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Moebius Man by Jedi Buttercup (PG-13)
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crack_van. I asked for and received permission to recommend more than just the one mid-month crossover. I enjoy well-done Highlander crossovers very much, and there are quite a few of them out there. (It's the fandom that goes with everything!) I will recommend a few non-crossovers, as well. I start off this month with one especially memorable crossover.
Fandoms: Highlander / Stargate SG-1
Pairing: Gen
Length: 5,200 words
Author on LJ:jedibuttercup
Author Website: Jedi Buttercup
Why this must be read:
Jedi Buttercup is known for her crossovers, and this is one of my favorites. To be honest, it is more of a Stargate story than a Highlander story, but the premise is just too good to pass up. In the episodes Moebius, Part I and Moebius, Part II, SG-1 gets stuck in ancient Egypt. They all die, except for Daniel. But if he were immortal, well, that opens all sorts of possibilities.
The story starts with Moebius Man and continues in two sequels. The author has left open the possibility of more, but it does stand complete as is. It's a short read, but intriguing. It makes you think, which I like in a fic. Which came first, the teacher or the student?
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"So," he concluded, waggling six raised fingers in his father's direction, "that would make our little encounter with The Trust my seventh death, unless this all turns out to be just an elaborate hoax on your part, which, frankly, would not surprise me either."
"Your--your seventh?" Melbourne spluttered. Daniel could not recall ever seeing such a flabbergasted expression on his father's face before; it seemed to be composed of equal parts shock, disbelief, and chagrin, as though the man could not decide whether to discard Daniel's count of woe as a fabrication, or castigate himself for not having been there when his son was so repeatedly abused. Daniel didn't blame him; he himself could not decide whether to be happy his father had returned, or suspicious of the man's motives, or angry at his abandonment, or...
Daniel clamped down on his turbulent emotions and raised an eyebrow, crossing his arms over his chest, waiting for a more plausible explanation. He'd already given more detail than he should have; he didn't think the Air Force would forgive him if he started explaining the resurrective powers of a Goa'uld sarcophagus, or the rituals of the Nox, or his two brief forays into Ascension. Especially if it turned out that his gut instinct was wrong, and this too-youthful man standing before him wasn't his father after all.
They might have stood there, staring at each other, for the rest of the evening if a lazy, amused voice hadn't intruded then, from the doorway of the hotel suite's bedroom.
"You sound so surprised, Mel. Don't you remember the story? Dan'yel of Abydos, the only one of us to have died more times before crossing the threshold to Immortality than he did afterward."
Moebius Man
Desert Dreams
Storm in a Bottle
malabud, and I will be your Highlander driver this month on the crack_van. I asked for and received permission to recommend more than just the one mid-month crossover. I enjoy well-done Highlander crossovers very much, and there are quite a few of them out there. (It's the fandom that goes with everything!) I will recommend a few non-crossovers, as well. I start off this month with one especially memorable crossover.Fandoms: Highlander / Stargate SG-1
Pairing: Gen
Length: 5,200 words
Author on LJ:
jedibuttercupAuthor Website: Jedi Buttercup
Why this must be read:
Jedi Buttercup is known for her crossovers, and this is one of my favorites. To be honest, it is more of a Stargate story than a Highlander story, but the premise is just too good to pass up. In the episodes Moebius, Part I and Moebius, Part II, SG-1 gets stuck in ancient Egypt. They all die, except for Daniel. But if he were immortal, well, that opens all sorts of possibilities.
The story starts with Moebius Man and continues in two sequels. The author has left open the possibility of more, but it does stand complete as is. It's a short read, but intriguing. It makes you think, which I like in a fic. Which came first, the teacher or the student?
* * *
"So," he concluded, waggling six raised fingers in his father's direction, "that would make our little encounter with The Trust my seventh death, unless this all turns out to be just an elaborate hoax on your part, which, frankly, would not surprise me either."
"Your--your seventh?" Melbourne spluttered. Daniel could not recall ever seeing such a flabbergasted expression on his father's face before; it seemed to be composed of equal parts shock, disbelief, and chagrin, as though the man could not decide whether to discard Daniel's count of woe as a fabrication, or castigate himself for not having been there when his son was so repeatedly abused. Daniel didn't blame him; he himself could not decide whether to be happy his father had returned, or suspicious of the man's motives, or angry at his abandonment, or...
Daniel clamped down on his turbulent emotions and raised an eyebrow, crossing his arms over his chest, waiting for a more plausible explanation. He'd already given more detail than he should have; he didn't think the Air Force would forgive him if he started explaining the resurrective powers of a Goa'uld sarcophagus, or the rituals of the Nox, or his two brief forays into Ascension. Especially if it turned out that his gut instinct was wrong, and this too-youthful man standing before him wasn't his father after all.
They might have stood there, staring at each other, for the rest of the evening if a lazy, amused voice hadn't intruded then, from the doorway of the hotel suite's bedroom.
"You sound so surprised, Mel. Don't you remember the story? Dan'yel of Abydos, the only one of us to have died more times before crossing the threshold to Immortality than he did afterward."
Moebius Man
Desert Dreams
Storm in a Bottle