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Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Daniel Jackson
Characters: Daniel Jackson, Jack O'Neill, Teal'c, Samantha Carter, Jonas, Cameron Mitchell, team, original character
Categories: gen, episode related, team, angst, Jack and Daniel friendship, friendship, character study
Warnings: Jack warning for some profanity
Author's Journal: unknown
Author's Website:

moonlitesonata
Link: a fish called Mac

Why This Must Be Read: I almost tagged this as "original character" just because of the fish. :) (There are original characters here, too.)

This delightful, insightful story takes a few seconds from Fire and Water and uses that brief snapshot of Daniel's aquarium to create an entire series arc that begins with the acquisition of a fish called Mac at the beginning of S1 and ends after Ark of Truth with, well...

There's friendship and wry humor and thoughtful observation and heart-wrenching grief, and it's both outsider POV and Daniel POV all in one. A very satisfying and intriguing read!

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Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Episode Related
Characters: robot!team, Jack O'Neill, Samantha Carter, Daniel Jackson, Teal'c
Categories: gen, angst, character study, friendship
Warnings: none
Author's Journal:

troyswann
Author's Website:

mssalieri
Link: Tin Men

Why This Must Be Read: This is oldskool fic in aching, stellar Jack POV, showing us Robot!SG-1 in their first weeks with Harlan and the gradual decision to try and go through the Stargate.

Jack wonders how long it will take them to know each other’s stories by heart.

His new brain corrects another stumble. He hasn’t got a heart.

Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Sha're
Characters: Sha're, Amaunet
Categories: gen, angst, character study
Warnings: Goa'uld possession with everything it entails
Author's Journal:

nuh_s
Author's Website:

rosemarycat5
Link: Not Myself Today

Why This Must Be Read: The host survives. Nothing of the host remains. The symbiote learns what the host knows. The host absorbs...

Sha're. Amaunet. Dreams and the blurring of lines. Bleakly good.

In their dreams, Amaunet conjured feasts of strange fruits and bodies on the ground nearby. Sha’re supplemented the table with fresh breads and wrapped chocolate. She sat at one end of the conjured table dressed how she would have in Abydos, and across from her was her double, eyes glowing, and dressed in the garb of a system lord.

Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Jack and Daniel friendship
Characters: Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson
Categories: gen, character study, angst, episode related
Warnings: none
Author's Journal:

briarwood
Author's Website:

morgan32
Link: Emotional Archeology

Why This Must Be Read: Fresh off the archive! This is a fantastic Jack and Daniel friendship piece in the wake of Show and Tell, with Daniel helping Jack deal with the emotional fallout. Understated, intelligent, sideways approaches... in short, perfectly Jack and Daniel. :)

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Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Five Things
Characters: Daniel Jackson, Sha're
Categories: het, angst, fluff, pre-series, episode related, AU, character study
Pairing: Daniel/Sha're
Warnings: canonical minor character death
Author's Journal: unknown
Author's Website:

boton
Link: Five Moments Daniel and Sha’re Shared, and One They Didn’t

Why This Must Be Read: As the categories list indicates, this short fic covers all the bases of Daniel/Sha're possible interactions, from post-movie to pre-series to COTG to AU. Great Daniel POV, poignancy and fluff and angst, and a short, satisfying read.

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Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Cassandra Frasier
Characters: Cassandra Frasier, Samantha Carter, Teal'c, Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson
Categories: gen, episode related, angst, character study
Warnings: none
Author's Journal:

cirque
Author's Website:

cirque
Link: Here at the quiet limit of the world

Why This Must Be Read: Post-Heroes, so you all know what that means...

A bittersweet, aching return to Hanka, as Cassie seeks closure in the wake of other momentous changes in her life. Teamy support, excellent introspection, and a hopeful ending.

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Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Team
Characters: Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson, Samantha Carter, Teal'c, original kid characters
Categories: gen, angst, Jack and Daniel friendship
Warnings: none
Author's Journal:

kormantic
Author's Website:

pares
Link: The War Works Hard

Why This Must Be Read: This is a bleak, harsh reminder of the regular atrocities that Goa'uld leave behind them... but it's also a poignant, courageous glimpse of the team doing their absolute best to defend innocents off-world. Add Jack's typical rapport with kids and Daniel's meandering thought processes for a short and well-written fic.

Really, Daniel wondered that they hadn't run across more orphans in the galaxy.

Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Teal'c
Characters: Teal'c, Jack O'Neill
Categories: gen, character study, Jack and Teal'c friendship, angst
Warnings: none
Author's Journal:

princessofgeeks
Author's Website: POG at AO3
Link: R is for Ry'ac

Why This Must Be Read: In honor of Father's Day and Teal'c, who was always amazingly gentle with children and gave up the chance to mentor his own for the sake of his son's future...

It's early S1, before the team knows that Ry'ac even exists, and Jack takes Teal'c to the local mall where a glimpse of a karate class brings up painfully wistful memories. Brief, poignant, and stoic - in short, perfectly Teal'c.

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Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Characters: Jack O'Neill, with references to Daniel, Sara, Charlie, Kawalsky...
Categories: gen, character study, angst, pre-series
Warnings: none
Author's Journal:

ljs_lj
Author's Website: unknown
Link: Jack O'Neill Does Not Believe

Why This Must Be Read: Superb old skool style fic, featuring an in-depth character study of Jack in the nebulous year between movie and COTG. Complete with a loving nod to Jack's Irish heritage and lots of foreshadowing, this is a fantastic glimpse of Jack's metamorphosis from the movie to the show.

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Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Sam and Daniel friendship
Characters: Samantha Carter, Daniel Jackson
Categories: gen, angst, episode related, five things
Warnings: none
Author's Journal:

stringertheory
Author's Website:

stringertheory
Link: What Can Be Untied

Why This Must Be Read: Stringertheory writes the loveliest gen fic, and I've recommended many of her stories in the past. Now that she's moving her fics to AO3, I have an excellent excuse to rec yet another one!

This is a wonderful five things of Sam and Daniel friendship, at the canon points when thing were sharp-edged and difficult. It's wonderful to see their mutual honesty and faith in one another. An intelligent, thoughtful read.

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Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Jack and Daniel friendship
Characters: Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson
Categories: gen, angst, episode related
Warnings: none
Author's Journal:

princessofgeeks
Author's Website:

princess
Link: A Toast

Why This Must Be Read: A short coda to Menace, so the angst is an automatic conclusion...

Jack and Daniel with sharp, fierce, honest edges. Just the way I like them.

"To agreeing to disagree," he said, and tilted his glass toward Daniel.

Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Samantha Carter
Characters: Samantha Carter, Jacob Carter, Mark Carter, Mrs. Carter (who deserves a first name)
Categories: gen, pre-series, angst, episode related, kidfic
Warnings: references to canonical minor character death
Author's Journal:

anr
Author's Website:

anr
Link: Action

Why This Must Be Read: While it's not canon that Jacob Carter was ever MIA, this story is both plausible and marvelously in-character for a six-year-old Sam struggling with her father's absence. Anr does a superb job of giving us a peek into Sam's head, and the final lines tying into canon are heartbreakingly good.

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Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Daniel and Janet friendship
Characters: Daniel Jackson, Janet Frasier
Categories: gen, angst, hurt/comfort
Warnings: references to Daniel's many canonical deaths
Author's Journal: unknown
Author's Website:

mylittleredgirl
Link: Vital Statistics

Why This Must Be Read: Here is oldskool!Little Doc at her finest, offering comfort when Daniel needs it most. Very short (like Janet herself, heh), but also very poignant and very right.

It's normal to forget some things -- how many times you've been on an airplane, how many fish you're supposed to have in the fishtank, how old General Hammond's granddaughter will turn next weekend.

But Daniel's lying in the infirmary, heart monitor beeping reassuringly, feet still tingling from the long minutes of stalled blood flow earlier that day, and he can't remember how many times he has died.

Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Original Character
Characters: original characters, cameos from Janet, Teal'c, and Daniel
Categories: gen, angst, drama, character study, non-linear
Warnings: OC death
Author's Journal: unknown
Author's Website:

elivira
Link: Breathlessly to Scream

Why This Must Be Read: This is a fascinating glimpse at life for a civilian scientist at the SGC, complete with tragedy and powerful, realistic reactions to the trauma of going through the Gate. I am a sucker for good non-linear narrative, and the 2nd person POV is an intriguing twist. Complete with occasional cameos from familiar faces, this fic will make you care about the characters you meet.

Yes, I recced this one already, reread it on my Kindle, forgot I'd done so, and recced again without checking first. That's how much I liked it.

The first time you see the event horizon it's blue, beautiful, and it takes your breath away. Now, in your dreams, the surface is bloodstained, bright red.

Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Characters: Jack O'Neill, Samantha Carter, George Hammond
Pairings: Jack O'Neill/Samantha Carter
Categories: het, episode tag,
Warnings: angst (with a happy ending)
Word Count: 6200
Author on DW: none
Author's Website: AO3 profile
Link to Fic: Off the Record

Author's Summary:

Four times Hammond talks with Sam off the record about her feelings for her CO.

Why This Must Be Read:

Tags for multiple episodes where Sam has revealed a bit too much about her feelings for Jack. This is largely a Sam and George fic, where George has to be the Boss and deal with potential problems of anything non-professional between Sam and Jack. But Jack looms over every word, even if he doesn't show up until the end.

A nicely done fic.

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Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Apocafic
Characters: Samantha Carter, Bra'tac, Rak'nor
Categories: gen, drama, angst
Warnings: it's apocafic! "Death count: at least 6 billion."
Author's Journal:

ultranos
Author's Website:

ultranos
Link: The Substance of Things Hoped For

Why This Must Be Read: This AU of Grace has been on my to-rec list for a while, and with a certain tidbit of science news being reported, I really couldn't resist. :)

Ultranos always write a superb Sam, and here she is at her best: courage and determination in the face of losing everything, and going beyond her best to keep going. Fantastic twists and turns and a gulping-good read!

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Show: Stargate Atlantis

Rec Category: Slash
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Radek Zelenka, Jennifer Keller
Pairings: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Categories: slash, episode tags, AU
Warnings: canonical character death, grief/mourning, angst, it all comes out right in the end
Author's Journal:

popkin16
Link: The Work of Mourning

Why This Must Be Read: All the feeeeels! Seriously, this fic will punch you in the gut, and then make it all better by the end. It’s a study of the process of grief and, in a Last Man tag, a defiance of that grief. The imagery is amazing, the character insights are amazing, and Popkin is amazing! There can never be enough love for this fic.

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Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Characters: Jack O'Neill, Pete Shanahan
Pairings: Jack O'Neill/Samantha Carter
Categories: het, pre-relationship, episode related-ish
Warnings: minor angst
Word Count: 1100
Author's Website: AO3 profile
Link to Fic: Nowhere to Hide

Author's Summary:

Jack doesn’t like surprises. In fact, they piss him off. He’s had enough of them to last him till his final day. However, life doesn’t seem to agree. Whoever hates him up there decided to give him a real doozy today.

Why This Must Be Read:

While I kinda liked Pete in general, he really wasn't meant to be with Sam Carter. But Jack's not stepped up to let Sam know how he feels, either.

An interesting meeting between two of the men in Sam Carter's life.

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Show: Stargate Atlantis

Rec Category: Slash
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard
Pairings: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Categories: season one ep tags, angst, all the feels
Warnings: emotional repression, reference to canon torture and injury
Author's Journal:

nagi_schwarz,

sherlockian_syn
Link: There’s No Space In My Heart

Why This Must Be Read: This is a Five Times Plus One fic, and the emotion in each connected section is almost overwhelming. It’s set entirely in the first season of the show, in the gaps between episodes. Essentially, it’s John’s struggle to accept how he feels about Rodney, how they continually come together and move apart until he decides that he has to take the chance and expose his feelings. It’s beautifully done. And the sex scenes are amazing!

Also, the collaboration between these two lovely writers is absolutely seamless.

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Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Original Character
Characters: original, Daniel Jackson
Categories: gen, drama, angst, character study, non-linear storytelling
Warnings: violence, OC character death
Author's Journal: unknown
Author's Website:

elivira
Link: Breathlessly to Scream

Why This Must Be Read: I think this is a shiny new author, and definitely one worth encouraging! Here is a superb OC in the immediacy of second-person POV: a civilian going through Stargate, with all the trauma and determination and courage you can imagine.

As I commented, I am now going to mentally insert Callie into every background scene in the SGC, because this short fic brings her vividly to life.

The base psychologist asks if you still want to work on a gate team, to work with Evans and Takeda, or if you’d prefer to stay earthside.

“Yes,” you say, voice hoarse, “I want.” You don’t know why you agree, don't even know if you really do want to, but it's as if you can’t do anything else. You wonder if this is how Sergent Takeda feels when he talks about the gate, about his time in Atlantis, about his ten years at the SGC. As if there’s no way he can leave it behind for good, as much a part of him as his hands or feet.

braveheartlove

Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Daniel Jackson

Characters: Daniel Jackson

Categories: Gen, Angst

Warnings: NONE

Author's Journal: Dreamwidth

Author's Website: AO3

Link: Motivation

Why This Must Be Read:

I love pieces like this. Ones that dig deeper into why characters do what they do. This one, put Daniel's story arch on its head, the first time I read it. Even in reading it again just recently, it made me think again. There is a lot here, in just a few lines. That’s a sign of a good story.

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Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Daniel Jackson
Characters: Daniel Jackson, Jack O'Neill, Samantha Carter, Cameron Mitchell
Categories: gen (but see below), Jack/Daniel, Jack and Daniel friendship, ANGST, episode related, hurt/comfort
Warnings: canonical major character death; knowledge of Continuum required
Author's Journal: unknown
Author's Website:

devinsxdesigns
Link: Closest Thing You Have {Had} To A Best Friend

Why This Must Be Read: This fic is best summed up like this: Oh, Daniel.

It's a fantastic look at Daniel's reactions to, and observations of, the events of Continuum, in a stream-of-consciousness with a very heavy emphasis on his friendship with Jack (or, if your ship goggles run that way, Jack/Daniel as per author intention), but with bonus Sam and Daniel friendship, too. It hurts because it's very, very good.

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Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Cassandra Frasier
Characters: Cassandra, Teal'c, Samantha Carter, Jack O'Neill
Categories: gen, friendship, angst, episode related
Warnings: canonical minor character death
Author's Journal:

abydosorphan
Author's Website:

abydosorphan
Link: Last Stop: This Town

Why This Must Be Read: I adore Cassie and Teal'c friendship fics: the two aliens who have found a place on Earth, but still sometimes feel very much like outsiders. Teal'c offering consolation to Cassie, just after Heroes, is absolutely perfect.

The fic is labeled as "hints at Sam/Jack." This gen girl read it and wondered, "What hints?" So this works with whatever goggles you use. :)

He was her anchor, her alien uncle who reminded her that no matter how truly alien she may feel among the Tauri at times, this was exactly where she belonged.

Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Characters: Jack O'Neill, Tony DiNozzo, SG-1 team, NCIS team, Sentinal, JAG -- too many characters to list
Pairings: Jack O'Neill/Tony DiNozzo
Categories: slash, angst, crossover, sentinel/guide
Warnings: slash sex, het sex, minor secondary character bashing,
Word Count: 221,668
Author on DW: not found
Author's Website: AO3 profile
Link: This Space Opera (Series)

Author's Summary: (from the first story of the series)

Gibbs has two files in his head marked "DiNozzo" and "Trouble." Most problems involving his SFA end up in the file labeled "DiNozzo— Hilarious Trouble." This problem, however, is looking like it's going to end up in the other file, the one labeled "DiNozzo— Serious Trouble."

When a phone call from Philadelphia causes Tony to begin acting oddly, Gibbs suspects that something is wrong. His suspicions are confirmed when a Sentinel and Guide pair from the Philadelphia S & G Center show up at NCIS asking for Guide DiNozzo. Uncertain what his SFA has gotten himself into, Gibbs calls in the big guns: the former Judge Advocate General and the current Alpha Sentinel of D.C., A.J. Chegwidden, and his guide, Captain Harmon Rabb.

Why This Must Be Read:

A Jack/Tony fic, with a huge cast of characters.

An interesting take on Sentinels and Guide where there's no immediate imperative to bond and Sentinels can manage very well with temp Guides, thank you very much.

This is a series of 4 stories and while the AO3 page says it's not complete, it ends nicely and you're not left hanging.

Jack O'Neill doesn't show up until the 2nd story, the first serves as backstory to Tony's story. You can skip the first story, if you're only here for Jack O'Neill, but it's a good story and lays some of the background for who Tony is at the time he and Jack meet.

Of course, Tony gets dragged into the SGC, and he and Jack work to save the world, and their relationship, through all the crazy things that happen around them.

The stories are well written and fun.

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Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Five Things
Characters: Robot!team
Categories: gen, episode related, angst, missing scenes, friendship
Warnings: none
Author's Journal:

smilebackwards
Author's Website:

smilebackwards
Link: S is for Synthetic

Why This Must Be Read: We all know about Robot!Team's mission to Juna, but what about the other missions they undertook before that final disaster?

Smilebackwards gives us glimpses of four others (plus their last one), which range from angsty to wry to amusing and back again. All in superb Jack!voice, too!

Sure, they’ve all gone through the stages of grief and have periodic existential crises, but organic Jack never could have wrapped his hands around the rusting bars of their rustic prison getaway and— Creak!

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fignewton - a fish called Mac, by Moonlitesonata (PG)
fignewton - Tin Men, by Salieri (PG)
fignewton - Not Myself Today, by Rosemarycat5 (PG)
fignewton - Emotional Archeology, by Morgan Briarwood (PG)
fignewton - Five Moments Daniel and Sha’re Shared, and One They Didn’t, by Boton (PG)
fignewton - Here at the quiet limit of the world, by Cirque (PG)
fignewton - The War Works Hard, by Pares (PG-13)
fignewton - R is for Ry'ac, by Princess of Geeks (G)
fignewton - Jack O'Neill Does Not Believe, by LJ (PG)
fignewton - What Can Be Untied, by Stringertheory (PG)
fignewton - A Toast, by Princess of Geeks (PG)
fignewton - Action, by anr (PG)
fignewton - Vital Statistics, by Mylittleredgirl (PG)
fignewton - Breathlessly to Scream, by Elivira (PG-13)
goddess47 - Off the Record by samsg1 (PG)
fignewton - The Substance of Things Hoped For, by Ultranos (PG-13)
brumeier - The Work of Mourning, by popkin16 (Teen & Up)
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goddess47 - This Space Opera (Series) by AthenaAstrea (NC-17)
fignewton - Synthetic, by Smilebackwards (PG)

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