Fig Newton's SG-1 Gen Recs

Rec Category: Cameron Mitchell
Categories: Cam and team, Tokra ensemble, Sam, Martouf, Teal'c, Daniel, Elizabeth Weir, AU, episode related, canon rewrite, Sam and Cam friendship, Cam and Teal'c friendship
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: slybrarian
Author's Website: Slybrarian
Link: Ophiucus Rising

Why This Must Be Read: This is what the SGC/Tok'ra relationship should have been, and a very plausible way to bring Cam into the SGC program a full season earlier: instead of putting him through a year of agonizing therapy that might not be successful, Sam - still host to Jolinar - offers Cam the opportunity to be a Tok'ra host.

This leads to a very different S8, with Cam and his fellow Tok'ra-Tau'ri blends working at the SGC.

You'll enjoy the different twists on various episodes, the hilarious inner dialogue, and the warm friendship between Cam and Sam. A very satisfying story!


As everyone began settling down, Cam took a look around at them all. They were, to a man, woman, and snake, a bunch of neurotic, insane, and sneaky basket cases, but they were also brilliant, brave, and loyal. Part of Cam still ached for the squadron he had been forced to leave behind, but if he had to replace them he couldn't have asked for a better group. He didn't think he would mind calling them family for the next three or four hundred years.

Rec Category: Team
Categories: Cameron Mitchell, Samantha Carter, Teal'c, Daniel Jackson, Jack O'Neill, Jack and Teal'c friendship, humor
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: moonshayde
Author's Website: Moonshayde at AO3 (members-only reading) or scroll down to see LJ links on her profile
Link: Panic at the Disco

Why This Must Be Read: S9 team off-world shenanigans, complete with punking the New Guy, Teal'c pwnage, and bonus Jack cameo.

...Did I mention the off-world karaoke?


"Whoa," Cameron said, his eyes lighting up. "Is that alien karaoke?"

Rec Category: Vala Mal Doran
Categories: Sam, Daniel, Teal'c, Cam, Jack, character study, five things
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: grammarwoman
Author's Website: Fic and Vid List
Link: Four things Vala would miss about Earth if she left & one that she wouldn't

Why This Must Be Read: This is an excellent character study of Vala as outsider, considering her options and the people she's met on Earth. Her thoughts on Sam are my favorite, but they're all very well done with stellar characterization!


Vala had a series of escape plans worked out even before she stepped through the Gate that first time to Daniel's world, plans that were discarded and replaced on her initial evaluation of the layout of the SGC. As her stay with the Tau'ri went on, the constant calculations for strategic withdrawal running through her head became a soothing background noise. A jarring note introduced itself, though, when she realized how much she would miss what she would be leaving behind.

Rec Category: Teal'c and Vala friendship
Categories: humor, five things, team, Cam, Sam, Daniel
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: amathela
Author's Website: Amathela at AO3
Link: The Case Of The Missing Jello (Among Others)

Why This Must Be Read: It's an alien conspiracy!

Okay, it's just five times Vala and Teal'c totally pwned their teammates. With and without jello. :)

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Rec Category: Cam and Sam friendship
Categories: humor, team
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: ctorres / ct
Author's Website: Fic Index
Link: Loose Leaf Gridiron

Why This Must Be Read: Happy, teamy S9 fic with Sam and Cam front and center, both with their natural competitiveness coming to the fore in an impromptu game of paper football. I love the characterization quirks and the appreciative audience, and even General Landry makes a surprisingly congenial appearance. Guaranteed to make you smile and leave you with happy feelings!


Teal'c interrupted. "I am unfamiliar with the game of paper football."

All heads swiveled towards Teal'c. Finally, Daniel said what Sam herself had been thinking. "I can't believe Jack had eight years and never taught you."

Rec Category: Episode Related
Categories: drama, Carolyn Lam, Landry, Daniel, Mitchell
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: redbyrd_sgfic
Author's Website: Redbyrd's Stargate Fanfiction
Link: Do No Harm

Why This Must Be Read: I love a good outside perspective. This retelling of Prototype, written by the queen of episode-related fic, allows us to see the action through the eyes of Dr. Carolyn Lam. You'll appreciate her civilian views of the moral dilemmas, her surreptitious Cliffs' Notes of names and events, and her own strength of character throughout the drama that plays out in her infirmary.

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Rec Category: Jack and Daniel friendship
Categories: AU, SGA crossover, angst, hurt/comfort
Warnings: none (but see comment below)
Author on LJ: saffronhouse
Author's Website: Martha at AO3
Link: Entangled

Why This Must Be Read: This is an evocative, melancholy AU in which Daniel becomes, quite literally, Schrodinger's archaeologist forever trapped in a submerged Atlantis. I love Jack's POV, the contributions from the ensemble of characters, the interactions between Jack and Daniel. They are heartbreakingly, perfectly them.

Interestingly, I read this story first and only then discovered that it was apparently written as part of a J/D ficathon back in 2007. I would firmly classify this one as goggles-friendly, but I honestly don't see how this can be anything but friendship. YMMV, natch, and it's a gorgeously ouchy fic either way. :)


It's a rainy day in the Pegasus Galaxy. Good thing the mess is serving tacos.

Rec Category: Cameron Michell
Categories: Jack, team, Landry, Thor, humor
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: magibrain
Author's Website: Magistrate at AO3
Link: W is for Wait What

Why This Must Be Read: Remember Sam and Daniel punking Mitchell in 200 about his parentage?

Take that incident, add Magistrate's devious brain, and stir. Then sit back and enjoy the glee!

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Rec Category: Five Things
Categories: Janet, Mitchell, AU, episode related, friendship, angst
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: pellucid
Author's Website: fic tag
Link: Five Conversations Janet Fraiser and Cameron Mitchell Never Had

Why This Must Be Read: Snapshots of S9-10 in another universe in which Janet doesn't die, and the trust and friendship that develops between her and Cameron Mitchell. An absolute must for anyone who loves the Little Doc, and an excellent read.

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Rec Category: Cam and Daniel friendship
Categories: humor
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: pepper_field
Author's Website: My Stories
Link: Those Eyebrows-!

Why This Must Be Read: Fanboy!Mitchell is always my favorite incarnation of Cam. So here he is, all shiny and new, gleefully watching Daniel do his diplomatic thing and having the time of his life. Lots of snark, great banter, and an extra dollop of teamy goodness with Sam and Teal'c at the end. Squee!


Cam couldn't help but grin, grimy and exhausted though he was. "That was my first simple-mission-that-went-to-hell," he said, proudly.

Rec Category: Team
Categories: Cam, Siler, humor, friendship
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: gingasaur
Author's Website: at AO3
Link: V is for Video Games

Why This Must Be Read: Have some sheer S10 team glee complete with killer bunnies,video game hacking, and the ultimate Teal'c pwnage, all from poor Cam's POV. An absolute joy!


“You’re supposed to play Teal’c when?”

“Thursday.”

Siler laughs, perhaps louder than he meant to. He clears his throat. “Sorry, sir.”

Rec Category: Five Things
Categories: five things, Cam, OCs, friendship
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: iawenbemerry
Author's Website:
Link: Three People, Two People

Why This Must Be Read: Take a good look at Cam through the eyes of five people: three who thought he'd never walk again, and two who thought he would. Deft, thoughtful, and ultimately triumphant.