On friendship: Sam and Jack, Sam and Daniel, ficathon feeler poll

[fignewton]

Sam and Jack friendship fic recs

So, the last time anyone recced anything in the Jack and Sam friendship category over in stargateficrec was October 2005 (!) - a shocking state of affairs that could not be allowed to continue! Jack and Daniel friendship has over 80 recs in memories (and I'll be reccing that this month, too!), and Sam and Daniel friendship has over 30 (it's a newer category - give it time!). Even Sam and Teal'c friendship has nine recs to the Jack and Sam friendship category's five. Admittedly, that was all my doing, heh. And I'm still working on collecting enough stories to do a month of Jack and Teal'c friendship fic, too. So I am very pleased to announce that I have triumphantly collected enough Sam and Jack friendship fics to snag the category for February!

I have enough for the minimum four recs, but it's always fun to show a little enthusiasm. :) So how about it, flist? Do you know of any Sam and Jack friendship fics out there, whether your own stories or someone else's? Leave me links in the comments! I can't promise to rec them, and they may even already be on my list, but I will commit to at least read them.

Sam and Daniel vid rec

beakymoose has created something I was beginning to think could never exist: a Sam and Daniel friendship vid!  Sam/Daniel vids are rare enough, but despite actively searching, I have never before found a music vid that could classify as friendship rather than romance.

But now there is the delightful Brave, which is just fantastic and squeeful and such a wonderful tribute to their Wonder Twins enthusiasm and care and friendship.

::happy sigh::

There are at least two clips from S9 - Off the Grid and the adorable double-shrug from Arthur's Mantle - and at least two clips from S10 - one is recognizable by Daniel's square frames, and the other is from Morpheus. But there's no spoiling of storylines for anyone who hasn't seen those seasons.

beakymoose has several more music vids, including others that are tagged as Sam/Daniel, but I haven't had the opportunity to look through them and see if they're equally friendshippy or not. In the meantime, though, go check out Brave - you'll be glad that you did!

SG-1 friendship ficathon - any takers?

I know a lot of people on my flist are rather emphatic in their declarations of no more ficathons! But it wouldn't hurt to ask, now would it?

I would love to see a friendship ficathon for SG-1. There was such a great turnout for the sd_ficathon, which allowed both for Sam/Daniel ship and Sam and Daniel friendship. So how about a gen ficathon for all SG-1 friendships? It could either be a traditional ficathon, with assigned prompts, or a pool of prompts that can be claimed. Prompts would include two characters and a timeframe, a quote, an episode, even an icon or picture.

For example, and practically at random:

Janet and Hammond in Upgrades, sending Teal'c after the rest of SG-1 and waiting for them all to return.
Teal'c and Nyan: two aliens and Tau'ri culture.
Jack and Sam. "With respect, sir."
Daniel and Bill Lee and actual "little legs."

I am very vaguely thinking of sign-ups in March and stories due in May, with fics submitted and held in queue at a moderated comm until everyone's finished. But I'm certainly open to revising that schedule if fandom interferes. (I know there's a con or two coming up sometime.)

So, with no obligation or commitment:

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Comments

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

Ah, no, can't rec mine! :)

You may have given me Splash's list, but I don't seem to have it. Could you send me the link again?

I'll check out Brand New Episode, thank you!

The advantage of doing a general SG-1 friendship ficathon is that there's something for everybody, including Sam and Jack fans, and Teal'c and Daniel, and Sam and Teal'c, and Teal'c and Jack, and Jack and Daniel, and Sam and Daniel, and Janet and Hammond, and Jacob and Bra'tac, and and and and and! :)

If we have a pool of prompts, that makes the choice easy. And if we do go with the more traditional prompt exchange, I plan to ask everyone to submit three DIFFERENT friendship pairs, so that the author has a choice and isn't stuck with, say, three Jack and Daniels when they'd be happier with Jack and Thor or Jonas and Teal'c or Vala and Mitchell.

(yes, I will magnaminiously allow S9-10 fics! Am I generous or what?! ;) )

[splash-the-cat.livejournal.com]

http://del.icio.us/splashikins/fic-sg1-sam/jack-friendship

Couple of them are borderline ship, but showcases the friendship over the underlying UST.

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

Excellent! I'll have a good browse. :)

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

Hee! Thanks splash!

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

Here's the link splash gave me.

http://del.icio.us/splashikins/fic-sg1-sam/jack-friendship

And oh yes, I agree a general friendship ficathon is very different than a Sam & Jack friendship ficathon (I'm just suspicious not many will choose to do Sam and Jack and instead go for other friendship pairings, and as you point out there is a large dearth of S & J friendship fics for whatever reason. I've bemoaned it for quite a while. Not that more friendship fic of any and/or all varieties is not completely welcome. *mmm buddy goodness*

But that brings up a question, is it just pairing friendship? How are you on gen threesomes or more (that may or may not be the four on the "team".)

Sigh, I just got hit with a brand new plotbunny this morning for an unsusual SG-1 buddy fic. I have no time to write the WIPs I have now, dang it! Grrr.

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

I don't see why not. If it's a pool of prompts, that's easy to pick and choose. And if it's a traditional assignment of prompts - like I said, there should be three different choices, so why shouldn't one of them be three or more?

I'm really starting to think this might actually happen! Wheee! :)

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

Hee, I see you *did* like Brand New Episode. :-D

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

Sure did! :) Thanks for the link.