But Who’s Counting? By Denise (PG)

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Show: Stargate SG-1

Rec Category: Genre Other - Angst
Characters:  George Hammond
Pairing: none
Het/Slash/Gen:  Gen
Warning: some minor spoilers for various season 1-3 episodes
Author on LJ: skydiver119
Author's Website: Emerald City
Link: But Who's Counting?

Why this must be read:

For my opening rec into the angst category, I put forward a selection that touches an aspect of SGC life that has kept me thinking months after first reading this. The anonymity that the SGC functions under sadly prevents the memorializing of its fallen members in ways like a wall of the fallen. Yet Hammond has a way in which he remembers his fallen and MIA members. With miniature Stargates with black (for dead) and white (MIA) centers, Hammond remembers the men and women who have fallen under his command. The fic itself touches the moment in Season 3 when Thor’s ship has crashed into the Pacific, and it’s not known whether Jack, Sam, and Teal’c have survived.

Denise has written a very touching and thoughtful look at what a commanding officer goes through when his subordinates die or disappear under him. I’ve often wondered what Hammond thinks as he sends his men and women through the Gate, never knowing whether they’ll come home or not. Denise provides a very moving answer to that question.

Story Summary: The CIA has a memorial wall...does the SGC?

Incredible Luck, Annoying Charm, by Ana (PG)

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Show: Stargate SG-1

Rec Category: Teal'c and Vala friendship
Characters: Teal'c, Vala Mal Doran
Het/Slash/Gen: Gen
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: ana_grrl
Author's Website: list of Stargate fic in Memories
Link: Incredible Luck, Annoying Charm

Why This Must Be Read: Vala hopes Teal'c can explain these baffling, lucky Tau'ri that seem to stumble from crisis to triumph and back again.

Teal'c is not quite sure that he can, even after all these years.

Lovely character voices, sharp insight, and an excellent read!

( snippet of fic... )

The Little Red Engine That Could by ALC Punk! (PG13/R. Sex, language)

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Show: Stargate SG1

Rec Category: Sam/Jack
Characters: Samantha Carter, Jack O'neill
Pairing: Sam/Jack
Het/Slash/Gen: Het
Warning: PG13/R. Sex, language
Author on LJ: ALC Punk!
Author's Website: lyssie.the-family-archives.com/ana/index.htm
Link: lyssie.the-family-archives.com/ana/littleredengine.htm

Why this must be read: This is a fantasticly written story set in the 'Changeling' fireman!verse, and explores the Sam/Jack relationship of that AU perfectly. The characters are fully developed and have original qualities, while maintaining all the personality traits we love of our own.