Fig Newton's SG-1 Gen Recs

Rec Category: Daniel Jackson

Categories: team, orginal character, episode related, team, angst, Jack and Daniel friendship, friendship, character study
Warnings: Jack warning for some profanity
Author's Journal: unknown
Author's Website: moonlitesonata
Link: a fish called Mac

Why This Must Be Read: I almost tagged this as "original character" just because of the fish. :) (There are original characters here, too.)

This delightful, insightful story takes a few seconds from Fire and Water and uses that brief snapshot of Daniel's aquarium to create an entire series arc that begins with the acquisition of a fish called Mac at the beginning of S1 and ends after Ark of Truth with, well...

There's friendship and wry humor and thoughtful observation and heart-wrenching grief, and it's both outsider POV and Daniel POV all in one. A very satisfying and intriguing read!

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Rec Category: Episode Related

Categories: robot!team, Jackl, Sam, Daniel, Teal'c,angst, character study, friendship
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: troyswann
Author's Website: mssalieri
Link: Tin Men

Why This Must Be Read: This is oldskool fic in aching, stellar Jack POV, showing us Robot!SG-1 in their first weeks with Harlan and the gradual decision to try and go through the Stargate.


Jack wonders how long it will take them to know each other’s stories by heart.

His new brain corrects another stumble. He hasn’t got a heart.

Rec Category: Jack and Daniel friendship

Categories: Jack, Daniel, character study, angst, episode related
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: briarwood
Author's Website: morgan32
Link: Emotional Archeology

Why This Must Be Read: Fresh off the archive! This is a fantastic Jack and Daniel friendship piece in the wake of Show and Tell, with Daniel helping Jack deal with the emotional fallout. Understated, intelligent, sideways approaches... in short, perfectly Jack and Daniel. :)

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Rec Category: Jack and Sam Friendship

Categories: humor, team, off-world shenanigans
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: stringertheory
Author's Website: stringertheory
Link: Something Borrowed

Why This Must Be Read: Classic team for the win as Sam takes over when Jack disappears off-world. Inverted marriage tropes and betting pools may be a factor...

Competent team, humor, snark, friendship... what more do you need?


Sam closed her eyes on a sigh. Having to pretend to be married to her CO to keep him from being forced into matrimony with a benevolent dictator was a new one. She was pretty sure there wouldn’t even be a base betting pool about it yet.

Rec Category: Five Things

Categories: Daniel/Sha're, angst, fluff, pre-series, episode related, AU, character study
Warnings: canonical minor character death
Author's Journal: unknown
Author's Website: boton
Link: Five Moments Daniel and Sha’re Shared, and One They Didn’t

Why This Must Be Read: As the categories list indicates, this short fic covers all the bases of Daniel/Sha're possible interactions, from post-movie to pre-series to COTG to AU. Great Daniel POV, poignancy and fluff and angst, and a short, satisfying read.

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Rec Category: Team

Categories: Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson, Samantha Carter, Teal'c, original kid characters, angst, Jack and Daniel friendship
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: kormantic
Author's Website: pares
Link: The War Works Hard

Why This Must Be Read: This is a bleak, harsh reminder of the regular atrocities that Goa'uld leave behind them... but it's also a poignant, courageous glimpse of the team doing their absolute best to defend innocents off-world. Add Jack's typical rapport with kids and Daniel's meandering thought processes for a short and well-written fic.


Really, Daniel wondered that they hadn't run across more orphans in the galaxy.

I opened a file dated 2007 on my PC and found this rec, completely written out and ready to go. I needed to hunt for an alternate link, but hey, it took only 15 years to post... :)

Show: SG-1

Rec Category: AU
Characters: Daniel Jackson, Jack O'Neill, Janet Frasier
Categories: gen, Jack and Daniel friendship, episode related, time travel
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: unknown
Author's Website: devra
Link: Every New Beginning

Why This Must Be Read: This short, feel-good fic is an exercise in wishful thinking: wouldn't it have been nice if TPTB had taken advantage of Jack's fish-filled pond at the end of S8 to change a few more things?

Short, sweet, and to the point, this fic takes SG-1 home from their trip to Jack's cabin to discover that their journey to the past has had a few more repercussions than they originally thought. Put this one in the "if only!" file, and take it out to reread whenever you're particularly missing one spit-fire, Napoleonic Little Doc and one snarky, wry and intelligent Tok'ra.

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Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Team
Characters: Jack O'Neill, Samantha Carter, Daniel Jackson, Teal'c
Categories: gen, humor, friendship
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: fairyglass
Author's Website: fairyglass
Link: Operation: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch


Why This Must Be Read: Here is some delightful teamy goodness to start off the year for you! Teal'c's apartment in Affinity didn't work out (thanks, NID), but Jack comes up with other options... and questionable film choices.

Teal'c pwnage, warm and fuzzy teaminess, and plenty of snark. Plus good pizza!

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Rec Category: Team

Categories: Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson, Teal'c, Samantha Carter, episode related, getting-to-know-you
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: unknown
Author's Website: polly_lynn
Link: Command Performance

Why This Must Be Read: In the wake of Enemy Within, Jack has to deal with... appearances with Sam. Daniel quotes Plutarch, Sam isn't Caesar's wife, Jack throws around slang with enthusiasm, and Teal'c is perfectly willing to throw around everybody. :)

Early season SG-1 is always a joy, especially when it's written as well as this!


“Jack.” Daniel pulled on his jacket. “What’s this about? You look like you’re about to hurt someone.”

“Me?” Jack tried on Hammond’s smile for size. “Oh, no, Daniel. I’m just gonna share my feelings.” 

Show: SG-1/SGA

Rec Category: Clone!Jack
Characters: Clone!Jack, Jack O'Neill, John Sheppard, Daniel Jackson
Categories: gen, series, crossover, SG-1/SGA, episode related, AU
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: unknown
Author's Website: oFFs
Link: Great Enterprises

Why This Must Be Read: If the Ancient gene was such a valuable commodity in Atlantis that they wrote a completely ignorant and inexperienced John into the mission based on the strength of his, why would they ignore a young, vastly experienced guy who already knew about everything and had the gene as well?

In this two-part series, they didn't... and clone!Jack ends up as part of the Atlantis expedition.

These two stories don't actually get us to Atlantis, but it's an intriguing, well-written premise. And who knows? Maybe some feedback will prompt the author to write more! :)

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Rec Category: Jack and Daniel friendship

Categories: Jack, Daniel, angst, episode related
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: princessofgeeks
Author's Website: princess
Link: A Toast

Why This Must Be Read: A short coda to Menace, so the angst is an automatic conclusion...

Jack and Daniel with sharp, fierce, honest edges. Just the way I like them.


"To agreeing to disagree," he said, and tilted his glass toward Daniel.

Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Daniel and Janet friendship
Characters: Daniel Jackson, Janet Frasier
Categories: gen, angst, hurt/comfort
Warnings: references to Daniel's many canonical deaths
Author's Journal: unknown
Author's Website: mylittleredgirl
Link: Vital Statistics

Why This Must Be Read: Here is oldskool!Little Doc at her finest, offering comfort when Daniel needs it most. Very short (like Janet herself, heh), but also very poignant and very right.


It's normal to forget some things -- how many times you've been on an airplane, how many fish you're supposed to have in the fishtank, how old General Hammond's granddaughter will turn next weekend.

But Daniel's lying in the infirmary, heart monitor beeping reassuringly, feet still tingling from the long minutes of stalled blood flow earlier that day, and he can't remember how many times he has died.

Rec Category: Sam and Daniel friendship

Categories: humor, five things
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: unknown
Author's Website: deltatime
Link: With Difference and Some Brilliance

Why This Must Be Read: One of my favorite aspects of Sam and Daniel's friendship is how well they click with one another. And as this lovely five things shows, what looks like romance to outsiders can be something much deeper and closer and still be wonderfully gen - even when they try the ship thing instead. :)



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