Potential, by Katie M. (G)
Show: Stargate SG-1
Rec Category: Pre-series
Characters: Daniel Jackson, original character
Het/Slash/Gen: Gen
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: katie_m
Author's Website: Katie's Stargate SG-1 Fanfic
Link: Potential
Why This Must Be Read: This fic is perfect for anyone who believes, as I do, that for all of Daniel's brilliance and intuitive thinking, he must have been the most frustrating student ever. :) Short and wry, with a lovely original character as narrator, Potential is delightfully Daniel in all his infuriating arrogance!
Sandra was as susceptible as the next teacher to the great rescue fantasy. She would be the one to come up with the brilliant technique that made this student or that one blossom, because after all, she was just that good. She'd never actually pulled it off in spectacular fashion-though she was getting better with the two or three girls in every class who seemed to think that a little showy helplessness with a test tube was a wonderful way to pick up boys-but she was positive that someday it had to happen. Or anyway, she kept telling herself so, because she had always found cynicism unattractive.
Daniel was the perfect subject for a rescue fantasy. "You know that he taught himself Ancient Greek for fun, don't you?" said his Latin teacher, eyes lighting up. She obviously adored him; Sandra didn't think she'd ever seen the woman so excited. "He's just so far ahead of the other students, you know, it's no surprise he's so reserved, but he's so motivated, such a thinker," she gushed.
Sandra thought that was encouraging. The feeling lasted until she corralled Daniel's old algebra teacher, who said "You know everything you say is going to go in one ear and out the other, right?" with a sour twist of the mouth.
Rec Category: Pre-series
Characters: Daniel Jackson, original character
Het/Slash/Gen: Gen
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: katie_m
Author's Website: Katie's Stargate SG-1 Fanfic
Link: Potential
Why This Must Be Read: This fic is perfect for anyone who believes, as I do, that for all of Daniel's brilliance and intuitive thinking, he must have been the most frustrating student ever. :) Short and wry, with a lovely original character as narrator, Potential is delightfully Daniel in all his infuriating arrogance!
Sandra was as susceptible as the next teacher to the great rescue fantasy. She would be the one to come up with the brilliant technique that made this student or that one blossom, because after all, she was just that good. She'd never actually pulled it off in spectacular fashion-though she was getting better with the two or three girls in every class who seemed to think that a little showy helplessness with a test tube was a wonderful way to pick up boys-but she was positive that someday it had to happen. Or anyway, she kept telling herself so, because she had always found cynicism unattractive.
Daniel was the perfect subject for a rescue fantasy. "You know that he taught himself Ancient Greek for fun, don't you?" said his Latin teacher, eyes lighting up. She obviously adored him; Sandra didn't think she'd ever seen the woman so excited. "He's just so far ahead of the other students, you know, it's no surprise he's so reserved, but he's so motivated, such a thinker," she gushed.
Sandra thought that was encouraging. The feeling lasted until she corralled Daniel's old algebra teacher, who said "You know everything you say is going to go in one ear and out the other, right?" with a sour twist of the mouth.