figs_sg1_rec: (fic rec)
Rec Category: Jack and Daniel friendship

Categories: Jack, Daniel, character study, angst, episode related
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: [personal profile] briarwood
Author's Website: [archiveofourown.org profile] 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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figs_sg1_rec: (team patch by paxm)
Rec Category: Team

Categories: Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson, Samantha Carter, Teal'c, original kid characters, angst, Jack and Daniel friendship
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: [personal profile] kormantic
Author's Website: [archiveofourown.org profile] pares
Link: The War Works Hard

Why This Must Be Read: This is a bleak, harsh reminder of the regular atrocities that Goa'uld leave behind them... but it's also a poignant, courageous glimpse of the team doing their absolute best to defend innocents off-world. Add Jack's typical rapport with kids and Daniel's meandering thought processes for a short and well-written fic.


Really, Daniel wondered that they hadn't run across more orphans in the galaxy.
figs_sg1_rec: (fanfic fix)
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: [archiveofourown.org profile] 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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figs_sg1_rec: (fanfic fix)
Rec Category: Jack and Daniel friendship

Categories: Jack, Daniel, angst, episode related
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: [personal profile] princessofgeeks
Author's Website: [archiveofourown.org profile] 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.
figs_sg1_rec: (team patch by paxm)
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: [archiveofourown.org profile] 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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figs_sg1_rec: (daniel fron freeze)
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: [personal profile] marzipan77
Author's Website: [archiveofourown.org profile] 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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figs_sg1_rec: (fic rec)
Rec Category: Original Character
Categories: outside POV, Jack and Daniel friendship, Paul Davis, general!Jack
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: [personal profile] 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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figs_sg1_rec: (daniel fron freeze)
Rec Category: Daniel Jackson
Categories: Jack and Daniel friendship, ANGST, episode related, hurt/comfort
Warnings: canonical major character death; knowledge of Continuum required
Author's Journal: unknown
Author's Website: [archiveofourown.org profile] devinsxdesigns
Link: Closest Thing You Have {Had} To A Best Friend

Why This Must Be Read: This fic is best summed up like this: Oh, Daniel.

It's a fantastic look at Daniel's reactions to, and observations of, the events of Continuum, in a stream-of-consciousness with a very heavy emphasis on his friendship with Jack (or, if your ship goggles run that way, Jack/Daniel as per author intention), but with bonus Sam and Daniel friendship, too. It hurts because it's very, very good.

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figs_sg1_rec: (humor)
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: [personal profile] 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."
figs_sg1_rec: (fanfic fix)
Rec Category: Daniel Jackson
Categories: Jonas,episode related, character study, Jack and Daniel friendship
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: [personal profile] paian
Author's Website: Paian at AO3
Link: A Foot in the Door

Why This Must Be Read: Jonas said, "The truth is, I don't think that Colonel O'Neill was very comfortable having me around."

Daniel said, "That's not what he told me. ..."


Take that quote from Homecoming and give it the classic Paian treatment for sharp and shrewd amnesiac!Daniel, using all his skills as an archaeologist to explore the mystery that is Dr. Daniel Jackson... and his friendship with Jack O'Neill.

Lovely stuff!


So he studied Daniel Jackson's professional history the way his curriculum vitae informed him he had studied the history and languages of this planet. He made private, independent assessments of the people around him, uncontaminated by what others might have told him about them or about his past interactions with them. He learned what he could learn by reading. What the four members of SG-1 didn't seem to realize, despite knowing full well that one of Doctor Jackson's specialties was anthropology, was that he was nearly as good at reading people as he was at reading text.
figs_sg1_rec: (fanfic fix)
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: [personal profile] 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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figs_sg1_rec: (good enough for jack to read)
Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Categories: Jack and Daniel friendship, team, episode related, General!Jack
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: unknown
Author's Website: elumish at AO3
Link: Sleep

Why This Must Be Read: Jack in the wake of Zero Hour, too wound up to... well, unwind.

Good thing his team is still his team, and that friends still look out for one another.

Lovely teamy goodness, with an extra dollop of Jack and Daniel friendship. And cake!

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figs_sg1_rec: (fanfic fix)
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: [personal profile] 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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figs_sg1_rec: (humor)
Rec Category: Crossover
Characters: Samantha Carter, Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson, Thor (ish)
Categories: humor, Jack and Daniel friendship, Sam and Daniel friendship
Warnings: crossover with Avengers
Author's Journal: [personal profile] tallulah_rasa
Author's Website: tallulah_rasa at AO3
Link: If I Had a Hammer

Why This Must Be Read: Post S10: Sam, Daniel, Jack, and Thor!

...No, that Thor.

A gleeful little crossover, sparkling with classic Tallulah Rasa dialogue and snark and friendship. Smile-inducing!

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figs_sg1_rec: (daniel fron freeze)
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: [personal profile] 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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figs_sg1_rec: (fic rec)
Rec Category: Drama
Categories: Jack, Sam, McKay, Janet, General Hammond, angst, horror, mystery, Jack and Daniel friendship
Warnings: suicidal themes
Author's Journal: [personal profile] nomadicwriter
Author's Website: Nomad at AO3
Link: Fragments

Why This Must Be Read: When a post-Abyss Jack wakes up in the infirmary with no memory of what put him there, he has to deal with unsettling claims of his past actions, the NID breathing down his neck, the Asgard's demands for his presence, a guilt-ridden Sam, a mysteriously absent Teal'c, and an infuriatingly enigmatic Ascended!Daniel. With the grudging help of an abrasive McKay, can he figure out what's really going on?

This is a long, absorbing mystery, told tightly within a very confused Jack's POV, that will keep you guessing throughout all its twisty turns.

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figs_sg1_rec: (fic rec)
Rec Category: Daniel Jackson
Categories: team, Jack and Daniel friendship, character study
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: [personal profile] 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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figs_sg1_rec: (daniel fron freeze)
Rec Category: Jack and Daniel friendship
Categories: angst, character study, horror
Warnings: major character deaths
Author's Journal: [personal profile] agentotter
Author's Website: [archiveofourown.org profile] otter
Link: The Standard of Comparison

Why This Must Be Read: Oldskool classic fic! This is intense Jack and Daniel friendship, with a typically Otterish twist that you will not see coming... even if, upon rereading, you realize that all the clues were right there.

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figs_sg1_rec: (humor)
Rec Category: Jack and Daniel friendship
Categories: hurt/comfort, humor, Janet
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: [profile] 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.
figs_sg1_rec: (daniel mortal peril)
Rec Category: Drama
Categories: Jack, Daniel, Teal'c, Sam, Bill Lee, Jack and Daniel friendship, Teal'c and Jack friendship, team, angst, hurt/comfort
Warnings: language, serious whumpage
Author on LJ: [personal profile] sg1jb
Author's Website: Jb at AO3
Link: Rebound

Why This Must Be Read: This glorious, intense story is long. And incredibly teamy. Full of Jack and Daniel friendship, and scientific puzzles, and Teal'c sheer stubbornness, and Sam doing her best (and beyond) for her team, and Daniel taking his usual flying leaps of logic, and courage, and drama...

I love each and every one of them here. Bill Lee shines, Janet has a great cameo, and the comfort of the final scene is an absolute joy. Make sure you've got the time to read this all in one sitting, because you won't be able to stop!

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figs_sg1_rec: (fic rec)
Rec Category: Jack and Daniel friendship
Categories: hurt/comfort
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: [personal profile] 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.
figs_sg1_rec: (fic rec)
Rec Category: Daniel Jackson
Categories: character study, Jack and Daniel friendship
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: [personal profile] darthneko
Author's Website: darthneko at AO3
Link: Life According to Daniel Jackson

Why This Must Be Read: This is a really nice peek into Daniel's head and the meandering process of his thoughts. From an off-world campfire to cookies in the commissary to shopping at 2 a.m., you'll enjoy this take on life according to Daniel.


He thinks, dimly, that he misses the man he was... but he's fairly certain he remembers the man he was would have sold his left kidney for the chance to know half of what he knows now, gunshots or no.
figs_sg1_rec: (humor)
Rec Category: Five Things
Categories: Daniel, Jack, humor, friendship, team
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: [personal profile] 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.
figs_sg1_rec: (fic rec)
Rec Category: Jack and Daniel friendship
Categories: humor, character study, little bit of hurt/comfort
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: [personal profile] tallulah_rasa
Author's Website: Tallulah Rasa at AO3
Link: P is for Plan (and also for Pie)

Why This Must Be Read: Classic Jack and Daniel friendship fic, complete with snarky banter and meaning-of-life stuff, as only Tallulah Rasa can write them!

...You've clicked the link already, haven't you?


“You noticed all that?” Jack said.

“I can be observant,” Daniel said in mock hurt.

“Of rocks,” Jack said.

“There weren’t any around, so I compensated,” Daniel said.
figs_sg1_rec: (fic rec)
Rec Category: Futurefic
Categories: Daniel, OC, character study, Jack and Daniel friendship
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: [personal profile] 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.”
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