Entries tagged with character: clone!jack

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Time Share, by Kalquessa (G)

Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Mini!Jack
Characters: mini!Jack, Jack O'Neill
Categories: gen, character study, humor, angst
Warnings: none
Author on LJ:

kalquessa
Author's Website: Floating Tower of Fanfic
Link: Time Share

Why This Must Be Read: Jack and mini!Jack, snarking at each other while (not) fishing. Funny and sharp, until it's not funny and still sharp. And incredibly, perfectly Jack.

"You know," Jack offers after another long pause, "Daniel tried to convince me once that having you running around was a sort of immortality because my memories and ideas and what-have-you would survive me, at least for a good thirty years."

"You tell him that's a load of crap?" the clone asks.

"Yeah, pretty much," replies Jack, and takes another swig.

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I Know You Are But What Am I? by Busaikko

Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Clone!Jack
Characters: Clone!Jack, General Hammond
Categories: gen, episode related, angst, character study
Warnings: none
Author on LJ:

busaikko
Author's Website: busaikko at AO3
Link: I is for I Know You Are But What Am I?

Why This Must Be Read: This fic is for everyone who refuses to believe that clone!Jack would be satisfied with high school...

Brutally honest, beautifully painful, Hammond and clone!Jack discuss his options and his future with brilliant characterization and pauses that say as much as the words. Powerfully good!

"The galaxy desperately needs all Jack O'Neills," Hammond said.

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Balancing Act by Mhalachai (PG-13)

Show: SG-1/Anita Blake
Rec Category: Crossover
Characters: Clone Jack, Richard Zeeman, Anita Blake
Categories: Gen
Warnings: Violence, threats of violence
Author on LJ:

mhalachaiswords
Author's Website: Mhalachai
Link: Balancing Act

Why This Must Be Read: There are so many reasons why this story should be read, not the least of which is Mhalachai's amazing writing. Mhalachai does a wonderful job setting up what should be a rather awkward crossover, yet makes it seem effortless. The pacing is perfect and, best of all, other than the sudden existence of the supernatural, this isn't really an AU story, not entirely. The author even slips in a reason as to why we don't see any were-creatures in the SGC (done just as seamlessly as everything else in this story).
The main reason this should be read, however, aren't the vampires and werewolves. It's clone Jack. This is possibly the best rendition of the character I've ever read. He's recognizably Jack, but in a restrained way as he tries (and fails) not to bring attention to himself. He's a little bit bitter, a lot sarcastic and can't help but look at his fellow students and think that they're the same age Charlie would've been if he hadn't died. And even further underneath that is the battle-hardened soldier, the one that only hesitates for a moment before going after a friend who's been kidnapped by werewolves. Watching others react to clone Jack as they struggle to figure him out is just as entertaining as Jack's reactions to everything around him.
The only major flaw to this story is that there is, sadly, no follow-up.

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Old Souls, by Shadownashira (PG-13)

Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Crossover
Characters: clone!Jack
Categories: gen, drama, angst
Warnings: drug abuse; crossover with Sherlock
Author on LJ:

shadownashira
Author's Website: shadownashira at AO3
Link: Old Souls

Why This Must Be Read: Jon Neilson, AKA clone!Jack, is on a road trip to London... and meets up with a young Sherlock Holmes in his pre-John Watson days, suffering from an overdose. Throw in the beginnings of the Homeless Network, Mycroft, and some surprising reflections on coping with being outside the norm, and you have a fascinating, thoughtful crossover that is amazingly plausible.

There is never enough fic about clone!Jack. It's a pleasure to read this one!

( snippet of fic... )

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Close Encounters, by Stringertheory (PG)

Show: Stargate SG-1

Rec Category: Crossover
Characters: Jack O'Neill
Het/Slash/Gen: Gen
Warnings: crossover with Doctor Who
Author on LJ:

stringertheory
Author's Website: Fic list
Link: Close Encounters

Why This Must Be Read: Clone!Jack and Eleventh!Doctor: two people who are older than they look meet. And banter.

Fabulous stuff that's a delight even to non-Whovians like myself. Read and enjoy!

“Your eyes are old,” the man said.

“So are yours,” Jack retorted.

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My Adopted Big Brother, by Izhilzha (PG)

Show: Stargate SG-1

Rec Category: Original character
Characters: Original character, clone!Jack
Het/Slash/Gen: Gen
Warnings: none
Author on LJ:

izhilzha
Author's Website: Izhilzha at AO3
Link: My Adopted Big Brother

Why This Must Be Read: Clone!Jack in high school, from the perspective of the daughter of the family that fosters him. (How great that Izh uses a canonical general as Jack's foster family!) I love when outside characters don't know what we do and draw their own conclusions, and Mary's observations of Jack's contradictions and behavior ring wonderfully true. This is delightfully Jack and an excellent read!

( snippet of fic... )

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Changing the Death Toll by PaBurke

*cough* After a minor glitch...

Rec Category: Crossover
Pairing: None
Category: action adventure, mini!jack
Warning: Childrens' Death, War,
Author on LJ: PaBurke/

faithburke
Author's Website: On TtH
Link: Changing the Death Toll

Summary: "Save the Children, get them out of here." SW/SG-1/Buffy Cross

Why This Must Be Read: It takes a talented author to balance and weave a story based on two fandoms, this one manages brilliantly with three. This crossover centers on one of my favorite characters in the SG-1 universe, the Jack clone from 'Fragile Balance'. A lot of stories and crossovers try to flesh him out, give him a story and purpose, this fic manages to do all that and not compromise the fact that this is Jack O'Neill. Buffy is his partner for this particular adventure (she'd say he was the other way around, of course) and this is Post-Chosen Buffy with lots of angst but also lots of experience. Their task? To save the children. Star Wars fans can probably guess what that means. And the brilliant thing about this fic? Neither Buffy nor Jack know about the SW universe so if you're not a SW fan you learn along with them, and if you are, you catch all the nifty nuances. Win-win, methinks.

Extra: "Changing the Death Toll" is finished but the author started a sequel which hasn't been updated in awhile, Live in This World, Year Zero. It deals with the continuation of the plot as well as delving into what's happening with those left behind. Not recommended if you want a neat finish but it's good writing for those who get hooked on the first part.

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The Great Homer Simpson Debate by Lisa Roquin

Rec Category: Humour
Pairing: None
Category: Crossover, Mini Jack, Jack
Warning: Sequel to Not Exactly Butch and Sundance
Author on LJ:
Author's Website: Lisa's Fic
Link: The Great Homer Simpson Debate

Why This Must Be Read:
I love this story because these two will drive the authorities and McKay nuts without even trying. You should read Butch and Sundance first but I had to rec this because it's nutty.

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Subject: Weird, Not Just For Stargates by P.L.S. (K)

Rec Category: Crossover
Pairing: No pairings
Category: Mini!Jack, Daniel mentioned
Crossover with Highlander
Warning: Post S7's Fragile Balance
Author on LJ:

plsteward
Author's Website: N/A
Link: Weird, Not Just For Stargates, or Why Mini-Jack Asked for Loki's Head on a Pike

Summary: After a car crash, MiniJack, 20yrs finds out that Loki not only fouled up his age but also a few bits of DNA, making him Immortal. He finds this out all with the one who found him before the authorities did, a guy called Methos.

Why This Must Be Read:
That's just the way Mini!Jack's luck goes. A fun look at Immortals from MiniJack's view point.

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Stargate Exodus by C. L. Combs (PG)

Rec Category: Crossover
Pairing: None
Category: AU, Jack, Daniel, McKay, Mini!Jack
Crossover: MacGyver
Warning: Gen, spoilers for 7x03 Fragile balance. This story picks-up after at the end of 7x20 Lost City part 1. Post series for MacGyver
Author on LJ: N/A
Author's Website: Cindy's Locker
Link: Exodus

Summary: The use of the ancient weapon has had more of an effect on Earth than expected.

Why This Must Be Read:
An interesting idea in how things could have gone.

Cindy's also written a sequel Building The First Wave (PG-13) - http://www.geocities.com/garnet_tm/cindycombs/firstwave.html
Summary: MacGyver and friends prepare to set up a new colony. (MacGyver, Stargate SG-1, Charmed, CSI, & Diagnosis Murder)

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"At Least I Amuse Myself" by Widget (PG-13)

Rec Category: Humor

Pairing: None
Categories: Crack!fic, Humor, Mini!Jack, SG1, Team
Warning: Spoilers for "Fragile Balance"
Author on LJ:

widget285
Author's Website: The Widgeteria
Link: "At Least I Amuse Myself: Part One", "Part Two

Why This Must Be Read:

widget285 definitely brings the funny in this fic.

Mini!Jack tells SG1 how it really is, and who is really pulling all the strings in the universe.

This is fic of the crack variety, but there is much to be enjoyed.It definitely had me laughing the whole way through

( A Teeny Snippet )

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By Any Other, by Tallulah Rasa (PG)

Rec Category: Episode related

Pairing: none
Categories: episode related, gen, Daniel Jackson, mini!Jack, Jack and Daniel friendship, character study
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: unknown
Author's Website: To Explore the Universe and Eat Pie
Link: By Any Other

Why This Must Be Read: In this lovely friendship fic, Jack and Daniel sit and talk over a game of chess sometime in Season Seven. There's one little twist, though: this isn't Colonel Jack O'Neill, but his clone from Fragile Balance.

Over the course of their conversation, we recognize that Daniel's close friendship with Jack hasn't changed, despite the huge differences in their lives. There's great Jack and Daniel banter and humor, of course. But there's also insight and understanding, and the quiet undercurrent of pain from two people who aren't quite what they were and never can be again.

Any Tallulah Rasa fic is sure to be a pleasure, and this one is no exception.

( Snippet of fic... )

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Ten Years Gone by Catspaw (NC-17)

Rec Category: Angst
Pairing: clone!Jack/Daniel
Category: Angst, Slash
Warning: Slash, Sex, Language
Author on LJ:

catspaw_sgjd
Author's Website: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/feistydanny/catspaw.htm
Link: Part 1: http://catspaw-sgjd.livejournal.com/30294.html, Part 2: http://catspaw-sgjd.livejournal.com/30523.html

Why This Must Be Read: Most post-Fragile Balance stories focus on the angst of the clone, having lost his friends, his career, his life. In this one, the clone has adjusted. When he has a chance run-in with Daniel ten years later, it turns out that it's the original Jack who has lost out. There is some bitter in the sweet for clone!Jack and Daniel, but it is the old guy who tugs the heartstrings in this one.

(Also, gorgeous cover art by

skater_g8r here.)

( Excerpt under the cut )

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The Gallagher Chronicles by Traycer (PG & PG-13)

Rec Category: Mini-Jack

Pairing: none
Category: Action/Adventure, Jack
Warning: Torture
Author on LJ: none found
Author's Website: none found

Links (in chronological order, not order written):
The Conspiracy
Home Again
Friends & Enemies
The Asgard Connection (WIP)
Betrayed

Why This Must Be Read: This series follows Jack Gallagher (a.k.a. mini-Jack) through high school, into the Air Force Academy and eventually the SGC. This brings in lots of excellent Jack-on-Jack action, as well as showing how SG1 deal with having two of them running around the place, and the plot of each fic is sufficiently different for this to not be solely a "growing-up" style series. My favourites are "Friends & Enemies" and "Betrayed", possibly because the plots are a lot more SGC-based and by this point Traycer had gotten more of a handle on how she wanted to portray mini-Jack.<br

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Candlestick Chronicles by Cjay (PG-13)

Rec Category: Mini-Jack

Pairing: hints of Jack/Sam, but nothing overt
Category: Action/Adventure, Jack
Warning: Character death (kind of)
Author on LJ: none found
Author's Website: none found

Why This Must Be Read: The rogue NID wants a sample of Jack’s genetic material, so it’s all systems go to protect mini-Jack (since he’s in school and not in a highly classified military base). Things don’t always go to plan though, for instance mini-Jack is just as good at manipulating junior officers as General Jack, and General Jack seems to forget that he does occasionally leave the mountain. There's a lot of misdirection from friends as well as enemies, Teal'c in Jaffa revenge mode, car chases, Malcolm Barrett ogling Sam, near-M*A*S*H-like medical emergencies, plus a very forthright old biddy and Jack's strange gifts for baking.. and other.. stuff..

Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1993515/1/

NB. There are a couple of original characters (Kris Martin and Sassy O’Connor) who previously appeared in Cjay’s “The Hard Candy Colonel” and “Resonance” (crossover with NCIS). I hadn’t read either before looking at “Candlestick Chronicles” and didn’t find it too confusing, but thought I’d better mention it :)

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Counterbalance by Sally Reeve

Rec Category: Mini-Jack
Pairing: Jack/Sam
Category: AU, Angst
Warning: Major character death
Author on LJ: not found
Author's Website: http://uk.geocities.com/mystories_uk/

Summary: An emergency brings cloned Jack O'Neill back to the SGC.
Link: Counterbalance

Why This Must Be Read: At the risk of sounding like a Frosties ad, it’s grrrreat. Everyone’s in character, their individual and group reactions to the continuingly unfolding situation fit with what I’ve come to expect from SG1 (except maybe the blatant S/J-ness.. but the author deals with that too). Identity crises, angstful second-guessing and Asgard-style philosophising abounds.

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Monkey Screaming (& sequels) by SGCBearcub

Rec Category: Mini-Jack
Pairing: eventual Jack/Sam, Jon/Alex (aka mini-Jack/mini-Sam)
Category: Angst, Team Friendship
Warning: “Silk & Chains” deserves an NC-17 rating for sex
Author on LJ:

sgcbearcub
Author's Website: Wintersong

Summary: Identity is a fragile balance between will and memory. Jack's clone may have lost the war.

Links:
Monkey Screaming
Mirror Image (a.k.a. Monkey Business)
Silk & Chains (a.k.a. Monkey Shines)

Why This Must Be Read: Several mini-Jack fics play the idea that Jack can’t survive without his ‘family’, i.e. the rest of SG1. This is the only one that made me think they might be right and the resulting sequels are just as good, each tackling different aspects of how the clone(s) deal with their existence. There is a 4th episode in the works (Hellbringer), but I’ve no idea when it’ll be posted.

Current Mood: tired

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"Career Day" by LJ (PG I think)

Rec Category: character
Character: mini!Jack
Category: hmmm...probably humor
Warning: spoilers for S8
Author on LJ:

ljs_lj
Author Website: A Little Sign That She Cared

Link: Career Day

I was lamenting the fact that I hadn't been doing as well as I'd hoped with the recs for this category when this dropped into my lap tonight, and I enjoyed it so much that I just had to pass it along to you all. It's a priceless glimpse into the near future, set during S9 if there *is* a S9--Jack (the younger) attends career day at his high school with typical O'Neill single-mindedness, and confuses a couple of non-AF branches of the military in the process. The conversation between Jack and the recruiters alone is worth the price of admission (so to speak).

Current Mood: cheerful
Current Music: Without a Trace

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Like Bells series by Jinx32 (PG)

Hello all! I'll be your mini!Jack rec'er for July...but don't worry,

jaderyan357, I promise to give him back when I'm done. ;-) Just had a couple of stories I *had* to share. :-)

Rec Category: character
Character: mini!Jack
Pairing: mini!Jack/Dawn Summers
Category: crossover, UST
Warning: het, crossover
Author on LJ:

jinx32
Author Website: Bite Sized Fic

Link:

Like Bells
Cream of the Iced Persuasion
Button-Worthy
Nasty, Drooling Dragon-Beastie
Stalkerish Sounding Sweet Nothings
Oh, That Sort of Made Sense
Welcome to the Inner Sanctum, Try Not to Get Killed

One of the difficulties about writing mini!Jack if you want to write him into a relationship, speaking from my own experience, is that pairing him with most girls "his" age feels somewhat statutory, and most older women (or men) either wouldn't be attracted to him, or if they are their taste is questionable. ;-) Jinx solved that problem by bringing in a character with a background strikingly similar in some ways to mini!Jack's--Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Dawn Summers. (For those who don't know Buffy, Dawn was a mystical "key" between dimensions who was magically transformed into a teenage girl and given memories of being Buffy's sister.) The two characters bounce off each other beautifully, and because Dawn is neither too old nor too young for mini!Jack...it makes them a great couple. :-) And mini!Jack's reaction to the Buffyverse gang and what they deal with is priceless too. :-)

Current Mood: giddy
Current Music: Adina

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"Echo's Release" by Azar (R)

Rec Category: Mini!Jack
Category: drama/humor with a dash of (unconventional) romance, a dash of angst, and a dash of philosophy
Warning: Het
Pairings: teen!Jackclone/Cassie
Author on LJ:

azarsuerte
Author Website: http://www.worlds-to-wander.com/

Link: http://azar.ink-and-quill.com/ficsg1.php?release

Okay yeah this is a Cassie/Mini!Jack fic and even I didn't think I would like it, but DAMN Azar can make you believe anything. And even I (Not the biggest het fan) found myself buying this. It's a wonderful fic that explores the inner workings of Mini!Jack