None
Author on LJ: [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]
Author's Website: http://appelsini.tripod.com
Link: Perimeters

Why This Must Be Read: Post-ep for "Irresistible." Elizabeth copes with the loss of self from Lucius' visit, and while John is there--and trying, in his own way--she doesn't need him to make her feel better. It relates Elizabeth's diplomatic experience on Earth to her time in Atlantis.

With the Dying, by Dira Sudis (PG-13)

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

Rec Category: Daniel Jackson

Pairing: none
Category:  Daniel Jackson, Teal'c, gen, drama, angst, episode-related, time travel
Warnings: canon character death
Author on LJ: dsudis
Author's Website: Fiction by Dira Sudis
Link to Story: With the Dying

Why This Must Be Read: One last rec in the Daniel Jackson category, because I've actually reached the maximum limit and you'll all be glad to be rid of me. :)

Time to choose a single S8 fic, and since my absolute favorite Moebius-fix has already been recced in this category (and in other categories, too!), I chose this not-very-happy-ending story instead. Beautiful in its bleakness, With the Dying is a glimpse at Daniel in ancient Egypt, facing loneliness all over again.

Dira plunges right into the successful rebellion against Ra, when Ra flees the planet and leaves the Stargate behind. Victory, yes - but the implications for Teal'c, whose life is now measured by the lifespan of his current symbiote, quickly come into the forefront. Daniel has already done this once with "his" Teal'c, and now he's going to have to do it again.

It's a common theme in Moebius fics (at least, the ones I've read) that our Daniel finds it easy to "connect" with alt-Teal'c; after all, the Teal'cs' backgrounds and personalities are nearly identical, with the added fillip that this Teal'c hasn't abducted and subsequently killed his wife. Here, too, we see Daniel and alt-Teal'c forging an unspoken bond - only this bond includes the understanding that Teal'c is going to have to die.

This short, powerful fic is about both Teal'c and Daniel, facing the emptiness of the future and accepting the price of freedom. Only it's Daniel that's left behind - again - because even if alt-Sam and alt-Jack are still around, they're involved with their own budding relationship, and they won't understand Daniel's grief. Victory or not, Daniel's time in Egypt simply can't have a completely happy ending, and this story is wincingly good.

( Snippet of fic... )

Lucky Stars: Capricorn, by Thel (PG)

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

Rec Category:  Teamy goodness

Pairing: none
Category: team, gen, humor
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: unknown
Author's Website: Thel at FF.net
Link: Lucky Stars

Why This Must Be Read: I apparently have a thing for fun team-breaks-out-of-prison fics, since this is the second such story that I'm reccing in the Teamy Goodness category. :)

Lucky Stars is actually a series of very loosely linked fics, and this is just one of them. SG-1 has been thrown into prison, after the requisite beating, by a Goa'uld they've never met before. Their Jaffa guard has been warned that Jack O'Neill is the Scourge of the Goa'uld, and he's paying very close attention to him - not quite realizing that when SG-1 acts together as a team, the most important thing to do is duck.

Thel puts humor to great use as the four teammates work seamlessly together, taking advantage of their current circumstances and adapting their surroundings to get free. Daniel might be a bit irritated at his lack of a reputation, but by the time they free themselves, the reader will be cheering. Perfect teamy goodness in a short, fun package!

( Snippet of fic... )

 

Wavelength, by Nanda (PG)

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

Rec Category:  Teamy goodness

Pairing: none
Category: team, gen, humor, action/adventure
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: nandamai
Author's Website: Nanda's Lament
Link: Wavelength

Why This Must Be Read: I love early S1 team fics, when they're still fitting themselves together and they possess that special wonder about their explorations through the Stargate. In this wonderfully original fic by Nanda, written for the sg1teamficathon, the team meets their first ever real aliens - and run into a little trouble along the way.

There's some great team moments as they carefully assess the situation and try their best to communicate, including the hilarious conclusion that poker-faced Teal'c is actually better for the job than open-faced, smiling Daniel. Stick figures, insect delicacies, speech outside the range of human hearing... and the final universal conclusion, that they're obviously doing this job because it's fun.

Teamy goodness. There's nothing like it. :)

( Snippet of fic... )