Fig Newton's SG-1 Gen Recs

Rec Category: Teal’c

Pairing: Teal'c/Drey'auc

Categories: Teal’c, Bra'tac, angst, drama, character study, pre-series

Warnings: none

Author on LJ: beatrice_otter

Author's Website: Beatrice Otter's stories at ff.net

Link: Pale Battalions

Why This Must Be Read: Teal'c goes home after a glorious battle in Apophis' name.

Too many people forget that Teal'c carries the burden of decades of personal history in the service of Apophis. In Pale Battalions, Beatrice Otter gives us a younger Teal'c, going through the motions – not quite ready to rebel, but all too aware that something is wrong.

There's bleakness contrasted by the easy convictions of those around him, and the hollowness of victory and reward when flashbacks of death still haunt him. This isn't the Teal'c we know, not yet – but this is the man who will become that Teal'c, and it's marvelous to catch a glimpse of the stirring of doubt and disillusion.

This story was remixed into the incredible None But Ourselves by cofax7, which carries the painful thread of this forward to SG-1's time. But Pale Battalions is a weighty, thoughtful piece in its own right: a Teal'c who wonders, and watches, but still goes through the motions. Read this one and savor.

Rec Category: Gen

Pairing: none
Categories: gen, Teal’c, Bra’tac, character study, friendship
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: minnow1212
Author's Website: Index of Fics
Link: Something Sweet

Why This Must Be Read: This charming little fic presents us with an aspect of Teal’c’s life, post-symbiote, when he discovers his first cavity.

Minnow lightly touches on each part of the story, yet gives a clear impression of a greater, more detailed scene just beneath the surface. We traverse from Teal’c’s dental visit to the team’s reactions to his discussions with Bra’tac on the subject of health and medicine. There is the teamy goodness of Sam’s post-cavity filling offering, Jack’s e-mail of support, and Daniel’s inevitable diversion into etymology. But most of all, there’s the lovely insight into Teal’c’s character, as he takes his cavity in stride and recognizes it for what it truly is: another step on the journey towards shaping the Jaffa into something far greater than the Goa’uld could have ever envisioned.

Rec Category: Teal'c and Daniel friendship

Pairing: none
Categories: Teal'c and Daniel friendship, Teal'c, Daniel Jackson, Bra'tac, team, drama, angst
Warnings: emotional and physical trauma, language
Author on LJ: unknown
Author's Website: Sam Walker at The Grove
Link: From the Ashes

Why This Must Be Read: From the Ashes seems, at first, to be a rather typical story – Teal'c comes across a sick Daniel, asleep in the commissary, and shooes him off to the infirmary. But when the rest of SG-1 gate to a planet and meet up with the natives, it takes a recovery team to bring them back… and that's when disaster really strikes.

Sam Walker gives us superb Teal'c characterization with his anguish over a truly tragic accident and his determination to make it right. Ancient and obscure Jaffa rituals are such a fun plot device, after all! And this one takes a particularly fascinating turn, as Teal'c joins Daniel on a journey through his life's experiences… until the final moving confrontation on the "earth sea."

With Bra'tac in usual fine form, teamy goodness, and some great support from Janet and Hammond, this Teal'c and Daniel friendship fic is one that you'll remember for a long time.