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Fic: Drifting Back to Life (OT3)

Jun 10, 2006 16:33

Okay, so I wrote this fic for katcorvi's birthday way back in April, and then I emailed it to her and forgot about it for a while. Like Buffalo, I felt sort of hesitant about it somehow, but when I gave it time and then went back and read it, I ended up liking it a lot. Odd ( Read more... )

fic: stargate sg-1 - sam/jack/daniel

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Sorry this is so long. minorhank June 10 2006, 23:30:51 UTC

Reading this and watching a couple episodes last night and thinking about it, I realised I like my OT3 all angsty. And, to be honest, where it really isn't the best thing for either Jack or Daniel (but especially Daniel). Or sth. I don't know. I haven't fully thought this out, because I'm still resisting the draw of OT3, so I pretend to just read it because of the writers writing it.

So, yes, regarding the fic, I liked it... but I almost prefer it without the ending - nothing wrong with your ending! It's good! And I did enjoy it, but if it were me... I don't know what I would have done, actually. Maybe made Jack see Daniel, but not say anything to Sam. And then Daniel would be all angsty in his car.

But I really enjoyed everything, despite my preference for the ending. I love fics that show a real progression, especially when they tie into canon a bit. :)

On an only marginally related note, I just rewatched 'Menace' and the eye sex S and D have is amazing in one of the scenes where Daniel's talking to Reese. Not really related, ( ... )

Re: Sorry this is so long. surreallis June 11 2006, 00:36:33 UTC

Ooh, now I want to watch Menace tonight and then discuss with you ( ... )

Re: Sorry this is so long. minorhank June 11 2006, 00:44:25 UTC

Okay, I'm totally about to head out the door, but I just wanted to say I will be thinking about my response to this. I don't really just want to slap something down, because your questions honestly have me questioning my own preferences and the why's, etc. It's probably sad I'll be standing around in a club/bar with mates and this will be on my mind, for at least part of the night. Or the hour drive to Akron. Whatever.

So I will respond tomorrow with something hopefully vaguely thinky. :)

Re: Sorry this is so long. surreallis June 11 2006, 00:48:36 UTC

Excellent! Thank you!

And you'll get no sympathy from me about thinking about Stargate while standing in a bar. I do it far too much myself to not be a bit pleased that someone else has the same problem. :p

Re: Sorry this is so long. minorhank June 13 2006, 02:44:13 UTC

Okay. I'm finally responding now. :) With nothing very thinky, unfortunately.

Do you feel that the fic ended a bit prematurely? Was the happy ending too quick?

I think, yeah, maybe if it had been a bit longer it would have allowed for a better resolution - or "better" for me, I mean. (I want to put emphasis on the fact it's fine as it is! I'm just silly!) It would have afforded a little more tension and such as Daniel shifted back in, which would have appeased my angst monkeys. (Angst monkeys? First thing that came to mind.) It took them a while and quite a bit of uncertainty/apprehension/whatever to get there, so I guess a fair amount to get back would be good.

Or maybe I just like to see Daniel struggle a bit. (I never thought I was one of those people, hehe, but I guess it's just irresistible.)

Or is it really that you would have just preferred it to be a bit more fucked up and for it to end on a sad note? Of course, this could just as easily appeal to me. Or, well, maybe not. I don't really necessarily like a story to end on a ( ... )

Re: Sorry this is so long. surreallis June 13 2006, 20:08:26 UTC

Well, everything is useful though, even if you aren't sure *how* you feel about a story or what to offer in way of criticism. Just telling me honestly how it makes you feel is really valuable to me because I have a certain notion in my head of how I want the story to come off, and seeing if that really matches up with how readers are interpreting things is useful, you know? There's been several times when I thought I was writing one story, only to find when people started commenting that I'd really written something else entirely. Not that that's always bad, but it makes me think about what I'm doing. I'm not always careful with my words or my metaphors or finding a theme and sticking with it ( ... )

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