Fig Newton's SG-1 Gen Recs

Rec Category: Original Character

Pairing: none

Categories: original character, gen, episode related, drama, crossover, Cassandra Frasier

Warnings: crossover with Atlantis, spoilers through SG-1 S9, violence (including minor original character deaths)

Author on LJ: redbyrd_sgfic

Author's Website: Redbyrd’s Stargate Fiction

Link: Stop the Presses or on the website

Why This Must Be Read: Have you ever snickered at the increasingly ridiculous idea that the SGC can still be top-secret after all these years? Then this delightful remix of Stop the Presses by Cofax is definitely for you!

Colin Jameson, a reporter from LA, comes to Colorado Springs at the behest of his friend, Matt Yurievich, to attend a press conference by one Dr. Berend Kavanagh. Despite the apparent ridiculousness of his claims, these two reporters have added up enough suspicious events over the years – the “Denver flu,” hallucinatory creatures infesting Colorado Springs, an entire building disappearing, the incident in LA in Resurrection, and Alex Colson’s disappearance after his attempt to prove the existence of aliens, just to name a few – to wonder if there’s really a story there. But when Kavanagh’s press conference gets crashed and things suddenly turn deadly, will Colin stay alive long enough to get the story out to the public?

An excellent Cassie scene, a seriously hilariously-in-character Jack O’Neill cameo, and one of the only sympathetic treatments of reporters that I’ve seen outside the Lois and Clark fandom. Stop the Presses is an affectionate poke at the SGC’s laughable secrecy, and one you’re sure to enjoy.

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Rec Category: Cameron Mitchell

Pairing: none
Categories: Cameron Mitchell, Daniel Jackson, John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Teyla, Ronon, gen, AU, crossover, drama
Warnings: language, crossover with Atlantis, spoilers through much of SG-1 S9
Author on LJ: ltlj 
Author's Website: Watergate
Link: Least Resistance

Why This Must Be Read: This story is part of the amazing Retrograde AU, which needs no introduction from me. In Least Resistance, Mitchell manages to talk himself and Daniel (who has been voted ‘Best Hostage Ever’) onto an Atlantis Gate team; but when half the team disappears – the half that includes Sheppard and Daniel – Mitchell has to overcome the Atlantis Expedition’s anxiety and paranoia in order to convince them that he hadn’t planned it, and that he wants to help them get their missing people back.

POVs alternate between Mitchell and Sheppard, as we slowly learn just what happened and who is responsible, and some all-too-familiar faces from a favorite S9 episode show up for an encore. With marvelous characterization that pulls even a non-SGA fan like me into the story, and great snippets of humor to lighten the intensity of the storyline, Least Resistance is a wonderful fic that will make you hurry back to Martha’s website to read everything else she’s written.

Rec Category: Daniel Jackson

Pairing: none
Category:  Daniel Jackson, drabble, gen, crossover, humor
Warnings: temporary character death, crossover with Discworld
Author on LJ: daegaer
Author's Website: unknown
Link to Story: not exactly titled, but possibly Stargate/Discworld

Why This Must Be Read:  While this story isn't officially about Meridian, the references to ascension make it close enough. And it's certainly worth the effort of finding somewhere to put it!

I'm fairly confident that you don't have to be a Terry Pratchett fan to appreciate this little drabble, but knowing the Discworld's Death and his foibles, especially his dislike for "quantum," probably makes it a lot funnier, especially Daniel's best line. Which I won't quote here, because I don't want to ruin it for you. 

Come on, it's a drabble. It'll take you thirty-odd seconds to read it and will definitely make you grin. Go read it. :)

Rec Category: Crossover

Pairing: none
Category: crossover, gen, sg-1, team, character study
Warning: crossover with Quantum Leap
Author on LJ: unknown
Author's Website: BT's Fanfiction

Link: Interference Patterns

Why This Must Be Read: A quiet, considering fic, Interference Patterns is more of a character study than anything else. Unlike most Stargate: SG-1 crossovers that I've read, I'm actually familiar with both shows this time, and this fic does an excellent job of bringing out the best of the characters from both Stargate and Quantum Leap.

I enjoyed this story mostly for its seamless meshing of the both genres. Dr. Sam Beckett is used to applying one of his unique skills in order to "right what once went wrong" on his Leaps, but which skill is he supposed to be using now? It's good to see the author remembering that Beckett is both a linguist and familiar with heiroglyphics, besides his obvious expertise in quantum physics. But since Daniel is much more of an expert in those fields than Beckett, why has he Leaped into Daniel?

This story is particularly well done because it plays to the strength of both fandoms, rather than emphasizing one over the other. There's no trumping of any of the characters; rather, when the real reason for Beckett's Leap into Daniel is discovered, the members of both fandoms work together to arrive at the proper solution.

You have to feel sorry for Sam Beckett in this one. All of his usual cues are missing. No Al to give him helpful clues, and Daniel is so utterly unique among the members of SG-1 that he can't follow anyone else's lead. How is he supposed to know that he's supposed to call the leader "Jack," for example, when the woman is calling him "Colonel" and the big guy with the funny tattoo is calling him "O'Neill"? And speaking multiple languages, even if it's not on our Daniel's level, isn't going to be much help when Teal'c suddenly challenges him in Abydonian! Add the confusion of Sam Carter's first name...

Daniel, meanwhile, wakes up to find himself in a futuristic-looking room, unsure if he's on Earth or undergoing some kind of Goa'uld interrogation. The conversations that follow are an excellent look into Daniel's frustrated beliefs about the military and need-to-know security, and a surprisingly good rapport with the cigar-waving Al. Daniel's fear of what might happen if SG-1 discovers the truth, knowing what the team will assume "someone else in Daniel's body" must mean, adds an extra touch of tension.

The story ends with a touch of humor on Daniel's return to his body and Al's revelation of what Beckett's purpose had been: ensuring that SG-1 would be on Earth in order to save it from Apophis' motherships at the end of Season One. All in all, this is a very nice story that was very well done and well worth the read.

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