Fig Newton's SG-1 Gen Recs

Rec Category: Crossover

Categories: team, humor, outside POV
Warnings: crossover with Howl's Moving Castle
Author's Journal: pepper_field
Author's Website: pepperf
Link: Unexpected Visitors

Why This Must Be Read: I am very fond of this little ficlet, because the intriguing outside perspective of our beloved team made me curious enough to read Howl's Moving Castle, which led me to the Chrestomanci novels and the other Diana Wynne Jones novels and...

Ahem.

Very short, very sweet, and entirely worth it just for Sophie's automatic assumption regarding Teal'c and his staff weapon!

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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: Cassandra Frasier
Characters: Cassie, clone!Jack
Categories: gen, crossover
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: nagi_schwarz
Author's Website: nagi_schwarz
Link: Snow Angels

Why This Must Be Read: This is Cassie and mini!Jack, working at a diner, and meeting various crossover characters. That's it, really. And yet there is something about this fic that delights me: Cassie and mini!Jack wholly out of the loop, as they should be. Jack knows who Cassie is, but can't say anything, and has no knowledge of events like Janet's death that take place after he leaves the SGC; Cassie herself has no idea that "Jon" might be someone else, as his existence isn't something that would qualify for "need to know."

I personally recognized one crossover but not the other, and it didn't matter in the slightest. It's just fun to see them interacting with one another, when we know so much more than they do and we can understand so much that they can't!

Is this the future I envision for these two? Probably not. But they're both happy, and I don't see what else we could want for Cassie and mini!Jack.


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Rec Category: Crossover

Categories: gen, humor, crack, team
Warnings: crossover with AOS Trek
Author's Journal: unknown
Author's Website: sourassin
Link: Fascinating/Indeed

Why This Must Be Read: This is a shameless excuse to have Teal'c and Spock raise eyebrows at one another and have multiple exchanges of Fascinating and Indeed, but it is also a delightfully in-character crackfic told from AOS Jim Kirk's POV of the entire classic team interacting with the newer version of Star Trek's Enterprise crew. Guaranteed to leave you grinning!

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Rec Category: Samantha Carter
Categories: drama, action/adventure, hurt/comfort, team, SG-1/SGA crossover, Teal'c, Jack, Daniel
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: isawet
Author's Website: Isawet on AO3
Link: Diminishing Returns

Why This Must Be Read: Part of me thinks this reads so well to me because, like Sam in this story, I am an outsider to SGA trying to work it out. But most of me thinks this is simply a fantastic, gripping fic that both SGA and SG-1 fans can love!

This is early Sam-in-command-of-Atlantis, still dealing with she's-not-Elizabeth-Weir resentment from the Atlantis team. This is Sam, dealing with a mystery and bad guys with courage and brains and sheer determination. This is Sam and Teyla being awesome together and the team working flawlessly. Add some delightful SG-1 crossing over with superb characterization, and you've got a long, satsifying read that'll definitely leave you wanting more!

One final note: the author labels this as "S/J, but could be read with gen goggles." There was only a single line or two in the final paragraphs that required me to settle my gen goggles firmly on my nose to read as casual male/female friendship, but for Sam/Jack fans, consider that aspect a bonus.

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Rec Category: Crossover
Categories: Sam, team, humor
Warnings: crossover with Discworld
Author's Journal: moragmacpherson
Author's Website: MoragMacPherson at AO3
Link: The Color of Logic

Why This Must Be Read: This is a Sam fic, mostly. But it's also team fic, and friendship fic, and Discworld fic. If you're not a Discworld fan, you'll enjoy this for the sheer crackiness of the team dealing with tiny blue men, mysterious sweepers, and canny old witches; but if you are a Discworld fan, you'll love Lu Tze talking to Sam and the Daniel following the dickering of Nanny with the Nac Mac Feegle and Lancre's stone circle doubling as a Stargate. Lots of fun, with some great Sam character study thrown in for good measure!

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Rec Category: Humor
Categories: Teal'c, Sam, Jack, Daniel, stealth crossover, humor, team
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: mific
Author's Website: Mific at AO3
Link: G is for Gribbles

Why This Must Be Read: This was just posted, and after laughing out loud twice while reading it, I just had to rec it immediately.

It's an alien incursion through the Quantum Mirror! Just... not precisely what you might be expecting.

Teamy, bantery, and gleefully in character. Go forth and read!


"It is already a foothold situation," Teal'c added gravely. He thought for a moment. "Or possibly a furhold situation."

Rec Category: Apocafic
Categories: Cam, crossover, angst, team, AU, hurt/comfort, friendship, Sam, Jack, Daniel, Teal'c, SGA characters
Warnings: it's apocafic! :) Includes major character deaths/permanent injuries (mental and physical)
Author on LJ: abyssinia4077
Author's Website: Abyssinia at AO3
Link: Drfiting Out at Sea

Why This Must Be Read: The hardest part about the apocalypse isn't losing Earth. The hardest part is holding everything together afterwards.

Here is solid, aching Cam perspective as the Earth is lost and the survivors scrabble to find new footing on a cut-off Atlantis. Characterization all-round is moving, powerful, and poignant. This is a long, gripping story that ends, despite everything, with Cam's eternal optimism offering hope.

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Rec Category: SG-1/SGA Crossover
Categories: humor, friendship, team, Jack, Sam, Daniel, Teal'c, John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: auburnnothenna and eretria
Author's Website: auburn and eretria at AO3
Link: Care Packages; also podficced by ArwenLune

Why This Must Be Read: When it's time to send care packages to Atlantis, Rodney and John get some very specialized attention from Sam, Jack, Daniel and Teal'c...

This is fun and teamy and friendly and snarky, and a truly enjoyable read - or listen, if you choose the podfic version!



John opened the Scotch and poured them each a shot. "Here's to Col. Carter and the rest of SG-1."

Rec Category: Samantha Carter
Categories: crossover, ep related, character study
Warnings: crossover with Doctor Who
Author on LJ: none
Author's Website: KerrAvonsen at AO3
Link: Tempus Fugit

Why This Must Be Read: When a weary, heartsick Sam post-2010 meets Doctor John Smith at an astrophysics conference, their conversation on time travel and consequences is both absorbing and oddly comforting.

Like me, you needn't be a Doctor Who fan to thoroughly enjoy the discussion between these two; while I imagine that all of the Doctor's "hypotheticals" are actual canon references, it doesn't matter from a Stargate perspective. But if you do watch Doctor Who, you definitely won't want to miss this intelligent and intriguing character study.

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Rec Category: Crossover
Categories: Jack, Sam, Teal'c, Daniel, Dixon, drama, team, angst, apocafic, AU
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: tielan
Author's Website: tielan at AO3
Link: Storm Front

Why This Must Be Read: Out of necessity, this is a mystery crossover. What makes it so gripping is the characterization: Jack as the competent, intelligent general of the SGC, his rapport and trust in his people (especially Sam), the reactions of the various characters, and the realistic fusion of SG-1 with a certain movie series that you needn't have actually watched (I haven't, personally) in order to recognize. Great apocafic, and a really good read.

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Rec Category: Crossover
Categories: Jack, Teal'c, Martin Lloyd, humor
Warnings: crossover with White Collar
Author on LJ: tallulah_rasa
Author's Website: To Explore the Universe and Eat Pie
Link: What's in a Name

Why This Must Be Read: I have a soft spot for crossovers inspired by actor bingo, and an even softer spot for crossovers that work despite my absolute ignorance of the second fandom. In this entertaining story, Mozzie of White Collar, who is played by the same actor who was Stargate's very own Martin Lloyd, is actually both characters - and isn't very happy to meet up with Jack and Teal'c again! Especially considering the budget cuts...

Great fun for me, despite my utter lack of knowledge of anything to do with White Collar. And if you're familiar with both fandoms - well, what are you waiting for? :)

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Rec Category: Drama
Categories: SGA crossover, Daniel, Rodney, SGA team, humor
Warnings: some language, non-sexual nudity, Rodney whumpage
Author on LJ: sallymn
Author's Website: Sally Mn at AO3
Link: All's Well that Ends As You Like It

Why This Must Be Read: Fabulous Rodney voice (well-written in second person, no less!) with plenty of snark, an Ancient booby trap of sorts, very bad Shakespeare, Daniel as very fast-paced translator, Teyla as the soul of patience, and Ronon just wanting to shoot something. A very entertaining SGA team fic, complete with added Daniel Jackson, that is bound to leave you with a grin on your face!

(I've watched a grand total of three SGA eps and I still loved this. Definitely lots of fun for everybody.)

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