Fig Newton's SG-1 Gen Recs

Rec Category: Janet Frasier

Categories: Janet, Jack, Sam, General Hammond, humor, off-world shenanigans
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: dhamphir
Author's Website: dhamphir
Link: The Otori

Why This Must Be Read: Oldskool-style Little Doc fic for the win! With bonus General George as a knight in shining armor. :)

Add a fun little twist at the end for a thouroughly enjoyable fic!

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Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Janet Frasier
Characters: Janet, Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson, Teal'c
Categories: gen, humor
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: pepper
Author's Website: PepperF
Link: Y is for Y Chromosome

Why This Must Be Read: This ficlet features the Little Doc at her competent, snarky best, dealing with the babies men under her care. Some people make good patients. Others... not so much.


"Bed, Doctor Jackson. It's the soft, squashy thing with the faint smell of disinfectant, just behind you."

Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Crossover
Characters: Janet Frasier, Cassie, General Hammond, Joan Watson from Elementary
Categories: epistolary, friendship
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: graycardinal
Author's Website: gray_cardinal
Link: Written in the Stars

Why This Must Be Read: I'm not sure I even know a female version of John Watson existed (hey, medical doctor, name of show... it's a pretty safe assumption), but no knowledge of Elementary is required to enjoy this epistolary exchange between Janet, Joan, Cassie and George. There are multiple time jumps to cover nearly a decade of canon, but it's a delightful exploration of the friendships that surely exist outside the SGC.

I assume that if you are familiar with Joan Watson, you'll enjoy this ever more than I did... but either way, it's definitely a keeper!


I would be delighted to be Cassie’s weird but absurdly trustworthy Aunt Joan, keeper of secrets, buyer of lunches, sender of mildly inappropriate Christmas gifts, purveyor of worldly wisdom, et cetera. I hereby swear that I am neither a Bond villain nor a Bond girl, and that the worst thing your bosses are likely to find in my personal history is the business with the cadaver, the trombone, and the three watermelons, which I assume is already in their files from your background check.

Sorry, broken link. Fixed now!

Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Drama
Categories: Sam, Jack, Teal'c, Daniel, Dave Dixon, Janet Frasier, original characters, angst, hurt/comfort, action/adventure, friendship, team
Warnings: medical malpractice/horrors/violence, including against babies/children; Sam whumpage
Author's Journal: unknown
Author's Website: Soleya at AO3
Link: Beast

Why This Must Be Read: Oldskool!style fic, complete with off-world shenanigans, teamy goodness, medical and moral dilemmas, and SG-1 running roughshod over evil off-world government officials. Add competent supporting characters (SG-3! SG-13!), Hammond as the reluctant voice of reason, Janet at her spitfire best, and an unexpected clever solution to what seems an insolvable problem... it all adds up to a great story that would easily translate to an episode onscreen.

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Rec Category: Episode Related
Categories: Daniel, Jack, Mackenzie, Teal'c, Sam, Janet, angst, drama, hurt/comfort, team, Jack and Daniel friendship
Warnings: mental health issues
Author's Journal: marzipan77
Author's Website: Marzipan at AO3
Link: Phone Calls from John the Baptist

Why This Must Be Read: Oldskool classic fic! So oldskool, in fact, that it contains two of the fanon tropes that usually have me hitting the back button with enthusiasm. Yet I read this long, satisfying story at a gulp, loving that this was canon and yet gave us such a fascinating alternate perspective!

I've always firmly believed that if anyone is working at the SGC, they are competent and the best of the best. Felger is the exception that proves the rule. So when Marzipan portrays Dr. Mackenzie, even in the midst of Legacy, as an intelligent, competent doctor...

Here is Mackenzie: professional, dedicated, genuinely doing his best. And here is Jack and Teal'c and Sam, driven to somehow cure Daniel through sheer mental effort. And here is Daniel: trapped in hallucinations, just aware enough to know his mind is disintegrating.

Everyone is wonderful here. Everyone. Settle down and read this one with enjoyment.

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Rec Category: Samantha Carter
Categories: Sam and Daniel friendship, Sam and Janet friendship, humor, ep related
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: sg_wonderland
Author's Website: sg_wonderland at AO3
Link: Aim High

Why This Must Be Read: This wicked little ficlet is oh, so satisfying, as Janet (and Sam, and Jack...) offer a little payback to some loudmouthed flyboys who don't think a woman is worth their time as an instructor.

This is a great coda to Fragile Balance, and hurray for friendship!


“Did you shoot them?” He asked hopefully.

“No, I felt like it though.”

Rec Category: Jack and Daniel friendship
Categories: hurt/comfort, humor, Janet
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: ami_ven
Author's Website: ami_ven at AO3
Link: Chicken Soup for the Colonel's Soul

Why This Must Be Read: Read it.

Grinned and went "Awwwwww!"

Bounced off to rec. :)

Daniel snark, disembodied Janet, sick Jack, hint of teamy goodness. Short and very sweet!


“He’s improved enough to be aggravating,” Daniel repeated, cheerfully.

Rec Category: Janet Frasier
Categories: team, Hammond
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: sg_wonderland
Author's Website: sg_wonderland at AO3
Link: F is for Finding Her Place

Why This Must Be Read: I always love early season fic. This is a wonderful exploration of Janet's first real interaction with SG-1, when she is allowed off-world, at her insistence, to assess and judge the needs of medical assistance in the field. You'll enjoy her take-charge attitude, her outside observations of the team, and the trust she quickly wins. For Janet fans, this one is a real treat.

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Rec Category: Cassie
Categories: Cassie, Janet, character study
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: xylaria
Author's Website: xylaria at AO3
Link: Threads of Earth

Why This Must Be Read: Short and sweet, this fic showcases Janet wisely recognizing what Cassie needs when she's awash with the easy technological advances of Earth. Truly lovely, with a real early SG-1 feel.


She longed for the basic chores of home, busywork for the hands that calmed her mind and would, maybe, for a while, erase the images of her friends, family, her whole village dying around her.

Rec Category: Drama
Categories: Janet, team, time travel
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: izhhilzha
Author's Website: Izhilzha's FanFiction Sticky Post
Link: Q is for Questing

Why This Must Be Read: This one easily reads like an episode: an urgent offworld problem that requires an unorthodox solution, and the struggles of each individual member of the team to find a way to success, using whatever skills they possess to deal with their unexpected situations. Add Janet into the mix, and you've got a fascinating time travel story that perfectly suits SG-1.

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Rec Category: Episode Related
Categories: team, Janet, character study, humor, friendship
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: thothmes
Author's Website: unknown
Link: Ordinary Things

Why This Must Be Read: This is the Little Doc in all her capable glory, keeping an eye on SG-1 after their return from P3R-118 and making sure they've found themselves in the wake of their memory stamps. I love how well she knows them! Add a scene for each team member as they find that click that helps them recognize that they're truly home again, and this is a lovely, feel-good story that's pure old skool SG-1.


Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle had its own peculiar application to SG-1 teams. Observation made them twitchy. Janet had gotten a bit of a read on position in the infirmary. Hopefully watching them in more relaxed surroundings would give her a read on momentum. They should be trooping in soon.

Rec Category: Catherine Langford
Categories: Janet, friendship, ep related, character study
Warnings: very vague references to Catherine/Ernest
Author on LJ: sg_wonderland
Author's Website: Wonderland at AO3
Link: B is for Battle Ready

Why This Must Be Read: This is a wonderful look at an unexpected friendship: Catherine Langford and Janet Frasier, from their first clash in Torment and Tantalus to a melancholy, solitary moment in the wake of Heroes. Both women shine here as their friendship deepens over the years, seen in snapshots that touch on various episodes. A really lovely story!


The two women shared a smile before Catherine hopped down from the gurney. “Dr. Fraiser, if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got an Air Force to bully.”

Fraiser wasn’t about to bet against the white-haired steamroller who sailed purposefully from the infirmary. She handed off the file in her hands and went to check on Dr. Littlefield.