Recs to give, Recs to get

[aurora_novarum]

I've been doing lots of reading. Some teamy goodness which I'll hopefully be rec'cing at stargateficrec next month, and some more "out of the box" recs from me. A few ship, a few slash, a few with SGA characters... So here they are, a nonexclusive list of "must reads" (with more to follow not listed at the ficrec...and probably even more I'm forgetting):



Oh, first, not exactly a fic, but must see/read:

Vid nibikko has put up a new fanvid...an opening credit/teaser sequence for Teal'c P.I. It's hilarious. (And if you haven't watched Hard Knock Life and/or Vogue. You must!)

Parody Scripts by kalquessa My new fandom toy (as evidenced by me completely spamming her lj) are these "mockscripts" of random SG-1 episodes. kaquessa is a newbie to SG-1. If you're at all familiar with nialla42's breadboxes, you should enjoy these. Plus kalquessa loves all the team members, so there's teamy love amongst the members behind the parody.

Now the fic:

Striptease by ivorygates Gen. Okay, I found this via the sg1_debrief, and I will be rec'cing it again in stargateficrec even though someone else already did too. And I can't resist rec'cing it here. It is awesome Season Nine team with a strange team in peril rite of passage for Mitchell. It sounds like crackfic, it was intended as crackfic, but it turned out to be so much more. Funny, teamy, with a dash of angst. Even non-fans of Mitchell could enjoy his fish-out-of-water sensation and his insights into his teammates as they are "forced" to view his more physical attributes.

Bad Dreams by elgrey. Gen. A lovely episode tag of Sam and Teal'c friendship (and a backdrop of Teal'c and Daniel friendship). Teal'c is still recovering from the events of Changeling, with lingering uncertainty of what is reality. The way both of Teal'c's dreams and "reality" are interwoven, with his connections to his life, and his friends makes a beautiful story. She's also recently rereleased an old J&D friendship with AU J/D fic that explores the J & D dynamic. Some of the real, some of the fanon, and some subversions of both. Very interesting character study of Jack and Daniel as individuals, their interrelationships, and the perceptions thereof.

Shadow Over Chatsworth by saffronhouse Gen. found via stargateficrec, this story haunted me literally for days! It's Daniel Jackson and Rodney McKay stranded on a back country road in the good ol' U.S. of A. while trying to meet Zalenka about some research. The characterizations of both are fantastic. There's mystery, intrigue, some whumping, and lots of awesome banter.

The Joy That You Find Here You've Borrowed by paian J/D slash; Teal'c/Vala & Cam/Sam and combinations thereof (hey it's apocafic. All bets are off). The end of the galaxy and Jack's left in charge of a small fleet of Earth ships...survivors of the human race. There are two equally fascinating storylines going on. The macrocosm of trying to start over when everything is gone, and the microcosm of wondering what could be/might be/should be in his personal life. The former is handled lovingly with epic scope. The latter, with a level of understatement and respect for both of these strong-willed men. No less involved is the "why and how" the apocalypse happens, which weaves both storylines to a heartbreaking climax. Yes, sad, but *so* worth it. Really.

Beneath the Stains of Time by annerbhp Jack/Sam, hints of Daniel/Vala, Jack and Vala friendship. (I know, I know, another apocafic. Maybe the end of the world makes ships more palatable for me, I dunno.) I am totally biased on this one because I helped beta it, but it had levels of awesomeness before I even glanced through it. Time travel and mystery and trying to save humanity as only Jack O'Neill can do. What's not to love? One of the best sequences is between Jack and Sam (yeah, she goes with Sam instead of Carter. Roll with it, it works here) where Jack's almost accepting defeat and Sam's not yet begun to fight. It's fascinating to follow the characters, some with other timeline knowledge, others without, and yet see all lovingly characterized by annerb.

Decade by nomadicwriter Jack/Sara. Any fan of Jack O'Neill MUST read this story. It's on fanfiction.net, not lj, but really, it's worth the read anyway. :-) It's a wonderful character study by the woman who many years ago, knew him best. Season Nine/Ten spoilers–but mainly about Jack's station. Nomad's done a wonderful insight on Sara, Jack, and the trauma that both binds them and tears them apart. There are lots of small details that are played with that you as reader will go, oh yeah...that works as canon!



So, I know I have lots of cool slashers, shippers, multipack people, and of course other beloved genners. And I'm asking all of YOU. What fic would you recommend for a "usually sees them all as just friends" reader for ship and slash of SG-1? (frienship/gen fic recs always encouraged) Is there a cool SGA friendship fic you think would be perfect?

I have only a few caveats. For SG-1: No PWPs/lots of pron...I'm most likely going to skim those sections anyway. Nothing too shmoopy (that's how I started in some pairing genres...and why I don't often return). And no pairings with Cassie...I'm still traumatized from one.

As for SGA, I'd better take baby steps and stick with gen on this one. So far I've only been able to enjoy crossovers with SG-1 characters, so those would work...and to pull me out of my SG-1 box, my favorite SGA characters are Carson Beckett and Teyla Emmagan.

So...fic to read? Please? (And self pimps welcomed/encouraged)

Comments

[paian]

I totally do, I just worry that I'm forgetting something incredibly obvious and I'm going to thwap myself in the head the minute I post, or it's so obvious that of course you've already read it, or or or. But going with the first that popped into my mind:

Home from Here by merryish is totally un-shmoopy but totally lovely and not-porny Jack/Daniel that's as much a portrait of Jack on Retirement Day as it is an incipient-ship fic. And it's a really happy fic. :-)

synecdochic's Calibrate does visibly head in the direction of a Jack/Daniel slash pairing but is also imo a wonderfully warm and happy friendship fic ... kind of like, the way some fics are labeled 'gen but there's slash if you look at it sideways' or however they phrase it? This is pre-slash, and it describes a delicious massage in lovely detail, but the physical contact doesn't have to be read with sexual overtones and the fic doesn't have to be read as slash. And I just love it.

It's hard to pick one thing by troyswann, so ... ha, I won't! Close I can't even describe, it's a very quiet, very beautiful vignette ... and Context is a brilliant and fascinating (and, warning, also heartbreaking) fic that's about what happens when we meet the Furlings and in which a Jack/Daniel established relationship is important, but not the focus in a traditionally shippy/slashy way.

That's a start, anyway, and I hope some of them will turn out to be sort of what you were looking for, if I haven't misunderstood. ::worries more:: I'll keep thinking about it!

Thank you for the kind words about my reading logs, wow ... and big thanks for being spoiler-conscious about 'Borrowed'! It's a fantastic description and I love it. And I love 'Decade'! I had a Jack/Sara prompt all ready for when I signed up for sg_rarepairings, and then I didn't sign up after all, but in 'Decade' I got to read the fic I would have asked for if I'd known to ask for it, if that makes any sense, and that's just delightfully cool. :-) :-)

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

Yay! Recs to read! Don't worry about if it's old or new. My slash reading has been very haphazard. :-)

[paian]

Great! Hope you enjoy. :-)