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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.

fignewton

Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Teal'c and Vala friendship
Characters: Teal'c, Vala Mal Doran, team, original characters
Categories: gen, humor
Warnings: none
Author's Journal:

holdouttrout
Author's Website:

holdouttrout
Link: Ten Easy Steps Toward Piracy

Why This Must Be Read: It's a technical alien conspiracy!

Okay, it's really Teal'c and Vala vs. the Ori and the Orici, with Vala doing everything short of donning an eyepatch in her quest to be a really good pirate...

Great Teal'c POV, Vala at her shameless best, and a great romp - both figuratively and literally.

( snippet of fic )

fignewton

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.

fignewton

Show: SG-1, SGA

Rec Category: Crossover
Characters: Vala Mal Doran, Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson, Samantha Carter, Laura Cadman, Original Characters, Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Radek Zelenka, Evan Lorne
Categories: gen, humor, friendship, science shenanigans
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: unknown
Author's Website:

arwenlune
Link: Saw This and Thought of You

Why This Must Be Read: Jack and Vala go shopping for Atlantis. Things escalate from there.

Yes, there are some serious notes here and there, but this is mostly an unashamed romp of SGA and SGC personnel being delightfully themselves with bonus Sam-in-command. Guaranteed to leave you grinning!

"Colonel, permission to fire that whale through the gate?"

fignewton

Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Original Character
Characters: original character, Paul Davis, Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson
Categories: outside POV, Jack and Daniel friendship, gen, general!Jack
Warnings: none
Author's Journal:

redbyrd
Author's Website: Redbyrd at AO3
Link: Settling In

Why This Must Be Read: Look at that! I found a Redbyrd fic I hadn't recced yet! :)

I adore a good outside POV fic, and this one is just delightful: Jack's secretary at Homeworld Security, dealing with a general quite unlike any other.Toss in some interactions with Paul Davis (promoted!) and Daniel, sit back, and watch the reaction! At least this one made it past her first week...

( snippet of fic... )

fignewton

Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Humor
Characters: Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson, Samantha Carter, original characters
Categories: gen, general!Jack, SGC zaniness
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: unknown
Author's Website:

lunalatenight
Link: Bureaucracy

Why This Must Be Read: Shiny gleeful fic with general!Jack and deadpan SGC shenanigans for the WIN.

...Are you still here? :)

( snippet of fic )

dragonflower1

Show: SGA

Rec Category: Self-Rec
Characters: Todd the Wraith, John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Team, Richard Woolsey, Jennifer Keller, Evan Lorne, Original Characters
Pairings: John/Todd, implied Rodney/Jennifer
Categories: Slash, Post-SGA Season 5 Finale, Drama, Action/Adventure, Romance, Developing Relationship, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Humor, First Time
Warnings: None
Author on AO3: dragonflower1">
Author's Website: None
Link: [Best Laid Plans]

Summary: Atlantis has saved Earth from Wraith invasion, but now sits in San Francisco Bay, cloaked and damaged. With no immediate plans to return to the Pegasus Galaxy, what is going to happen to Todd? And how far is John Sheppard willing to go to protect him?

Why This Must Be Read: For anyone who found Todd being stuck in a jail cell at the end of the series as frustrating as I did, here's a delightful romp that follows John's efforts to set Todd free from Atlantis' brig, and explores the palpable-but-long-denied tension that existed between them from the moment they met.

fignewton

Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Original Character
Characters: original characters
Categories: gen, humor, episode related, outside POV
Warnings: none
Author's Journal:

redbyrd
Author's Website:

redbyrd
Link: Don't Ask

Why This Must Be Read: One of my favorite authors is rearchiving her fic on AO3, which makes a great excuse for me to reread her work and discover the odd gem or two that I haven't recced yet!

I love good outsider perspective, and I love all the little, unknown yet crucial cogs that go into making the SGC tick. So Redbyrd's stolid janitor, cleaning up all the inevitable messes that smash up the Gateroom and every other level in Cheyenne Mountain, is a real keeper. You know what he doesn't know - and it will definitely leave you grinning.

Bill nodded knowingly. You couldn't work in this place without knowing that there was some seriously strange stuff going on. If you wanted to stay, you signed everything they gave you and kept your trap shut, no matter how weird it got. And Bill did want to stay- for cleaning up weird messes and taking special training for chemicals and biohazards and god-knows-what, you got a salary that was pretty much unheard of for what was basically janitorial work. All you had to do was ignore the occasionally oddly dressed people you saw and never ask questions.

goddess47

Show: SGA

Rec Category: Original Characters (if this isn't a category, I'm making it one!)
Characters: Elizabeth Weir, Teyla Emmagen, Dean Bates, Evan Lorne, Kate Heightmeyer, lots of OCs
Pairings: none
Categories: gen, original characters
Warnings: PTSD, canon-level violence, ableist language
Word Count: 12,500
Author on DW:

pipisafoat
Author's Website: AO3 Profile
Link: Indy Does Atlantis

Author's Summary:

Sent to Atlantis to consult on survival methods, Indigo Matheson is surprised to be placed in charge of the entire expedition for a few months while senior staff is away on Earth. When Sergeant Bates’s paranoia spikes yet again, how will Indigo manage that crisis along with every other crisis in the galaxy?

Why This Must Be Read:

Disclosure: I made the donation through Fandom Trumps Hate for this fic. I had rec'd a fic by pipisafoat here before and was stoked to see an offering for a fic at FTH. I won the auction and this is that fic!

It's a wonderful piece set on Atlantis with a bunch of original characters. Indy is put in charge of Atlantis at the point where Weir, Sheppard, McKay and Beckett go back to Earth for a debriefing after "The Seige"... so it's a missing scene sort of thing.

Indy uses they pronouns and works (mostly) from a wheelchair. They and Weir already know each other, so Lizzie (as they call her) is comfortable leaving them in charge. While she's gone, Bates tries to mutiny and they find a Wraith on the city... all of which Indy has more-or-less prepared for.

Because there's no pairings or popular characters, this fic will be easily overlooked. I'm hoping by rec'ing it here, it will get more love!

( snippet of fic )

smilebackwards

Show: SGA

Rec Category: Five Things
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Aiden Ford, Evan Lorne, Radek Zelenka, OCs
Categories: Five Things, Gen, Episode Related
Warnings: None
Author’s Website:

domarzione
Link: Five Devices They Really Shouldn't Have Initialized

Why This Must Be Read: I always enjoy the discovery of strange Ancient artifacts and the resulting troubles! Love the format of this one where we get to discover exactly what things are along with the team at the end of each section.

( First paragraph to get you started )

goddess47

Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Characters: Jack O'Neill, Samantha Carter, Teal'c, Daniel Carter, OC
Pairings: None
Categories: Gen, Action/Adventure, Team, Hurt/Comfort
Warnings: None
Words: 9200
Author on LJ:

skydiver119 (but no public posts since 2013)
Author's Website: On AO3
Link: A is for Assassin

Why This Must Be Read:

Author's Summary: SG-1 finds an unwelcome surprise on an alien planet

This could have been an episode of SG-1. Denise claims this was her first fan fic, so there's a couple of teeny burbles, but in the end, it's an interesting story. The "A" implies it was written for SG_FigNewton's Soup challenges.

This is typical "mission gone awry" -- on what looks like a boring mission to search for Kheb, bad things happen. Sam gets hurt, Jack is forced to shoot Teal'c (it makes sense at the time) and they lose their GDO. There's a couple of moments of major worry, but I will spoil this enough to tell you that there's a good ending.

It's a satisfying story... long enough to be interesting, but not too long that you have to slog through anything.

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mific

Show: SGA
Rec Category: Genfic
Characters: John Sheppard, Evan Lorne, Steven Caldwell, Elizabeth Weir, Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagan, Rodney McKay, Radek Zelenka, several OCs.
Categories: Gen
Warnings: Graphic depictions of violence, minor character deaths.
Author on DW:

domarzione
Author's Website: see the AO3
Link: The Jenny Code (the first of 3 fics) - on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: This is a series, with the main initial fic told from several POVs (Lorne, Elizabeth, Caldwell and Sheppard), then a companion fic from Rodney's POV, and lastly a brief coda from Sheppard's POV as he battles nightmares in the infirmary. The series is about a disastrous mission where Sheppard and several Marines are ambushed and captured by the Genii, after which Atlantis undertakes a rescue mission. There's a ton of plot and drama, focus on the harsh decisions leaders sometimes have to make in terrible situations, and on the values and heroism of the Marines. It's filled with excellent characterization, and, as expected in

domarzione's work, features the usual cast of OCs - mostly marines, and Dr. Safir. As with all of the author's stories, there are bitingly realistic depictions of how the military functions - from strategy and tactics to internal politics and bureaucracy. The Jenny Code was reccd 13 years ago but the old link's expired and it deserves another mention. It's a tough read in places, incredibly well-written and very gripping.

( snippet of fic )

fignewton

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.

goddess47

Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Characters: Jack O'Neill, Samantha Carter, Teal'c, OMC
Pairings: Jack O'Neill/Samantha Carter
Categories: Het, post series,
Warnings: none
Word Count: 1370
Author on DW:

ami_ven
Link to Fic: Love Unbroken

Author's Summary:

Journalist Artie Faber gets a rare interview with Master Teal’c of Chulak, Earth, and the Free Jaffa.

Why This Must Be Read:

My last rec was Teal'c's observation of Daniel as "O'Neill's beloved" -- this is where Sam is in that role.

For the Jack/Sam shipper, a story of romance and love over time and through their careers -- and after, as seen by their friend and teammate.

It's just lovely.

( snippet of fic )

fignewton

Show: SGA

Rec Category: Drama (women being awesome!)
Characters: Samantha Carter, Teyla Emmagen, Laura Cadman, original characters
Categories: gen, hurt/comfort
Warnings: none
Author's Journal:

tielan
Author's Website:

tielan
Link: Enemy of My Enemy

Why This Must Be Read: Another one of my rare SGA recs, with Sam-in-command in a tense off-world situation. All the ladies shine here, especially Teyla, and I found the storyline tense and gripping. See Sam's expression in that icon? Yeah, that's Sam in this one. :)

( snippet of fic )

braveheartlove

Show: SG-1
Rec Category: Team
Characters: Jack O’Neill, Daniel Jackson, Samantha (Sam) Carter, Teal’c, Orginal Characters
Pairings: None
Categories: gen, action/adventure, hurt/comfort, drama, angst
Warnings: language, violence
Author's Journal: Unknown
Author's Website: https://archiveofourown.org/users/sg1jb/pseuds/Jb
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/513153/chapters/905076

Why This Must Be Read:

Following the theme of team, I’m switching focus on this one. It is more like the first one I recced, in that the team has difficulties to overcome. While many fanfic's goes there, this one is noteworthy in the fact that it is Sam, not Jack who struggles with Daniel’s point of view. You see this rarely in the show itself, though it comes up a couple of times. Here it is fleshed out more. If you enjoy an emotional story like I do, then this one is worth the read.

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fignewton

Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Five Things
Characters: Teal'c, team, original characters
Categories: gen, character study, Jack and Teal'c friendship, Teal'c and Daniel friendship
Warnings: none
Author's Journal:

rachel500
Author's Website: Rachel500 at AO3
Link: It's All in a Name

Why This Must Be Read: An exploration of Teal'c. Or Murray. No - of Teal'c.

Team as family, wonderful friendships, stellar characterization.

He is home.

And he is happy to be both Teal'c and Murray.

goddess47

Show: Sg1, SGA

Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Characters: Jack O'Neill, John Sheppard, General Landry, OCs
Pairings: none
Categories: Gen, day in the life
Words: 1100
Warnings: canon level violence
Author on DW:

smilebackwards
Link: Shore Leave

Author's Summary: Even when they’re reassigned, the Atlantis Marines will always belong to Sheppard.

Why This Must Be Read: Jack's dealing with Marines that really do belong to Sheppard. When they come to Earth for 'shore leave' and end up with a rotation inside the Mountain, chaos follows.

( snippet of fic )

fignewton

Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Episode Related
Characters: Daniel Jackson, Jack O'Neill, Samantha Carter, Teal'c, General Hammond, Travell, Thor, original characters
Categories: gen, drama, angst, team, Jack and Daniel friendship
Warnings: none
Author's Journal:

marzipan77
Author's Website: Marzipan at AO3
Link: Halfway Around the World

Why This Must Be Read: OW OW OW OW OW

...Yeah, that and wow sums up my feelings while I read this new and fresh contribution to the Shades of Grey totality of fic.

So many of us tend to focus on the splintering of friendships and the team in the wake of the lies and breach of trust in this episode. But what happens when you focus on the impact these events would have had on the SGC itself?

Bleakly, realistically, superbly done.

( snippet of fic )

mific

Show: SGA
Rec Category: POV (continuing this month with more recs where the POV adds something special to the story)
Characters: John Sheppard, original female character
Categories: Gen
Warnings: Lots of shep-whump, but no AO3 warnings apply
Author on DW: n/a
Author's Website: See the AO3, and the old website is here
Link: The Flowers of the Field on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: This is a great example of outsider POV, something rhymer likes and does really well. John!whump is another fave of the writer, as is genfic, and here we have John in dire straits off-world, trapped and dying, discovered by a local girl who stays with him as he worsens and she tries to comfort him. John skates close to death, but rhymer likes happy endings as well, even if they are hard won.

( snippet of fic )

sg1jb

Show: SG-1

Rec Category: GEN
Characters: Daniel Jackson, OC, (and Teal'c in absentia)
Categories: Gen, Humour
Warnings: None
Author's Journal: unknown
Author's Website: unknown
Link: The Candle Fairy

Why This Must Be Read: I like when people take notice of little background things on the show that we tend to take for granted -- for example, the ramp: has anyone but me ever wondered how they clean underneath that thing (other than with a fire hose)? -- and I like it even more when they put forward their ideas about those things in the form of entertaining stories.

I'm reccing this short little story because it did just that -- made me think about something I had taken for granted -- and, in the process, brought a smile to my face.

( snippet of fic )

melagan

ShowSGA
Rec Category: Outsider POV
Characters: Original Character, John Sheppard, Team
Categories:Slash (The slash is so mild it can be read as gen)
Pairing: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Warnings: None
Author's Journal:

lavvyan
Author's Website Lavvyan @ AO3

Link: Two Years After Tomorrow

Why This Must Be Read: This is an angsty fic with a happy ending. I'm reccing it because for a short piece there's a whole lotta story in what's unsaid.

melagan

Show: SGA

Rec Category:Outsider POV
Characters: Original Character, Team
Categories: GEN
Warnings: None
Author's Journal:

valderys
Author's Website: Valderys on AO3
Link: Looking Glass

Why This Must Be Read: This is different type of outsider POV. Set in a future time this story is full of imagination and heart, all while answering the question;

What if everything you learned really was learned from SGA?

( snippet of fic )

melagan

Show: SGA

Rec Category:Outsider POV
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Original Character
Categories: GEN
Warnings: None
Author's Journal:

sholio
Author's Website: City on the Ocean's Edge
Link: Old Soldiers Die Hard

Why This Must Be Read: All of Sholio's stories are excellent but this one stuck with me from the moment I read it. She categorized it as angst but I'd add angst with a happy ending. Meanwhile, I'll let the summary speak for itself.

The old guy in Room 30B was about the most disagreeable human being that the nurses had ever met. But he did get visitors, including a retired Air Force Colonel.

melagan

ShowSGA
Rec Category: Outsider POV
Characters: Various OCs
Categories: Gen
Warnings: None
Author's Journal:

shaenie,

fiercelydreamed
Author's Website Shaenie @ AO3, Fiercelydreamed @ AO3
Link: Five people who the press won't care about when the Stargate Program goes public (and the reasons why the Atlantis expedition wouldn't have made it without them)

Why This Must Be Read: This is a Five Things fic that should not be missed. It's gives us a taste of what living in Atlantis is like for the 'regular' folks.

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fignewton - The War Works Hard, by Pares (PG-13)
fignewton - Ten Easy Steps Toward Piracy, by Holdouttrout (G)
fignewton - Breathlessly to Scream, by Elivira (PG-13)
fignewton - Saw This and Thought of You, by ArwenLune (PG)
fignewton - Settling In, by Redbyrd (PG)
fignewton - Bureaucracy, by LunaLateNight (PG)
dragonflower1 - Best Laid Plans by dragonflower1 (E)
fignewton - Don't Ask, by Redbyrd (G)
goddess47 - Indy Does Atlantis by pipisafoat (PG)
smilebackwards - Five Devices They Really Shouldn't Have Initialized by Domenika Marzione (domarzione) (Not Rated)
goddess47 - A is for Assassin by Denise (PG-13)
mific - The Jenny Code (by Domenika Marzione) (T)
fignewton - Breathlessly to Scream, by Elivira (PG-13)
goddess47 - Love Unbroken by Ami_Ven (G)
fignewton - Enemy of My Enemy, by Tielan (PG)
braveheartlove - True to Form, by JB (PG-13)
fignewton - It's All in a Name, by Rachel500 (G)
goddess47 - Shore Leave by Smilebackwards (G)
fignewton - Halfway Around the World, by Marzipan (PG)
mific - The Flowers of the Field (by rhymer23) (T)
sg1jb - The Candle Fairy by Cypher - rated G
melagan - Two years after tomorrow, lavvyan
melagan - Looking Glass, valderys
melagan - Old Soldiers Die Hard, Sholio
melagan - Five people who the press won't care about when the Stargate Program Goes Public

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Entries tagged with character: original

The War Works Hard, by Pares (PG-13)

Ten Easy Steps Toward Piracy, by Holdouttrout (G)

Breathlessly to Scream, by Elivira (PG-13)

Saw This and Thought of You, by ArwenLune (PG)

Settling In, by Redbyrd (PG)

Bureaucracy, by LunaLateNight (PG)

Best Laid Plans by dragonflower1 (E)

Don't Ask, by Redbyrd (G)

Indy Does Atlantis by pipisafoat (PG)

Five Devices They Really Shouldn't Have Initialized by Domenika Marzione (domarzione) (Not Rated)

A is for Assassin by Denise (PG-13)

The Jenny Code (by Domenika Marzione) (T)

Breathlessly to Scream, by Elivira (PG-13)

Love Unbroken by Ami_Ven (G)

Enemy of My Enemy, by Tielan (PG)

True to Form, by JB (PG-13)

It's All in a Name, by Rachel500 (G)

Shore Leave by Smilebackwards (G)

Halfway Around the World, by Marzipan (PG)

The Flowers of the Field (by rhymer23) (T)

The Candle Fairy by Cypher - rated G

Two years after tomorrow, lavvyan

Looking Glass, valderys

Old Soldiers Die Hard, Sholio

Five people who the press won't care about when the Stargate Program Goes Public

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