The Grass is Always Greener, by Beatrice Otter (PG)
Show: SG-1
Rec Category: AU
Characters: Daniel Jackson, Jack O'Neill, Samantha Carter, Teal'c
Categories: gen, angst, character study
Pairings: references to AU Jack/Sara, AU Daniel/Sha're, AU Sam/Pete, AU Teal'c/Dreyauc
Warnings: references to AU character deaths
Author on LJ: beatrice_otter
Author's Website: Beatrice Otter at AO3
Link: The Grass is Always Greener (the Known Temptation Remix)
Why This Must Be Read: malayneseahawk wrote Ignoti Nulla Cupido, in which Daniel visits an AU that seems perfect. But this superb remix shows that the grass truly isn't greener, even if might appear that way to the outside observer.
Great characterization and superbly uneasy undercurrents leave the reader with the sobering thought that consequences and trade-offs always exist... and that really, our own SG-1 universe is a pretty good one, after all.
Daniel raised his eyebrows. “You don’t know? It’s a quantum mirror-you can use it to travel to alternate realities, except I wasn’t planning to make any trips today-I’m not even sure how the thing was activated.” He gave her lab a more thorough study. “How are things going with the Goa’uld?”
“We’re winning,” Sam said.
“Any other enemies out there?”
“Not any major ones.” Sam sidled out of the way as she heard the tramping of airmen coming down the corridor outside her lab. The alternate-Daniel watched her do it, hands in his pockets, knowing look on his face. Had he already realized she’d called for security? Their Daniel probably wouldn’t have.
“You’re more fortunate than you probably realize,” the other Daniel said as they waited. “Most realities … haven’t been that lucky.”
Rec Category: AU
Characters: Daniel Jackson, Jack O'Neill, Samantha Carter, Teal'c
Categories: gen, angst, character study
Pairings: references to AU Jack/Sara, AU Daniel/Sha're, AU Sam/Pete, AU Teal'c/Dreyauc
Warnings: references to AU character deaths
Author on LJ: beatrice_otter
Author's Website: Beatrice Otter at AO3
Link: The Grass is Always Greener (the Known Temptation Remix)
Why This Must Be Read: malayneseahawk wrote Ignoti Nulla Cupido, in which Daniel visits an AU that seems perfect. But this superb remix shows that the grass truly isn't greener, even if might appear that way to the outside observer.
Great characterization and superbly uneasy undercurrents leave the reader with the sobering thought that consequences and trade-offs always exist... and that really, our own SG-1 universe is a pretty good one, after all.
Daniel raised his eyebrows. “You don’t know? It’s a quantum mirror-you can use it to travel to alternate realities, except I wasn’t planning to make any trips today-I’m not even sure how the thing was activated.” He gave her lab a more thorough study. “How are things going with the Goa’uld?”
“We’re winning,” Sam said.
“Any other enemies out there?”
“Not any major ones.” Sam sidled out of the way as she heard the tramping of airmen coming down the corridor outside her lab. The alternate-Daniel watched her do it, hands in his pockets, knowing look on his face. Had he already realized she’d called for security? Their Daniel probably wouldn’t have.
“You’re more fortunate than you probably realize,” the other Daniel said as they waited. “Most realities … haven’t been that lucky.”