I had a very... odd introduction to SG-1. Which, admittedly, is par for the course for me.
In the OT forum at the LnC fanfic message boards, someone started a thread on Reckoning and Moebius when it first aired. I read it out of idle curiosity and became intrigued by the references to Daniel, especially what some called his journey from starry-eyed idealism to "Action Jackson." So I hunted down the transcripts online and started reading them... and read... and read... :)
Then I started hunting down actual eps, picking and choosing by which transcripts seemed most interesting. And started reading fanfic at the same time, and stumbled on stargatefan as one of the first archives I read (which is why I grumbled on the Jonas thing above). By the time I finished reading all the transcripts and watching a dozen odd eps, I'd fallen in love with the show, unquestionably.
By that time, about the first six eps of S9 had aired already. So I hunted down those, all excited at the idea of being part of a fandom in real time!
...And was really, really disappointed. Although, come to think of it - I wonder if I would have been more kindly disposed towards S9 SG-1 if Daniel hadn't been sporting face fuzz? :) (Don't get me wrong - my own husband has a beard, and I like him juuuuust fine. But on Daniel? Really bad.)
But my point is that a large part of me wanted to like the new version of SG-1, if only to be part of the excitement as it happened. And to be fair to Mitchell, he wasn't the problem as much as the lack of Jack and the inclusion of Vala all at the same time. The Ori storyline, which read (to me) as a thinly-disguised swipe at world politics and as boring antagonists, didn't help all that much. But I've never engaged him as a character. Not sure why.
Regarding Jonas - I want to get to know him, and I'm looking forward, in a vague sort of way, to watching S6 to find out if I'm going to like him. But I really do want to Redial S6 with the comm, because I think it'll go better for me than watching the eps without the online feedback. Squee is contagious, y'know!
And something about fanfics and metas that I find *fascinating* in how we can all see and explore so many different aspects of the same core product.
And I love that, yes. That the Daniel I see and love is slightly different from Daniel and Tallulah Rasa's Daniel and Random's Daniel and Aby's Daniel and everyone else's Daniel. But much as some people's characterization might surprise me, I'd say that if a story clicks, then even if it's not an aspect of Daniel I'd write or even expect, then that author is speaking to the core of the character. I do hope that makes sense. :)
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Date: 2009-03-12 08:11 am (UTC)In the OT forum at the LnC fanfic message boards, someone started a thread on Reckoning and Moebius when it first aired. I read it out of idle curiosity and became intrigued by the references to Daniel, especially what some called his journey from starry-eyed idealism to "Action Jackson." So I hunted down the transcripts online and started reading them... and read... and read... :)
Then I started hunting down actual eps, picking and choosing by which transcripts seemed most interesting. And started reading fanfic at the same time, and stumbled on stargatefan as one of the first archives I read (which is why I grumbled on the Jonas thing above). By the time I finished reading all the transcripts and watching a dozen odd eps, I'd fallen in love with the show, unquestionably.
By that time, about the first six eps of S9 had aired already. So I hunted down those, all excited at the idea of being part of a fandom in real time!
...And was really, really disappointed. Although, come to think of it - I wonder if I would have been more kindly disposed towards S9 SG-1 if Daniel hadn't been sporting face fuzz? :) (Don't get me wrong - my own husband has a beard, and I like him juuuuust fine. But on Daniel? Really bad.)
But my point is that a large part of me wanted to like the new version of SG-1, if only to be part of the excitement as it happened. And to be fair to Mitchell, he wasn't the problem as much as the lack of Jack and the inclusion of Vala all at the same time. The Ori storyline, which read (to me) as a thinly-disguised swipe at world politics and as boring antagonists, didn't help all that much. But I've never engaged him as a character. Not sure why.
Regarding Jonas - I want to get to know him, and I'm looking forward, in a vague sort of way, to watching S6 to find out if I'm going to like him. But I really do want to Redial S6 with the comm, because I think it'll go better for me than watching the eps without the online feedback. Squee is contagious, y'know!
And something about fanfics and metas that I find *fascinating* in how we can all see and explore so many different aspects of the same core product.
And I love that, yes. That the Daniel I see and love is slightly different from Daniel and Tallulah Rasa's Daniel and Random's Daniel and Aby's Daniel and everyone else's Daniel. But much as some people's characterization might surprise me, I'd say that if a story clicks, then even if it's not an aspect of Daniel I'd write or even expect, then that author is speaking to the core of the character. I do hope that makes sense. :)