"Through the Eyes of a Serpent" by Eos (PG-13) and "Legacy of the Serpent" (R)

[casapazzo.livejournal.com]

Apologies for starting the Stargate recs off (exceedingly) late this month (stupid real life). I've got a bunch of good ones for you though, and I'll make sure we fit them all in.

Fandom: STARGATE SG-1
Pairing: none

Author's page: Eos' Fic
author on LJ: not that I can find

Why this must be read:
We've seen plenty of people get implanted by a goa'uld on the show, and once there was the cold comfort of believing that nothing of the host remained to witness and experience all the nastiness being done with his or her body. Now we know better, and in this, Eos takes us inside the head of someone living through being taken as host. Namely, Daniel.

One of the reasons I particularly like this fic, is that it doesn't simply slather on the horror and angst and leave us to drown in it. No, Eos remembers that she's writing a bunch of people who deal with terror by snarking at it - and she has a wonderful ear for the team's dialogue, in seriousness and in banter, and the feeling underneath. This could easily have been one of the better-written two-part episodes on the show.

Through the Eyes of a Serpent
Legacy of the Serpent - the aftermath

Comments

[casapazzo.livejournal.com]

::shrug::

As with everything, YMMV. First-person is hard to do well. I thought this story managed it nicely. It's a shame you gave up on it so soon, but, see again, YMMV.

I think this may be the only one on my "to-reccommend" list that's in first-person POV, so hopefully you'll find something you'll like among my later suggestions.

[(Anonymous)]

Absolutely YMMV - though before giving up I did skip along to see if it got better (for me).

I look forward to your future recommendations, and thanks for doing them.