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crack_van2006-10-19 06:56 pm
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Speak the living by Komos (PG13)
Fandom: STARGATE SG1
Pairing: Gen, Teal'c-centric.
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paian
Author Website: enkomion
Why this must be read:
Because the last almost-decade that Teal'c has been amongst the Tau'ri is just a small fraction of time compared to the years he spent in the service of Apophis. Teal'c threw a lifetime's worth of connections away when he tossed O'Neill the staff weapon, and this story really does a good job of conveying the weight - the volume - of Teal'c's long history.
Concentrating mostly on Teal'c's interactions with the Serpent Guards under his command, it contrasts that with his differing relationships with the various members of SG1 and touches on Drey'auc and Ry'ac too. What strikes about this is the way that Jaffa/Goa'uld culture and history is deftly threaded through the fic. And the meditation as framing echoes with the striving of a Jaffa with no gods left to have faith in - the conversation with SG1 works to light up this piece.
He has been stripped of his rituals. The rituals of worship Apophis required were not demonstrations of faith but supplication of a false god's favor, appeasement of a false god's vanity. Many Jaffa traditions remain, and some few Jaffa rites -- the Rite of Mal'shuran, the Rite of Everlasting Union, the lighting of the funeral pyre -- but they hold less relevance for him as the years wear on, and some, such as the implantation of prim'ta, will soon be rendered obsolete. The sacred places of the Jaffa have been revealed as wish-fulfilling myth, or, worse, twisted by what Daniel Jackson would call propaganda: Kheb is no afterlife but merely a planet where one of the Ascended dwelled; the Temple of Dakara is a symbol not of Jaffa strength but of Goa'uld enslavement. The spiritual beliefs he held as a Jaffa are failing him. He has studied the religions of the Tau'ri, visited their places of worship, spoken to their holy men, but their faiths are of their world and none speak to him; he opened himself to their call and no call came.
Speak the Living
Pairing: Gen, Teal'c-centric.
Author on LJ:
paianAuthor Website: enkomion
Why this must be read:
Because the last almost-decade that Teal'c has been amongst the Tau'ri is just a small fraction of time compared to the years he spent in the service of Apophis. Teal'c threw a lifetime's worth of connections away when he tossed O'Neill the staff weapon, and this story really does a good job of conveying the weight - the volume - of Teal'c's long history.
Concentrating mostly on Teal'c's interactions with the Serpent Guards under his command, it contrasts that with his differing relationships with the various members of SG1 and touches on Drey'auc and Ry'ac too. What strikes about this is the way that Jaffa/Goa'uld culture and history is deftly threaded through the fic. And the meditation as framing echoes with the striving of a Jaffa with no gods left to have faith in - the conversation with SG1 works to light up this piece.
He has been stripped of his rituals. The rituals of worship Apophis required were not demonstrations of faith but supplication of a false god's favor, appeasement of a false god's vanity. Many Jaffa traditions remain, and some few Jaffa rites -- the Rite of Mal'shuran, the Rite of Everlasting Union, the lighting of the funeral pyre -- but they hold less relevance for him as the years wear on, and some, such as the implantation of prim'ta, will soon be rendered obsolete. The sacred places of the Jaffa have been revealed as wish-fulfilling myth, or, worse, twisted by what Daniel Jackson would call propaganda: Kheb is no afterlife but merely a planet where one of the Ascended dwelled; the Temple of Dakara is a symbol not of Jaffa strength but of Goa'uld enslavement. The spiritual beliefs he held as a Jaffa are failing him. He has studied the religions of the Tau'ri, visited their places of worship, spoken to their holy men, but their faiths are of their world and none speak to him; he opened himself to their call and no call came.
Speak the Living