Fig Newton

And nearly six years later, the soup is COOKED

Thu, 29 Feb 2024 15:54:54 GMT

I do not have words. goddess47 has written so many fics to help bring the Off-Screen Mission Alphabet Soup to completion and she has just done TWO MORE and people, I can't believe it, the Soup is DONE!

You can find the complete TOC of the Soup here:

Off-Screen Missions

I'm a little ambivalent, I think. The Alphabet Soup had an incredible run - there's been 24 of them over the years, starting sixteen years ago. It might be accurate to say we had 23 in ten years, I suppose... :)

I will never ever figure out why such a fun prompt of filling in the blanks for all the missions that have been teased or referenced in canon turned out to be the one that we most struggled to accomplish, but, well, here we are. I'm glad to turn off the stove for the last time with feeling of well-done, but I'm also a little saddened to know it's never going to happen again. When we first started this last Soup, I had optimistic thoughts of a gen fic revival, with maybe even enough interest sparked to create another round of the Friendship Ficathon too. But I think that SG-1 has been a closed canon for a little too long to find enough writers out there.

I want to thank all the many, many authors who contributed over the years to the Soups. Some have long since moved on to other fandoms; some are no longer with us; and, happily, many are still around, if a lot more quiet (she said, looking wryly in the mirror). My thanks, too, to the readers who enjoyed the fics, especially those that took the time to comment and warm the author's heart.

Here's to SG-1. And squee. :)

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Happiness Is Being Podficced!

Sun, 28 May 2023 20:49:34 GMT

::see icon for more details::

Soooo, one of my personal favorite humor ficlets is Team Effort, written for lokei, in which Daniel defies expectations (as he does). And now it has been podficced, wheeeee!

Podfic of Team Effort, by Aether

Thank you, Aether, for totally making my ~~day~~ week. :) :)

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More Soup fics out!

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 10:54:23 GMT

Hurray, the Alphabet Soup is actually back on the fire!

stringertheory started it, and I've written an entry, and now sg_wonderland has too.

Six letters left. Who's ready to write another Soup ficlet? After four years, it would be really nice to see this finished!

Instructions and prompts here.

Incomplete TOC here.

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For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn (PG)

Mon, 01 Aug 2022 20:13:35 GMT

First fic in two years! A contribution to the still-incomplete Alphabet Soup!

No, this is not an alternate universe. :)

Summary: In the post-mission briefing after Maternal Instinct, Daniel insists that he needs to make one more trip through the Stargate.

Jack POV, angst level high. Team, Hammond and Bra'tac. ~1,150 words. Rated PG.

Author's notes: Possibly apocryphally, Ernest Hemingway was challenged to write a six-word story. The result was this fic's title.

( (E is for Ernest Hemingway) For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn )

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Alphabet Soup simmers in sarcophagus!

Sun, 31 Jul 2022 17:58:27 GMT

I can never resist alliteration, even if it's silly... :)

But HURRAY, stringertheory has revived Off-Screen Missions Alphabet Soup with a new fic!

Here's the link to her story, which details the infamous events of P3X-595. Enjoy! And hey, maybe someone else will be inspired to write something, too!

M is for Miscalculation

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Daniel would love this, and Jack would approve of Horemwia

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 11:02:23 GMT

This link leads to the British museum's translation of an ostracon that records the excuses for absence of Egyptian workers during one year of Ramses II's reign.

See Horemwia, month 2 of winter, day 8

...There are actually a lot of that specific explanation.

:) :) :)

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May the Fourth be with you!

Tue, 04 May 2021 16:45:04 GMT

What are your favorite SG-1/Star Wars fics?

Here's a personal favorite of my own: Fifty Credits on the Wookie

I love Teal'c so much. :)

Edit: Ahahaha, my last entry to my own journal rather than stargateficrec was literally last year for the same purpose. I am more predictable than I think.

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I aten't dead

Mon, 04 May 2020 13:53:48 GMT

...To quote Granny Weatherwax.

Soooooo, I happened to visit my profile and I was quite taken aback to learn that it has been thirty-one weeks since my last post. I know I haven't written any fic in much too long and I don't tend to just post at random, but because I am at least semi-active at stargateficrec, I didn't realize I hadn't actually posted in my journal in all that time!

So hi, dear fellow SG-1 fans. I aten't dead. :)

It's May 4, otherwise known in certain circles as May the Fourth. So here are some links for those of you inclined to that sort of thing:

Dreadful Disappointment

Fifty Credits on the Wookie

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Kesiva vechasima tova

Fri, 27 Sep 2019 08:33:02 GMT

May we be blessed with a year of growth, health, and happiness.

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Brain speech signals into text: WOW

Sun, 04 Aug 2019 14:25:43 GMT

Someone who writes science better than I do, please incorporate this fascinating technology into a fic in which, say, the SGC can communicate with the host of Apophis. Or Ba'al. Or Sha're in Amaunet. Something.

Neuroscientists decode brain speech signals into written text

(I am endlessly amused at my ability to read articles like this and immediately leap to, "Oooh, shiny! Look how this can be incorporated with SG-1!")

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Happy Birthday, Daniel Jackson!

Mon, 08 Jul 2019 16:55:19 GMT

He was "four and a half years old" in the summer of 1969 and his birthday is July 8th, so... So Daniel's degrees are not in mathematics, apparently. ;)

But good grief, Daniel at 54 or 55?! Oma must be flabbergasted!

Comment here with Daniel quotes. Or Daniel pics. Or Daniel fics. Or hey, just Daniel squee!

Here's some of my own:

A (very, very) few of my favorite Daniel quotes:

"Don't you ever give up?"
"Not until dead... and sometimes, not even then."

"Anyway, I'm sorry, but that just happens to be the way I feel about it. What do you think?"

"What kind of archeologist carries a gun?"
(Daniel raises his hand) "Uh, I do!"

My favorite screen shot of Daniel in Changeling:

A few short and fluffy Daniel fics of my own:

The Daniel Jackson Theory of Hairy Relativity

A Study of Cultural Behavior

Team Effort

Speaking of Daniel

As for the squee part, well, see my icon. :)

Go forth, fellow Daniel fans, and squee in the comments!

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We have Soup fic!

Tue, 04 Jun 2019 17:48:55 GMT

Hooray, the Soup is still simmering! Marzipan has posted a new Soup fic and my hopes are rising that yes, this final SG-1 Alphabet Soup will end with a bang, not a whimper.

I've added her entry to the top of the Table of Contents. And I hope some of you will be inspired to look at the many prompts and sign up to write a fic, too!

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fic for today

Mon, 27 May 2019 16:36:28 GMT

X is for Unknown

Written three years ago in May. I didn't quite the team to Arlington as I'd hoped when I wrote this, but they're on their way.

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In an Ancient stasis pod for MUCH too long

Tue, 21 May 2019 13:42:52 GMT

It's been a very busy half year for me, including another grandchild (whee!) and various other tidbits of RL. But I've been sparing wistful glances for our poor neglected FINAL Alphabet Soup, which is still only half-complete.

Anyone remember this? Off-Screen Missions, which features missions that are referenced or implied during an episode but not actually shown onscreen. It was a marvelously intriguing concept that, sadly, hasn't come into real fruition.

Due to the diminishing fanbase, this is going to be the last Soup. But I would at least like to see it complete.

To date, half the Soup has been posted - you'll find the thirteen entries at this post. The many, many prompts that are still available can be found at this link.

So how about it, gen fans? Let's bring the Alphabet Soup series to a triumphant conclusion! New cooks as well as seasoned experts are more than welcome, and I will happily answer any questions you might have.

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Pesach begins tonight...

Fri, 19 Apr 2019 10:34:01 GMT

Withing you all a happy and kosher Pesach! I'll be around again the week after.

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Could you take these off-world, do you think?

Wed, 30 Jan 2019 15:10:36 GMT

I'm always a little unnerved at how far you can stray when a comment a page on your browser prompts you to click there, and then there, and then...

Anyway.

Moka pots. It seems the non-electric ones would work very well on a campfire. Do you think this is Daniel's choice for coffee on digs, or off-world?

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Stargate Friending Meme!

Sun, 20 Jan 2019 15:37:11 GMT

Oooh, lookit what I just found!

Stargate Dreamwidth Friending Meme

It's been going on for a week, but hey, what not? :)

::bounces off to participate::

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Paging Dr. Daniel Jackson and Dr. Janet Frasier

Sun, 09 Dec 2018 10:27:22 GMT

C'mon. With a headline like this, where else could my brain leap?

Ancient, unknown strain of plague found in 5,000-year-old tomb in Sweden

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Kesiva Vechasima Tova

Thu, 06 Sep 2018 19:14:46 GMT

Rosh Hashanah begins Sunday night. As always, I will be on hiatus for the next two weeks, until after Yom Kippur.

Wishing you all a year of health, safety, and happiness.

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Off-Screen Missions still simmering

Wed, 15 Aug 2018 12:41:49 GMT

So, the Off-Screen Missions Alphabet Soup was technically supposed to be finished last week.

As of this writing, we have ten stories posted (you can find links to them all in the comments of this entry, including by one new cook (hi smilebackwards!). One author had to withdraw; two others will helpfully be posting theirs soon.

For those of you even slightly slower than Sam, the math is pretty obvious: that's 12 out of 26. :(

The minimum for these is 100 words. It shouldn't be that hard to find sufficient authors to write gen fic that offers options over the course of 10 seasons!

If you'd like to join this final SG-1 Alphabet Soup, please go to this entry and claim a mission. :)

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Off-Screen Missions Alphabet Soup nearing deadline...

Thu, 02 Aug 2018 17:18:34 GMT

I had a splendid vacation and am now back!

::looks round::

Hmmm. Still standing, I see.

Soooo, stories for Off-Screen Missions Alphabet Soup should be posted in less than a week, by August 8th. This is a tad problematic, considering that half the letters are still unclaimed.

::sighs::

I know I'll take a second one myself, but I was really hoping that this Soup's theme would be a fun and inspiring one.

Please, add signal boosts to your own journals, so the SG-1 Alphabet Soup series can go out with a bang, not a whimper:

Signup and claim an off-screen mission at this entry

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Update on the Soup

Tue, 24 Jul 2018 17:29:16 GMT

Two weeks to go, people, and HALF the letters are still unclaimed.

...I think this is going to be our last SG-1 Alphabet Soup. The interest isn't there anymore. There are the wonderful people like Wonderland who have been writing in every single Soup since it began, and relative newcomers who have been enthusiastically writing one (or more) stories in the last few years, and there's almost always a new cook or two. But we can't seem to find enough authors for a full Soup, and it's getting a little too discouraging.

Still! I have hopes that this will be a good finale. So if you want to join this last Soup, please sign up here. And if your story is finished, then post the details here.

I'll be AFK until the 1st, so if you're signing up, please double-check to see if any comments posted since today, the 24th, have already claimed the episode you want. Letter assignments will be distributed when I get back, but you can start writing your fic; I'll be happy to help you find ways to make your letter fit. (Half the time, I write a fic and then figure out which letter needs claiming...)

Signal boost, people! The more the merrier, or at least the more the more complete. :)

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State of the Soup

Sun, 15 Jul 2018 17:14:47 GMT

Soup cooks, how are you all doing? Simmering nicely, slightly burnt, still trying to get the fire started?

Several delicious servings are already available, as you can see from scanning the comments of the official Off Screen Missions Alphabet Soup entry. However, as of this writing, only half the alphabet has been claimed.

I will already be extending the deadline by another week; it was originally August 1st, but RL circumstances mean that I will have no internet access at all in the week leading up to that. So now, Soup fics aren't due until August 8th.

The Alphabet Soup series has been a joy to arrange and a delight to read. I would hate to have to stop these ficathons, but there are limits. I assumed that the challenge of finishing the Quantum Mirror Alphabet Soup was an outlier, not a trend. If it's just as difficult to finish this one, then, well...

So. If you haven't yet claimed a letter, I hope you'll consider one of the many, many prompts available. Please signal boost on your own journal, too. Let's try to get the word out and keep these Soups cooking.

Here's where you sign up

Here's where you post about your finished fic

Happy Souping!

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H is for Helmet (G)

Thu, 12 Jul 2018 15:20:25 GMT

For Off-Screen Missions Alphabet Soup: the aborted mission at the beginning of Solitudes. Daniel's annoyed at wearing a helmet, but it turns out to be a very good thing. ~1,100 words. Rated G.

( H is for Helmet )

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Happy birthday, Daniel!

Sun, 08 Jul 2018 13:20:55 GMT

What are some of your favorite (gen) Daniel fics, either your own or others'?

Here are a few links to my own work:

Remember the canon vs. fanon series? Those were mostly Daniel-focused.

Oh, Danny-boy explains why Jack doesn't really use "Danny" as a nickname very much, and Daniel, Pacifism, and Weapons Skills explains why the Daniel-the-pacifist trope is definitely fanon.

And because I am definitely not a fan of Saint Daniel:

The Fanonization of Saint Daniel, part one and part two

And because I am definitely not a fan of easily cowed Daniel: Clumsy, sneezy geek, which, of course, directly inspired sixbeforelunch's fantastic The Wrath of Daniel. My fic-enabling skillz may have receded of late (we are going to get the latest Soup cooked, right?) but I have a grand record on which to rest my laurels. ;)

On that note, I will link to my own Team Effort, in which the team that trains together, breaks out of prison together.

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