Enlightened by Travelling One (PG-13)

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Hi, I'm Aurora, and it's my pleasure to offer you teamy goodness recs this month. For my first offering, I'll present IMHO one of the best team adventures from one of my favorite SG-1 authors...

Rec Category: Team
Pairing/Characters: Classic SG-1, no pairings
Category: Team, Action/adventure, drama, hurt/comfort, Gen
Warnings: None
Author on LJ: Travelling One is not on livejournal
Author's Website: http://homepage.mac.com/traveller1/travelling-one/

Link: Enlightened

Why This Should Be Read:

Travelling One writes wonderful adventures of SG-1. "Enlightened" is no exception–featuring different moral codes with no clear right and wrong, cultural and...for that matter...species misunderstandings, and the determination and heart that makes the team so great.

Daniel is with the SG-1 this time as they once again encounter those "alien fireflies" from Prodigy. Not sure if these are the same light beings or different ones on this new world, the team are choiceless as they work together to figure a way out of their predicament. However, the alien fireflies are not the only sentient beings on this world, and as per usual, out of the frying pan means into the fire.

This story is great because it gives all the team members a chance to shine at what they do best...er, pun not intended. Jack is a cautious commander, fearful for his team and trying to do what he can himself. Daniel tries to communicate, even if it kills him. Sam uses her brain to try and figure out a way to escape, no matter the cost to herself. And Teal'c stoically guards them all, taking action when he can, frustrated when he is helpless.

There is a bit of whumping for each of the team members as they all try to save themselves, and most of all each other. There's also the classic team banter in the face of danger with Teal'c having the funniest line of the story. A wonderful blend of action, drama, and the close bonds of friendship that make our heroes so great. Add into the mix the fascinating alien dynamic, an intriguing plotline, and a dash of humor and you've got the recipe for a fantastic team story.

Apartment 8-3, by Moonshayde (PG)

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Rec Category: Original Character

Pairing: none

Categories: original character, gen, Daniel Jackson, episode related, angst

Warnings: spoilers through Meridian

Author on LJ: moonshayde

Author's Website: Scribal Traditions

Link: Apartment 8-3

Why This Must Be Read: Meet Maggie Ducharme, the irascible elderly woman who lives across the hall from Daniel in his apartment building.

 

We watch bits and pieces of Seasons Four and Five through her eyes: the frequent scrapes and bruises that he unconvincingly tries to explain away, the long absences, the terrifying morning that Daniel tries to jump from his balcony. She remains at the very fringes of Daniel’s life – after all, she’s just the neighbor across the hall, with a cat that approves of Daniel on the occasions when she invites the “troubled young man” for a cup of tea. She is unashamedly cynical and prejudiced and snappish and irritable; and yet, perhaps in spite of her human foibles and failings, the reader can’t help but like her. And when Jack finally tells her just why the team is clearing out Daniel’s apartment, you’ll be grieving not only for Daniel, but also for Maggie’s pain – even if Jack’s quiet turn of phrase offers a tiny bit of comfort that Maggie doesn’t wholly comprehend.

 

And for dessert, try this little timestamp fic that Moonshayde made to give Maggie (and Daniel!) closure, one year later: Pieces.

 

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Duck Soup by Michelle V. (PG)

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Hi! I'm your Sam/Jack reccer for the month and I look forward to supplying you with some of great favourite Sam/Jack stories! I read most humour, romance and horror, so I hope to rec at least something from each other those :-)

Rec Category: Sam/Jack
Pairing: Sam/Jack
Category: humor
Warning: none
Author on LJ: unkown
Author's Website: Fanfic by Michelle V.
Link: Duck Soup

Why This Must Be Read: No matter how many times I read this story (and I've read it quite a lot), it never fails to make me laugh. The sheer awkwardness of the situation and their attempts to break the tension are so in character that it really is one of those things you could see just being dropped into the middle of an episode. Jack is so very Jack as commander of the base in his reaction to the situation while Sam just desperately wants to help a friend and stay out of trouble. Their interactions are priceless.

Carter's Post Combat Release Syndrome by Mean Elf (NC-17)

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Hmmm see you must have done something wrong to have to put up with me for two catagories now must you not? I'm reccing Samantha Carter for you this month and I'm starting you all off with a personal "way out there" fave.


Rec Category: Samantha Carter
Character: Samantha Carter, Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson
Category: team, het, self-pleasure, UST, PWP
Warning: explicit sexual
Author on LJ: unknown
Author's Website: N/A
Link:Carter's Post Combat Release Syndrome

Why This Must Be Read:
There's some things you just have to do. And for Sam this is one. You get the impression that if Jack would just come across....

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