Brotherhood (16b/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 Chapter9 Chapter10a-- 10b Chapter11 Chapter12 Chapter13a-- 13b Chapter14 Chapter15 Chapter16a-- 16b

Comments

[sg_wonderland]

Oh, break my poor heart, why don't you? I am writing this through tears. I think this was the best chapter yet. Skaara and Shau'ri safe and Daniel leaving to go back to Abydos and Jack keeping his room for him.
And then I take a peek at your next chapter and realize Skaara is the one who may be going through withdrawal...:::waits impatiently for next chapter::::

[night_spear1287]

Ooh, glad you liked. This was a very special chapter for me, too :)

Thanks!

[sg_betty]

I just loved this chapter! Especially Daniel and Skaara coming to terms with who they are to each other now.
Y'know, Shau'ri living, and getting a strong hint that Skaara will be the one who is addicted to the sarcophagus, got me thinking. Other than his parent's deaths, Daniel really hasn't experienced the tragedies and traumas that canon-Daniel has had to live with, and form as much of his character as the victories. It gets me to thinking that when grown, this may not be the same guy at all...

[night_spear1287]

Yes, I think people are definitely shaped a lot by their experiences beyond their 'core' personality. Their time at the SGC would have given them many similar experiences, but they might differs a lot in the way each would process those experiences. I admit I'm not delineating ahead of time the ways in which they're different so much as I'm letting them evolve as the story progresses, but you're definitely right that they're not going to end up as the same person. Even the relationships with the team isn't exactly the same as it is in canon, I think.

Thanks!

[sg_betty]

That's true. Daniel thinks of Teal'c as a mentor and is learning more of the Jaffa ways than canon Daniel. They seem closer, somehow. Jack seems more tolerant of Daniel as well as more protective. I don't really see much of a difference, although off the top of my head, I'd say they aren't as close as canon Sam and Canon Daniel, maybe because they don't work together as much...
I was also wondering-is Shau'ri older than Daniel,and if so, is it an amout that would seem significant at their ages?

[night_spear1287]

In my mind, Sam and Daniel are just as close as they are in canon, but it doesn't actually read that way, I know--I've neglected that friendship quite a bit in comparison to Jack and Teal'c's, which, you're right, are rather different. I'll try to amend the dearth of Sam in the future, though :)

And my approximate ages for the Abydon kids as of "right now" in the story would be: Daniel=16, Skaara=21/22, Sha'uri=26/27. Sha'uri's age is based on the age of the actress from the movie; Skaara's a little younger than his actor, just because he supposedly reminded canon!Jack of his son, and I figure any older than late teens at the time of the canon movie was kind of pushing that. So Sha'uri's old enough that she might've watched over Daniel when he was a kid.

[acarlgeek]

Thank you! I can see why you were so determined to get this chapter "right"! Great job. You DID get it "right". :-)

The feel and interplay of all the characters was wonderful, and I pumped air when you confirmed my deduction that Sha'uri had been referring to Cimmeria. :-) The only thing that gave me pause at all was "entering" the Hall of Mjolnir. I always assumed that the only physical opening was the "exit" beyond the Hammer (most reliable way to force a Goa'uld through the Hammer), and that people not beamed in would have to enter and exit through that Hammer. How do you envision the Asgard keeping Goa'uld from going out your front entrance? Another Hammer? Nit-picky-mind here is evidently not envisioning whatever you envisioned (and is now into some serious pondering).

Anyway, thanks for another terrific installment. Since you still have 11 chapters to go, I suspect that Jack is correct and Daniel WILL return to the SGC (or poor Skaara [and Sha'uri?] are in for MANY chapters of withdrawal).

[night_spear1287]

You're so right about Thor's Hammer! I can't believe I did that. I haven't watched the episode from season 1 in a while, and I remembered that Sam, Daniel, and Kendra came in an entrance and didn't end up in the Hammer right away--I guess I forgot about the part where Kendra says the magic words and opens the door to it...careless of me. I've tweaked it to fit, though, and I think it actually *does* fit this time, so thank you very much for catching that!

[acarlgeek]

You're very welcome! [Glad to be of service!] :-)

You're weaving a LOT of threads, so it's no surprise that one got temporarily tangled. I couldn't figure out how (or why) you had changed the configuration of the caves in your AU, and that's because you hadn't! :-) Your revision fits very nicely, indeed. My tired brain can stop pondering the imponderable, thank you. :-)

[sg_fignewton]

Oh, my Sha'uri. YES.

And Skaara! Skaara seeing Daniel as the kid brother that grew up. Saluting Jack, eee! HIs reactions to Daniel and Teal'c. His reactions to going home. Superb.

And back to Sha'uri, because YES that is the woman I adore - seizing the moment and remembering Cimmeria and getting there, and Sam, Sam is just awesome in how she stepped forward and knew exactly what Sha'uri needed. And Sha'uri trusting Teal'c, and just - just -

And then WHAM, suddenly faced with the question of where Daniel is going to be - all the nebulous what-ifs? suddenly staring him right in the face. Is there a reason why Hammond doesn't call it a few weeks of personal leave, to give him time to come to a real decision?

Jack trying not to say goodbye. Robert trying to keep busy. Oh, just fantastic.

This going down in my book as one of your best chapters ever!

[night_spear1287]

Yay! This was one of my big chapters.

I'm going to say that Hammond's calling it personal leave (and with that handy Stargate, phone calls from Abydos are easy :) ), but that they're all leaving it kind of up in the air for some indefinite period of time. I suppose the question is, then, what it will take to make that decision!

Thanks.