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Dr. Daniel Jackson turns 43 today, and he's gone years now without dying even once! Well done, that man. :)We are celebrating the auspicious occasion with SG-1 Gen Fic Day! Comment to this post with a drabble or commentfic; link to a longer story; recommend a favorite fic, whether it's new and shiny or a well-loved classic; post part of your current WIP. Anything goes, as long as it's gen and related to SG-1! I'll post an organized round-up of all the links on Wednesday.
If you're one of the twenty-six wonderful authors who are helping cater the party with a generous serving of Teal'c Alphabet Soup, please follow the instructions detailed under the LJ cut.
Hurray for gen fic, and SG-1!
How to serve Teal'c Alphabet Soup
In the subject line of your comment, type the title of your ficlet: A is for Apophis, I is for Ice Cream, and so on. If you are posting on behalf of the author, please include the author's name in the subject line as well.
If your ficlet is too long for a single comment, you have two options:
1. Reply to your first comment with the second (or third) half so that readers can follow it easily.
2. Post your ficlet in its entirety on your own LJ, but add a comment to this post with the name of the ficlet in the subject line, a line or paragraph or summary in the main body of the message, and a direct link to the post on your own LJ.
Tomorrow, together with the round-up Gen Fic Day post, I will also post the complete anthology of Teal'c Alphabet Soup. Stories that are below a certain word length will be included in their entirety; longer fics will be excerpted, with links to the complete fic in the author's LJ. This is due to posting constraints, to get all 26 stories in a single post.
Whether or not your ficlet will be included in its entirety, I strongly recommend that you repost it on your own LJ for archiving and feedback purposes. The anthology post will include links to each author's LJ post.
Thanks for your contributions, and helping us celebrate Teal'c, Daniel, and the rest of SG-1!
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L is for Loyalty
The first lesson Teal’c learned about loyalty was that it was owed to his god, as one who cared for his worshippers, who was pleased with the service of his loyal Jaffa. Teal’c’s loyalty carried him to his place as First Prime, but barely lasted beyond his first battle as commander. He could not be loyal to one who squandered lives.
Teal’c’s second lesson in loyalty was that it was expected by one such as Bra’tac. If you had the honor of his tutelage, you accepted praise and rebuke with the same spirit. To do less would dishonor the man who was your teacher.
Teal’c’s third lesson in loyalty was that as much as you might wish to offer it to an equal, he would not accept it until it was earned. O’Neill’s fierce defense on Teal’c’s behalf against the NID earned Teal’c’s loyalty long before O’Neill was willing to look at his own reflection and not find himself wanting.
From the rest of SG-1, Teal’c learned what he believes may be the final lesson of loyalty: that in its truest form, it is returned to you far more valuable than in its original offering. It is molten, tested, and purified in the hands of a man who fires an alien weapon to destroy the tool which could save his wife, to save his wife’s kidnapper instead. It is burnished to a shine by the unstinting friendship of a woman whose worldview is entirely other, but whose acceptance and capacity for trust are near boundless.
Loyalty, in this form, defies odds and authorities, saves worlds and individuals, is never accepted without a return. On SG-1, Teal’c realizes, loyalty works remarkably like love.
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"it is returned to you far more valuable than in its original offering"
That says it all, doesn't it? And really points out that the "loyalty" that Apophis demands is not loyalty at all.
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The progression from one level to the next is measured and valued and accepted, and it's just so perfectly Teal'c.
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Thank you! And thank you for looking them over, too. Teal'c's is a new voice for me--I can babble like Daniel and snark like Jack just fine, but formality and restraint are fun new toys.
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