Fig Newton's SG-1 Gen Recs

Rec Category: Jack and Daniel friendship

Categories: Jack, Daniel, character study, angst, episode related
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: briarwood
Author's Website: morgan32
Link: Emotional Archeology

Why This Must Be Read: Fresh off the archive! This is a fantastic Jack and Daniel friendship piece in the wake of Show and Tell, with Daniel helping Jack deal with the emotional fallout. Understated, intelligent, sideways approaches... in short, perfectly Jack and Daniel. :)

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I opened a file dated 2007 on my PC and found this rec, completely written out and ready to go. I needed to hunt for an alternate link, but hey, it took only 15 years to post... :)

Show: SG-1

Rec Category: AU
Characters: Daniel Jackson, Jack O'Neill, Janet Frasier
Categories: gen, Jack and Daniel friendship, episode related, time travel
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: unknown
Author's Website: devra
Link: Every New Beginning

Why This Must Be Read: This short, feel-good fic is an exercise in wishful thinking: wouldn't it have been nice if TPTB had taken advantage of Jack's fish-filled pond at the end of S8 to change a few more things?

Short, sweet, and to the point, this fic takes SG-1 home from their trip to Jack's cabin to discover that their journey to the past has had a few more repercussions than they originally thought. Put this one in the "if only!" file, and take it out to reread whenever you're particularly missing one spit-fire, Napoleonic Little Doc and one snarky, wry and intelligent Tok'ra.

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Rec Category: Team

Categories: Jack, Teal'c, Sam, Daniel, Jack and Teal'c friendship, Jack and Sam friendship, Jack and Daniel friendship, hurt/comfort
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: unknown
Author's Website: K_Hanna_Korossy
Link: Misery's Company

Why This Must Be Read: Early S1 oldskool-style fic, as the various members of SG-1 take turns visiting an under-the-weather Jack in the infirmary. It's charming to see how Jack and the others bond over different subjects and activities, from video games to astronomy to (naturally) Jack-and-Daniel sniping. Slightly fluffy, all heart!

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Rec Category: Original Character
Categories: outside POV, Jack and Daniel friendship, Paul Davis, general!Jack
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: redbyrd
Author's Website: Redbyrd at AO3
Link: Settling In

Why This Must Be Read: Look at that! I found a Redbyrd fic I hadn't recced yet! :)

I adore a good outside POV fic, and this one is just delightful: Jack's secretary at Homeworld Security, dealing with a general quite unlike any other.Toss in some interactions with Paul Davis (promoted!) and Daniel, sit back, and watch the reaction! At least this one made it past her first week...

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Show: SG-1

Rec Category: Daniel Jackson
Characters: Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson, Samantha Carter, Paul Davis
Categories: gen, Jack and Daniel friendship, humor, fluff
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: tallulah_rasa
Author's Website: Tallula Rasa at AO3
Link: Where the Rain Gets In

Why This Must Be Read: Shiny new Tallulah Rasa ficlet, complete with Jack and Daniel banter that will have you grinning like an idiot and falling in love with SG-1 all over again...

You've clicked already, haven't you?


Another head popped into view. "Daniel," it said amiably, as though interrupting the head of the SGC were no big deal. "There’s a big honking void in the Great Pyramid of Giza."

Daniel shrugged. "Not my doing," he said. "Sorry. And hi, Jack."

Rec Category: Episode Related
Categories:Categories: Daniel Jackson, Jack O'Neill, Samantha Carter, Teal'c, General Hammond, Travell, Thor, original characters, drama, angst, team, Jack and Daniel friendship
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: marzipan77
Author's Website: Marzipan at AO3
Link: Halfway Around the World

Why This Must Be Read: OW OW OW OW OW

...Yeah, that and wow sums up my feelings while I read this new and fresh contribution to the Shades of Grey totality of fic.

So many of us tend to focus on the splintering of friendships and the team in the wake of the lies and breach of trust in this episode. But what happens when you focus on the impact these events would have had on the SGC itself?

I don't necessarily agree with every characterization in this (I like Travell), but it is bleakly, realistically, superbly done.

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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: 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: Daniel Jackson
Categories: team, Jack and Daniel friendship, character study
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: magibrain
Author's Website: magistrate at AO3
Link: Z is for Zenith

Why This Must Be Read: This is a beautiful snapshot of Daniel in early S7: doing his thing on a very alien planet while still not quite sure of his place in the universe, on the team, with Jack. But his team - his friends - will back him up, just the same.

This reads like the first part of a bigger story not yet written, but is wholly satisfying on its own, too.

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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: Jack and Daniel friendship
Categories: hurt/comfort
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: dmarley
Author's Website: Dorothy Marley at AO3
Link: Taking Care

Why This Must Be Read: Great Jack voice. Deep, beautifully understated friendship. A joy to read!


Daniel wavered, turning towards the shower room, then he turned back. "Uh, you need any help, Jack?"

"No," Jack said automatically. "I'm right behind you." He considered a moment. "As soon as I can lift my arms."

There was a long moment of contemplative silence from the other side of the room. Then Daniel put down his towel and walked back to the bench.

Rec Category: Five Things
Categories: Daniel, Jack, humor, friendship, team
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: lokei
Author's Website: Lokei at AO3
Link: Baba Yaga’s Recipe Book

Why This Must Be Read: Five times it "tastes like chicken"!

Or possibly not. :)


“I do not like them, Sam I Am,” Jack muttered. Daniel elbowed him in the ribs. Hard.

Rec Category: Futurefic
Categories: Daniel, OC, character study, Jack and Daniel friendship
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: jdjunkie
Author's Website:JDJunkie at AO3
Link: Deja Vu All Over Again

Why This Must Be Read: There is genuine sweetness in this, as a desk-bound Daniel gets some nostalgic time off-world and reflects a little on how far he - and the SGC - have come.

The ruins on P4Y-771 had been discovered during a routine investigation. “They hoped to find weapons grade naquada,” Weston’s report read. “Instead, they found a temple. I was thrilled. They ... weren’t.”