Brotherhood (8/27)

[night_spear1287]

Title: Brotherhood ( Table of Contents)
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Nothing you recognize is mine. I gain nothing of material value from this.
Pairings: Gen
Chapter1 Chapter2a-- 2b Chapter3 Chapter4 Chapter5 Chapter6 Chapter7 Chapter8
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Schizein

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Comments

[sg_fignewton]

Oh, Daniel.

I love that you made this more medically realistic, that they waited and tested before just pumping Daniel full of various medications. But oooh, you are cruel - every time Teal'c came close to him, but not quite close enough!

And your teaser...? I repeat: you are cruel. Can't wait to read it!

[night_spear1287]

I've always had a problem with "Legacy" because of the medical aspect and because of Sam's ineptitude with centrifuges :(

Sorry (but only a little) for the cruelty. In my head, I sometimes call this novel the book of whump.

[sg_fignewton]

Heh - were you a member of Redial when we did Legacy? There was some fantastic discussion there, with a few people detailing exactly what was medically unsound in the ep. I'll give you the link, if you'd like.

And to fair, the whole series was one long whump fest - you're only following along. ;)

[night_spear1287]

I wasn't a member of Redial then, but I've since read the rather extensive discussion. I actually had a project for a medical Spanish class once in which I had to give a presentation on schizophrenia (don't ask), so I've still got my compiled notes from that, too :)

And I've tried to spare mini!Daniel some of the whumpier things (e.g. I didn't want to touch Hathor with a 14-y.o. boy), but I guess we're gonna ramp that up in this book.

[acarlgeek]

Ooooooh! ::Squee!:: All that taunting with Teal'c keeping his distance

[night_spear1287]

Yay for poor Dr. Mackenzie--just a little out of his depth, not evil.

I'm glad it seemed more medically plausible; I'm not a doctor or a medical student, but I do like it when the science in science fiction is somewhat believable. And I always thought that mentioning Ballard would have made it easier to swallow, but maybe they hadn't come up with his storyline at that point in the show :)

Thanks!

[cleothemuse]

Oh! My icon says it all.

[night_spear1287]

Eek. Yeah, I guess so :)

[sg_wonderland]

Oh, how did I love everyone rallying around their Daniel? I picked out a few phrases that characters either spoke or thought:
General Hammond: 'his translator'
Jack: 'their sixteen-year-old' and 'his team and their boy' (that one brought tears to my eyes!)
Teal'c: 'his chal'ti' (another sniff, sniff moment)

Much more realistic view of the medical aspect and I do love your more balanced look at McKenzie. He and Janet were making the best medical decisions they could make with extremely limited data on which to base a diagnosis.

McKenzie had to have a certain level of stature and expertise in order to obtain the required security clearance, so he is no fool. I haven't done a fic based solely on this episode, just in passing and I try to resist the general vilification of McKenzie and focuse rather on the resentment Daniel must feel at the mishandling of the situation.

Hope you did well on your tests and all...

[night_spear1287]

I really wanted to show the attachments Daniel has grown to these people (and vice versa), so I'm glad it showed. I admit it's also because rallying around mini!Daniel is even cuter than rallying around adult!Daniel :)

There was really no evidence for the doctors *to* find, apparently, so it's not their fault (unless they say migraines are a sign of schizophrenia). Besides, if Mackenzie were really that bad, he'd have been fired long before "Lifeboat" in S7, I'd think.

Thanks!

[sg_betty]

I like the way you made Mackenzie and Warner less appallingly stupid! Yay! From my layman's point of view, you improved the medical aspects a lot. Double Yay! Again, I find myself champing at the bit for the next chapter. ;)

[night_spear1287]

Yay for competence at the SGC! You'd think they'd hire the best of the best, huh?

Thanks--glad you liked it.