ext_2200 ([identity profile] lakester.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2006-10-29 05:58 pm
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Scotoma by Rydra Wong (PG13)

Fandom: STARGATE SG1
Pairing: Gen - Sha're, Sam
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] rydra_wong
Author Website: Fic in memories
Why this must be read:

This AU - set in season six - follows Sha're's release from Amaunet's influence and her time afterward at the SGC. Sha're is a richly depicted, complex character and her interactions with the SGC personnel as they try their post-host debriefing feel really accurate. Sha're's perspective, and her acclimatization throughout - that is the character who defied the goddess-parasite controlling her.

But it's Sha're's relationship with Sam that's a lynchpin here, as Sam tries her awkward best to help Sha're and the short moments with Janet, Teal'c. And the seeds of Sha're that are hiding from Amaunet grow throughout the fic.

"What is that?" she asks.

"Coffee."

This, then, is the drink that Daniel spoke of with such yearning. "I would like coffee."

He looks alarmed. "Uh, ma’am, I don’t think you’d like it –"

She has been a queen, she thinks suddenly; she lifts her chin and repeats, "I would like coffee." For a moment, she imagines her eyes should flash.

The coffee is dark and bitter and strong, like medicine. She decides she likes it.


Scotoma