Rec Category: Teal'c and Daniel friendship
Pairing: none
Categories: Teal'c and Daniel friendship, Teal'c, Daniel Jackson, gen, humor, team
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: sallymn
Author's Website: My Worlds and Welcome To Them
Link: Dishonest

Why This Must Be Read: Daniel teaches Teal'c the gentle art of lying shamelessly on postcards to the hilarious backdrop of an insanely disastrous on-world mission, complete with sunburn, indigestion, falls from decrepit amusement rides, and smashed pottery. Team snark, Janet and Cassie references, and wonderful characterization makes this a delightful ficlet that you're sure to enjoy!


"You know what they say." Daniel sighed, and dropped the postcard with the rather more circumspect and even more dishonest one to 'George'. "there are four kinds of lies. Lies, damn lies, statistics... and what I Did On My... Vacation."

Rec Category: Team
Pairing: none
Categories: team, gen, humor, angst, five things
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: kellifer_fic
Author's Website: Kellifer Fic Online
Link: Five Birthdays Missed Working at the SGC

Why This Must Be Read: Kellifer traces five missed birthdays over the years for SG-1. These range from angsty (Daniel's year in Omaland) to touching (George wanting Teal'c to have the day off) to adorable (Sam and her boys!) to whumpage (Jack in prison, Mitchell in the infirmary.) It's all written with Kellifer's deft touch and lovely characterization, and it's guaranteed to make you smile!


“Birthdays are supposed to be spent just sitting around on my couch, guzzling beer and eating pizza. Not, I repeat not in a Goa’uld cell waiting for the latest gaudily dressed bad guy to come down and tell us that he has finally defeated the Tau’ri.”

“I too find our current predicament troubling, O’Neill,” Teal’c allows. “But if it were a choice between this and watching your sport of ice and large sticks, I would choose this.”

Rec Category: Teal'c and Daniel friendship
Pairing: none
Categories: Teal'c and Daniel friendship, Teal'c, Daniel Jackson, gen, character study, drama, episode related
Warnings: none
Author on LJ:aurora_novarum
Author's Website: List of My Stories
Link: Statements Unspoken

Why This Must Be Read: In this fabulous character study, we glimpse a missing scene from Secrets and a confrontation between Daniel and Teal'c.

There is so much power here: Teal'c's recognition of Sha're as her own person, rather than the victim of circumstance; Daniel locking away emotion to assess and analyze, and Teal'c's helplessness before his relentless powers of persuasion; and finally, the rock-solid trust they both have for one another, and their determination to salvage what they can from an impossible situation.

Aurora does a truly marvelous job of summing up Teal'c and Daniel's friendship here, so go and read it right now!

Full disclaimer: this was my birthday present in 2008, lucky me! ::is smug::

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Rec Category: Team
Pairing: none
Categories: team, gen, Vala, episode related
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: 6beforelunch
Author's Website: Nomadic Spirit
Link: Nailed My Faith to the Sticking Pole

Why This Must Be Read: Here is perfect S10 teamy goodness, as SG-1 sits around a table just before Dominion and considers what false memory they could use that would be plausible to both Vala and Adria. Because whether it's Plan A or B or K or Z, SG-1 always, always has each other's backs... even if Vala sometimes takes a little longer to realize it.


Daniel just says, "You'd better have a plan or two that involves getting all of us out. Because I had to rework most of my escape plans to account for you."

Rec Category: Teal'c and Daniel friendship
Pairing: none
Categories: Teal'c and Daniel friendship, Teal'c, Daniel Jackson, gen, post-series, action/adventure, drama
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: beatrice_otter
Author's Website: My fanfic
Link: Just Like Old Times

Why This Must Be Read: Teal'c and Daniel combine their respective skills to track down two missing Jaffa boys before their hot-tempered father can threaten the fragile peace of Dakara. Archeology, wilderness survival, the comfortable camaraderie of two old friends with a decade's experience of working together -- it all adds up to a solid, engaging mystery story that you're sure to enjoy!


“An official visit from an SG-team would be excessive and inflammatory, under the circumstances.”

Daniel Jackson paused. “Ah. Whereas a visit from an old friend …?”

Teal’c bowed. “Would be most welcome.”

Rec Category: Team
Pairing: none
Categories: team, gen, humor, fluff, Hammond, Janet Frasier
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: theeverdream, sidlj, paianfic
Author's Website: see individual LJs
Link: Nothing to Sneeze At

Why This Must Be Read: This delightful story is slightly tongue-in-cheek without ever toppling over the edge into true crackfic. The team narrowly escapes hugmonsters, only to realize that Blue and his fellow balls of fluff had other intentions in mind...

Hilarious multi-armed aliens, perilous pollen, and Hammond and Janet in fine form - and lots and lots of hugs!

This is the perfect fic to put a smile on your face.

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Rec Category: Teal'c and Daniel friendship
Pairing: none
Categories: Teal'c and Daniel friendship, Teal'c, Daniel Jackson, gen, humor
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: sg_betty
Author's Website: Fiction Index  
Link: Quality Programming

Why This Must Be Read: This charming little ficlet has just been posted, and I had to rec it immediately!

Teal'c, Daniel, and PBS pledge drives.

This is a mix of gentle humor, the alien on Earth, and a hint at Teal'c's unusual depths. Short, sweet, and not so simple, and a very entertaining read!

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Rec Category: Team
Pairing: none
Categories: team, gen, Sam, Teal'c, Daniel, Jack, humor
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: pepper_field
Author's Website: My stories
Link: The Days of Our Lives

Why This Must Be Read: Because this is classic team at the end of S8, not quite saying good-bye to one another, filled with love and humor and glee and complete with puppy pile!

Because this is down in my recs list as "Team SQUISH." :)

Go. Read. And love them a little more.

Full disclaimer: Pepper wrote this for ME! ::is smug::

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Rec Category: Humor
Pairing: none
Categories: humor, gen, Jack, team, character study, episode related
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: aurora_novarum
Author's Website: List of My Stories
Link: What Would Jack Do?

Why This Must Be Read: I am very fond of this series of ficlets, which spans the entire timeline of the series and features various people using the Jack O'Neill school of philosophy - which is, to quote Aurora, "bitch and eat cake" - to get out of sticky situations.

There are cameos from Ferretti, Griff, and Felger. There is team squabbling and team bonding (or possibly both at once). Most of all, there is lots and lots of cake... even if, as Jack claims, he will sometimes choose pie. :)

This is one big squishy hug to Jack and SG-1, so go and read, and smile!

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Rec Category: Gen
Pairing: none
Categories: gen, Daniel, Vala, character study
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: troyswann
Author's Website: Outside the Box
Link: Speaking of Vala

Why This Must Be Read: The premise of this fic is so powerfully plausible that it has largely entered fandom consciousness as canon.

Set in early S9, when Daniel and Vala were very much at loggerheads, here is Daniel's first real glimpse into Vala's past. Salieri includes marvelous stage dressing, sharp dialogue, and the creeping, horrifying realization of things that are done in the course of a war... and what happens to those caught in the fallout.

Read this one slowly, and then wonder if you'll ever look at the word "interface" in the same way again.

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Rec Category: Humor
Pairing: none
Categories: humor, gen, Sam, Jack, Sam and Jack friendship
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: annerbhp
Author's Website: Fic Master List
Link: Stockholm Syndrome

Why This Must Be Read: When Jack and Sam are taken captive by the most adorable bad guys ever, keeping a straight face might be the hardest task of all...

Team snark, hilarious imagery, Ferretti cameo, and deft characterization makes this story a real winner!

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Rec Category: Humor
Pairing: none
Categories: humor, gen, Jack, Daniel, Jack and Daniel friendship
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: tallulah_rasa
Author's Website: To Explore the Universe and Eat Pie
Link: That Thing With Feathers

Why This Must Be Read: Delightfully typical Jack and Daniel silliness and banter, on a planet where the pigs really do have wings!

This is classic Tallulah Rasa: wonderful characterization, superb Jack and Daniel interaction, and a really fun fic.

...Oh, and the stragetic need for hats. :)

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Rec Category: Gen
Pairing: none
Categories: gen, character study, angst
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: soapbox_solo38
Author's Website: unknown
Link: Rude Awakening

Why This Must Be Read: All those keen bright shining recruits who come to the SGC... how do they appear to the veterans?

Here is a fabulous character sketch of the nature of risk and bravado and being older, sadder, and wiser - and sane.

This is thoughtful, painful, and wincingly good.

It’s the ones who don’t tremble with fear, who don’t have trouble with or even attempt to grasp the idea that the universe doesn’t give a damn about them… it’s those who the base worries about.

Rec Category: Gen
Pairing: none
Categories: gen, Janet Frasier, drama, team, angst, episode related
Warnings: references to Heroes
Author on LJ: crazedturkey
Author's Website: ayamgila
Link: W is for Wound

Why This Must Be Read: This fic has such power. Crazedturkey traces four times Janet deals with wounds on SG-1 over the years... and one last wound that never really gets the chance to heal, in both the literal and metaphorical sense of the word.

This is written with empathy, with sensitivity, with classic Janet characterization, and a final grievous section that will move you close to tears. I've been waiting for the chance to rec this one; go read it, and savor.

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Rec Category: Gen
Pairing: none
Categories: gen, Teal'c, drama, angst, apocafic, character study
Warnings: um... zombies? Major character deaths, all offscreen, and zombie-ish violence.
Author on LJ: surreallis
Author's Website: Surreallis Fic (My words, let me show you them.)
Link: Third Donut Shop From the Sun

Why This Must Be Read: To quote the summary for this thoughtful fic: angst, apocafic, hope, zombies, donuts.

Teal'c, lone survivor on Earth, slowly, contemplatively makes his way to Area 51 for what he prays will be his ticket off-planet. You will be moved by his thoughts on the Tau'ri, the little metal box of keepsakes he carries, and the final momento he takes from Earth, to serve as its legacy in the stars.

Despite being apocafic, this is almost gentle, and perfectly Teal'c... and you'll finish reading it with a smile.

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Rec Category: Humor
Pairing: none
Categories: humor, gen, SGA, crossover, crackfic
Warnings: crossover with SGA and DC Comics
Author on LJ: roga
Author's Website: List of fics
Link: And Then the Heroes Came Along

Why This Must Be Read: You don't have to a fan of SGA, or even the comics, to find yourself absolutely crying with laughter when you read this!

John Sheppard and Rodney McKay meet Superman and Batman in the Pegasus Galaxy, and promptly turn into raving fangirls as they release their inner geekdom... along with everyone else in Atlantis. Who wouldn't be starstruck by the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight, after all?

This well-written crackfic is sheer glee and a shamelessly delightful romp, complete with hilarious epilogue. Go and read this right now!

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Rec Category: Gen
Pairing: none
Categories: gen, General Hammond, episode related, pre-series, character study
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: artaxastra
Author's Website: Outlaws, Aliens, and Mutants
Link: Precognition

Why This Must Be Read: Here is a marvelous sketch of George Hammond in the days before Apophis came waltzing through the Stargate: a little wearied, a little distant, a little old-fashioned. Artaxastra does a superb job of portraying the young lieutenant who met four strangers in 1969 and then spent a lifetime in wary expectation, until a photo in a file folder finally connected the past with the future.

This is dignified, classy, and almost sedate - in short, everything a George Hammond character study ought to be.

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Rec Category: Humor
Pairing: none
Categories: humor, gen, team, Dave Dixon
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: maranya14
Author's Website: Master list of completed fic
Link: Routine Mission

Why This Must Be Read: One of the lighter aspects of Heroes was the happy discovery that SG-1 does not have a monopoly on teamy goodness. Who didn't love Colonel Dave Dixon and his merry band, other known as SG-13?

Maya treats us in Routine Mission to Dixon and the rest of the team, hiding out from dinosaurs - and utterly unfazed, because hey, this kind of insanity is a perfectly normal part of their lives. Great banter, teaminess, and wacky scientists - what more could you want?

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Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Pairing: none
Categories: Jack O'Neill, Cassandra, gen, drama, angst, episode related
Warnings: spoilers for Heroes
Author on LJ: unknown
Author's Website: CoriKay's fics
Link: With Full Honors

Why This Must Be Read: Cori treats us to a sober, moving portrayal of Jack and Cassie in the wake of Heroes, as Jack contemplates a folded flag and the small girl who grew up to be a young woman, losing her family for the second time.

From the moment Jack discovers the truth about Janet to the public funeral and its aftermath; from Jack's final promise to Cassie to the wrenching epilogue when he realizes he might not be able to keep that promise after all - With Full Honors pays loving, fitting tribute to Janet, to Jack, and to Cassie.

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Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Pairing: none
Categories: Jack O'Neill, gen, futurefic, character study
Warnings: references to canon minor character deaths; minor spoilers for SGU
Author on LJ: redbyrd_sgfic
Author's Website: Redbyrd's SG-1 Fic
Link: Hold Until Relieved

Why This Must Be Read: Redbyrd just posted this fabulous little character sketch, and I had to rec it immediately.

Jack contemplates his future in George Hammond's company. Beautifully poignant and fitting, and a glimpse of the man, his duty, and the hard choices he always makes.

Go. Read. Savor.


On bad days, he swore it was worse than Iraq, Antarctica and Ba'al's prison combined. But Jack had his people's backs.

Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Pairing: none
Categories: Jack O'Neill, gen, drama, angst, episode related, Ferretti, Reynolds, Dixon, Samantha Carter
Warnings: some language, references to canon character deaths
Author on LJ: ziparumpazoo
Author's Website: master fic list
Link: The Friday Night Colonel's Club

Why This Must Be Read: This is a superb glimpse behind-the-scenes, both of the burden of command and how that loneliness can be assuaged by the steady presence of other team leaders watching your back. Ziparumpazoo traces an unspoken tradition throughout the years, tying canon incidents into the Friday night meetings, from the very first episodes of the show until the quiet, almost formal passing of the torch to the next colonel in charge of SG-1.

The worldbuilding that includes the other SG teams and their leaders - Reynolds, Ferretti, Dixon, even Makepeace - makes this fic a rare treat and delightfully realistic. This is Jack, boiled down to his essence, and perfectly himself.

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Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Pairing: none
Categories: Jack O'Neill, gen, angst, character study, episode related
Warnings: one instance of profanity
Author on LJ: chocolatekettle
Author's Website: unknown
Link: Leaving, and Letting Go

Why This Must Be Read: Chocolatekettle presents a superb sketch of Jack in the wake of Meridian, half-way between denial and fury and only too easily read by those who know him so well.

Hammond. Ferretti. Superb Jack and Teal'c interaction. No one can offer comfort, but they can help him reach for acceptance. This is powerful, perfectly Jack, and just plain good.


What was left of his anger is gone now, defeated by logic and truth.  Grief is harder to bear, but easier to hide.  He pushes it away, puts on his colonel face and carries on.

Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Pairing: none
Categories: Jack O'Neill, gen, character study, drabble
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: gentle_edgar
Author's Website: no cowboys here
Link: Agent of Influence

Why This Must Be Read: A snapshot of Jack, adrift in Washington.

Very short. Very powerful. Very good.


He smiles when he'd rather bare his teeth, shakes hands when he'd rather pull a trigger.

Rec Category: Crossover
Pairing: none
Categories: crossover, gen, Teal'c, Ronon, humor, five things
Warnings: crossover with SGA
Author on LJ: shinealightonme
Author's Website: fanfiction master list
Link: Five Pieces of Advice Teal'c Gave Ronon on His First Trip to Earth

Why This Must Be Read: With a title like that, do you really need to know more?

Headgear and sparring and sports arguments and restaurants... oh, just go read it. And laugh. :)


"Ronon Dex," he said solemnly, "If you heed nothing else I say, heed this; do not watch the newer Star Wars movies."

Rec Category: Drama
Pairing: none
Categories: drama, gen, horror, crossover, Daniel Jackson, Rodney McKay, hurt/comfort
Warnings: violence, torture, uncomfortable imagery, some language
Author on LJ: saffronhouse
Author's Website: Good morning sunshine
Link: The Shadow Over Chatsworth: in 4 parts on LJ or in one page at website

Why This Must Be Read: This riveting drama reads like a classic horror movie: the broken-down car on a stormy night, the strange small town in the back of nowhere, the two hapless scientists stalked by terrible evil...

Only in this case, the victims in question are Daniel Jackson and Rodney McKay.

These scientists fight back.

Creepy and evocative, with great insight into Daniel's character and an excellent portrayal of McKay, this story will grip you and leave you looking over your shoulder. Eerily, frighteningly good.

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