freakin' fanon....

[corilannam]

I just deleted a huge rant about the extremely popular Poor!Obi-Wan fanon of That Council Scene in TPM (you know the stuff, poor emotionally vulnerable Obi-Wan, cast aside/rejected/devastated by his coldhearted bastard of a master). I deleted it, because I realized that I had nothing at all constructive to say, except that it infuriates me more than any other piece of badly characterized fanon, in this fandom or any other. I'm generally pretty serene about differing fannish opinion, but this is the one big thing that sets me off without fail. I wish badly that the Jedi Apprentice books had never been written.

I get somewhat the same way about the whole "Daniel ascended because asshole!Jack shut him out/rejected him/devasted his delicate emotional state in Season 5 and he just couldn't take watching Jack canoodle with Sam anymore" thing in Stargate fanon, but to a much lesser degree of ire. Probably because it hasn't had five years to really piss me off. Yet.

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Speaking of my dual love of TPM and SG-1, I started on my J/D ficathon story last night. It was extremely unwise to sign up for it in the first place, considering I'm already rushing trying to get my TPM zine piece done by the end of the month, but fortunately, I respond well to pressure. I have my story idea -- fun, if not brilliant -- and I don't think it will take too, too long to write. Even for me. Even for smut. I hope.

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I accomplished approximately 1 and a half of my two goals for this past weekend. I did see Kill Bill, vol. 2 which totally rocked, and had a trailer for the new Jet Li movie that I'm really excited about. And while I did not master Premiere Pro (yet), I did get a decent book to use as a reference. Now I just have to stop collapsing into bed every night as soon as I get home so that I can actually use it.

This may be helped by the goal I accomplished without actually setting it in the first place -- Friday I joined Curves and am committed to going and working out at least two or three times a week. I hate paying money to do something I can do at home for free, but since I'm clearly not doing it at home, perhaps paying money will kick my butt into gear. It worked with the WWOnline, so there's hope.

Comments

[agentotter.livejournal.com]

I get somewhat the same way about the whole "Daniel ascended because asshole!Jack shut him out/rejected him/devasted his delicate emotional state in Season 5 and he just couldn't take watching Jack canoodle with Sam anymore" thing in Stargate fanon, but to a much lesser degree of ire. Probably because it hasn't had five years to really piss me off. Yet.

I too have issues with that. I mainly am annoyed with the whole idea because it's very, "Oh, the one I love is cruel to me, I shall now slit my wrists in a fit of goth pique." Whereas the actual situation was more... "Oh shit, I'm dying of radiation poisoning... well, this whole ascension thing sounds like a better deal, anyway." I actually read a lot of that fic before I saw season five, and was quite surprised by the season itself... I didn't really see the Jack-is-such-a-bastard that everyone was on about. I saw Jack doing his job a lot, and maybe all of them being worn thin and brittle, but it wasn't like Jack was calling Daniel a big sissy-man and Daniel was going, "I hate you, I hate you, I hate you!" and stomping off to his room. I mean, c'mon. Grown men, here.

Plus, they're totally hot when they fight. I imagine the make-up sex is explosive. ;)

[barkley.livejournal.com]

Plus, they're totally hot when they fight. I imagine the make-up sex is explosive.

Yes! And therein lies my problem. I too despise the whole Jack rejected him and Daniel went off to mope with the glowing octopuses motif. However, I like conflict between the two of them, and I love stories with conflict. So I tend to get sucked into reading some of those types of stories when it starts out with a lovely fight between the two. OTOH, the ones that start out with Daniel being left out of dinner plans are easy to spot.

[marzilla.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's very considerate when authors give you that kind of clue right up front. *g* I do love stories where they fight and make up with equal passion, though alas, most of them seem to lead right to the glowing octopuses.

[marzilla.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Daniel wasn't all that interested in the ascension thing until he realized, "Oh, hey, otherwise I'm really going to die. Great, tell me what I have to do to ascend and be quick about it." It wasn't until the very end that he was thinking about it as preferable to his physical life.

I was also surprised when I finally got to watch the season, after reading so much about it. The friction is there, but it always seemed more to be Daniel chafing under the heavy yoke of the military and Jack knowing Daniel is unhappy, but not knowing what he can do about it other than try to get the job done. Worn thin and brittle is a good description of them in that season.

All of that, however, is their professional relationship. They still seem to be very close personally, they have their same good rapport when they aren't in active conflict, and Jack is still the one Daniel trusts and goes to at the end. Hot make-up sex must do wonders. *g*