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stargateficrec2025-05-23 08:20 pm
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Joint Mission to Aessuma (The One With the Shiny Rocks) (by Nomad) (G)
Shows: SGA & SG1
Rec Category: Minor characters
Characters: Genfic. Vala Mal Doran & Teyla Emmagan (I know, not so minor maybe, but Vala's not original SG1 so I'm sneaking it in. And I REALLY wanted to rec this!)
Words: 913 (words), 00:05:51 (podfic)
Warnings: none apply
Author on DW:nomad
Author's Website: nomad on AO3
Link: Joint Mission to Aessuma (The One With the Shiny Rocks) on AO3. The podfic is here.
We visited the home of Gyane, where she generously allowed us to choose from among her trading dresses. The Aessu wear flowing dresses as a sign of status when trading: the excess material signals that the wearer possesses sufficient wealth that she can afford to be wasteful with her purchases if she chooses.
Gyane clearly knows what she's doing when it comes to market shopping. Skin-tight clothes are so awkward for concealing bulkier items under. Flowing skirts are really much more practical, although they do make it harder to make a quick getaway.
Rec Category: Minor characters
Characters: Genfic. Vala Mal Doran & Teyla Emmagan (I know, not so minor maybe, but Vala's not original SG1 so I'm sneaking it in. And I REALLY wanted to rec this!)
Words: 913 (words), 00:05:51 (podfic)
Warnings: none apply
Author on DW:
nomad Author's Website: nomad on AO3
Link: Joint Mission to Aessuma (The One With the Shiny Rocks) on AO3. The podfic is here.
Why This Must Be Read: This is structured as a duplex mission report, with Teyla's careful, culturally appropriate and diplomatic prose interleaved with Vala's (italicised) frank and hilarious "tell it like it is" version. As the report unfolds, we hear what happened to the rest of their combined team, which is likely to provide blackmail material for a long time to come! Clever, and very funny. The podfic, read by cantarina and lunchee, is great fun, too.
We visited the home of Gyane, where she generously allowed us to choose from among her trading dresses. The Aessu wear flowing dresses as a sign of status when trading: the excess material signals that the wearer possesses sufficient wealth that she can afford to be wasteful with her purchases if she chooses.
Gyane clearly knows what she's doing when it comes to market shopping. Skin-tight clothes are so awkward for concealing bulkier items under. Flowing skirts are really much more practical, although they do make it harder to make a quick getaway.