Stargate Fic Recommendations

Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Sha're
Characters: Sha're, Skaara
Categories: gen, pre-series, character study
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: magibrain
Author's Website: Magistrate at AO3
Link: Y is for Yearling

Why This Must Be Read: This is a delightful peek at Abydos in the pre-movie days, full of imagery and humor and perfect characterization. Every older sister (and, yes, younger brother) will recognize the dynamic between Sha'uri and Skaara. It's impossible not to be charmed by this... and to smile, too, at the introduction of a character-of-sorts who will definitely play a major part in the movie!


She stamped her feet to be sure the sandals held firm. "Go on, then," she whispered. Careful not to wake anyone who might hear. "What have you found?"

Skaara grinned at her and took off running, and Sha'uri rushed after him.

Three years. 450 recs. Thanks, guys. :)

Rec Category: Daniel Jackson
Pairing: none
Categories: Daniel Jackson, gen, drama, episode related, AU, Jack and Daniel friendship, Teal'c and Daniel friendship, team, angst, series, Skaara, Sha'uri
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: night_spear1287
Author's Website: List of Stories
Link: Brotherhood

Why This Must Be Read: Have you ever had a series of novels that you wanted to make people sit down and read? Daniel of Abydos is mine.

Translations and Diplomacy gave us a 14-year-old Daniel who was raised on Abydos and came to Earth when his parents (who opened the Stargate in '82) were killed and his "brother and sister," Skaara and Sha'uri, are taken by Apophis. What follows is a long, lovingly detailed, intricate, fascinating AU, where a teenaged Daniel tries to find his way on Earth... and maybe, just maybe, become part of the SGC - and, when he's old enough, a member of SG-1.

When Brotherhood opens, Daniel is already 16 and has been agitating to join an SG team for over two years. There's a lot of reluctance, both from Jack and Hammond, at the idea putting a teenager at risk - Daniel's previous scheduled trips through the Gate have either been directly to Abydos or to thoroughly vetted safe planets. Can Daniel convince them to let him be part of SG-1?

The friendships between Jack and Daniel, and Teal'c and Daniel, will amaze and delight you. Robert Rothman comes to brilliant, vibrant life. Hammond is awesome beyond belief. The AU versions of Seth, of Legacy, of The Devil You Know, of Pretense mixed with FIAD - they are all beautifully realized, realistically different, and with honest repercussions. Crystal Skull twists fantastically, as Jack (who is more protective of this younger Daniel) ends up getting zapped instead. And trust me when I say that Nightspear's version of Shades of Grey will absolutely break your heart.

This AU series is one of my all-time favorites. Even if (like me) you don't like kidfic, run to read this. And if you do enjoy a younger Daniel... well, what are you waiting for? :)

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Rec Category: Sha're
Pairing Daniel/Sha're
Categories: Sha're, Daniel, Skaara, Daniel/Sha're, pre-series, Abydos, humor
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: 6beforelunch
Author's Website: Nomadic Spirit 
Link: i would be a fool for you (if you asked me to)

Why This Must Be Read: Sweet, charming, and michievious, this ficlet offers us a fascinating snippet of life on Abydos. As lovely as it is to glimpse some cultural backstory, though, it's even more delightful to have a Sha're that is so perfectly in character, treating her clueless husband as a very human being!

Too short to excerpt - this is a quick, fun read. Enjoy this one for the satisfaction of knowing that Daniel surely had wonderful days on Abydos like this... and then join me in wishing for more Sha're stories from Emily!

Rec Category: Episode related

Pairing: none
Categories: episode related, Daniel Jackson, Jack O'Neill, George Hammond, Skaara, friendship, gen, angst, character study
Warnings: reference to canon events through S7
Author on LJ: fabrisse
Author's Website: Fabrisse's stories at Alphagate
Link: Campfire Stories

Why This Must Be Read: "Daniel was aware of the power of remembrance to shape a community."

This fic has a little bit of everything that I enjoy about Stargate – history, and the making of mythology, and friendship, and continuity. In some places it's so lyrical and beautiful that it hurts, and in some places it's so aching and poignant that it hurts. But I love every bit of it.

Campfire Stories arcs across the history of Stargate – from its very beginnings in the movie until sometime in S7 – from the point of view of the people of Abydos, as they relate the tales of Danyel and O'Neill and the Goa'uld as they perceive them. We see their customs, and how their lives and stories are shaped by the events of Stargate: The Movie, COTG, Secrets, FIAD, Pretence... and finally, heartbreakingly, how Daniel creates his own ritual in the seventh season, remembering Abydos when there's nothing tangible left to touch.

If you love Abydos, and cherish the memory of Earth's first victory against the Goa'uld, then this story is unquestionably for you.