fignewton: (Daniel shoulderpatch)
[personal profile] fignewton
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: [archiveofourown.org profile] 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!

snippet of fic )
fignewton: (humor)
[personal profile] fignewton
Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Humor
Characters: Samantha Carter, Teal'c, Daniel Jackson, Cameron Mitchel
Categories: gen, humor, Sam and Teal'c friendship, off-world shenanigans
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: [profile] kalquessa
Author's Website: [archiveofourown.org profile] kalquessa
Link: Retail Price

Why This Must Be Read: So what's the going rate for a colonel and an archeologist? Sam and Teal'c are about to find out!

Very short, very fun, slightly innuendo-ish (for Kalquessa, certainly). Sam and Teal'c as the slightly amused adults are always a win. :)


"So what's the plan for getting us out of these?" Daniel pulled the chain between his wrists taut.

"Well it's a bit crowded for a fire-fight, so we're going to buy you from that nice man in the leather shirt over there," Sam hefted the bag of coins she had been carrying, which clinked satisfyingly.
fignewton: (Sam keel you with my brain)
[personal profile] fignewton
Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Cameron Mitchell
Characters: Cameron Mitchell, Samantha Carter, Martouf/Lantash, Teal'c, Daniel Jackson, Tok'ra ensemble, Elizabeth Weir
Categories: gen, AU, episode related, canon rewrite, Sam and Cam friendship, Cam and Teal'c friendship
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: [personal profile] slybrarian
Author's Website: [archiveofourown.org profile] Slybrarian
Link: Ophiucus Rising

Why This Must Be Read: This is what the SGC/Tok'ra relationship should have been, and a very plausible way to bring Cam into the SGC program a full season earlier: instead of putting him through a year of agonizing therapy that might not be successful, Sam - still host to Jolinar - offers Cam the opportunity to be a Tok'ra host.

This leads to a very different S8, with Cam and his fellow Tok'ra-Tau'ri blends working at the SGC.

You'll enjoy the different twists on various episodes, the hilarious inner dialogue, and the warm friendship between Cam and Sam. A very satisfying story!


As everyone began settling down, Cam took a look around at them all. They were, to a man, woman, and snake, a bunch of neurotic, insane, and sneaky basket cases, but they were also brilliant, brave, and loyal. Part of Cam still ached for the squadron he had been forced to leave behind, but if he had to replace them he couldn't have asked for a better group. He didn't think he would mind calling them family for the next three or four hundred years.
fignewton: (jack dark and stormy mission)
[personal profile] fignewton
Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Team
Characters: Cameron Mitchell, Samantha Carter, Vala Mal Doran, Daniel Jackson, Teal'c, Jack O'Neill
Categories: gen, humor, prison breaks
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: unknown
Author's Website: [archiveofourown.org profile] iwillalwaysknowyou
Link: The Sun Started It (Again)

Why This Must Be Read: I always love a good prison break fic. And this one, which is post S10 but includes Jack, is a delightful addition to the genre that proves that SG-1 glee never, ever gets old!

snippet of fic )
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[personal profile] smilebackwards
Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Five Things
Characters: Teal'c, Daniel Jackson, Sam Carter, Jack O'Neill, Cameron Mitchell
Categories: Five Things, Gen
Warnings: None
Author’s Website: [archiveofourown.org profile] Paian
Link: Teal'c's Five Favorite Board Games

Why This Must Be Read: Fabulously written Teal'c voice and character study seen through his enjoyment of various board games. I particularly love Teal'c's joy at garage sales and the specific rules instituted for SG-1 to be able to play Trivial Pursuit!

First paragraph to get you started )
mific: (McShep Silhouette)
[personal profile] mific
Show: SGA
Rec Category: Alternate Universe
Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, Patrick Sheppard, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Evan Lorne, Radek Zelenka, Carson Beckett, Cam Mitchell
Categories: M/M
Warnings: Nil
Author on DW: n/a
Author's Website: See AO3
Link: Beach Real Estate on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: This is a funny, lighthearted AU where John's a beach realtor and Rodney's new in town, a lawyer, and looking to buy. In only 3400 words, ficontessa creates a wonderfully recognisable AU, with Ronon and Teyla as John's friends, Carson patching him up, and Evan sorting out his disorganised paperwork. A big bonus is that Patrick Sheppard, while overinvolved, isn't a bastard or homophobic, and he and John clearly care about each other a lot. Plus, epistolary fic FTW and some outsider POV! It's cleverly done, and a great read. Ficontessa's a new SGA writer, so go leave encouragement!

snippet of fic )
[personal profile] ivorysilk
Show:SG-1
Rec Category:Daniel/Vala
Characters:Daniel Jackson, Vala Mal Doran, Samantha Carter, Cameron Mitchell, Teal’c, Ba’al, Quetesh, Jacob Carter, Jack O’Neill
Pairings:Daniel/Vala
Categories: Het
Warnings: Rape/Non-Con, graphic descriptions of violence, including towards children
Author's Journal: milenadaniels.tumblr.com
Author's Website: MilenaDaniels’ profile on AO3
Link: Misappropriation of Lives
Why This Must Be Read: Author’s Summary: The past will always find you, especially if you have something it wants.

This one is focussed on Vala's backstory, as you might have guessed, but also on how Daniel has a unique insight into her and her personality, and it is this knowledge that is at the core of their relationship, along with a lovely supportive team. A dark fic, but also angsty and romantic, with a strong serving of hurt/comfort.

You see, Daniel? You might not have recognized what Sam did just now, let me explain it to you. )
[personal profile] ivorysilk
Show: SG-1, SGA
Rec Category:Daniel/Vala
Characters:Cameron Mitchell, Daniel Jackson, Ronon Dex, Vala Mal Doran, Tomin
Pairings:Cam/Vala; Daniel/Vala; Tomin/Vala; Ronon/Vala
Categories:Het
Warnings:discussions of childbirth, infertility
Author's Journal: I think tumblr, but not dreamwidth (I could be wrong)
Author's Website: Shiggityshwa’s profile on AO3
Link: La Troisieme Fois
Why This Must Be Read:
Author’s Summary: “A varying look at three major relationships of Vala's and how they changed drastically after a first date. Each chapter set in an alternate universe. The first story in a series of eight.”

So, Shiggityswha is primarily a Vala/Cam writer, and she is critical of the canon Daniel/Vala relationship, for reasons that I largely agree with. One of the best parts of fanfic, in my view, is that the best fandoms have canon source that leaves open multiple perspectives. But! I am rec’cing Daniel/Vala, and this one is a bit different, but I urge you to give it a try. It’s a series, Vala-centric, and each fic has three chapters. Each chapter is a separate timeline, involving Vala and a relationship with a different lover--Cam, Tomin, and Daniel, and includes the theme of children/family--a theme that was pursued (in my view) incompletely on the show (in terms of Vala, at least). So, the first timeline (chapter one of each fic) follows Cam and Vala, the second Tomin and Vala, and the third Daniel and Vala. For the Daniel/Vala, I suggest the second timeline (I promise, it will make sense). The third, which is Daniel/Vala, is a much darker (but not implausible) view of their relationship.

Shiggity’s fic is darker, and the characters are complex. Her understanding and characterization of Vala, though, is fantastic. One of the reasons I love this pairing so much is because of Vala: she is a strong, fascinating, complex character, and because she is also an unreliable narrator in terms of her own character, her story has infinite possibilities. I find this series both thought-provoking and satisfying, and each of her timelines as portrayed here very intriguing.

snippet of fic )
goddess47: Emu! (Default)
[personal profile] goddess47
Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Characters: Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson, Samantha Carter, Tony Dinozzo, Leyroy Jethro Gibbs, Cameron Mitchell, Jimmy Palmer, Timothy McGee
Pairings: None
Categories: Gen, crossover with NCIS
Warnings: off-screen death of OMC
Word Count: 7725 (for 2 stories)
Author on DW: [profile] ami_ven
Author's Website: Website here
Link to Fic: Highly Classified



Author's Summary:

Gibbs’s team has a jurisdictional issue with the US Air Force.



Why This Must Be Read:

Come on! Jack and Gibbs wrestling over the same body? What's not to enjoy!

Another SG1/NCIS crossover (it does make for interesting stories!), the first story is mostly NCIS folk, but sets up the second story. And it's short!

Could be an episode, but it's the NCIS folk learning about aliens. And it's fun.



snippet of fic )
fignewton: (daniel hmm)
[personal profile] fignewton
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: [archiveofourown.org profile] 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.

snippet of fic )
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[personal profile] smilebackwards
Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Five Things
Characters: Jack O’Neill, Sam Carter, Daniel Jackson, Teal’c, Cameron Mitchell
Categories: Gen, Five Things
Warnings: None
Author’s Website: [archiveofourown.org profile] Penknife
Link: Brevity

Why This Must Be Read: This fic is only 380 words but they are 380 very enjoyable words. One brief mission report from each of the original SG-1 team, plus Mitchell. I love how blase these are. They’re like, ‘To whom it may concern: Traveled to an alien planet, had some altercations, same old, same old. Love, SG-1’

First paragraph to get you started )
goddess47: Emu! (Default)
[personal profile] goddess47
Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Characters: Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson, Samantha Carter, Teal'c, John Sheppard, Cameron Mitchell, Walter Harriman
Pairings: none
Categories: Gen, mission gone awry, team as family
Warnings:Psychological trauma, PTSD
Word Count: 4600
Author's Website: AO3 Profile
Link: Millennium's Children



Author's Summary:

Jack has just rescued Daniel from an uninhabited planet and all is well. Or is it? If Sam and the others don’t know something is very, very wrong—they do when Daniel and Jack disappear. Not even the best investigators in the world can find them.

Set post season 10.



Why This Must Be Read:

A poetic, haunting fic related to the author's own treatment for PTSD. Jack and Daniel return from a mission gone awry, but they are different. Sam fights to understand, and learns more about team also being family.

This is part 1 of a series but it can stand alone. Part 2 is currently being posted.



snippet of fic )
mific: (team AR1)
[personal profile] mific
Show: SGA (with what the author calls "guest appearances" by SG1)
Rec Category: AU - specifically, with alien worldbuilding.
Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagan, Elizabeth Weir, Radek Zelenka, Evan Lorne, Steven Caldwell, Sam Carter, Vala Mal Doran, Daniel Jackson, Cameron Mitchell, Teal'c
Categories: slash
Warnings: "It's a chose not to warn" one, I think because Teyla is captured and basically tortured by some evil humans (not the alien race). I can't think of anything else to warn for. 
Author on DW: [personal profile] springwoof
Author's Website: See the AO3
Link: Thousandmother on AO3 - or the original SGA Big Bang post on the wayback machine
Why This Must Be Read: This isn't tagged AU on AO3 but it deviates enough from canon, especially at the end, that I consider it an AU, and in fact Springwoof notes on the original post "AU sometime after Season 3's Common Ground." Anyway, it's an amazing read with the team stuck on a world with an alien race, which is where the worldbuilding comes in. I love the imaginative details of the alien culture who aren't just "Pegasus humans", but truly different. It's also excellent action/adventure, crammed with plot, and a really great story. 


snippet of fic )

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[personal profile] popkin16
Show: Stargate Atlantis
Rec Category: John/Rodney
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagen, Ronon Dex
Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, past John Sheppard/Cameron Mitchell
Categories: First Time, Fusion, Alternate Universe, Romance
Warnings: None
Author's Journal: N/A
Author's Website: @ Ao3
Link: Code of Honor

Why This Must Be Read: This is a Stargate Atlantis/Star Wars fusion. Specifically, according to the tags, SW: Knights of the Old Republic. I'm not all that into Star Wars, if I'm honest. I can't keep the characters straight, and I'm confused on the timeline of some things. This fic is written in such a way that it doesn't matter. I love science fiction AUs, and there's not many of them because SGA is already sci-fi. So it's fun to read a fic where they travel to other planets, and meet alien species, but in a way that's not Stargate. All the worldbuilding is light and background (no info dumps here). John and Rodney are so sweet and deeply in love in this fic - they can't keep their hands off each other. And I love that John and Rodney are just two regular people and it's Teyla and Ronon who are the Jedi Knights with the important missions. It's fun, with a bit of angst (especially concerning everybody's pasts). It's romantic, and it's team.
fignewton: (humor)
[personal profile] fignewton
Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Team
Characters: Cameron Mitchell, Samantha Carter, Teal'c, Daniel Jackson, Jack O'Neill
Categories: gen, Jack and Teal'c friendship, humor
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: [personal profile] moonshayde
Author's Website: Moonshayde at AO3 (members-only reading) or scroll down to see LJ links on her profile
Link: Panic at the Disco

Why This Must Be Read: S9 team off-world shenanigans, complete with punking the New Guy, Teal'c pwnage, and bonus Jack cameo.

...Did I mention the off-world karaoke?


"Whoa," Cameron said, his eyes lighting up. "Is that alien karaoke?"
fignewton: (Sam keel you with my brain)
[personal profile] fignewton
Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Episode Related
Characters: Samantha Carter, Vala Mal Doran, Teal'c, Cameron Mitchell
Categories: gen, teamy goodness, character study
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: [personal profile] stringertheory
Author's Website: Fic List
Link: V is for Viable

Why This Must Be Read: This one is for the fans of nu!SG-1 (aka S9-10). Remember Line in the Sand opening with the team returning from a successful test of Merlin's device? This is a great peek in Sam's head during that mission, reflecting on team and teamwork and the loss of Daniel.


If the best they could do for now was hide, then Sam would figure out how to hide the whole damn galaxy, if she had to. But first, she had to start small.
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[personal profile] smilebackwards
Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Five Things
Characters: Sam Carter, Daniel Jackson, Teal’c, Jacob Carter, Cam Mitchell, Jonas Quinn
Categories: Gen, Five Things
Warnings: None
Author’s Website: [archiveofourown.org profile] missparker
Link: Only Held By Gravity

Why This Must Be Read: Really nice character piece that shows how Sam takes care of her friends. Sometimes it’s the small, quiet gestures that mean the most.

First paragraph to get you started )
goddess47: Emu! (Default)
[personal profile] goddess47
Show: SG-1, SGA

Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Characters: Jack O'Neill, Samantha Carter, Vala Mal Doran, Cameron Mitchell, Daniel Jackson, John Sheppard
Pairings: pre-Jack/Sam
Categories: Het, romance, total AU
Warnings: None
Words: 1506
Author on DW: [personal profile] holdouttrout
Author's Website: AO3 profile here
Link: Dropped Keys



Author's Summary: Vala convinced Sam to go out with her for a night on the town. Things get out of hand, and Sam has to get Vala back to her apartment. But when trouble strikes (again), it's left to Jack to sort things out.


Why This Must Be Read: I went looking for some older Jack O'Neill fic that could use some love. Found an entire AU universe I never knew existed!

This specific story is one part of an entire series called "The House That Jack Built (Stargate AU)" that is very roughly based on the idea of The Big Bang Theory. I haven't had a chance to read them all, but there are 32 (!) stories in this universe, written by a handful of writers.

This particular story seems to be how Jack and Sam get together. But there may be variations on that theme in the series! It'll be fun to find that out!




snippet of fic )
mific: (stargate)
[personal profile] mific
Show: SGA/SG1
Rec Category: Apocafic
Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, Evan Lorne/Original Male Character, Daniel Jackson/Vala Mal Doran, Sam Carter/Jack O'Neill.
Elizabeth Weir, Cameron Mitchell, Radek Zelenka, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Teal'c
Categories: M/M and M/F
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con (off-screen), and of course, it's apocafic.
Author on DW: [personal profile] enigmaticblue
Author's Website: See the AO3
Link: If All Else Fails on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: This is a favourite of mine, also known as "the WAFGON fic". (Summary: Technically, it’s known as Operation Phoenix, but that’s a little too optimistic for Jack, who calls it the WAFGON plan: We’re All Fucked; Get Out Now.)
Earth is lost to a combination of the Ori and the Trust, but Atlantis goes on, and survivors from Earth trickle in by various routes. As with all apocafic it's a tough premise, but the writing's excellent with our favourite characters struggling to adapt to, survive and escape after the catastrophe, making it a gripping read.

snippet of fic )
mific: (Cam-John)
[personal profile] mific
Show: SGA
Rec Category: POV - stories where the POV adds something special
Characters/Pairings: John Sheppard, Cameron Mitchell - John Sheppard/Cameron Mitchell, Rodney McKay/Jennifer Keller
Categories: slash
Warnings: Nil
Author on DW: [personal profile] busaikko
Author's Website: See the AO3
Link: Imaginary Boys on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: This is really well written, like everything by busaikko, and the alternating POV shifts between John, Cam, and John as Shannon add a lot to our understanding of the characters. In this story John's trans, and the prompt busaikko followed was "What is it like to transition in a small closed community where everyone knows you?" Hard hitting and angsty but ultimately hopeful - very much recommended. 

snippet of fic )
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[personal profile] smilebackwards
Show: SGA & SG-1

Rec Category: John/Cam
Characters: John Sheppard, Cam Mitchell, Vala Mal Doran, Laura Cadman
Pairings: John/Cam
Categories: Slash, Alternate Universe, Episode Related
Warnings: None
Author’s Website: [archiveofourown.org profile] bluflamingo
Link: Breaking Clouds

Why This Must Be Read: Ouch, Vegas ‘verse John is even more melancholy than regular ‘verse John. But Cam and SG-5 are there for him. I really like the alternate team of John, Cam, Vala, and Cadman. This story is painful yet gentle.

First paragraph to get you started )
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[personal profile] smilebackwards
Show: SGA & SG-1

Rec Category: John/Cam
Characters: John Sheppard, Cam Mitchell
Pairings: John/Cam
Categories: Slash
Warnings: None
Author’s Website: [archiveofourown.org profile] LtLJ
Link: Exile

Why This Must Be Read: I love the whole Retrograde series and this extra is no exception. Cam keeps John and his stoic melancholy company while the SGC and IOA decide whether John will be going back to Atlantis. Great John characterization with nice little details for many other characters even when they’re not directly on-screen.

First paragraph to get you started )
mific: (stargate)
[personal profile] mific
Show: SGA/SG1
Rec Category: Action/Adventure
Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, Daniel Jackson, Jonas Quinn, Aiden Ford, Cam Mitchell, and many of the usual SGA and SG1 suspects. 
Warnings: apocafic, but with a happy ending and tons of humor along the way.
Author on DW: [personal profile] eleveninches
Author's Website: On the AO3, and own website
Link: There's No Such Thing as Daniel Jackson on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: This is by eleveninches so you know it'll be funny with some hilarious lines and characterizations. It's a riveting AU, featuring John who's not only having to handle the Goa'uld invasion apocalypse, but also weird dreams featuring Daniel Jackson. It's satisfyingly plotty, with lots of action and adventure. A great read and highly recommended.

snippet of fic )
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[personal profile] sg1jb
Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Action/Adventure
Characters: Cameron Mitchell, Vala Mal Doran, Daniel Jackson, Teal'c, Original Characters
Categories: GEN; drama, adventure
Warnings: None
Author's Journal: [personal profile] aelfgyfu_mead
Author's Website: [Aelfgyfu on AO3]
Link: Diplomacy

Why This Must Be Read: Admittedly, this story contains more drama than it does action/adventure, but even though it doesn't fit the rec category like a glove, in my mind it is an off-world adventure nonetheless ... so, here you go:

The story is set at a time in Cam Mitchell's tenure when he's still struggling to find his feet in the SGC and hoping to get the band back together. When what was supposed to be a diplomatic visit turns into something more - a fluid and contentious situation in which he readily admits he's in over his head - further complicating the mission for him is not only the unpredictable Vala Mal Doran and the tempestuous relationship between her and Daniel Jackson, but also his own often befuddling attempts to find common ground with Jackson.

Adventure, drama, an interesting off-world culture, terrific original characters (including SG-8), and a wealth of central character interactions - complete with unfailingly in-character and snappy, well-written dialogue - made this, for me, an excellent read.

snippet of fic )
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[personal profile] audabee

Show: SG-1
Rec Category: Jack/Sam
Characters: Sam Carter, Daniel Jackson, Cameron Mitchell, Vala
Categories: Jack/Sam (without Jack even present!)
Warnings: None
Author's Journal:https://caladria.livejournal.com/
Author's Website: None (?)
Link: New Guy, Old Story
Why This Must Be Read: This is a cross between ship and teamy goodness. I love the Sam in this S10 story. There's also hints at her relationship with Jack in a way that's too much fun to upset even a non-shipper (I hope). Cam, Vala and Daniel also shine.

snippet of fic )

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