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Paian ([personal profile] paian) wrote in [community profile] sg_five_things2007-09-18 08:53 am
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Prompt 28.01

Five true things about Sam Carter that she doesn't know about herself.


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(Anonymous) 2007-09-19 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
1. she's an anime fan. sam convinced herself that all of the manga she's collected is for the artwork only.
2. she's an ok cook. sam can't do anything fancy, but she makes a great tuna casserole.
3. sam's a pretty decent singer. her rendition of silent night at the sgc christmas party every year always left many people choked up.
4. she's a fairly competent fisherman (woman?) sam went on several fishing trips with jack for him to help with her "technique"
5. sam's can draw fairly well. she often has to sketch out plans for some component for whatever she's working on & no one has wondered what she was trying to put across.

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[identity profile] teaphile.livejournal.com 2007-10-02 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, exactly.

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[identity profile] tarimanveri.livejournal.com 2007-10-02 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
I really enjoyed all of these, but the first two in particular. I think you've really pinned down those two aspects of her character for me - the distinction you draw between Sam wanting to please her father and wanting to be her father (and the unrecognized tension that creates in her), and of course, Sam/Career OTP! Thanks!

[identity profile] niamaea.livejournal.com 2007-10-02 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
Sam as an anime fan really made me smile for some reason. And drawing! That's a very nice touch. Great list! :)

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[identity profile] niamaea.livejournal.com 2007-10-02 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
Wow, there's really a whole story in #1, and I wish there was more of it. Sam wanting to be her father is such a cool observation. And I love #5. (Space piracy, Sam!)

Really, these are just...gorgeous.

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[identity profile] jd-junkie.livejournal.com 2007-10-02 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
You've nailed Sam with all of these, but #2 she should print out, attach to her fridge door and remind herself that this is who she is and damn it, that's just fine.
Nice work. :-)

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[identity profile] lady-starrkaat.livejournal.com 2007-10-03 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
Very Sam. Very nice. I really enjoyed these.

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[identity profile] charmedstrange1.livejournal.com 2007-10-03 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
I love these and they all seem so true to Sam.

I wish the show writers could have figured out #'s 1 and 2, dammit. *g*

#3 makes me sad, that she is missing out on this joy for herself.

#4 makes me wistful about Jolinar, and is a cool and creepy thing, this hidden danger she was unaware of.

#5 is very happy-making in a teary way- because- Atlantis! Oh and I so hope it's all of that for Sam.

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[identity profile] jd-junkie.livejournal.com 2007-10-04 10:56 am (UTC)(link)
Personally, I'm a Carter/naquada reactor OTPer. She never looked at anyone or anything the way she looked at that baby ... ;-)
However, I could quite easily be a closet Carter/Amabssador Joe shipper. Somehow, they fitted really well. He respected her, as a woman and as a professional career-focused woman; they could have been happy, I'm sure. And on a perfectly shallow note, they looked great together.
Carter/Lee ... oh yeah...the sniping, the scientific pillow talk, the technobabble as sex ... someone needs to write it. :-)

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[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_minxy_/ 2007-10-05 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
Ooooooh, very nice. 1 and 2 particularly, and it feels like there might be more there. 5 I just like for the potential for glee. She's so cute when she gets to go fast, I love the idea that someday she'll find her place in the 'verse.

[identity profile] msbeata.livejournal.com 2007-10-06 10:20 am (UTC)(link)
Interesting ideas. ;-)

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[identity profile] msbeata.livejournal.com 2007-10-06 10:24 am (UTC)(link)
Your mind. It is so amazing.
ext_2207: (SG1 - Sam looks at Earth)

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[identity profile] abyssinia4077.livejournal.com 2007-10-08 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
oh, *wow*

I know you write Jack and Daniel the most but I love, love your Sam so very much.
Every one of those feels so completely true. I love the comparison with her parents - the wanting what she thinks should be normal, but not actually wanting it for her so much as thinking she should want it (Because. Yes.)
and all of them.

But number 5? Number 5....almost hurts in its trueness. Oh. SAM!
sid: (Sam smiling)

[personal profile] sid 2007-10-18 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Love #3. I'm the kind of person who does the choking up. :-)
sid: (Sam blue jello)

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[personal profile] sid 2007-10-18 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
#5: fingers crossed!

#4: I just have to wonder where you came up with the allergy idea? It stands out among the others since it has nothing to do with Sam's potential happiness, and it's just plain a cool concept. :-)

#3: This is something I often think of in musical terms. How many people never get exposed to the instrument that they could make sing?

#2: In a lot of ways, Sam's a by-the-book kinda gal. She could easily mislead herself about what she wants her life to look like.

#1: Wow, this is deep, and it all intertwines and branches out and confuzzles me. Maybe you'll spell it all out one day, like you've mentioned. I would so read that. :-)