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Show:
SGA
Rec Category: John/Rodney
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Categories: Slash
Warnings: Genderswap
Wordcount: ~1.5k
Author's Journal: [personal profile] devildoll
Author's Website: DevilDoll
Link: Take It Like A Man
Why This Must Be Read: It's short, but it's one of my all time favourite genderswap fics. John and Rodney have a pact; if one of them gets turned into a woman, they'll have sex. Rodney's already had his chance, now it's John's turn.
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[personal profile] melagan
Show: SGA

Rec Category:John/Rodney
Characters: Sheppard, McKay, assorted background characters
Pairings: John/Rodney
Categories: Slash and Het
Warnings: temporary sex change
Author's Journal: [personal profile] lamardeuse
Author's Website: when the world is puddle-wonderful

Why This Must Be Read: If you enjoy temporary sex-change fic this one needs to be at the top of the list. Humor, a dash of angst and your expected happy ending.

Link: Stand-In

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[personal profile] mific
Show: SGA
Rec Category: Het fics
Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, the usual SGA suspects
Categories: F/M
Warnings: Nil
Author on DW: [personal profile] sabinelagrande
Author's Website: See the AO3
Link: The Goddamned Genderswap series on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: This series of shortish stories is a lot of fun, and, being written by sabinelagrande, very hot! Rodney is Meredith and she's always been female, but otherwise the stories mostly follow canon. They've got romance, true love, drama, angst, adventure, and humour. Very much recommended.

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[personal profile] mific
Show: SGA
Rec Category: Het fics
Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Categories: F/M
Warnings: Nil
Author on DW: [personal profile] torch
Author's Website: See the AO3
Link: Nearer to the Miracle on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: This is a short established relationship genderswap fic where presumably some bit of ancient tech has changed Rodney into a woman. I love it because it’s a brief sex scene but it’s one of the most sensual stories I know, while still perfectly capturing their characters. Torch uses a great style with long, almost stream of consciousness sentences which add to the hot, dreamy mood. 

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[personal profile] mific
Show: SGA
Rec Category: Het (the dreaded het! But of course I'm going to cheat freely in my interpretation)
Characters: Rodney McKay/John or Joan Sheppard, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Richard Woolsey, Jennifer Keller, Radek Zelenka, Evan Lorne, etc.
Categories: F/M and M/M
Warnings: Nil
Author on DW: [personal profile] mhalachai  
Author's Website: See the AO3
Link: Rosemary, for Remembrance on AO3 (and as in the comments, [personal profile] vicki_rae  has pointed out there's a sequel, which is ALSO GREAT: Forgetting What I Never Knew, on LJ) And the sequel is now on AO3!
Why This Must Be Read: This is not of course pure het, but as a genderbending fic, there are lots of interesting contrasts between Sheppard as a woman and as a man, and her, or his, developing relationship with Rodney - given impetus as it turns out Rodney's the only one other than Sheppard who's aware of the changes. In this story Sheppard's sometimes male and sometimes female, thanks (probably) to those wacky Ancients again. There's angst and drama and an eventual resolution, and it's an excellent read. 

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[personal profile] mific
Show: SGA
Rec Category: Crack treated seriously
Characters: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagan, Elizabeth Weir, Sam Carter, Evan Lorne
Categories: M/F
Warnings: Nil
Author on DW: [personal profile] melonbutterfly  
Author's Website: See the AO3
Link: Shout it out Loud on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: Gender switching is of course sheer crack, but in this short fic the idea packs a lot of punch. John welcomes what (yet again) some bit of ancient tech has done, and it doesn't wear off, and she doesn't want it fixed. [personal profile] melonbutterfly explores a trans John finally "getting right" through this cracky premise. There's a sidebar of John/Rodney in there, but this is basically a character piece about John. 

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[personal profile] smilebackwards
Show: SGA & Smallville

Rec Category: Crossover
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Lex Luthor
Pairings: John/Rodney, John/Lex Luthor, Superman/Lex Luthor
Categories: Crossover
Warnings: Kidnapping
Author’s Website: [archiveofourown.org profile] rageprufrock
Link: Silk and Pearls (or, How Jane Sheppard Got Her Groove Back)

Why This Must Be Read: Heart-rending and hilarious by turns. This features a genderswapped John—Jane—Sheppard who’s gone through an emotionally brutal divorce from Rodney and is less then subtly wooed by a charming Lex Luthor. Rodney does not take kindly to this. (Neither does Superman.)

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[personal profile] mific
Show: SG1
Rec Category: 5 Things
Characters: Danielle Jackson, Jack O'Neill, Sam Carter, Cameron Mitchell, Teal'c, Janet Fraiser.
Categories: Gen
Warnings: Major character death
Author on DW/LJ: [personal profile] ivorygates 
Author's Website: See the AO3
Link: Five Ways Danielle Jackson Met The Others If There Was No Stargate Program on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: This is written in an AU verse [personal profile] ivorygates called the "Dani-verse" in which Danielle Jackson's always been a woman. It's five interesting and different takes on how things might have gone with no Stargate Program - to some degree 5 AUs within the overarching Daniverse AU. Yes, a couple of them are somewhat grim, but they're all really beautifully written, as Dani meets in turn, Sam, Jack, Cam, Teal'c and Janet. I enjoyed them a lot, Dani's nicely sarcastic and snarky, and as [personal profile] ivorygates says, Dani and Janet together are love. 

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[identity profile] patk.livejournal.com
Show: SGA
Rec Category: Team
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Elizabeth Weir, Carson Beckett, Evan Lorne, Radek Zelenka, Steven Caldwell
Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Ronon Dex/John Sheppard, Rodney McKay/Ronon Dex
Categories: Slash, Het, Action/Adventure, Drama, Angst, Alternate Universe - Gender Change
Warnings: Graphic depictions of violence
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] auburnnothenna [livejournal.com profile] monanotlisa
Author on DW: auburn monanotlisa

Author's Website: Allusions: Fiction by Auburn

Both authors are also on AO3 under the same handles

Link: Ardhanarishvara

Summary by the author: "Tell me, Colonel, did you take a look around and think, hey, it's the Planet of Sex Changes?"


Why This Must Be Read:

The team meets a technologically advanced people and, as a test, they're subjected to a genderswitch with the option of changing back after six month.

It's exactly what it says on the tin: action, adventure, drama, angst - it's an intriguing story that explores personal issues, team-dynamics, team-relations and gender-related aspects of culture and society in Pegasus.

And since it's Auburn, you know the writing is top.

A small warning since I know that some of us are wary of surprises. Nobody dies and everybody is happy in the and but if Ronon is your favorite character you should perhaps take a look at the end first.


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[identity profile] melodysparks.livejournal.com
Show: SGA
Rec Category: Alternate Universe
Characters: John Sheppard Rodney McKay Teyla Emmagan Ronon Dex
Pairings: McKay/Sheppard, McKay/Keller, Sheppard/Katie Brown, Teyla/Ronon, Teyla/Kanaan, Ronon/Keller, Sheppard/Carter, and Sheppard/Beckett.
Categories: Het Slash Alternate Reality Alternate Timeline Gender Changes Time Travel Action Adventure
Warnings: Adult Themes
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] eleveninches
Link: Reinventing the Wheel by Eleveninches on LJ
Author's Website: that boy ain't right: fanfiction by eleveninches
Link: Reinventing the Wheel by Eleveninches
Author's Website: Eleveninches on AO3
Link: Reinventing the Wheel by Eleveninches on AO3

Why This Must Be Read: The Summary says:
A strange coincidence leads to Sheppard and McKay accidentally wiping out the Wraith. Now, to return home, they must battle aliens, Ancients, dopplegangers, their own feelings, and the most unnerving thing of all, whales.

This one I thought was a lot of fun. John and Rodney manage to travel in time to wipe out the Wraith but each time they return home it is an alternate universe/timeline and not really their home. Now they must get home without causing further trouble and get the timeline back where it should be.

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[identity profile] melodysparks.livejournal.com
Show: SGA
Rec Category: Alternate Universe
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay AU John Sheppard, AU Meredith McKay, Radek Zelenka, Laura cadman, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Carson Beckett, Elizabeth Weir, Peter Kavanaugh, Miko Kausanagi,
Pairings:Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, Meredith McKay/John Sheppard
Categories: HET, Slash, AU, Alternate Universe, Genderbender,
Warnings: Adult Themes, pregnancy, Sex Rituals,
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] lallybroch
Author's Website: lallybroch nice talk, sugar mouth
Link: M(eredith + 1) Theory Part 1 with link to part 2
AND
Link: To the excellent M(eredith +1) Theory podfic read by librarychick_94

Why This Must Be Read: The Summary says: “You don't have a Dr. McKay?” he demanded, trying to keep his voice steady and trying not to imagine any one of the terrible things that must have happened for him to not be here. Radek gave him a curious look. “No, we do. But who are you?”

I first came across it as a podfic read by librarychick_94 and it has remained one of my favourites.

This is a fun fic that actually starts off in the past in the alternate universe. When it jumps to present day we find Rodney after having touched a piece of Ancient technology coming around on the lab floor in an alternate universe only to discover that the AU McKay is a she, a very pregnant she.

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[identity profile] melodysparks.livejournal.com
SGA

Rec Category: Alternate Universe
Characters: John Sheppard Rodney McKay, Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagan, Elizabeth Weir, Carson Beckett Radek Zelenka and briefly the following Jack O’Neill, Samantha Carter, Vala Mal Doran, Daniel Jackson, Cameron Mitchell, Hank Landrey, Steven Caldwell, Richard Woolsey
Pairings: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Categories: Angst, Character Study, First Time, Romance Slash HET
Warnings: Adult themes Slash HET Gender swap, Pregnancy marriage
Author : TMar
Author's Website: TMar on Wraithbait
Link: A Female Thing

Why This Must Be Read: The Summary says: John gets turned into a woman. I am not big on gender swap but this is one this is one of those I do like. It’s a sweet story with not only the whole Gender Swap thing but romance too. Rodney is so adorably sweet in this and Johns character does feel a little more feminised as some point but its still a good story.

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[identity profile] melodysparks.livejournal.com
Show: SGA
Rec Category: Alternate Universe
Characters: Aiden Ford, Carson Beckett, Elizabeth Weir, Jack O'Neill, Jennifer Keller, John Sheppard, Major Lorne, Original Character, Radek Zelenka, Rodney McKay, Ronon Dex, Samantha Carter, Teyla Emmagan
Pairings: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, John Sheppard/Nancy Sheppard, John Sheppard/Teer, Sam Carter/Rodney McKay, Jennifer Keller/Rodney McKay, Rodney McKay/Katie Brown, John Sheppard/OFC
Categories: Slash, HET
Warnings: Adult themes, Character death, genderswap, m-preg, pregnancy, multiple character death (major and minor), torture, angst, AU, kidfic, crossover with SG-1 graphic depictions of violence
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] darkmoore
Author's Website: Pierson�
Link: Dawn will break

Why This Must Be Read: I just love SGA alternate Universes and this one has it in spades. When Atlantis - upon returning to the Pegasus Galaxy from Earth - breaks apart in hyperspace, only John is saved from the debris. The group of Ancients that retrieved him offer him a bargain: Either he helps them make corrections in some universes, where things have gone wrong, or they put him back where he was found. Reluctantly accepting, John embarks on a lonely journey through a multitude of universes until he finally reaches the place he could again call home. This fic is sort of SGA meets Quantum Leap as John hops from alternate universe to alternate universe



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[identity profile] bluflamingo.livejournal.com
Rec Category: Cam Mitchell
Pairing: Cam Mitchell/John Sheppard
Category: slash, gender-bender, episode related, first-time, easrthside, SG1/SGA crossover
Warning: John gets turned into a woman
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] scrollgirl
Author's Website: None
Link: Red Ribbon

Why This Must Be Read:

Set during The Return (the episode that pretty much keeps John/Cam ficcers in business), John gets turned into a woman – as you do, if you’re on stargate – and ends up more or less living with Cam while they wait for it to wear off. Oh, and if that’s not enough to worry about, John’s kind of in love with Cam, who’s kind of really straight.

Scrollgirl is one of my all time favourite John/Cam authors, and this is a great example of why. She writes Cam just like he is in the show, with his desire to make things better and all of his compassion and caring. She also writes the stuff that makes him really human – that he doesn’t always know the best thing to do, or do it if he does know, and, in this case, he can’t see what’s there so easily. She also writes John’s struggle so well, and his friendship and closeness with Cam.

There are already sequels to this, and she’s planning a couple of au’s of it, so if you like it, there’ll be *so much more* :o)
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[personal profile] kazbaby
Rec Category: Cameron Mitchell
Pairing: Team/All
Category: Cameron Mitchell, Angst, Genderflip, AU, Episode, Het, Slash
Warning: angst, mutilation, murder, torture, dark
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] ivorygates
Author's Website: On Dreamwidth
Link: Tiger By the Tail (you can comment via OpenID if you don't have a Dreamwidth account)

Why This Must Be Read:
Yes, I admit that for this rec I am incredibly biased but I honestly don't think that should keep me from making sure everyone gets a chance to read this story.

Everyone knows how inspiration happens: a flash and an idea is formed and you essentially have to no choice but to follow through. Well in this case, the flash was the Tiger!Team appearing through the gate in Ripple Effect and [livejournal.com profile] ivorygates met their drawn guns head on and gave us this piece of art. And while the story essentially gives us what happened in canon, it is set in Ivory's Dani'verse.

Ivory writes the story from Tiger!Cam's POV and we learn about their universe and how he (and the rest of his team) see "our" team and the rest of the SGC and their opinion matches the harshness of their universe.

But don't get me wrong, this is still Cameron Mitchell, only one distilled down by brutality from not only the universe at large but from Earth itself after Anubis attacks the planet during the Spring Surprise.

There is no holding back in this story, and there are no puppies and rainbows to soften the blow that their words inflict on a person's more genteel sensibilities. That is why you must read this. It gives you a greater appreciation of the easy time SG-1 has had over the years and points out… It could have been so much worse for them.

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[personal profile] kazbaby
Rec Category: Cameron Mitchell
Pairing: Cameron Mitchell/Danielle Jackson, Cam/Jack, Cam/Sam, Dani/Sam (implied), Dani/Jack (implied)
Category: Het, Slash, Angst, AU, Genderflip
Warning: Slash, het, violence, paraphilia, BDSM, strong language, angst
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] ivorygates
Author's Website: Two gates of Sleep
Link: Part One

Why This Must Be Read: In the world of fanfic, whether het or slash, the relationships within are explored at a level of convention that is rarely crossed; either due to mindset or experience. This story does not listen to nor observe the readers typical ideas of a normal relationship and it will give you something to think about; how we approach our hearts and the ones we allow inside. We watch as Cameron flails and fails and falls all the while attempting to hold together SG-1 and mainly Danielle Jackson. Their relationship is harsh, biting and digs into your skin; immersing you into their world as they find love in it's purest form. You will ache as Cam becomes a lifeline even while drowning and drowning out the voices of reason in Sam and Teal'c. This story is not dark, it's real and it hurts and it will make you hold your breath as Cameron and Dani learn to give more of themselves than they had any reason to believe. I really can't put into words all of the reasons why you need to read this story.

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[identity profile] wickedwords.livejournal.com
I know I'm barely under the wire here, but I still have a good hour-and-a-half before July ends. It's been a great month, and I hope you enjoyed the stories I recc'd. So please let the authors know you liked them!

Rec Category: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Pairing: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Category: AU, Genderswap
Spoilers: None.
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] torakowalski
Author's Website: Tora's Story List
Link: With Bones Like That


Why This Must Be Read:
I have a genderswap kink, so maybe I'm not the best person to talk about the 'why' of reading a genderswap story, but I really enjoyed this. What I liked about this one is how Rodney's character comes through, despite is temporary gender reassignment. John is a little thrown by this at first, as the last time he saw Rodney, Rodney had definately been a guy, but that was several years ago. John rolls with it, bending and not breaking, and their relationship develops out of their shared history as well as current circumstance. It's light, it's fun, and it moves briskly; the pacing is lovely in this.

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[identity profile] thady.livejournal.com
Rec Category: Gen
Pairing: None
Category: Atlantis, genderswitch, AR, Sheppard, McKay
Warning: mature themes, mention of possible non-consensual sex
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] ceitie
Author's Website: none that I know of
Link: Storm Damage


Why This Must Be Read:

In my experience the portrayal of the characters in genderswitch stories is seldom realistic, especially if it's only done for the porn. This story however manages to show female McKay and Sheppard in a very subtle and convincing way. Even though they've got a different gender - and different issues - they still remain true to the characters we see on the show. Without being the slightest bit preachy [livejournal.com profile] ceitie managed to show the difficulties that can arise from being a woman in a war and a woman in the military in general.

My favorite genderswitch!story and a wonderful story in its own right.



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[identity profile] fragmentpieces.livejournal.com
Hello all! My name is [personal profile] fragmentpieces  and I shall be your Rodney McKay reccer for the month of September. I mainly read gen and het stories, so that will be what I mainly recommend- but a few slash stories will probably make their way in here.

Rec Category: Rodney McKay
Pairing: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Category: Pre-slash, slash, gen, het
Warning: Pre-slash, slash, gender-bender, het
Author on LJ: [personal profile] gillianinoz
Author's Website: http://www.corplink.com.au/~gillianm/
Link: Cute As...

Why This Must Be Read: To start off my career as a reccer (yes, I am a newbie) I give you one of my favorite series. It falls into a grey area as to what the pairing is, it is Rodney McKay- but Rodney has been turned into a girl- so it is both slash and het, but the first few chapters are gen.

What makes this story great is that it isn't your traditional gender-bender-  in no way is the Atlantis team to blame  for  the sudden  change in gender. The emotional vibes are also dead on, there isn't any excess wailing and weeping- there is some at first, but after the period of adjustment is over, what you've got is Rodney with breasts, a refreshing change of pace. What all this is trying to say is that this fic is a lot of fun, you have confused yet protective!team, Rodney kicking the goolies out of the bad guys and crying on demand. It is great, go read and enjoy (I hope)
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[personal profile] speedgeek
Rec Category: John Sheppard
Pairing: John/Rodney
Category: slash, angst, genderswap
Warning:
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] trinityofone
Author's Website:
Link: http://trinityofone.livejournal.com/46510.html
And its sequel "Grace": http://trinityofone.livejournal.com/80122.html

Why This Must Be Read: Trintyofone's one of those authors that choosing a fic to rec is hard because she has just so many great fics. In "Human Vacillation", it's John's total lack of reaction to a new side effect of the ATA gene that stands out. Lovely John/Rodney banter as the reason for John's non-reaction is revealed.
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[personal profile] trialia
Rec Category: Femmeslash

Pairing: threesome - Elizabeth Weir/girl!John Sheppard/Kate Heightmeyer
Category: Genre - Other (Crack!fic), Adult, Threesome, Atlantis
Warning: genderswap, femmeslash, OT3, explicit sex
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] havocthecat
Author's Website: [livejournal.com profile] havocs_cry
Link: @ havocs_cry

Why This Must Be Read: Pure, honest-to-goodness, beautiful smutty CRACK. Most genderswap fics I've read get terribly caught up in melodrama and angst, but this? Brilliant. I giggled most of the way through, but while being very amusing it still manages to be a lovely piece of threesome erotica that illustrates Sheppard's being initiated into the wonders of sex as a female, by a female - two, in fact. I think it fits this category fairly well, and I love it.
[identity profile] perfica.livejournal.com
Rec Category: Threesomes
Threesome: Sheppard/McKay/Dex
Category: Genderswap, Humour, PWP
Warning: Slash
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] svmadelyn
Author's Website: Medication For Sleep Deprivation
Link: It Stopped Being Funny At Skirts

Why This Must Be Read: [livejournal.com profile] svmadelyn's fic brings the funny. John is changed into a girl, Ronon suggests fucking as a way of stress relief and Rodney tries to be noble. Make sure you read the sequels at the bottom of the page - [livejournal.com profile] thisisbone gives us some missing John/Ronon scenes and [livejournal.com profile] astolat gives us a scorching alternate view at what a threesome would have been like while John was still a girl.
[identity profile] debc.livejournal.com
Rec Category: Original Character
Pairing: (no abbreviations please)
Category: Carson/OC (female!Rodney)
Warning: genderbent canon character
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] dragonsinger
Author's Website: http://dragonsinger.ink-and-quill.com/
Link:

The Metal Chair & State of Emergency

Why These Must Be Read:

Normally, I wouldn't rec two fics in one post, but these are both short fics that when read together, tell a lot about Rose McKay (aka femme!Rodney McKay). They show how Rose is the same McKay we know and love -- a llittle bit arrogant, confident of her own intelligence and abilities, somewhat insecure, somewhat paranoid, but with a huge caring heart underlying all of it.

Also extremely enjoyable is the interaction between Rose and Carson, which (to me) feels as realistic as if it were on the show every week.
[identity profile] debc.livejournal.com
Rec Category: Original Characters
Pairing: series leads to Jack/OC
Category: OC
Warning: OC, AU, genderbeder
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] fairyglass
Author's Website: http://www.fairyglass.net/
Link: http://www.fairyglass.net/series/mmdex.html

Why This Must Be Read:

For anyone who loves figuring out the answers to the the greatest question in the world -- What if..? -- an AU with a genderbent character is the place to be. Fairyglass's "Mirror, Mirror" brings you Elizabeth Jackson... a female counterpart for Daniel. What makes this series different from others I've seen is that Elizabeth is allowed to stay on our Earth and join up with her "twin," proving that two Dr. Jackson's are better than one. Fairyglass's writing and characterization are strong, and there are some awesome touching moments as Elizabeth, Daniel and the rest of SG-1 come to terms with each other and get to know one another.

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