Stargate Fic Recommendations

Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Team
Categories: gen, Teal'c, Jack O'Neill, Samantha Carter, Daniel Jackson, Jonas Quinn
Categories: angst, friendship, character study
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: settiai
Author's Website: Settiai at AO3
Link: Time Marches Onward

Why This Must Be Read: In that nebulous time of transition between the end of S8 and the beginning of S9, all of SG-1 - Jack, Sam, Teal'c, Daniel, and Jonas - achieve a rare moment of togetherness to contemplate their uncertain future.

I like the friendships, the reluctance to drift away, the tentative anticipation of where they might find themselves going. Add the bittersweet coda of a certain throwaway line from S10, and you'll find yourself wishing that the teaminess they share would have a way to last forever.

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Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Humor
Characters: Jack O'Neill, Samantha Carter, Jonas Quinn
Categories: gen, team
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: poohmusings
Author's Website: Karen T at AO3
Link: Sing Me Your Songs of Joyous Wonder (or The Time the Universe Decided to Take Revenge on a Pissy Jack O'Neill)

Why This Must Be Read: Enjoy some early S6 teamy silliness with a grumpy Jack, bemused Sam, wildly enthusiastic Jonas, and a long-suffering Hammond. Because you just know that something like this happened to SG-1 at least once!


Carter popped up behind his right shoulder -- okay, seriously, how the hell were they able to keep sneaking up on him like that?! -- to say, "You're fine, Jonas. That BDU's perfect." Then, after Jonas' smile had returned and he wandered off to mess with his pack, she added, for Jack's ears only, "Be nice, sir."

"I'm always nice, Carter," he snapped, which, of course, only proved her point.

Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Drama
Characters: Daniel Jackson, Jonas Quinn, Teal'c, original character, team
Categories: gen, angst, character study
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: draegonhawke
Author's Website: Magistrate at AO3
Link: After Every War

Why This Must Be Read: When you can literally never go home again, how do you ground yourself? Where do you begin, and where will your journey take you? In this beautiful, deep story, many characters, both original and canon, ask themselves those questions. This fic is adult in the best sense of the word: intelligent, thought-provoking, with no easy answers.

Enjoy early S7 Teal'c, Daniel, a slightly AU Jonas, and several fascinating original characters, complete with excellent world-building, as they seek an answer to those questions... and find unexpected companionship along the way.

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Show: Stargate SG-1

Rec Category: Walter the Chevron Guy
Characters: Walter Harriman, Jonas Quinn
Het/Slash/Gen: Gen
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: pepper_field
Author's Website: Pepper on AO3
Link: Insider Info

Why This Must Be Read: In Descent, Jonas mentions that he was warned about Teal'c's sense of humor. Who else could have supplied him with such crucial insider information, if not Walter the Chevron Guy?

Try this ficlet for a fun, quick read that will leave you with a smile on your face!

Full disclaimer: I was lucky enough to inspire this. :)


"Everyone here must be alert and ready for anything to happen," he said, portentously. "Anything. At any moment, there could be an event that threatens the safety of our entire world." There was a slight pause, in which they both seemed to be waiting for an apocalypse. There was a distinct lack of apocalypsii. "Any moment," reiterated Walter, firmly. "We just don't know when."

Show: Stargate SG-1

Rec Category: AU
Characters: Daniel, Jack, Sam, Teal'c, Oma, Jacob, Nyan, Martouf, Jonas, Skaara, Sha're
Het/Slash/Gen: Gen
Warnings: minor and major character deaths
Author on LJ: night_spear1287
Author's Website: List of Stories
Link: Journeys

Why This Must Be Read: Nightspear concludes one of my all-time favorite AUs with the fifth in the series, Journeys, covering the events in her Daniel of Abydos universe from mid-S5 through mid-S7.

Daniel of Abydos originally began as a kind of kidfic (and nonetheless made me fell in love with it!), but by the time this final novel begins, Daniel is already an adult and a full-fledged member of SG-1. Still, his relative youth and the changes in this Au's backstory means that Revanna, Kelowna, Abyss, Changeling, Full Circle, Orpheus, and other canon incidents happen very differently, with a fascinating exploration of the challenges of Ascension and the limitations and rules that Daniel has to face. ("Tell Jacob to stop" will break your heart, trust me.) Some die who lived in canon; others live who died.

I love Nyan's brave attempt to take Daniel's place on SG-1, and the twist of Jonas earning his position partially by virtue of being untainted by guilt. I love the way Nightspear wove the mythology of the later seasons into Daniel's version of S6 and made it work. I love her Abydos and its people, and the courage and determination they continue to show. But most of all, I enjoy Nightspear's loving attention to detail, her craft at characterization, and the wonderful way she depicts these characters who are just a little different from the SG-1 we know and love, but are delightfully, perfectly themselves.

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Show: Stargate SG-1

Rec Category: Jonas Quinn
Characters: Jonas Quinn, Daniel Jackson
Het/Slash/Gen: Gen
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: sixbeforelunch
Author's Website: Nomadic Spirit
Link: Shades of Who I Used to Be (Stay a While and Maybe You'll See)

Why This Must Be Read: This lovely, aching character study draws a conversation between Jonas Quinn and Daniel Jackson during Fallen, when Daniel is still very unsure and speaks with Jonas as the one person he thinks won't have an emotional investment in his uncertainties. Emotionally charged and draining, their exchange is honest, painful, and very, very real. This one will leave you thinking for some kind to come.

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Show: Stargate SG-1

Rec Category: Jonas Quinn
Characters: Jonas Quinn, Jack O'Neill
Het/Slash/Gen: Gen
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: izhilzha
Author's Website: Izhilzha's FanFiction Sticky Post
Link: Haunted (The Irreplaceable Remix)

Why This Must Be Read: If a person unintentionally reopens a most grievous wound he has inflicted on another - one that he truly wishes he had never caused in the first place - with whom will your greater sympathies lie?

This powerful, poignant, painful drabble poses that question, and I still can't choose between Jack and Jonas. Read it and decide for yourself!


Major Carter knows he wanted a closer look at the mimic devices.

Show: Stargate SG-1

Rec Category: Jonas Quinn
Characters: Jonas Quinn, Jack O'Neill, Samantha Carter, Teal'c, Daniel Jackson
Het/Slash/Gen: Gen
Warnings: repeated references to Meridian
Author on LJ: sailorsueuk
Author's Website: unknown
Link: The Inaction Hero

Why This Must Be Read: Jonas wants to prove to Jack that he's learned his bitter lesson after what happened to Daniel. And what better way to prove it than be re-enacting the scenario on P7J-989...?

And yes, things with the Gamekeeper go about as well as they usually do.

Jack learns a lot about Jonas, Jonas learns a lot about himself, Daniel defies expectations (as expected), and the story is a thoughtful, satisfying read.

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