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July 20, 2021
I enjoyed the First Prime Universe, but didn't check whether it was on GR until after I'd finished the whole series. I'll start by simply sharing how I annotated the bookmark I made for AO3's FPU page https://archiveofourown.org/series/45417 :
I wish the series hadn't been suspended before we got to see this AU SG+ group encounter any denizens of Pegasus, but the 'verse thus far is great, with action, emotion, humor, and hope, and the end isn't a cliffhanger. The uncommon pairings won me over easily (and a couple favorites developed further along).
*****
Since the AO3 tags aren't visible here, I'll explain a bit more:
I've never read any Daniel/Teal'c before, but it's sweet, built realistically slowly from attraction to more, dealing frankly and interestingly with the larva a Jaffa must always bear in order to live (since this is all diverging before the SGC developed tretonin), and a clever catalyst for a discovery that changes the whole Stargate program agenda greatly:
The other infrequently-ficced relationship I mentioned is Jack getting back together with his ex-wife. Jack's sense of guilt and consequent withdrawal were what tore them apart after Charlie's death, and it's hard for her to forgive and trust again, especially when the circumstances of his job are so *cough* outlandish. They take a more central focus in the middle installments, over Daniel and Teal'c's personal life, though Daniel in particular is overplot-pivotal.
Supernatural's Dean and Sam Winchester (having recently survived a briefly-referenced Michael-&-Lucifer AU confrontation), and not long thereafter Castiel, stumble into Stargate secrets in part 3, Guardians, but Dean and Cas's relationship is ambiguous until later still, at which point we're also seeing McShep (Rodney McKay and John Sheppard) begin, even without the pressure-cooker isolation of Atlantis.
Oh, and Cameron Mitchell is also in the SGC, though SG-1 is still in its original configuration (still under Hammond, too 👍).
I think the personality element of all the "Friendlies", later relabeled "Companions" ((which did distract me with thoughts of Lackey's Valdemar until I got used to it)), is a little idealized, though they're clearly not free of youthful rashness and misunderstanding, but I'll take an optimistic sci-fi premise any day over a pessimistic one.
It's hard to say much more without major spoilers, so I'll stop here. Maybe if I do a series reread sometime I'll leave specific reviews for each installment as I go along.
I wish the series hadn't been suspended before we got to see this AU SG+ group encounter any denizens of Pegasus, but the 'verse thus far is great, with action, emotion, humor, and hope, and the end isn't a cliffhanger. The uncommon pairings won me over easily (and a couple favorites developed further along).
*****
Since the AO3 tags aren't visible here, I'll explain a bit more:
I've never read any Daniel/Teal'c before, but it's sweet, built realistically slowly from attraction to more, dealing frankly and interestingly with the larva a Jaffa must always bear in order to live (since this is all diverging before the SGC developed tretonin), and a clever catalyst for a discovery that changes the whole Stargate program agenda greatly:
The other infrequently-ficced relationship I mentioned is Jack getting back together with his ex-wife. Jack's sense of guilt and consequent withdrawal were what tore them apart after Charlie's death, and it's hard for her to forgive and trust again, especially when the circumstances of his job are so *cough* outlandish. They take a more central focus in the middle installments, over Daniel and Teal'c's personal life, though Daniel in particular is overplot-pivotal.
Supernatural's Dean and Sam Winchester (having recently survived a briefly-referenced Michael-&-Lucifer AU confrontation), and not long thereafter Castiel, stumble into Stargate secrets in part 3, Guardians, but Dean and Cas's relationship is ambiguous until later still, at which point we're also seeing McShep (Rodney McKay and John Sheppard) begin, even without the pressure-cooker isolation of Atlantis.
Oh, and Cameron Mitchell is also in the SGC, though SG-1 is still in its original configuration (still under Hammond, too 👍).
I think the personality element of all the "Friendlies", later relabeled "Companions" ((which did distract me with thoughts of Lackey's Valdemar until I got used to it)), is a little idealized, though they're clearly not free of youthful rashness and misunderstanding, but I'll take an optimistic sci-fi premise any day over a pessimistic one.
It's hard to say much more without major spoilers, so I'll stop here. Maybe if I do a series reread sometime I'll leave specific reviews for each installment as I go along.
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