Title: Through the Eyes/Legacy of the Serpent
Author's LJ/DWJ: unknown
Categories: getting snaked, Daniel, team, drama, angst, Jack and Daniel friendship
Warnings: language, violent imagery, Goa'uld torment of the host
Author's Webpage/Fic list: Eos at Stargatefan
Link to story: Through the Eyes of the Serpent/Legacy of the Serpent

Why this should be read: Written in fantastic Daniel-voice with wonderful characterization all round, these two fics are a double treat. In the first, Daniel is taken as a host; in the second, he and the team struggle with the aftermath. Superb team interaction, Jack at his most dangerous, snappy dialogue with just the right leavening of humor - it's all here, and it all makes a riveting, intense read.

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Title: Az'heni
Author's LJ/DWJ/AO3: aurora_novarum   aurora_novarum   Aurora_Novarum
Categories: Sam, Team, Tok'ra, Drama, Angst, Adventure
Warnings: None
Author's Webpage/Fic list: List of My Stories   Aurora Novarum at AO3
Link to story: Az'heni

Why this should be read: Because it's a fun, well written, off-world team adventure with freezing weather, daring rescues, unexpected goa'uld, and snow ball fights. And it's also an excellent exploration of the repercussions for Sam of having had Jolinar as host and her own responsibility for Jacob's current position as a Tok'ra host. About 10,500 words.

A stressful first encounter with some offworld natives leads to more of the unexpected and causes Sam to wrestle with some of her recent past. Set pre-Seth Season 3

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Title: Lost in Translation
Author's LJ/DWJ: unknown
Categories: under the influence, drama, team, humor, Walter, Janet, Hammond
Warnings: influence-induced kinda-sorta pairings (nothing explicit)
Author's Webpage/Fic list: Vathara at FF.net
Link to story: Lost in Translation

Why this should be read: A Goa'uld is too lazy to read the instructions, and a rabbit-shaped yellow furball almost takes down the SGC... entirely by accident!

I am very fond of this fic - it was the first ever story I recced! - and it is both hugely entertaining and easy to visualize as an episode happening on-screen. Like many other older FF.net fics, the scene breaks have been stripped out, making it somewhat hard to follow; but trust me when I say that it's worth it. Even with the extra "Danny"s. :)

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Title: Undertow
Author's LJ/DWJ: abyssinia
Categories: supersam, under the influence, drama, team
Warnings: violence
Author's Webpage/Fic list: Masterlist of fanfiction
Link to story: Undertow

Why this should be read: SG-1 is captured by genetically-modified natives who sense Sam's protein marker and are convinced that she's Goa'uld - or Tok'ra. Jack, without hearing, can't lead; Teal'c suffers the enraged helplessness of someone who can't defend his friends; Daniel, without the use of his hands, can't write or do anything to help the others. And Sam – poor Sam is beaten and drugged until she doesn't which way is up any more. And since the story is told wholly in her POV, the reader is equally confused, as Sam's sense of time and perception is warped and out of sync.

There's great wordbuilding and teamy goodness and courage and strength in this one, and by the time you've figured out what's happened, you'll want to go back and reread it all over again!

(Bonus – Abyssis also posted the "Undertow"- director's cut, in which the scenes are actually placed in order, rather than as Sam remembers and perceives them, plus a happy team ending. I strongly recommend you read Undertow first, but you'll probably enjoy reading this one, too.)

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Title: Battlefields
Author's LJ/DWJ: Unknown
Categories: Theme: Under the Influence, Daniel/Jack friendship, Team, Hurt/Comfort, Drama Angst
Warnings: Violence
Author's Webpage/Fic list:Ellen Caldera's Stories
Link to story:Click on Battlefields to read
Why this should be read: This story is one of the first I read in the fandom, and one of the most painful. Daniel Jackson is made into a killing machine. The story is told through Jack's eyes, and we see his pain as he tries to help Daniel deal with his. The horror as the magnitude of what Daniel did while under the influence of the device implanted in his brain is seen through Jack which I think makes the story even more effective. You feel Jack's hurt for Daniel and hurt even more.

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Title: Control
Author's LJ/DWJ: mrwubbles
Categories: Under the Influence, WIP, Hurt/Comfort
Warnings: Violence
Author's Webpage/Fic list: Yum@'s Stargatefan Page
Link to story: Control
Why this should be read: Yes, this is a work in progress and unfortunately I don't think it'll ever be finished. That being said, though, I believe this is one of the classics in fandom and should be read and savored. Daniel is rescued from a mission (one he was on without the rest of SG-1) in terrible shape. We learn what did/might have occurred throughout the fic and meanwhile we also watch Jack trying desperately to get through to Daniel and always believing the Daniel he knows will truly come back to them once again whole. It saddens me that this fic was never completed (because selfishly I want to find out what happens), but it doesn't keep me from re-reading it. Set aside plenty of time to read this and then plenty of time after to imagine your own continuation of the story.

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Title:: Daniel Jackson and the Flagon with the Dragon
Author's LJ/DWJ: Unknown
Categories: Team, Humor, Under the Influence
Warnings: None
Author's Webpage/Fic list: Winterstar at Ancient's Musings
Link to story: Harry Potter and the Flagon with the Dragon
Why this should be read: Things get quite interesting when Sam, Jack, and Daniel suddenly believe they are characters (and by default everyone around them) from Harry Potter. This fic is funny and then takes a turn into a touching exchange between Jack and Daniel (aka Ron and Harry) before the humor and banter comes back. This is one of those fics that always makes me smile on re-reading.
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Title: To Travel Hopefully
Author's LJ/DWJ: wishfulaces / wishfulaces / aces
Categories: friendship, sam and vala friendship, season 9-10, team
Warnings: None
Author's Webpage/Fic list: Fic tag at DWth | Works list at Archive of Our Own | Fic tag at LJ
Link to story: at DWth | at AO3 | at LJ
Why this should be read:
It's summer in the hemisphere where I am, and that's a good time for road trips and road-trip fic, which Aces writes with her customary warmth, gentle humor, and insightful characterization. This one is Sam and Vala -- as Cam says in the opening, "You're going to Thelma and Louise it with an alien chick across the American Southwest for a weekend?" -- and it's as amusing as you'd expect with Vala involved, but it's also a beautiful vehicle (pun not entirely unintended) for the kind of interaction between them that I was dying to see on the show, and the concluding scene is wonderfully teamy. About 5500 words.

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Title: Archaeology
Author's LJ: penknife
Categories: Teal'c, Team, Episode tag to "The Enemy Within"
Warnings: none
Author's Webpage/Fic list: My fic at the Archive of Our Own
Link to story: Archaeology

Why this should be read: I would rec this fic for the perfect character voices alone, but it is also fabulous as an "outsider" perspective, with an open minded and perceptive Teal'c considering the strange new world where he has exiled himself. Basically Teal'c interacts with the other members of Sg-l, explores the SGC, prepares for an off world mission, and it's all just perfect.

The Tau'ri seem not to mind having more questions than answers.

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Title: Visiting Hours
Author's LJ/DWJ: teand / teand
Categories: friendship, humor, season 9-10, team
Warnings: Unexplicit pre-fic violence and injury
Author's Webpage/Fic list: Fanfiction Index
Link to story: Visiting Hours (DWth) | Visiting Hours (LJ)
Why this should be read:
After being hit with a staff blast and healed by Vala with a purloined hand device, Cam is held for observation and tests in the same room of the same hospital where he recuperated after Antarctica, and the rest of the team pitches in -- each in her or his own delightfully in-character way -- to make his stay bearable. Fabulous Cam point of view, smart and entertaining dialogue, and outstanding, 100% sap-free team friendship. About 4600 words.

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Title: Please Hang Up And Try Again (five phone calls Daniel Jackson never got)
Author's LJ/DWJ: abyssinia4077 / abyssinia
Categories: Angst, AU, Five Things, Drama, Team, Daniel Jackson
Warnings: language, off-screen violence
Author's Webpage: Masterlist of fanfiction
Link to story: Please Hang Up And Try Again

Why this should be read: This wonderful fic is a collection of brilliant and heart breaking au snippets, interspersed with voice mails left for Daniel while he was ascended. I'm not usually a fan of angst - no matter how brilliant it is, I usually can't bear to reread. (Because I'm a wimp.) Maybe it's the au elements that make this one different, but I have had no problem reading it many times.

Daniel got a lot of phone calls over the years. Here's five he didn't.

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Title: A Heavenward Striving
Author's LJ/DWJ: katie_m
Categories: team, drama
Warnings: none
Author's Webpage/Fic list: Katie's Stargate SG-1 Fanfic
Link to story: A Heavenward Striving

Why this should be read: This has so much of what I like in a fic, great world building, Sam and Daniel pursuing scientific and cultural mysteries, off-world political intrigue, and interesting OCs, in a suspenseful team story. I loved that it follows Sam's point of view throughout. The dialog is terrific and SG-1 are all in great form.

People seek knowledge for all sorts of reasons.

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Title: Welcome to the Working Week
Author's LJ/DWJ: cofax7 / cofax7
Categories: team, drama, action
Warnings: violence, language
Author's Webpage/Fic list: Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis fiction by cofax. or at AO3: Cofax
Link to story: Welcome to the Working Week

Why this should be read: This fic is like a regular team episode, only with more details and character development than there is ever time for on the show. The point of view shifts from Jack, who is a prisoner separated from the rest of the team, to Sam, Daniel and Teal'c and back to Jack, allowing all of the original team to shine. Because sometimes you just want more SG-1.

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Title: Teal'c's Five Favorite Board Games
Author's LJ/DWJ:paian
Categories: Teal'c, humor, character study, team, friendship
Warnings: none
Author's Webpage: Fic Index or at AO3
Link to story: Teal'c's Five Favorite Board Games

Why this should be read: This may be my favorite Teal'c fic. It is beautifully written, funny and moving. I actually choked up at the ending the first time I read it. Starting with "Checkers" and ending with "Chutes and Ladders" each game gets longer, more involved and more interesting.

Plus it has wonderful illustrations! And links to some of the games mentioned! (I'm a geek about background stuff.) Really an amazing fic in only 2800 words.

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Title: Time Was
Author's LJ/DWJ: fabrisse
Categories: AU, Daniel Jackson, episode related, theme: time travel, team, angst
Warnings: canon character deaths
Author's Webpage/Fic list: Fabrisse's stories at Alpha Gate
Link to story: Time Was

Why this should be read: Fabrisse offers us an intriguing look at Moebius, including the suggestion that it might have taken more than one "rewind" to make things right... and that Daniel still has lingering, disturbing memories of those failures, manifesting themselves as nightmares.

We're offered three different unsuccessful attempts at fixing the future, including the canon one we know and two other attempts that didn't work. There's Daniel's unhappy attempts to make some kind of sense out of the illogic of time travel, as well as a beautifully creepy introduction to the Egyptian boy who eventually becomes Ra's host in the movie. Then there's Daniel's first reaction to the "official" rewind crew – the one from Moebius – and his initial disbelief that these three could possibly do the job right. Finally, and most satisfyingly, we get our beloved SG-1 back in our present, and the reassurance that they have each other for whatever their current future might hold.

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