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campylobacter) wrote2010-06-05 10:23 am
campylobacter) wrote2010-06-05 10:23 am
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META: Character Bashing Gives Me Rage
Wednesday was a long day at work; I was finally at home, decompressing, reading some hot Daniel/Vala smut... and then after leaving a review, I got the notion to try something new: a Daniel/Sam story.
Because I don't 'ship Daniel & Sam, I wanted to gain insight into their relationship dynamic from another segment of the Stargate fandom. What is it about their interaction that I might be missing? Because when I see MS & AT in scenes together, their body language is the same as my body language around my brother. Have I been projecting my perceptions as an older sister onto Sam's character? I wanted to see if the Daniel/Sam fandom handily destroys the fanon of Sam & Daniel as "just like brother & sister".
And now I'm pissed: there's Vala-bashing in the Sam/Daniel story.
Hello? "True Vala fashion" would be for Vala to ask if she could join them in a threesome. Vala doesn't think of Sam as a "harlot"; in fact, she respects Sam's authority as a leader (see "The Uninvited") and spends time shopping and drinking with her ("Family Ties").
Why does an author need to bash a character for the sake of focusing on their fave OTP? WTF???!!!!
I don't bash Daniel/Sam in my stories, or any other pairing. In fact, as a multi-shipper, I toss in innuendo for other pairings (Jack/Daniel & Sam/Vala being a couple favorites) because it gives the characterizations more energy and dynamism, and acknowledges the depth of their previous history together.
Anyone have any Sam/Daniel fanfic recs that don't have character bashing? Maybe there should be warnings on 'shipper fics if there's character bashing... LOL. "Sam/Vala antipathy" or something. Because it ruined my evening.
Because I don't 'ship Daniel & Sam, I wanted to gain insight into their relationship dynamic from another segment of the Stargate fandom. What is it about their interaction that I might be missing? Because when I see MS & AT in scenes together, their body language is the same as my body language around my brother. Have I been projecting my perceptions as an older sister onto Sam's character? I wanted to see if the Daniel/Sam fandom handily destroys the fanon of Sam & Daniel as "just like brother & sister".
And now I'm pissed: there's Vala-bashing in the Sam/Daniel story.
Vala [....] could tell that something was up. It didn’t take her long to notice the furtive glances. The close proximity. Even the occasional drifting hand under the commissary tables. At first she was angry. This blonde harlot stole HER Daniel away. But as she watched them, she knew that Daniel was never really hers. And in true Vala fashion, she turned her sights to someone else.
Hello? "True Vala fashion" would be for Vala to ask if she could join them in a threesome. Vala doesn't think of Sam as a "harlot"; in fact, she respects Sam's authority as a leader (see "The Uninvited") and spends time shopping and drinking with her ("Family Ties").
Why does an author need to bash a character for the sake of focusing on their fave OTP? WTF???!!!!
I don't bash Daniel/Sam in my stories, or any other pairing. In fact, as a multi-shipper, I toss in innuendo for other pairings (Jack/Daniel & Sam/Vala being a couple favorites) because it gives the characterizations more energy and dynamism, and acknowledges the depth of their previous history together.
Anyone have any Sam/Daniel fanfic recs that don't have character bashing? Maybe there should be warnings on 'shipper fics if there's character bashing... LOL. "Sam/Vala antipathy" or something. Because it ruined my evening.
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I'm trying to 'ship Jack/Sam, but it's hard for me b/c I pick up on the Jack/Daniel vibe much easier. (I'm up to early Season 2 in my SG-1 viewing, although I've seen S9&10 plus the movies.) I get the feeling that the scenes where RDA & AT let the sexual tension show are the ones left on the cutting room floor because of the USAF having some say in the TV production (although the Air Force must've been oblivious to the J/D ho yay under their noses.) They seemed to really try to push Sam as the "perfect" recruiting role model for women serving in the military.
When I saw the Remastered "Children of the Gods", I almost fell off my chair at the new footage of the briefing room scene between Jack & Sam. At the end of the briefing, they exchange a Look, one where there's challenge and defiance and a fight for dominance that is so scorching hot, it should've been allowed throughout Season 1. That, to me, is where their relationship dynamic got a bit shortchanged in post-production in the early seasons. It was too hot and complex for the writers and producers to deal with.