I finally realized why I've been having so many problems with certain fanfic authors interpretation of some of my favorite characters. There's an infatuation at work which doesn't allow for the nuance I see.
Like that odd, odd notion that I still see around in some places about Daniel being a pacifist. Violence may be one of his last resorts, but it's definitely there as an option, more so as the years go by. But people like the diplomat in him so much that they forget about the guy who killed a bunch of baby Goa'ulds, who threatened Apophis and who was, in his own mind, capable of blowing up Moscow to save time.
And with McKay and Sheppard -- they have a quick bond, but it's incredibly snarky, in a way that they really aren't with other people. They're clearly delighted by each other's brains and just... each other, but they express it in a very grade-school way that amuses me so much. I can't imagine Sheppard snarking, "But ultimately failing," about anyone's AU death but Rodney, because Rodney is the one person that he's sure knows that he doesn't mean it that way.
Thank you - at least now I understand why their stories irritate me so much.
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Date: 2005-05-06 04:33 pm (UTC)Like that odd, odd notion that I still see around in some places about Daniel being a pacifist. Violence may be one of his last resorts, but it's definitely there as an option, more so as the years go by. But people like the diplomat in him so much that they forget about the guy who killed a bunch of baby Goa'ulds, who threatened Apophis and who was, in his own mind, capable of blowing up Moscow to save time.
And with McKay and Sheppard -- they have a quick bond, but it's incredibly snarky, in a way that they really aren't with other people. They're clearly delighted by each other's brains and just... each other, but they express it in a very grade-school way that amuses me so much. I can't imagine Sheppard snarking, "But ultimately failing," about anyone's AU death but Rodney, because Rodney is the one person that he's sure knows that he doesn't mean it that way.
Thank you - at least now I understand why their stories irritate me so much.
You are more than welcome.