Reflection, by ELG (PG-13)
Dec. 4th, 2006 03:55 pmRec Category: Daniel Jackson
Categories: Daniel Jackson, Jack O'Neill, alternate reality, character study
Warnings: language, violence
Author on LJ: elgrey
Author's Website: ELG at Bunnyfic
Link: Reflection
Why This Must Be Read: Jack O'Neill has always wished there was some way to teach Daniel Jackson how to obey orders and do what's he told. On an unexpected trip through the quantum mirror, Jack discovers a different Colonel O'Neill who has managed the trick quite handily… but at a very painful price.
Written with a wonderful, tight Jack POV and with her usual excellent style, ELG drags Jack and Daniel into a creepy AU to show them what might have been if their personalities had been just a little bit skewed, and their world just a little bit harsher. Jack seems to have always known that Daniel is a package deal, and that his more – well, irritating habits were an inevitable side effect; but the Jack on the other side of the mirror chose a different path, and our Jack and Daniel come face to face with the unhappy results. Time to do a little self-evaluating, then, and be quite satisfied with the way things are.
Reflection, like any ELG fic, gives us character, humor, angst, and an engrossing story that the reader is sure to enjoy.