1. Watched Star Wars - he had no idea where Teal'c was or who he was in this crazy reality, but he watch the movies he had seen a hundred times to remember team nights over the years and the alien who had become one of his closest friends.
2. Bought the Star Wars scripts - when watching The Empire Strikes Back he found a minor difference in the dialog, which thanks to Teal'c he knew by heart. It was one of a very few things that was different. Daniels research revealed that the dialogue he recalled was in the script, but had been altered during recording. He spent weeks researching all the cast and crew lists for familiar names without success. It probably wasn't meaningful, but somehow Teal'c belief that Star wars was a allegory for the defeat of the Goul'd even the minor change felt like a bad omen.
3. Made s'mores - The first s'mores Daniel had ate were in 1969. Not the 1969 he spent as a child in Egypt but during SG1s trip back in time. Jack had reacted with mock horror at Daniels supposed s'more deprivation at the time and they had gone through bags of marshmallows of a late night by the camp fire. S'mores were Daniel's time travel/ alternate reality comfort food.
4. Taught himself basic computer programming - he was not allowed to work or study languages at all according to his handler - and in the first few weeks Daniel thought this restriction would drive him crazy, until he decided that programming language could fill that gap. While learning he planned the pranks he could play on Jack and have the blame fall on Sam, at some time when the Universe had been corrected. Planning pranks on Jack meant he wasn't dead, or a total stranger.
5. Physical therapy - he's been injured enough in the last ten years that the demands of recovery are familiar, the physical therapist is surprised, and a little too disappointed he thinks, when Daniel needs very little bullying to push his body to the limits needed for muscle regeneration. But it's different this time, his team is not here joking and bribing him to finish faster. At his worst, it feels like there is no reason to recover, it's not like he will be able to go through the gate like this and even if he could, there isn't a program to go with. But he doesn't give up, he spent too long on SG1 to do that, the philosophy that if you can't resolve a situation, then sit tight and be ready to fight like hell when something changes feels as much a part of his personality as his language skills or his love of learning.
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2. Bought the Star Wars scripts - when watching The Empire Strikes Back he found a minor difference in the dialog, which thanks to Teal'c he knew by heart. It was one of a very few things that was different. Daniels research revealed that the dialogue he recalled was in the script, but had been altered during recording. He spent weeks researching all the cast and crew lists for familiar names without success. It probably wasn't meaningful, but somehow Teal'c belief that Star wars was a allegory for the defeat of the Goul'd even the minor change felt like a bad omen.
3. Made s'mores - The first s'mores Daniel had ate were in 1969. Not the 1969 he spent as a child in Egypt but during SG1s trip back in time. Jack had reacted with mock horror at Daniels supposed s'more deprivation at the time and they had gone through bags of marshmallows of a late night by the camp fire. S'mores were Daniel's time travel/ alternate reality comfort food.
4. Taught himself basic computer programming - he was not allowed to work or study languages at all according to his handler - and in the first few weeks Daniel thought this restriction would drive him crazy, until he decided that programming language could fill that gap. While learning he planned the pranks he could play on Jack and have the blame fall on Sam, at some time when the Universe had been corrected. Planning pranks on Jack meant he wasn't dead, or a total stranger.
5. Physical therapy - he's been injured enough in the last ten years that the demands of recovery are familiar, the physical therapist is surprised, and a little too disappointed he thinks, when Daniel needs very little bullying to push his body to the limits needed for muscle regeneration. But it's different this time, his team is not here joking and bribing him to finish faster. At his worst, it feels like there is no reason to recover, it's not like he will be able to go through the gate like this and even if he could, there isn't a program to go with. But he doesn't give up, he spent too long on SG1 to do that, the philosophy that if you can't resolve a situation, then sit tight and be ready to fight like hell when something changes feels as much a part of his personality as his language skills or his love of learning.