Home From Here
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| Title: | Home From Here |
| Author(s): | Merry |
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| Genre(s): | slash |
| Fandom(s): | Stargate: SG-1 |
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| External Links: | LiveJournal |
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Home From Here is a Stargate SG-1 story by Merry.
Author's summary: "In which Jack and Daniel live happily ever after."
Reactions and Reviews
This was written when all anyone had was spoilers that Jack wouldn't be around for season 9, and the route Merry went wasn't where they went in canon, so this is an AU now. A very lovely, warm, charming AU that perfectly caps... everything. Because Jack and Daniel live happily ever after, and it's wonderful. She has their voices down so perfectly -- not just Jack and Daniel, but Sam and Teal'c as well, and all of their interactions. But her Jack and Daniel in particular make me want to hug things.I've found that I often don't particularly want angsty SG1 stories, no matter how well-written they are, because omg, these people's lives just kinda... suck, when you get right down to it, what with the lousy hours and the constant peril and the few and far between relationships that always crap out, with death and loss on all sides. What I want from fanfic is for them to find happiness, and Merry pulls that off here beautifully in a way that totally works. The hard lives they've lived are right there in the background, but they get a break, they get to relax and find some joy and delight, and it makes me so happy.
And as if all of that weren't enough, this also has possibly the best ending line ever.[1]
Best FF That Is, Inevitably, Going to Lead to Me Saying to My Best Beloved, "I Brought You Here for Sex." Let's Hope It's Not in Church or Something. Home from Here, by Merry, aka merryish. Stargate: SG-1, Jack O'Neill/Daniel Jackson.
Notice how I very cleverly separated the two Stargate universe stories, so that no one would notice how much I'm recommending them these days. Oh. You noticed anyway? Well, I am not at all sorry, and with stories like this, how could I be? Because, OK, first: best last line ever. I mean that. This story has a last line that made me happy for days the first time I read it, and that still brings me joy on every subsequent reading. And, trust me on this, there have been a lot of subsequent readings, which is especially impressive when you consider that this story was written for the 2005 J/D Ficathon, and thus has only been available for a month. So the real question is, how did we survive this long without it? This is the story of Jack's retirement as it should be - with camels and astronomy and blue jello and sex with Daniel. And if just reading this doesn't make you want to marry the author, or maybe just the story, well, seriously - have you considered getting treatment for your commitment phobia? Because how could you not want to wake up every morning with fiction this good? Or the writer of fiction this good? How could you not love a story in which the main characters break into helpless laughter while trying to have sex? I surely can't resist it, and I just can't imagine how anyone could. I mean: wow. And did I mention: best last line ever? [2]
a slightly au ending to season eight in which jack retires from the military after a year of being The Man, and daniel takes matters into his own hands to get what he wants. this is just about as perfect a happy ending as i could ever imagine for this ship; never cliched or ott but warm and funny with a distinct undercurrent of snark.[3]
References
- ^ Arduinna's Recs, 2006
- ^ rec by thefourthvine at Slashy Nominations 124: After a Voyage, He Hath Strange Places Cramm'd with . . . Something, July 6, 2005
- ^ "sg1 fic recs part three (slash & femslash)". Archived from the original on 2023-02-20.