je ne sais quoi, by Magistrate (PG)
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stargateficrecShow: SG-1
Rec Category: Episode Related
Characters: Jonas Quinn, Nyan
Categories: character study, gen
Warnings: none
Author's Journal:magibrain
Author's Website: Magistate at AO3
Link: J is for je ne sais quoi
Why This Must Be Read: Stargate is at its best when it asks the hard questions. This time, in the wake of the NID's mistreatment of civilians during Nightwalkers, it's Nyan and Jonas who consider the ethical implications, both on Earth and how it would have played out on their own planets.
I love the outsider perspective, the hints of loneliness from the aliens who settled on Earth, and the sadness of the resignation with which Nyan and Jonas accept that life just goes on. Superbly written, like everything from Magistrate.
After lunch, Jonas headed back to his lab, and the research assistant he'd apparently inherited along with it. "Hey, Nyan," he greeted; Nyan looked up from a tall stack of books dragged up from the Archaeology and Linguistics Library, and gave him a smile. "Up for another round of A-B-K?"
Nyan winced in sympathy. "It was one of those missions, wasn't it?"
Jonas raised his eyebrows, and poured himself a cup of coffee.
Here they were, scientists in a military outfit, with a history of science overseen by military concerns. Once they'd bonded on that, it had become something of a game to compare notes. America, Bedrosia, Kelowna. Take a situation, guess how each nation would react. If there would be differences at all.
Rec Category: Episode Related
Characters: Jonas Quinn, Nyan
Categories: character study, gen
Warnings: none
Author's Journal:
magibrainAuthor's Website: Magistate at AO3
Link: J is for je ne sais quoi
Why This Must Be Read: Stargate is at its best when it asks the hard questions. This time, in the wake of the NID's mistreatment of civilians during Nightwalkers, it's Nyan and Jonas who consider the ethical implications, both on Earth and how it would have played out on their own planets.
I love the outsider perspective, the hints of loneliness from the aliens who settled on Earth, and the sadness of the resignation with which Nyan and Jonas accept that life just goes on. Superbly written, like everything from Magistrate.
After lunch, Jonas headed back to his lab, and the research assistant he'd apparently inherited along with it. "Hey, Nyan," he greeted; Nyan looked up from a tall stack of books dragged up from the Archaeology and Linguistics Library, and gave him a smile. "Up for another round of A-B-K?"
Nyan winced in sympathy. "It was one of those missions, wasn't it?"
Jonas raised his eyebrows, and poured himself a cup of coffee.
Here they were, scientists in a military outfit, with a history of science overseen by military concerns. Once they'd bonded on that, it had become something of a game to compare notes. America, Bedrosia, Kelowna. Take a situation, guess how each nation would react. If there would be differences at all.
