Fig Newton's SG-1 Gen Recs

Rec Category: Episode Related

Categories: Daniel, Sam, Jack, Teal'c, humor
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: unknown
Author's Website: TerokNope
Link: Infinite Possibilities

Why This Must Be Read: Here is Daniel getting all thinky after seeing alternate realities, with first Sam and then the others adding in their own two cents. I love how they're all beautifully in character, with Teal'c (of course) getting the final zinger!

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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 Jackson
Characters: Daniel Jackson, Jack O'Neill, Tok'ra character, Samantha Carter, Teal'c, other SGC personnel
Categories: gen, character study, Jack and Daniel friendship
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: marzipan77
Author's Website: marzipan77
Link: U is for Us and Them

Why This Must Be Read: Tok'ra in genuine shades of grey, Daniel in sharp anthropologist mode, Jack at his snarky best, and some uncomfortable observations on reality...

This is an uneasy read, but a good one!

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Rec Category: Paul Davis
Categories: Jack, George Hammond, humor
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: pepper
Author's Website: pepperf
Link: Sleeping Dogs

Why This Must Be Read: Paul Davis is a long-suffering saint and Jack is the worst administrator ever.

Neither of those statements is news, but this fun little ficlet is just extra confirmation!

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Rec Category: Team
Categories:Jack O'Neill, Samantha Carter, Teal'c, Daniel Jackson, friendship
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: stringertheory
Author's Website: Fic List
Link: U is for Utopia

Why This Must Be Read: No place may be perfect, but for teamy goodness purposes, this one is good enough.


For a short, precious moment in time, his team was going to get to relax and just be. They'd go back to saving the world Wednesday.

Rec Category: Episode Related
Categories: Daniel, team (SG-5), original characters
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: marzipan77
Author's Website: marzipan77 at AO3
Link: B is for Blown

Why This Must Be Read: Here's a wonderful exploration of Daniel's mission with SG-5, right before The Light begins. It would be just a fun romp with a slight mystery if we didn't know what was coming for poor SG-5. But at least we get to know them a little, and enjoy their interactions with Daniel, before... well, before.

Marzipan does a great job of bringing SG-5 to vivid life as a good, solid SG team. Daniel's dealings with them are spot-on. Well worth the read!

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Rec Category: Teal'c
Categories: Teal'c, Cassie, friendship, angst, character study
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: unknown
Author's Website: thestarsapart on AO3
Link: Remnants

Why This Must Be Read: I always love stories that feature Teal'c and Cassie, two aliens who have made their home on Earth, and their unique perspective and connection. This wonderful new and shiny story has an unexpected twist, as it is Cassie who ends up offering Teal'c advice and counsel.

Wonderful Teal'c perspective, lots of lovely little touches, and an unfolding backstory all add up to a very good read. Go feed the new author in the hope we'll get more such fic!

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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: 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: Original character
Categories: episode related, outside POV
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: ivorygates
Author's Website: ivorygates at AO3
Link: Z is for Zucker, Zeitgeist, and Ground Zero

Why This Must Be Read: I love good outsider perspective, when we know more than the character. In this superb portrayal of Sergeant David A. Zucker, working at Area 51, we get an alternate view of the opening scene of... well, Point of View. And it's just fantastic.

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Rec Category: Humor
Categories: team, Teal'c, Jacob Carter, episode related
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: pepper_field
Author's Website: PepperF at AO3
Link: N is for Nishta

Why This Must Be Read: When the purely human members of SG-1 have a delayed reaction to nishta, Teal'c and Jacob decide to seize the opportunity...

Teal'c pwnage and Jacob pwnage are apparently exponential. :)

This ficlet was originally my birthday present, and I have no idea why it took me so long to rec. Go read it now!


"They are usually most argumentative," agreed Teal'c, blandly.

"Yeah," said Jacob, thoughtfully. "Usually."

Jacob... said Selmak, warningly – but she said it with such amusement that he wasn't fooled for a moment.

Rec Category: Character Study
Categories: ep related, pre-series, Nick Ballard, Daniel, angst
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: ivorygates
Author's Website: ivorygates at AO3
Link: K is for Kinship

Why This Must Be Read: This is a fascinating exploration of Nick's backstory, including a history that spans decades and too many griefs. I love how a person that so many fans perceive as a shallow, cookie-cutter character suddenly becomes very human and very real!


Looking down at Claire’s son, Kaatje’s grandson, he knew he couldn’t face another love, another loss. He made his voice harsh as he told Daniel there was no place in his life for him. That someone – someone else -- would care for him. About him.

And he left.

Rec Category: Siler
Categories: kidfic, humor, Jack, Sam
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: eilidh17
Author's Website: Eilidh17 at AO3
Link: H is for Helping Hand

Why This Must Be Read: This is Siler at his absolute deadpan best, armed with a wrench and a straight face as he deals with a temporarily 10-year-old Major Carter who still cherishes her motorcycle. Kidfic fan or no, you will adore this little fic. :)


"That's an order, Siler."

"Yes, sir," Siler says, because he never questions the Colonel's orders, even when being saddled with a ten year old Major Samantha Carter, who is all pigtails, freckles, and a toothy smile.