Fig Newton's SG-1 Gen Recs

Rec Category: Humor

Categories: Sam, Teal'c, Daniel, Mitchell, humor, Sam and Teal'c friendship, off-world shenanigans
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: kalquessa
Author's Website: kalquessa
Link: Retail Price

Why This Must Be Read: So what's the going rate for a colonel and an archeologist? Sam and Teal'c are about to find out!

Very short, very fun, slightly innuendo-ish (for Kalquessa, certainly). Sam and Teal'c as the slightly amused adults are always a win. :)


"So what's the plan for getting us out of these?" Daniel pulled the chain between his wrists taut.

"Well it's a bit crowded for a fire-fight, so we're going to buy you from that nice man in the leather shirt over there," Sam hefted the bag of coins she had been carrying, which clinked satisfyingly.

Rec Category: Walter the Chevron Guy

Categories: SGC ensemble, friendship, fluff, humor, slice of life
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: unknown
Author's Website: looneylizzie
Link: The Writing on the Wall

Why This Must Be Read: This is a genuinely charming bit of SGC fluffiness, all from Walter's perspective (and how often do we get that?) - exactly who and what is responsible for the increasingly elaborate graffiti that is decorating the SGC walls?

There's banter and snark and friendship here, all from Walter's wry POV, and this is a real pleasure to read.


Outside the gym was an amusing image of Teal’c dressed up as a Jedi battling Darth Vader, complete with an exploding Death Star in the background.

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: Teal'c

Categories: Teal'c, Sam, team, angst, friendship, episode related
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: unknown
Author's Website: Mudgems at AO3
Link: Attrition

Why This Must Be Read: A powerfully bleak Teal'c perspective on Unending, and why the loss of fifty years of close friendship was, in his estimation, the lesser evil.

Lovely (if ouchy) stuff, with an extra focus of Sam and Teal'c friendship.


It pains him to talk with them now of those fifty lost years, years that for him are still very real and very recent.

Rec Category: Samantha Carter
Categories: character study, ep related, quantum mirror
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: antonomasia09
Author's Website: antonomasia09 at AO3
Link: Imposter Syndrome

Why This Must Be Read: Of course Sam would work her way through the confusion of Ripple Effect through structual analysis...

This is a delightful character study of Sam and her stream-of-consciousness in the wake of meeting so many other Sam Carters - and other teammates - and the choices that altered their realities. It's perfectly Sam and a very enjoyable read.


She printed out a few of the more amusing graphs for herself and her teammates - Teal’c was going to love the pie chart of what pie was being served at the commissary tomorrow in seventy different universes - and then shut her computer down for the night.

Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Categories: team, Cam, humor, Siler
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: sallymn
Author's Website: Sally M at AO3
Link: Not Even Tuesday

Why This Must Be Read: General!Jack comes to the rescue of a very frazzled Mitchell in an extremely wacky situation... which is probably just another day in the life of SG-1, really. :)

Great Jack voice, delicious humor, and bonus deadpan Siler for the win!

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Rec Category: Five things
Categories: Vala, character study, team
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: skieswideopen
Author's Website: LJ fic list (more complete) / skieswideopen at AO3
Link: Five ways Vala surprised her teammates

Why This Must Be Read: I really like this five things, which fits Vala perfectly: apparently bright and shiny and silly, but with unexpected depths. If that's not Vala, then what is?

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: Jack and Daniel friendship
Categories: Jack, Daniel, humor
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: tallulah_rasa
Author's Website: Tallulah Rasa at AO3
Link: Home for the Holidays

Why This Must Be Read: New Tallulah Rasa fic, whee!

This fic is sheer joy: Jack and Daniel at their absolute best, with dry wit and snark and their shorthand complete understanding of one another. Add a generous dash of humor and a hint of teamy goodness to come, and you're guaranteed a smile by the time you're finished reading this!

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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: Jack and Teal'c friendship
Categories: episode related, angst, character study
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: splash_the_cat
Author's Website: splash_the_cat at AO3
Link: Gravitational Time Dilation and the Consequences of Special Relativity

Why This Must Be Read: In the wake of Unending, Teal'c has fifty years' worth of memories and loss that he can't share with anyone. Who else can offer therapy better than Jack O'Neill?

I love their understanding of one another and Jack's unique brand of comfort and peace at a time that Teal'c so badly needs it. Beautifully and powerfully done.


Jack glanced over at Teal'c. It was weird, seeing him aged, not just in body with the white at his temples and the fine lines around his eyes, but there was something else, too. An intangible bow to his back. A weight that even Bra'tac had never shown.

Rec Category: Mini!Jack
Categories: Jack and Daniel friendship, character study
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: sg_betty
Author's Website: Fiction Index
Link: Checking Up

Why This Must Be Read: Clone!Jack and Daniel, having a not-quite-surreal conversation. Their personalities are perfect and their friendship is forever. :) Go read!


Daniel looked at Jack. “You know you can call me, right? If you need anything; even if you just want to talk.”

“Hello. Still Jack here. I don’t chat. Besides, I called you. Once.”

“About a history paper.”

“It was Egypt! I should call someone else?”

Rec Category: Episode Related
Categories: Daniel, character study, angst
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: paian
Author's Website: Paian at AO3
Link: Who Catch and Sing the Sun in Flight

Why This Must Be Read: Paian writes the most beautiful episode tags for Unending - and, speaking as one who personally loathed that particular episode, I can only imagine how much more powerful her stories are for those fans who actually enjoyed the series finale!

Daniel finds the courage and wisdom to accept not only the loss of self, but also the loss of all the knowledge he has accrued over the course of five decades. If you want to savor haunting, elegaic Daniel angst, this ficlet is definitely for you.


Here, in this strange cold luminous space that has become his refuge and his temple, he makes his peace with the act they are about to commit, and says goodbye to their home that will be unmade and the selves they will be no more.