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figs_sg1_recRec Category: Jack and Teal'c friendship
Pairing: none
Categories: Jack and Teal'c friendship, Jack O'Neill, Teal'c, gen
Warnings: none
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6beforelunch
Author's Website: Ink and Quill
Link: Against the Wishes of My Dreams
Why This Must Be Read: Earth culture isn't all roses and puppies. Teal'c knows this. Jack knows this. Doesn't make that fact any less awkward and painful, sometimes.
Emily uses spare, sharp prose to put us straight into early S1 Teal'c's head as he is confronted with the fact that the mystical Tau'ri, to whom he has given his allegiance, are also human beings with foibles and flaws and petty prejudices. Jack's angry, jerky reaction fits him just perfectly, as does Teal'c's silence contemplation and acceptance of reality. It isn't pretty, and it isn't pleasant. But it's very real, and Emily gets it just right without slipping over the edge.
A reminder, perhaps, that we're still very "young," but without the annoying condescension of the Tollan. :) Against the Wishes of My Dreams is thoughtful and pensive and a very good read.
Later he will accept this facet of Tau'ri culture as unfortunate, but endurable. He will see the Tau'ri for what they are: flawed, human. He will understand that they are the civilization with the circumstances most advantageous to attacking the Goa'uld, but that they are not perfect. But this future knowledge does not make his current disappointment any less sharp.
Pairing: none
Categories: Jack and Teal'c friendship, Jack O'Neill, Teal'c, gen
Warnings: none
Author on LJ:
6beforelunchAuthor's Website: Ink and Quill
Link: Against the Wishes of My Dreams
Why This Must Be Read: Earth culture isn't all roses and puppies. Teal'c knows this. Jack knows this. Doesn't make that fact any less awkward and painful, sometimes.
Emily uses spare, sharp prose to put us straight into early S1 Teal'c's head as he is confronted with the fact that the mystical Tau'ri, to whom he has given his allegiance, are also human beings with foibles and flaws and petty prejudices. Jack's angry, jerky reaction fits him just perfectly, as does Teal'c's silence contemplation and acceptance of reality. It isn't pretty, and it isn't pleasant. But it's very real, and Emily gets it just right without slipping over the edge.
A reminder, perhaps, that we're still very "young," but without the annoying condescension of the Tollan. :) Against the Wishes of My Dreams is thoughtful and pensive and a very good read.
Later he will accept this facet of Tau'ri culture as unfortunate, but endurable. He will see the Tau'ri for what they are: flawed, human. He will understand that they are the civilization with the circumstances most advantageous to attacking the Goa'uld, but that they are not perfect. But this future knowledge does not make his current disappointment any less sharp.
