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Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Teal'c
Characters: Bra'tac, Teal'c
Categories: gen, character study, episode related
Warnings: none
Author's Journal:

paian
Author's Website:

paian
Link: Cha'hari

Why This Must Be Read: This is a beautiful, sweet coda to the final Ori arc, as Bra'tac and Teal'c meet again in a galaxy truly at peace. I love this for the mutual respect, the unspoken wealth of words beneath the surface, and the quiet triumph of two old men who have achieved their greatest dreams.

Never had they met this way without another battle on the near horizon. Never had they met this way in a time of peace. Never, in all their lives, had they known a time of peace..

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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Using my Teal'c icon due to my sad lack of my old Bra'tac one...

Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Bra'tac
Characters: Bra'tac, Apophis, Samantha Carter
Categories: gen, pre-series, character study
Warnings: none
Author's Journal:

beatrice_otter
Author's Website:

beatrice_otter
Link: E is for Elegance

Why This Must Be Read: Bra'tac is wily and pragmatic and fierce. He also has style, wit, and perception. And in this gorgeous character exploration, it's those very traits that lead him to understanding that Apophis=false god... and that the Goa'uld must be defeated for the sake of Jaffa freedom.

Read this and savor.

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smilebackwards

Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Episode Related
Characters: Bra’tac, Teal’c
Categories: Gen
Warnings: None
Author’s Website: Fig Newton on AO3
Link: R is for Reassessment

Why This Must Be Read: I love Bra’tac and how his mentorship helped shape Teal’c. This is a lovely character study of Bra’tac coming to terms with the choice Teal’c made to fight the Goa’uld from a different front.

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Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Bra'tac
Characters: Bra'tac, Samantha Carter, team
Categories: friendship, gender roles
Warnings: none
Author on LJ:

curuchamion
Author's Website: Justice_Turtle at AO3
Link: Warriors of Great Skill and Cunning

Why This Must Be Read: Bra'tac being awesome. Sam being awesome. Knitting and motorcycles!

...Why are you still here? :)

"Major Carter begins to learn," Bra'tac reports to Jack at dinnertime, over the interesting meal of MRE innards and Jaffa field rations the guys have cooked up. "She has died only five times this day."

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Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Teal'c
Characters: Teal'c, Bra'tac, team
Categories: gen, drama, time travel, episode related, crossover, AU, Teal'c/Drey'auc
Warnings: technical crossover with Farscape
Author on LJ:

antonomasia09
Author's Website: antonomasia at AO3
Link: Unrealized Reality

Why This Must Be Read: The events of 48 Hours may have been instantaneous to Teal'c, but who knows what happens in a wormhole? In this fascinating crossover with Farscape, Teal'c spends those two days struggling to find the path to his own reality... and exploring some fascinating AUs at the same time. The whole thing is excellent reading, but the last two paragraphs are my favorite!

Reccer's note: Speaking as someone who only knows that Cam and Vala's actors had roles on Farscape, you can be safely assured that you can read this without any familiary with the fandom.

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Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Bra'tac
Characters: Kasuf
Categories: gen, episode related, character study, Kasuf, futurefic
Warnings: none
Author on LJ:

magibrain
Author's Website: Magistrate at AO3
Link: Fire and Calm

Why This Must Be Read: This gorgeously splendid character study takes Bra'tac's first journey to Kheb, the ultimate destruction and mass Ascension of Abydos, and seamlessly fuses them together into a beautiful exploration of choice, perspective, age, and progress.

Both Bra'tac and Kasuf are courageous mentors who watched their disciples and children soar to greater heights. Here, Magistrate does justice to both of them.

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Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Teal'c
Characters: Bra'tac, team, Oma
Categories: gen, drama, episode related, friendship
Warnings: none
Author on LJ:

redbyrd_sgfic
Author's Website: Redbyrd's Stargate Fanfic
Link: at LJ or on Redbyrd's website

Why This Must Be Read: I have often called Redbyrd one of the queens of gen fic, particularly of the ep-related variety. This wonderful long story is a case in point, as we see the events of Maternal Instinct unfold through Teal'c's eyes. The excellent use of Bra'tac's reactions, thoughts on Jaffa culture, and Teal'c's perspective all put a new twist on a classic episode!

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Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Teal'c
Characters: Teal'c, Bra'tac, Apophis, Baal, Qetesh, Vala Mal Doran
Categories: gen, drama, AU, episode related
Warnings: minor AU character deaths
Author on LJ:

aurora_novarum
Author's Website: List of My Stories / Aurora at AO3
Link: Path of Good Intentions

Why This Must Be Read: I believe this fic is actually unique: an exploration of Teal'c's life in the alternate timeline of Continuum, when Baal is playing with foreknowledge and already has his eye on the young Jaffa he wants to claim as his own First Prime.

This is a great sketch of Teal'c's experiences of Baal's cold manipulations, the way the timeline keeps twisting away from reality, and the underlying Goa'uld hubris that is actually creating the potential for Baal's eventual defeat. Add great cameos by Brat'ac and Vala (complete with a perfectly sensible handwaving of that "fifty years" quote) and a perfectly in-character Teal'c, and your only regret will be that Aurora didn't make this fic any longer!

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Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Bra'tac
Characters: Bra'tac, original character
Categories: gen,
Warnings: none
Author on LJ:

splash_the_cat
Author's Website: Infanity
Link: B is for Bureaucracy (Pournelle's Iron Law)

Why This Must Be Read: I have a soft spot for stories which highlight the Free Jaffa and their unerring ability to do everything the hard way. Freedom is never easy - including the inevitable bureaucracy that it spawns!

Read this for the wry humor, for Bra'tac's wisdom and sheer common sense, and for the automatic empathy you will feel for poor Ja'tal for being where we've all been before. :)

Bra'tac gripped his shoulder. "Welcome to the revolution, my boy."

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Show: Stargate SG-1

Rec Category: Bra'tac
Characters: Bra'tac, Teal'c, Apophis
Het/Slash/Gen: Gen
Warnings: none
Author on LJ:

thothmes
Author's Website: unknown
Link: U is for Unspoken

Why This Must Be Read: This is a fabulous sketch of Bra'tac, arcing across the decades and played against a strong theme of silence: his first stirrings of doubt as a chal'ti, his lonely search for fellow rebels, his initial observations of Teal'c and then of the Tau'ri. Thothmes finishes with a lovely scene of Teal'c and Bra'tac together, content in silent contemplation of their ultimate victory in achieving freedom.

(Literally) quietly triumphant, and a read to savor.

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Show: Stargate Atlantis

Rec Category: Crossover
Characters: Teyla, Ronon, Teal'c, Bra'tac
Het/Slash/Gen: Gen
Warnings: crossover with SG-1
Author on LJ:

kormantic
Author's Website: the skalab</td>
Link: Contemporary Wushu

Why This Must Be Read: This fic sparkles with the subtler kind of humor, with Teyla and Teal'c providing amused commentary as Bra'tac teaches Ronon a thing or two about sly old codgers and their tricks. Teyla and Teal'c friendship is always a treasure, and so is Bra'tac awesomeness. Put it all together, and this fic is guaranteed to put a smile on your face!

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Rec Category: Genre: Other (Tok'ra)
Pairing: None
Category: Action/adventure, Malek, Bra'tac
Warning: None
Author on LJ:

ololon
Link: Balancing the Books

Why This Must Be Read: Remember in "Allegiance"? Malek owes Bra'tac one, and now he gets a chance to repay his debt. In this story Malek and especially his host becomes friends with Bra'tac, and Malek's host learns to trust himself a little more. It is always interesting to see the duality of the host and the symbiote in the Tok'ra, and I like to see the internal conversations - this story does that very well. We get to see a little about how the daily life may be for a Tok'ra operative and there is also some funny moments.

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Rec Category: Jack and Teal'c friendship
Pairing: none
Categories: Jack and Teal'c friendship, Jack O'Neill, Teal'c, Bra'tac, humor, gen, episode related
Warnings: none
Author on LJ:

lovellama
Author's Website: Josephine's Gate
Link: Warriors Playing at Gentlemen

Why This Must Be Read: Because Jack introduces Teal'c to golf, and everything is better with C4!

...What? You need more? :)

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Rec Category: Gen
Pairing: none
Categories: gen, General Hammond, Jacob, Bra'tac, character study
Warnings: none
Author on LJ:

annerbhp
Author's Website: Fic Master List
Link: Xenophilia

Why This Must Be Read: Well, this has to be fanfic, because if Jacob and George and Bra'tac were in a single scene together, the screen would likely explode from the sheer combined awesomeness. :)

But seriously, this little ficlet is absolutely delightful: George Hammond, Bra'tac, and Jacob and Selmac, drinking alien scotch off-world and pretending to be grumpy old men. What's not to love?

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Rec Category: Ronon Dex
Pairing: none
Category: Ronon Dex, Bra'tac, Gen, Humor, Teal'c, Teyla Emmagan
Warning: None
Author on LJ: http://kormantic.livejournal.com/
Author's Website: http://www.kormantic.com/
Link: http://community.livejournal.com/choc_fic/48786.html

Why This Must Be Read: You probably don't think of Bra'tac as particularly funny. This story will change that. Contemporary Wushu, short and sweet, features the bout of Ronon versus Bra'tac and the very enjoyable bone dry humor of Teal'c and Teyla as they watch. The fight is evocatively written; I could visualize while reading each move and countermove as punctuated by Bra'tac's taunts. It turns out the Jaffa master can crush as easily with his words as his staff. My favorite part is probably the little throwaway lines (Rodney and John have a laugh-out loud exchange), Bra'tac as the most lovable badass of all time and the characterization of Ronon up against something he's never encountered before, someone who can best him easily.

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Subject: “Long Road Home” by SG_Wonderland (PG)

Rec Category: Daniel Jackson
Character: Daniel Jackson, Teal’c, Bra’tac
Category: episode related, Kheb
Warning: none
Author on LJ: sg_wonderland
Author's Website: n/a
Link: Long Road Home

Why This Must Be Read:

While I’ve focused mostly this month on authors who do an amazing job showing us what Daniel himself is thinking or feeling, I decided for my last rec that it was also important to show how others react to Daniel—and what they wonder about what he’s thinking or feeling. In “Long Road Home,” Bra’tac gets to spend more time with Doctor Jackson than ever before during the mission to Kheb, and initially finds his approach to the world more than a little puzzling. With Teal’c as occasional intermediary, Bra’tac and Daniel approach something like understanding, and sg_wonderland does an amazing job carrying all three voices with thoughtfulness and gentle humor.

Excerpt:

Dr. Jackson is even more subdued as we depart the temple. O’Neill attempted to initiate conversation but was unsuccessful. Major Carter fared no better so they have wisely given up. Teal’c merely walks silently by his side.

I deliberately slow my tread until we three are far behind, Teal’c and I flanking him on either side. Dr. Jackson finally breaks the silence. “If Jack couldn’t get me to crack, I don’t know why you two think you’ll do any better.”

I smother laughter at his stormy expression. “Dr. Jackson, in many ways, you are worse than a child. I do not hope to ‘crack’ you.”

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Rec Category: Bra'tac
Pairing: none
Categories: Bra'tac, character study, original character, pre-series
Warnings: none
Author on LJ:

_minxy_
Author's Website: fic post
Link: Footsoldiers on Uneven Ground

Why This Must Be Read: Minxy offers us an intriguing glimpse of pre-series Bra'tac, as he quietly talks with the brave woman who dared to step through the Stargate, small child in tow, to seek refuge on Chulak after Cronus had her husband put to death.

Minxy lovingly invests a crucial, cryptic figure of Teal'c's past with strength of character and clear-eyed vision. Bra'tac moves through the stylized motions of convention, but Mehr'auc rejects the convenience and comfort of a marriage offer, determined to wage her own wars of honor. Their conversation is a stately dance of point and counter-point; we see the first subtle seeds of questioning planted in Bra'tac's mind, and watch the first tendrils of connection between Teal'c and Bra'tac root themselves into the future.

I love fics that give us insights into what shaped the characters we know and love. In Footsoldiers on Uneven Ground, Minxy shows us the people that Bra'tac and Teal'c were, and how they might have grown into the people we so admire. Read this one thoughtfully, and enjoy!

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Rec Category: Bra'tac
Pairing: none
Categories: Bra'tac, Daniel Jackson, character study, episode related
Warnings: none
Author on LJ:

abyssinia4077
Author's Website: Fic post
Link: Weep Not For the Past

Why This Must Be Read: This fic has one of my favorite friendships: Bra'tac and Daniel. I love how their relationship evolved over ten years, and this lovely vignette, which steals a moment of time in Threads, is a fascinating look at how very far both of them have come.

Daniel, unsettled and uncertain, retreats to the sanctuary of his office as he grapples with his return to the mortal plane and the momentous events that have occurred in his absence. Bra'tac discovers him there, and their brief exchange touches upon faith, and the purpose of history, and the nature of truth and belief.

Its very brevity gives this ficlet its power. Read this one thoughtfully, and savor.

Bra'tac examined him closely, then placed his hand on Daniel's chest and Daniel imagined he could feel his heart thudding against his ribcage beneath the man's palm. "Believe in this. And believe in those who would stand by your side."

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Rec Category: Bra'tac
Pairing: none
Categories: Bra'tac, Jacob Carter, team
Warnings: none
Author on LJ:

kormantic
Author's Website: the skalab
Link: Kli'mal

Why This Must Be Read: Because Bra'tac rocks.

So does Jacob Carter.

And in this delightful ficlet, Kormantic gives us both of both of these old coots, facing each other across a game of strategy with skill and respect and the glint of challenge in their eyes.

SG-1 can only stand back in awe, and smile. And you will, too.

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Rec Category: Bra'tac
Pairing: none
Categories: Bra'tac, Ry'ac, Drey'auc, episode related, character study
Warnings: none
Author on LJ:

redbyrd_sgfic
Author's Website: Redbyrd's Stargate Fic
Link: First Lessons

Why This Must Be Read: This engaging story was inspired by discussion at

redial_the_gate over the decision to leave Drey'auc and Ry'ac behind in Bloodlines, when Hammond had specifically instructed SG-1 to bring them back to Earth. ...Okay, it was mostly inspired by my complaint that Ry'ac was more of a plot device than a character. Do you think I'm complaining that I got Redbyrd fic out of it? :)

The story is initially about Ry'ac and his childish understanding of events, and it's a joy to read about Drey'auc's fiery determination and Ry'ac's perception of the Jaffa and the Tau'ri. But as I commented when Redbyrd first wrote this, Bra'tac shamelessly steals the limelight the moment he appears in the fic, as we get a delightful peek at the methods of the man who carefully, skillfully trained Teal'c - not just as a warrior, but as the leader of the rebellion.

First Lessons is nice backstory in a missing scene, written with Redbyrd's usual attention to detail and canon. And it's got great Bra'tac, being awesome as usual. What more could you want?

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Rec Category: Bra'tac
Pairing none
Categories: Bra'tac, Daniel Jackson, gen, vignette, humor
Warnings: none
Author on LJ:

holdouttrout
Author's Website: Linguistic Prostitution
Link: Underestimate

Why This Must Be Read: I confess that Holdouttrout chose to write this prompt for LeapGate at my request. I have a not-so-secret delight for fics that feature Daniel and Bra'tac working together with mutual respect, and Holdouttrout delivers great banter and action, with just the right sprinkling of humor.

(Because you just know that Teal'c introduced Bra'tac to his VCR...)

Read this one and smile, because really, Bra'tac always rocks. :)

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Rec Category: Bra'tac
Pairing: none
Categories: Bra'tac, Samantha Carter, gen, character study, futurefic
Warnings: references to SGA S4
Author on LJ:

abyssinia4077
Author's Website: fic post
Link: Journey of a Thousand Years

Why This Must Be Read: This quiet, thoughtful ficlet offers us a glimpse of forward motion, as Sam chats quietly with Bra'tac about the current state of the Jaffa nation, the slow and marvelous nature of change, and the occasional necessity of baby steps. With Teal'c's toddler grandchild to serve as tangible metaphor to their discussion, and the joyful acceptance of infinite possibilities, Journey of a Thousand Years is a lovely snapshot of the future that we all hope is in store for our favorite characters.

"After all I have seen," Bra'tac says finally, and Sam can hear the pride in his voice, "I believe anything to be possible."

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I am honored to introduce a brand new category: Bra'tac recs! Someone had to teach Teal'c how to be so awesome, after all. :)

And this marks two years of reccing in this marvelous community. Thanks for putting me up with me, guys. (We're celebrating over at my place!)

Rec Category: Bra'tac
Pairing none
Categories: Bra'tac, Teal'c, Rak'nor, gen, futurefic, character study
Warnings: spoilers for S10's Line in the Sand
Author on LJ:

_minxy_
Author's Website: Fic post
Link: The God of Poets Has Two Hands

Why This Must Be Read: This thoughtfully eloquent fic shows us the future of the galaxy through Bra'tac's eyes: his thoughts on humans, on the Jaffa's world-building, on Teal'c, on leadership, on himself... and on the creation and formation of legend. Minxy uses the intriguing vehicle of a human bard singing of Teal'c and Thilana (one of the most engaging guest stars in S10) as a backdrop to Bra'tac's thoughts, and you'll find yourself equally fascinated by the lilting language of the ballad and Bra'tac's memories.

For an extra treat, Minxy wrote DVD commentary on this marvelous story. Read both of them carefully - they're a tribute to a wonderful character and his amazing journey.

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Rec Category: Teal’c

Pairing: Teal'c/Drey'auc

Categories: Teal’c, Bra'tac, angst, drama, character study, pre-series

Warnings: none

Author on LJ: beatrice_otter

Author's Website: Beatrice Otter's stories at ff.net

Link: Pale Battalions

Why This Must Be Read: Teal'c goes home after a glorious battle in Apophis' name.

Too many people forget that Teal'c carries the burden of decades of personal history in the service of Apophis. In Pale Battalions, Beatrice Otter gives us a younger Teal'c, going through the motions – not quite ready to rebel, but all too aware that something is wrong.

There's bleakness contrasted by the easy convictions of those around him, and the hollowness of victory and reward when flashbacks of death still haunt him. This isn't the Teal'c we know, not yet – but this is the man who will become that Teal'c, and it's marvelous to catch a glimpse of the stirring of doubt and disillusion.

This story was remixed into the incredible None But Ourselves by cofax7, which carries the painful thread of this forward to SG-1's time. But Pale Battalions is a weighty, thoughtful piece in its own right: a Teal'c who wonders, and watches, but still goes through the motions. Read this one and savor.

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