ext_1725 ([identity profile] splash-the-cat.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2013-01-11 10:45 am
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Dal Niente by [livejournal.com profile] stringertheory (PG)

Hi, I'm Julie, aka splash_the_cat, and I'll be driving the Stargate SG-1 van this month, with the radio tuned to a mix of more recent stuff and some golden oldies.


FANDOM: Stargate SG-1:
Pairing: None
Length: 3246 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] stringertheory
Author Website: http://stringertheory.livejournal.com/
Why this must be read:

I love Teal’c and Sam friendship stories, and whatever your thoughts on Unending, it definitely gave us a broad base for more stories like that. This is a lovely look at Teal’c, and his relationships with Sam and music.

Spoilers/Warnings: Set during "Unending" (10.20). Spoilers for the same.


“Music is one of the things I most enjoy about Earth culture,” he said, bending to examine the cello's strings, “the diverse forms it takes, its prevalence in nearly every society, how easily it is made.”

“How easily it's taken for granted?” Colonel Carter asked knowingly.

He tilted his head. “The Jaffa have little music of our own,” he replied. “Most Goa'uld forbade it. Goa'uld had musicians as part of their court or personal household, Jaffa who had been trained from childhood for such a purpose, or human slaves chosen for the beauty of their voices as much as for that of their faces.” He straightened and turned to her. “The only music we knew was what the gods allowed us to hear.”




Dal Niente