Moebius 2
I am calmer than I was last night. Apologies to maggis and helsinkibaby, who definitely got the worse of it. I've also got my head round the spin and holding onto the happy:
Cos I am lazy, I'm going to c&p some stuff from what I just sent to SDR -
Now ASam and ADaniel - let's get the record straight. They're still perfect together at the beginning of this episode - they have little cutesie jokes and when ATeal'c smacks ADaniel down, ASam kneels down beside him, *takes his hand* and kneels down on the floor with him before helping him up. This is S1/S2 Sam and Daniel interaction, except highly condensed and IMO more shippy. I was really convinced those two were going somewhere.
And these are still going to be fantastic music video clips - I'm holding onto that.
Now, The Scene. ASam is technobabbling (I note that at this point, she has lost the glasses. Before she did, AJack didn't give her the time of day. I think that says something.) and AJack says he's surprised that such things come from the mouth of someone 'so hot.' I screamed in horror. ASam says that guys like him don't fall for girls like her. Then - 'This is kinda awkward'. AJack may say something, but then ASam says 'I'm kinda attracted to Daniel'. Cue me screaming my head off whilst AJack gets flustered and I think ASam apologises.
When I can stomach it (and I get my tape back from my video circuit), I will rewatch that scene and burn it into my memory. Oh, maggis, how we screamed! And kylagater - HA! Now we all know the truth about your ship allegiances, hmm? ;)
And now - The Spin:
Now that I am calmer, I am ready to spin. Let's walk this through - ASam has just seen ADaniel killed. The Daniel she has just met is bitter to the core and not really like her Daniel at all. AJack comes onto her and she basically turns him down, saying she's attracted to someone else. Now, unless I am very much mistaken, if someone you are attracted to comes onto you, you are not improving your chances by saying you like someone else. You're deterring them, you're telling them you don't want that from them. In no way is that an excuse to 'get closer'. In fact, if you attempt to get closer, it will be seen as friendship, cos that's what you've said. It makes no sense.
So, then, ASam finds herself in a situation where she's about to die, something she's never experienced before. She has no boyfriend, and sounds like she hasn't for some time. There's a guy in front of her who thinks she's hot and the guy she was attracted to is dead and his counterpart is aloof - would you kiss him? And when he asks why, would you tell him 'Cos you're here'? I don't think so.
Therefore, my spin - ASam was attracted to ADaniel. AJack was just there. That is the logical sensible way to look at this.
Wow, I'm wordy in my SDR posts, aren't I? And I am going to add to my Denial List by maintaining that this was the Sam/Daniel AU, the 'Statistical Outlier'. Cos I refuse to let TPTB ruin everything I love about this show - don't tell me what I'm mean to be seeing or feeling, let me work it out for myself. That's the way to make good television and some day they will all learn that.
Cos I am lazy, I'm going to c&p some stuff from what I just sent to SDR -
Now ASam and ADaniel - let's get the record straight. They're still perfect together at the beginning of this episode - they have little cutesie jokes and when ATeal'c smacks ADaniel down, ASam kneels down beside him, *takes his hand* and kneels down on the floor with him before helping him up. This is S1/S2 Sam and Daniel interaction, except highly condensed and IMO more shippy. I was really convinced those two were going somewhere.
And these are still going to be fantastic music video clips - I'm holding onto that.
Now, The Scene. ASam is technobabbling (I note that at this point, she has lost the glasses. Before she did, AJack didn't give her the time of day. I think that says something.) and AJack says he's surprised that such things come from the mouth of someone 'so hot.' I screamed in horror. ASam says that guys like him don't fall for girls like her. Then - 'This is kinda awkward'. AJack may say something, but then ASam says 'I'm kinda attracted to Daniel'. Cue me screaming my head off whilst AJack gets flustered and I think ASam apologises.
When I can stomach it (and I get my tape back from my video circuit), I will rewatch that scene and burn it into my memory. Oh, maggis, how we screamed! And kylagater - HA! Now we all know the truth about your ship allegiances, hmm? ;)
And now - The Spin:
Now that I am calmer, I am ready to spin. Let's walk this through - ASam has just seen ADaniel killed. The Daniel she has just met is bitter to the core and not really like her Daniel at all. AJack comes onto her and she basically turns him down, saying she's attracted to someone else. Now, unless I am very much mistaken, if someone you are attracted to comes onto you, you are not improving your chances by saying you like someone else. You're deterring them, you're telling them you don't want that from them. In no way is that an excuse to 'get closer'. In fact, if you attempt to get closer, it will be seen as friendship, cos that's what you've said. It makes no sense.
So, then, ASam finds herself in a situation where she's about to die, something she's never experienced before. She has no boyfriend, and sounds like she hasn't for some time. There's a guy in front of her who thinks she's hot and the guy she was attracted to is dead and his counterpart is aloof - would you kiss him? And when he asks why, would you tell him 'Cos you're here'? I don't think so.
Therefore, my spin - ASam was attracted to ADaniel. AJack was just there. That is the logical sensible way to look at this.
Wow, I'm wordy in my SDR posts, aren't I? And I am going to add to my Denial List by maintaining that this was the Sam/Daniel AU, the 'Statistical Outlier'. Cos I refuse to let TPTB ruin everything I love about this show - don't tell me what I'm mean to be seeing or feeling, let me work it out for myself. That's the way to make good television and some day they will all learn that.