Cookiefic: The Importance of Past and Future

[sg_fignewton]

Title: The Importance of Past and Future
Author: Fig Newton (sg_fignewton)
Rating: PG
Pairing: Daniel/Sha're
Word Count: ~1,300
Categories: Daniel, episode related, character study, angst
Summary: Memories of a future decision haunt Daniel in the past.
Warnings: references to canonical character deaths
Disclaimer: None of them are mine. They all belong to their

Comments

[shutthef_up]

Oh, a very nice introspective Daniel fic! I love it! It must have been a real brain twister to write!

I really like how you've given Daniel the gift (or curse) of seeing both his future and past in this way. Very sobering and painful, yet not completely dark.

Yeah, all that would really mess with your head and you've handled it really well here!

Thanks!

And yes, it's perfectly fine to spam your own LJ! ;)

[sg_fignewton]

Thank you! :)

The real problem was giving anyone a philosophy that fit the prompt. Abydos seemed to be the only thing that might work.

And yes, poor Daniel. I think Moebius was the cruellest whumping TPTB ever inflicted on him.

Thanks for reading!

[sg_fignewton]

Oh, yes, both Daniels. Seems unfair that AU Daniel didn't get to come back to life even once.

Thanks for letting me know you liked this. :)

[aurora_novarum]

Wow! What an initial entry!

I didn't expect the Moebius twist *sniff*, but it really added an amazing gravitas to the decisions of the past and fate, and aw...[grabs kleenex myself]

That was wonderful, fig! I loved Daniel's weighing the consequences of the kleenex box. And Skaara's excitement. And Sha're's grounding presence.

Fantastic! :-D

[sg_fignewton]

I built backwards from the Moebius twist, actually. As soon as I got the prompt, I knew that's what I wanted - Daniel and the bitter irony. Then I had to figure out what to be ironic about. :)

Thanks for your enthusiastic endorsement! :)

[eve11]

First fic, and wow. I have such a soft spot for Pre-series Daniel and Sha're. And now I'm crying. The twist in the last four paragraphs hit home and just made my poor heart ache for Daniel. Wonderfully done.

[sg_fignewton]

Oh, I adore Daniel and Sha're. I'm so glad it made the impact I'd hoped it would.

Thank you!

[abyssinia4077]

You committed Fic! And it is lovely.

I really like Skaara's excitement at the contact with O'Neill and *really* like Daniel pondering over the Kleenex - the description of the box and the way what was once so familiar has become so alien.

This is sweet and sad and thinky and wonderful.

[sg_fignewton]

You committed Fic!

Well, it's a first offense in this fandom, if that helps. :)

I'm glad you liked the Daniel/Kleenex bit, because that was one of my favorite details, too - touching a piece of Earth after so long, and finding it strange.

Thanks for your kind words. :)

[abyssinia4077]

Well, if it's a first offense I suppose we can let it pass this once :) I'm actually finishing up my own first offense anyway...

I think what really worked for the Kleenex was the almost clinical and scientific way he observed and described it - as though it were some artifact he uncovered and not an object he had all his life. I love the idea of familiar things being foreign after he's lived elsewhere and thought he had to give up the past for good.

[aurora_novarum]

Bwah ha ha. Corrupting you all! :-D