Fig Newton's SG-1 Gen Recs

Rec Category: Sam and Daniel friendship

Categories: Sam, Daniel, angst, episode related, five things
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: stringertheory
Author's Website: stringertheory
Link: What Can Be Untied

Why This Must Be Read: Stringertheory writes the loveliest gen fic, and I've recommended many of her stories in the past. Now that she's moving her fics to AO3, I have an excellent excuse to rec yet another one!

This is a wonderful five things of Sam and Daniel friendship, at the canon points when thing were sharp-edged and difficult. It's wonderful to see their mutual honesty and faith in one another. An intelligent, thoughtful read.

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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. :)



"Tell you what, I'll go to the wedding as your arm candy if you go to the Museum of Natural History with me and count the things in the Egyptian Mummies exhibit that actually belong here."

Rec Category: Teal'c
Categories: five things, character study
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: rachel500
Author's Website: rachel500
Link: Cultural Gaps

Why This Must Be Read: Being alien doesn't just mean a lack of knowledge of Tau'ri culture; it means a Jaffa culture, too. And this thoughtful, beautifully Teal'cish five things does a superb job of highlighting different aspects of Jaffa culture that SG-1 never fully comprehend.

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Rec Category: Five Things
Categories: Daniel, pre-series, character study
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: paian
Author's Website: paian
Link: Daniel's First Six Languages

Why This Must Be Read: This is a lovely exploration of pre-series Daniel, developing his affinity for languages. Short and sweet!


He works in a crazy business these days, and you never know when you're going to need to know how to write with your off hand, or dial a phone with your toe, or read with your tongue.

Rec Category: Five Things
Categories:Teal'c, team, original characters,character study, Jack and Teal'c friendship, Teal'c and Daniel friendship
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: rachel500
Author's Website: Rachel500 at AO3
Link: It's All in a Name

Why This Must Be Read: An exploration of Teal'c. Or Murray. No - of Teal'c.

Team as family, wonderful friendships, stellar characterization.


He is home.

And he is happy to be both Teal'c and Murray.

Rec Category: Five things
Characters: Daniel Jackson, Jack O'Neill, Teal'c, Samantha Carter, General Hammond, multiple friendships, angst, episode related, hurt/comfort
Warnings: references to canonical character deaths
Author's Journal: rachel500
Author's Website: Rachel500 at AO3
Link: Every Darkness Has a Light

Why This Must Be Read: The summary of this is "five times Daniel sat alone in a dark room," but in reality, it's "five times Daniel tried to sit alone in a dark room, until someone rescued him." And it's truly lovely, as five different depressing, dark moments that Daniel canonically suffered are mitigated and consoled by various friends. I love how the choice of each person so fits the situation. A very warming read.

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Rec Category: Teal'c and Vala friendship
Categories: humor, five things, team, Cam, Sam, Daniel
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: amathela
Author's Website: Amathela at AO3
Link: The Case Of The Missing Jello (Among Others)

Why This Must Be Read: It's an alien conspiracy!

Okay, it's just five times Vala and Teal'c totally pwned their teammates. With and without jello. :)

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Rec Category: Five Things
Categories: Sam, ep related, angst
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: jedibuttercup
Author's Website:Jedibuttercup at AO3
Link: Five Planets Sam Carter Wishes She'd Never Visited

Why This Must Be Read: Exactly what it says on the tin: five canon planets that Sam wishes they'd never visited, with an extra dash of angst in the last one for good measure. Good, solid characterization that fits Sam perfectly! Too short to excerpt, so just click and read. :)

Rec Category: Walter the Chevron Guy
Categories: five things, Hammond, Jack, character study
Warnings: references to canonical post-series character death
Author on LJ: splash_the_cat
Author's Website: Splash the Cat at AO3
Link: Five times Walter wished George was back at the SGC

Why This Must Be Read: This shiny new fic is exactly what it says: five times Walter, from Season 8 and onwards, wishes George Hammond was still running the SGC - a bit of wry humor, a generous dose of angst, and Walter as the observer of events. Definitely well worth reading!


Sometime in the middle of SG-1's third mission as a trio, he poked his head into O'Neill's office. "Colonel Carter just called in their check-in, right on time. She said all's clear."

O'Neill blinked at him a moment before biting out a gruff "Thanks," but as Walter eased the door shut he didn't miss the soft sigh of relief. Back at his station, he added a note to the desk log: New task: email O'Neill when SG-1 checks in

Rec Category: Five Things
Categories: Jack, Teal'c, friendship, Sha're, team, humor, character study, angst
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: sid
Author's Website: sid at AO3
Links:
Five lies Sha're told
Five times Jack watched Star Wars
Five times Teal'c averted a diplomatic incident, parts one and two
Five places on Earth that Teal'c would like to share with Ry'ac


Why This Must Be Read: It's two weeks since the fandom lost Sid. I went digging through my old rec links and found four gen Five Things that she wrote and never archived. There's humor, friendship, angst, snappy banter, superb characterization... All the hallmarks of Sid fics. Bittersweet in the circumstances, and well worth reading them all.

Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Categories: five things, angst, humor, friendship, team, Jack and Daniel friendship, character study, AU
Warnings: happy character deaths (in SG-1, that can be a thing, can't it?)
Author on LJ: tallulah_rasa
Author's Website: Tallulah Rasa at AO3
Link: So Long, Farewell, See You Around

Why This Must Be Read: I was very pleased to see Tallulah Rasa, one of the queens of gen fic, moving her stories from her now-defunct web page to AO3 so that they're still available for our reading pleasure. Here's one that I haven't recced yet: a fantastic look at seven different ways Jack might have left the SGC (or not), full of friendship and snark and humor and a generous dash of angst and (mostly) happy endings.

The second and seventh are my favorites, but these are all a joy!


"It says, SG-1," Daniel said, gauging their reactions with an eyebrow shimmy only slightly less pronounced than it would have been in the old days. "We explored the universe and ate pie." He took a sip from his cup.

No one said anything for a minute, and then Sam said, "Indeed", and Daniel's coffee went up his nose.

Rec Category: Five Things
Categories: Janet, Daniel, Cassie, Jacob, ep related, drama, AU
Warnings: character death
Author on LJ: rebeccavoy
Author's Website: rebeccavoy at AO3
Link: Five ways Janet Fraiser came back to life and what she did then

Why This Must Be Read: Here are four ways Janet survives Heroes in one way or another, and one last killer of a scenario where she does... and she doesn't. A great exploration of what-ifs that you're sure to enjoy.

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