Daniel Jackson's Record

[aurora_novarum]

Okay, I actually did this a while ago, but sg_fignewton's recent canon/fanon discussion made me decide to note it here.

I think I know Daniel's birth place.

I know fanon has two big camps of Daniel Jackson's birthplace. Either New York (where the parents died) or Egypt...because I guess he's an Egyptologist and/or his parents were putting up an Egyptian exhibit?

Anyway, I proffer that Daniel Jackson was born in Olympia. Either in Greece or in Oregon. I wanted it to be Oregon, since that's where Grandpa Nick was committed. But, there's no such place as Olympia, Oregon, but there is Olympia, Greece. After staring at the following picture, or its equivalent from my dvd pause and zoom, I'm positive it's some round letter O/G/C/Q and R as the state (or country) of birth.



I know pictures are questionable canon. Carter's birth month shown on a screen in "Entity" is different than the May month Orlin mentions in "Ascension", and O'Neill's age differs from "Brief Candle" to the id card shown in "Fragile Balance". But Daniel's birth information is open to question (I still want to know when July is in Stargate land if Daniel is 4 "and a half" in August of 1969).

This is how I've translated the above picture:
ENLISTMENT RECORD NO: 00-404-226
ENLISTMENT RECORD: ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE


NAME: JACKSON, DANIEL DATE OF BIRTH: [ILLEGIBLE]
PLACE OF BIRTH: OLYMPIA, OR/GR (?)
SEX: MALE RACE: CAU
COLOR OF EYES: BLUE COLOR OF HAIR: BROWN
HEIGHT: 6'00"
WEIGHT: 175 LBS.

HOME ADDRESS: 4?00 [ILLEGIBLE STREET]
MARITAL STATUS: SINGLE

EDUCATION
HIGH SCHOOL: GRADUATED
FIRST SECONDARY: GRADUATED
FINAL DEGREE: PHD
DEGREE OF STUDY: ARCH ANTH

MAIN CIVILIAN OCCUPATION:
ACADEMIC - ARCHEOLOGICAL TRANSLATOR
DATE [ILLEGIBLE]: 11901-E

SERVICE NO: N/A : CIVILIAN
PHYSICAL CATEGORY: A-2
ENLISTMENT LOC: COLORADO

Comments

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

I don't know why either. Maybe it's that picture of Daniel as a young man in Egypt? Maybe it's his connection to Abydos and his parents/his own work? I think a few authors took artistic license to choose it as his birthplace, and others copied the idea and then you know...fanon! People think it has to be that way.

I got sucked into fanon myself. I read so many stories about Daniel's couch in his office, I began to think one actually was there until I started looking at the episodes again!

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

That picture of Daniel in Egypt looked like it was taken when he was in college or something like that. It wasn't like it was a picture of him as a baby. hehe

I get sucked into fanon, too, but there is some of it that I dislike, like Daniel's coffee addiction. OTOH, Daniel's couch! I'm convinced he has one, too. ;-)

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know the picture is a weird thing, but otherwise, I dunno.

I get sucked into fanon, too, but there is some of it that I dislike, like Daniel's coffee addiction.

Have you visited sg_fignewton's journal? She's doing a whole canon v fanon thing. The first two topics are Daniel and coffee (and for some reason, this post was outgrowth of that), and the second one Daniel v. Danny! [sorry I'm too lazy to link to the actual entries. I'm *supposed* to be doing work]

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

No, I hadn't seen anything about that. Thanks for the pointer. :-)