A Traveler Knows a Traveler by mirabile_dictu (NC-17)

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Happy Birthday David Nykl!

Rec Category: Radek Zelenka

Pairing: Radek Zelenka/Ronon Dex; Elizabeth Weir/Evan Lorne

Categories: slash,  Radek Zelenka/Ronon Dex, first time, mild het

Warnings: none

Author on LJ:   

mirabile_dictu

 

Author's Website: ?
Link: A Traveler Knows a Traveler 

Why This Must Be Read:

The imagery used to create a unique alien world is simply gorgeous.  Radek and Ronon’s relationship progresses as they learn more about the culture and politics of this society.  

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Legacy by CSuzy (G)

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Rec Category: Janet Fraiser

Pairing: none
Category: drabble
Warning: tissues may be needed
Author on LJ: none
Author's Website: none

Link: Legacy

Why this must be read:

She has very large combat boots to fill.

A bittersweet drabble about the christening of baby Janet Wells

One in the Play of the Many by Salieri (R)

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Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Pairings: Daniel/Jack, Baal/OFC
Categories: SG-1, Jack O'Neill, action adventure, Baal, crossover, drama, episode related, original character, suspense, team
Warnings: Violence, language, mild gore, some sexual content, dubious consent involving an original character; spoilers through S9 'Deus Ex Machina'
Author on LJ: troyswann
Author's Website: Outside the Box
Link: One in the Play of the Many, link goes to Part 1, each part links to the next

Author's summary: One body with its neck blown out is a puzzle; three identical bodies and a bunch of spooky Air Force types, well, that just makes DaVinci cranky. Or, to quote Cameron Mitchell, "That's a lot of Ba'als to keep in the air."

Why This Must Be Read:

First it was a striking Jack snippet on troyswann's journal that stood alone as a powerful vignette unto itself. Then it was a work-in-progress posted in sections as gifts for Martha. Now at last it's a gloriously completed fic: a suspenseful thriller with terrifically engaging original characters, a police procedural that crosses over into a fandom whose characters you don't have to be familiar with to appreciate, a sense-of-wonder science fiction story that builds a cool (and creepy) scenario from questions 'Deus Ex Machina' raised, and a gripping SG-1 adventure. And Jack is the linchpin, so I get to rec it here!

What if something came up that had such bitterly intense personal significance to Jack that he did not stay dutifully ensconced in his D.C. office, but made himself a player in the field again? What if his objective and SG-1's objective conflicted? This is a Jack who is very much still in the game, but who's fully capable of making mistakes, too -- smart and formidable and scary and weary and haunted and angry, pushing unstoppably toward a showdown that will not be what he or anyone else expects.

The fic's about 25,800 words, and the crossover source is DaVinci's Inquest. I hope you won't pass on this one because it's long or because it's a crossover. I had seen half an episode of the other show before reading this and I loved all the new-to-me characters. Salieri's writing is a joy from start to finish. It's a rockin' Stargate story. And it's a not-to-be-missed Jack fic.

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Bill and Ted Overlook the Universe, by Tallulah Rasa (PG)

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Rec Category: Jack and Daniel friendship

Pairing: none

Categories: Jack and Daniel friendship, Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson, gen, episode related, character study

Warnings: none

Author on LJ: unknown

Author's Website: To Explore the Universe and Eat Pie

Link: Bill and Ted Overlook the Universe

 

Why This Must Be Read: I shamelessly fangirl Tallulah Rasa for her impeccable presentation of Jack and Daniel's friendship, with all its quirks and awkward pauses and unspoken understandings. In Bill and Ted Overlook the Universe, she gives us the two of them in the aftermath of Double Jeopardy, when Jack is still unsettled by meeting the robots and knowing that robot Daniel has died, and Daniel is still unsettled by the events of Scorched Earth and not quite knowing if he's still on the right path anymore.

 

I love how Tallulah Rasa takes us full circle, from the two of them thinking and speaking at cross-purposes to the two of them flawlessly reading each other's minds. There's alternating POVs and great introspection and just enough angst and humor to balance the scale. But most of all, there's a thoughtful, satisfying character piece that perfectly characterizes Jack and Daniel in all their contradictory glory.


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