Also, this icon pleases me in my soul.

[sabinelagrande]

1. After much sojourning, I am home. Glorious home! It may interest you to note that I have the most comfortable bed in the entire universe

Comments

[leiascully]

Epithets are usually fail.

[sabinelagrande]

Instant fail: just add epithets!

[chaya]

Have you seen the 'lover' sketch on SNL? With Ferrell and Dratch? Oh my god it's exactly what you're talking about.

[sabinelagrande]

Yes! My god, that's all I can ever think of. Only my brain defaults to the iteration where Christopher Walken hosted, and they were all in the hot tub, and GOD SLASH WRITERS WHY YOU DO THIS.

[chaya]

CAN WE PLEASE MAKE A 'LOVER' MACRO

PLS PLS PLS

[sabinelagrande]

OH GOD YES

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT SHOULD SAY, BUT IT MUST EXIST.

[neevebrody]

And the epithet most commonly used for Daniel in Jack/Daniel stories, behind possibly "the younger man", is "the linguist."

Or "his scientist" - OMG, that one makes me almost physically ill. I've seen Rodney referred to the same way and usually when that happens, it's the back button for me. The fic might be good, but I just can't get past poorly used epithets.

[sabinelagrande]

I can handle "his scientist" (or even "the linguist") if it's in, like, action-y narration, because I could totally see John- or Jack- thinking that way about Rodney or Daniel whilst in the field. But people always seem to keep using it when they're in bed! Talk about a mood killer.

[half_elf_lost]

Nasssssssssty epithets.

And basically any words John might use to explain love, sex, or his boyfriend with too much description make me laugh. There are a number of folks out there who Mary Sue poor John and it's hilarious.

[ariadne83]

Epithets, I hate them. Outside of Homer, that is.