META: Character Bashing Gives Me Rage

[campylobacter]

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.

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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[campylobacter.livejournal.com]

Speaking of Pete Shanahan and badfic, a good friend badfic-recc'd a most egregious Jack/Sam (which I don't really 'ship) smutfic (http://sg1-heliopolis.com/adult/viewstory.php?sid=1073) where poor Pete is maligned by Sam & Jack for being... under-endowed. The magnum opus has everything: a role-model military officer/scientist reduced to a cockslut, a decorated USAF colonel acting like a frat boy, misplaced modifiers & other grammar!fail, and nauseating sex scenes that make you wanna amputate your own genitals.

Did your main LJ account get deleted? Ack! Or are you moving to Dreamwidth? LOL Sorry, I know it must be a long story. Hope you get it all sorted out soon.

[badficpete.livejournal.com]

I see you've recognized me beneath my cunning disguise. Yes, that's exactly the sort of fic I was mocking when I thought up my "badficpete" character.

My main LJ account, well, I can PM you if you really want to know.

[campylobacter.livejournal.com]

You wrote the really hot Daniel/Vala story, so I made sure to surf the rest of your site (which is only accessible via Google cache now?!!) The Badfic Pete moniker is a rather memorable one.

Feel free to PM me. Only if you have the time, of course. :-D

[badficpete.livejournal.com]

The site's working. The server was down for a few days in December, but otherwise it's there. If you notice a missing page, ever, let me know so I can check, but I'm unaware of any problems at the moment.

There isn't any fic in my LJ, so no worries there. Oh, and there are some things that never got uploaded to my badly-in-need-of-an-update site, and some of those are at AO3.

And while I have been lax with the updating, I couldn't delete my website if I wanted to -- I have work stuff on the same server.