Fanfic pet peeve #197
Dec. 2nd, 2006 10:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
graculusWhat is it with people writing Daniel Jackson as this self-loathing weepy character, more reminiscent of a Victorian maiden than anything else, who sits in his lonesome room, cutting himself while he sheds a solitary emo tear. Oh, and he's amazed when anyone says he's any good at doing anything and overwhelmed by any sign of appreciation.
Why is this still happening? Have you people never actually seen either the movie or the series?
In the movie, Daniel is the one who strolls into the depths of Cheyenne Mountain, casually correcting the translation someone has been working on forever, and he doesn't think 'oh noes, they'll all hate me!', he just gets on and does his thing. Brilliantly. Despite the fact this should all be well outside his comfort zone as an academic. And then he's going offworld without a second thought through this bizarre alien device, throws himself into this new civilisation he's encountering for the first time and isn't at all abashed when his understanding of the language turns out to be not quite as good as he thought it was, not to mention that he casually quizzes Ra about his plans before getting involved in an escape plan. Oh, and then he helps to blow up a spaceship with a nuclear warhead.
See any difference between the two characterisations? And that's just the movie! ;)
Why is this still happening? Have you people never actually seen either the movie or the series?
In the movie, Daniel is the one who strolls into the depths of Cheyenne Mountain, casually correcting the translation someone has been working on forever, and he doesn't think 'oh noes, they'll all hate me!', he just gets on and does his thing. Brilliantly. Despite the fact this should all be well outside his comfort zone as an academic. And then he's going offworld without a second thought through this bizarre alien device, throws himself into this new civilisation he's encountering for the first time and isn't at all abashed when his understanding of the language turns out to be not quite as good as he thought it was, not to mention that he casually quizzes Ra about his plans before getting involved in an escape plan. Oh, and then he helps to blow up a spaceship with a nuclear warhead.
See any difference between the two characterisations? And that's just the movie! ;)
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Date: 2006-12-02 03:02 pm (UTC)"Let's see, we have Blair...no, Daniel...no, Martin...no, Tony...no Illya! So we'll put him with Jim...no, Jack...no, other Jack...no, Gibbs...no Napoleon! And they'll be on a case...no, stranded on a planet...no, on a different case...no, on a really different case...no, on a spy mission! Then he'll get hurt, and cry, and his big manly rescuer will come and comfort him, and then they'll talk about how much they mean to each other, and they'll hug (or, if it's slash, do more), then he'll be rescued and they'll solve the case! Er, escape. Or solve the case...it's all the same."
In other words, I don't get it either. I have to admit, I find the illness fics more disturbing though. Not only is Daniel still all weak and weapy and in need of rescue (in the author's mind) but he also sufferes from an incurable disease and everyone sobs over him as he dies beautifully,and usually underappreciated until the last minute. Unless Jack has Seen The Light and decided to nurse him until the bitter end, and then there are minute details about every moment of his care.
*shudder*
It's a beautiful Saturday morning! Why did you make me think of this!! :p
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Date: 2006-12-02 03:53 pm (UTC)