I'm using this icon to show that I know I'm probably being unfair. :) But no, Mitchell never worked for me. Vala even less so, although I do like how many people write them in fic. But the team - the team has always and forever, for me, been Jack and Daniel and Sam and Teal'c. Mitchell feels like an artificial plug-in in comparison, and Vala... no comment of Vala. ;)
Jonas, OTOH, I haven't tried. I haven't watched enough S6 to know how intrusive he would feel, in contrast to Daniel being there. I do know I resent quite a bit the many many fanfic writers who loved Daniel and hated the show for taking him away and demonized Jonas as an outlet for their frustrations, because it definitely colored my perceptions of the character when I was first reading fanfic (before I started watching the show, I mean). So no, I haven't tried writing him yet. Maybe after Redial does S6, I'll be interested to try.
Re Random: I have the same exact reaction that you have, in terms of what she picks up and what she doesn't. And it's entirely different from the aspects that Tallulah Rasa chooses to highlight and play with. And yet? Both work just right for me. The characters feel incredibly real when they write them, even if I may not nec'ly choose those aspects myself when I choose to try their voices.
It's the edges, I think. Too many people forget all the angles and edges and raw sharpness of Jack and Daniel's friendship. It's why I love them so much, because they click despite the contradictions. Am I making any sense?
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Date: 2009-03-11 09:57 pm (UTC)Jonas, OTOH, I haven't tried. I haven't watched enough S6 to know how intrusive he would feel, in contrast to Daniel being there. I do know I resent quite a bit the many many fanfic writers who loved Daniel and hated the show for taking him away and demonized Jonas as an outlet for their frustrations, because it definitely colored my perceptions of the character when I was first reading fanfic (before I started watching the show, I mean). So no, I haven't tried writing him yet. Maybe after Redial does S6, I'll be interested to try.
Re Random: I have the same exact reaction that you have, in terms of what she picks up and what she doesn't. And it's entirely different from the aspects that Tallulah Rasa chooses to highlight and play with. And yet? Both work just right for me. The characters feel incredibly real when they write them, even if I may not nec'ly choose those aspects myself when I choose to try their voices.
It's the edges, I think. Too many people forget all the angles and edges and raw sharpness of Jack and Daniel's friendship. It's why I love them so much, because they click despite the contradictions. Am I making any sense?
Perhaps you shouldn't answer that. ;)