graculus | A brief aside...

Blair Sandburg is not, by any stretch of the imagination, 'exotic'.

Likewise Daniel Jackson is not 'willowy' or 'frail' or anything similar. At no point in the show's run (or even in the movie) could he be accurately described that way.

Ditto for Ezra Standish.

And let's not get started on the whole subject of competent, self-sufficient individuals bursting into tears at the slightest opportunity (be it running out of coffee, stubbing their toe, their favourite pot plant dying...).

Doesn't reading something like that just make you want to go "Have you actually *seen* the show?"?

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From:

innocent-lex.livejournal.com

"Blair Sandburg is not, by any stretch of the imagination, 'exotic'."

Are you sure? I mean, what about his... no. How about... nope. And his... er, no. Okay, fine. He's damn sexy, though.

"Likewise Daniel Jackson is not 'willowy' or 'frail' or anything similar."

I can make him willowy if I press that "resize screen" button on my remote. Of course, everyone else gets willowy too, but still. He is Is IS!

;-P

Oh, and can we add "young archaeologist" to the list of things Daniel is not. He was 30 in the movie. He's 38/39 now. He and Sam could well be called middle-aged.

Of course, watching some of the most recent Stargate episodes makes me want to ask the *show*'s writers if they've seen the show, let alone the poor deluded fic writers.

From:

innocent-lex.livejournal.com

PS. I don't know what an Ezra Standish is, but I'll take your word that you're correct on this subject.

From:

atdelphi.livejournal.com

Thank you!

I mean, can't anyone just be handsome anymore? Shouldn't the canonical things that made an author love a character be the traits that show up in the actual story?

I don't even want to get into what they've done to Snape.

From:

temaris.livejournal.com

Sure they are. You just have to rebuild their psyche, redesign their bodies, give them an abusive and/or miserable and/or lonely childhood, and then spindle and mutilate to taste. Add water, stir, leave in a warm place to fester for at least twenty four hours, and...

Tada!

Hmm.

Doesn't look much like the originals any more. But that's okay. It's only *fiction*.

From:

erika-sanely.livejournal.com

What annoys me the most in Mag7 fandom - no wait - what's in my top 10 of things that annoy me in Mag7 fandom - is the fact there's a heap of ~~writers~~ people who type words together to try to make sentences that boast about the fact that they've never seen the show!

And you forgot about that Ezra is covered from head to toe in scarts from his evil Uncle. Even though it's canon that his body is loverly and toned and smooth (Hey! How many other characters walk down the Main Street in only a tablecloth!?)

From:

pinkdormouse.livejournal.com

And the one I was ranting about today: writing misanthropic characters (or those who only respect persons they consider to be their 'equals') as misogynistic. Notably Sands, since '...Mexico' is my main fandom right now. Post-movie he might very well be distrustful of any woman who tries to get close to him (for very understandable reasons) but there's no evidence at all that pre-movie he discriminates positively or negatively on gender-based grounds.

Gina

From:

thenightsfall

Amen!

Of course, sometimes the word choices going in the other direction are questionable, too. Once read Ezra described as "squat." Yeah. That's a sexy image. Oy.

Some authors obviously haven't read the definitions of some of the words they use. And some authors really seem to have the need for a big man/little man physical dynamic, regardless if the actual appearances of the characters support it.

Doesn't reading something like that just make you want to go "Have you actually *seen* the show?"?

What really scares me is when such fics are applauded for their great characterizations. Makes me wonder if readers really have such lowered expectations when it comes to their fanfic. Or, if I'm in the Twilight Zone.