Stargate stuff:

[butterfly]

I'm a bit miffed at the scheduling change for Stargate SG-1. Two reasons -- I did harbor the vague desire to watch Joan of Arcardia for the rest of the season. More importantly? A few months ago, I rescheduled my job around the 9 p.m. time. There are two night shifts that can be worked (on drive-through). One is until 11ish, the other until 8ish. I requested the earlier shift on Fridays specifically so that I could get home before SG-1 started and could record it without commercials. This plan is now clearly useless.

So, bad Sci-Fi. No cookie.

But all that aside, I am very much looking forward to the rest of the season.

So, the primary change in my AU is that Daniel is a chick (Abigail). This changes quite a bit, partly because of one huge thing that it changes -- Abigail doesn't marry Sha'uri. Because of that, I've had Abigail return to Earth with Jack. Because of that, the Stargate program (Research and Defense) starts six months before it does in 'our' reality. Which means that they had six months of exploration before Apophis came knocking. Which means a number of other things -- the timeline is completely different because some planets were chosen because they're just next and some are chosen because of a Goa'uld related reason.

Example: The Broca Divide still happened at the same time, timewise, but other missions (like Thor's Hammer) that in our canon occurred after that would have happened first, because BD was chosen based on info that the escaped people from Chulak gave to the SGC.

And as Teal'c can't be a member of the team before they meet him, the Cimmeria encounter itself would be completely different.

Trying to figure out what goes where is a lot of fun.

Comments

[lasultrix.livejournal.com]

Ah, but commercials mean time to get a cup of tea, or to put the heating on. I don't know what I'd do without commercial breaks myself. :)

Your AU sounds fascinating.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Ah, but commercials mean time to get a cup of tea, or to put the heating on. I don't know what I'd do without commercial breaks myself.

Good point. And yet... plan! Ah, well. The best laid plans and all.

Your AU sounds fascinating.

Thank you kindly. I'm still working out all the bits that are different. It's much more complicated that I'd thought when I first said to myself, "Gosh, it would be cool to have a female AU Daniel visit the SGC post-Endgame."

On the plus side, it's so much fun. Timeline-wise, I've already decided to kill the Enkarans and save Kawalsky (they find out about Thor's Hammer before Children of the Gods and The Enemy Within happen, so when he gets snaked, they have the quick fix right there). It's great fun.

And the best part about that stuff? It may not even show up in the main story (won't unless there's a reason). Yet I still get to make it up and have it be part of Abigail's canon. Backstory! Yay. No one at our SGC may ever need to know that Sam and Rodney married in Abigail's universe, yet it still will have happened. Fun stuff.

I'm already at fourteen pages of actual story. For me, this is huge. And it's going to end up much longer, I can feel it. Teal'c hasn't even shown up yet, and he's got a huge part to play.

[lasultrix.livejournal.com]

*clears throat*

PUBLIC WANT DETAILS OF RODNEY/SAM MARRIAGE V. V. IMPORTANT SAM MUST BE SEEN TO SURRENDER TO THE MCKAY CHARM THX

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Hee!

Well, it helps that they meet sooner and thus not in a crisis. Of course, McKay is still an idiot in their first few meetings, but he can't get sent to Russia because, as a civilian, Abigail had him transferred to her branch, thanks much, and she wants him to stay on base (partly because his more cautious suggestions regarding actually paying attention to the security protocols appeal to her) where he can actually be helpful. She's all about claiming the smart people for SGR.

[not-fledged-yet.livejournal.com]

DUDE I have had a very similar AU going through my head (except I just call Daniel Danielle). It's fun to figure out how a smallish change (as opposed to a biggish change like, say, setting the whole thing in Ancient Rome) can change the outcomes of episodes ever so slightly.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know. It's amazing how much one thing changes. Abigail's Stargate program doesn't meet the Asgard until Jack gets the Ancient knowledge, simply because they didn't have Teal'c with them when they visited Cimmeria and thus never destroyed Thor's Hammer, thus never needing to 'save' the Cimmerians in Thor's Chariot and not meeting Thor.

One of the reasons that I chose a completely different name (though I actually checked baby books and those 'test your name' things for one that had similiar 'exploring' and 'sacrificing' vibes as Daniel) is because most parents do have at least two names in mind -- one if it's a boy, another if it's a girl. My mom wouldn't have named my brother 'Kristine' if he'd been a girl, she probably would have Abigail she needed a different name. Both Danial and Abigail are from the same tradition (Hebrew) which was something important to me, but the meaning of the names is, of course very different and wow, I'm just going on and on, aren't I?

[not-fledged-yet.livejournal.com]

good point about the baby names! I'm not sure that the meaning of the names is that big a deal - most parents these days pick their childrens' names without particularly considering the meaning, but the tradition would likely stay the same.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Well, one of the things that I've found fascinating about television is that names do tend to suit their owner, even if the creator wasn't thinking about it.

Here's what comes up for Daniel:

"Although the name Daniel creates the urge to be reliable and responsible, we emphasize that it causes an emotional intensity that is hard to control. This name, when combined with the last name, can frustrate happiness, contentment, and success, as well as cause health weaknesses in the nervous system, worry, and mental tension.

Your name of Daniel has created a most expressive nature, idealistic and inspirational, driven with a strong inner urge to be of service in some way that would uplift humanity as a whole. However, there is a tendency to assume too heavy a burden of responsibility for others, which leads to worry and undue concern. People with problems are drawn to you as they recognize you as one who has understanding and gives not only sympathy and comfort but provides also some constructive advice or assistance. You have a generous quality to your nature, but you must guard carefully against giving more than you receive or you will find yourself doing without because you have helped someone else."

Pretty damn close, yes?

[not-fledged-yet.livejournal.com]

*snerk* Where did that come from? What does it say about Jack? Sam? (I'm sure Teal'c won't be there...)

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

That particular analysis came from http://www.kabalarians.com

Sadly, the site is down at the moment, so I can't check Jack or Sam's names. It's about numbers or something. It's a lot of fun (when it was working).

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

A whole line got cut out of there.

My mom probably would have named him 'Diana', as she liked the name quite a bit.

[katie-m.livejournal.com]

SG-1 does re-air at 11 if you want to watch Joan, though I don't know that you want to stay up that late to record without commercials.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Good point about the reairing (and I'm thrilled that that isn't changing, at least). I'm still keeping it on Sci-Fi this Friday, so that I can record the special (just because I can't be entirely sure that I will be home the next time they reair it), but I'll look into the other airing next week, since I don't think there are any 7 p.m. specials then, yes?

[katie-m.livejournal.com]

Shouldn't be, no.

[ink-gypsy.livejournal.com]

I do the same thing when I record something I plan to keep, watch it while it records and edit out the commercials, but sometimes real life gets in the way.

But now with all these tv shows being produced on DVD, you can get them commercial-free. My sister is a big SG-1 fan, and I gave her the complete Season One DVD set for Christmas. It's actually wonderful because with all the seasons available, now I don't have to worry about what to buy her for her next couple of birthdays and Christmases. *g*

BTW, I love Joan of Arcadia. That's one show I hope they produce on DVD.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

True about the dvds; I'm just an impatient fan who doesn't want to wait.

And word about JoA -- I want to see that on dvd. Mostly because I really want to see it and scheduling is not on my side (and I can't justify the purchase of something like TiVo for one show).

[ilanabean42.livejournal.com]

The AU sounds really interesting, but I have one question: where do the gate addresses come from? In the main Stargate universe, they didn't even know the gate went other places until the second visit to Abydos, and that was only because Daniel had stayed there and looked around. This was never explained in either of the canon AUs, so I was wondering whether you had an explanation.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Actually, this is something I wanted to make sure that I explained (partly because the canon AUs didn't). Abigail returns with Jack to Earth and then she spends seveal months working with Catherine and the Pentagon to get permission to return to Abydos to study it (she meets Davis and Sam a bit earlier in this reality). They pretty much hit full-bore with humanitarian concerns re: the Abydonians that were in slavery to their 'God' Ra. So, Abigail goes back to Abydos with a team and studies the place, thus finding the cartouche and DHD.

<i>SG1</i> scheduling

[revdorothyl.livejournal.com]

Could you record Stargate: SG1 without commercials during the second showing, later that same night? That's how I get around the VCR scheduling conflicts on Friday nights, usually. I often catch both showings, and I've yet to detect any difference between the first and second showing of a first-run episode on its initial night on the Sci-Fi Channel.

Since you must be on Eastern time, if you don't catch it at 8 PM, you can always catch it again at 11 PM, yes?

Re: <i>SG1</i> scheduling

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

I live in fear that the second showing will suddenly disappear.

But yes, if you must use logic.

*grins*

Actually, it's really only an issue this particular week, because of the special at 7 p.m. (my vcr can't switch channels without me... it's complicated). And I think that this week might even be a rerun for JoA, which renders my entire annoyance rather irrelevant.