Whew! Oh, my! Content twice in one month! How the heck did I manage that? Anyways, crazy life aside, I signed up a while ago for sg_rarepairings, and I chose Gen->Nick Ballard and Daniel Jackson "Following in His Footsteps" as my prompt. For those of you familiar with my work, Nick is predominant in quite a lot, so really, did you think I'd not go for it?

Time went on, life got crazier, and before I knew it, last Sunday I realized I had actually signed up for this ficathon and it was due now! So I swept out the cobwebs in my brain and put it to use. Naturally, I outlined a story I could not complete in the time allotted, but at least I designed the story to be post-able in independent chapters. The first chapter is my submission to sg_rarepairings. Further chapters will come forth *hopefully* soon.

Young Daniel readers: While this story is not part of my originally intended outline for the series, it builds greatly on the YD-verse and some of it will take place during Daniel's childhood. The later chapters are a continuation on the Nick and Daniel relationship formed throughout Daniel's childhood as he grows into the man who translated the cartouche and opened the Stargate (and as currently slated, through at least season 3). I will be adding this story to the timeline as an addendum piece.

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Title: Just Like Nick
Chapter: 1
Author: samantilles
Rating: PG
Fandom: Stargate: SG-1
Spoilers: Stargate: The Movie, 2x04: The Gamekeeper, 3x04: Legacy, 3x21: The Crystal Skull (anything to do with Pre-Series Daniel)
Category: Episode Tag, Family, Angst, Childhood, Hurt/Comfort
Series: Young Daniel
Part in Series: Addendum
Prompt: Gen>Nick Ballard and Daniel Jackson "Following In His Footsteps"
Word Count: 1415
Beta: many many thanks to eilidh17 for a very quick beta, and to cleothemuse for being a soundboard!
Reader's Note: Dialogue in Italics are in Latin. In my Young Daniel-verse, Daniel doesn't learn English until after his parents' deaths. So, as the saying goes, "when in Rome..."

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( Daniel stared out of the large bay window ... )

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Rec Category: Jack O'Neill and Samantha Carter Friendship
Fandom: Stargate: SG-1
Pairing: none
Category: Angst, Episode Tag, Hurt/Comfort
Warning: none
Author on DW: aurora_novarum
Author on LJ: aurora_novarum
Author's Website: List of My Stories
Link: Stargazing

Why This Must Be Read:
This is a fabulous little insight post "Fire and Water", where Jack has to step back and digest everything that's happened and Sam is the perfect person to take a seat next to him and let him talk it out.

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Original Rec at stargateficrec here.

Title: And Thus Began Jack's Lifelong Aversion To Shrimp
Artist: zats_clear
Fandom: Stargate: SG-1
Category: Caption, Humor
Spoilers/Episodes" SG-1 1x13 Hathor
Link: And Thus Began...

Why You Should Check This Out:
Zats is well known for her captions, both on Dreamwidth and on LiveJournal. Her stuff is top notch, hilarious, and sometimes down right naughty. This particular caption had me in tears when I read it. Well, most of hers do, but this one will be memorable for a while! Expect more Art Recs for Zats stuff in the future.

Rec Category: Episode Related
Fandom: Stargate: SG-1
Pairing: none
Categories: episode related, Sha're
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: dsudis
Author's Website: Words Words Words
Link: Common Language

Why this should be read:
This missing scene from "Children of the Gods" is brilliantly original. As Dira commented, "Because, dammit, that kidnapped and murdered Air Force sergeant deserved a name." She gets a name, and a history, and a final chance to hopefully let her people know what happened all because of a feisty Abydonian woman who stands up to false gods spoke in her husband's language.

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Original Rec at stargateficrec here.

"Becoming A Team" was written for the Jack & Sam Friends Ficathon held over on LiveJournal in April 2009. At some point a more flushed out version with more Dannywhumping will also be posted and good times will be had by all.

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Title: Becoming a Team
Author: samantilles
Rating: PG
Fandom: Stargate: SG-1
Spoilers: Everything up to 1x12 Fire and Water
Category: Episode Tag, Friendship
Prompt: Decompression, provided by paian
Word Count: 1787
Beta: many many thanks to eilidh17 for not only a very quick beta, but excellent advice as I attempt to write Sam!

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( How did this happen, Carter?... )

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Other places to find this fic:

Yahoo!Groups-Stargate Legends:	story (to be posted) | includes reviews
Livejournal: Jack & Sam Friends Ficathon	story | includes reviews
FF.net:	story | reviews

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