ETA Set 12 (Themed Round: Daniel) Prompt Compilation:

12.01 Daniel's first five languages.

12.02 Five things Daniel left on Abydos.

12.03 Five things Daniel misses about having long hair.

12.04 Five Goa'uld that Daniel wishes he'd had the chance to meet.

12.05 Five things Daniel touched that thrilled him.

12.06 Five laws Daniel broke.

12.07 Five things Daniel does when he can't sleep.

12.08 Five critical mistakes Daniel has made in translation.

12.09 Five ways Daniel improves Atlantis.

12.10 Five ways Daniel Jackson didn't die.




Five ways Daniel Jackson didn't die.


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From: [identity profile] vain-glorious.livejournal.com


5. Of assorted natural causes at the age of 84.

Sweet River was a wonderful assisted living/retirement community in central Colorado. It had state of the art geriatric care, friendly staff, apartments with big windows, and several amenities like a well-stocked library and a big indoor pool.

Daniel selected it because of the library, for the most part. He also knew several retired West coast scholars had chosen to live their last years here, and he hoped to have some intellectual conversations in his old age.

Macular degeneration claimed his eyesight, though, so he never got to use that library as much as he’d planned. He liked the pool, though; swimming kept him fit and wasn’t as hard on his arthritic joints as other forms of exercise.

He got the Do Not Resuscitate order when he was 74, but they didn’t have to use it until ten years later. The highly trained medical staff didn’t do anything when his heart stopped and Oma ushered him out of this life for the final time.

Less than a day passed, and the late Daniel Jackson’s possessions were packed into a cardboard crate for collection by his next of kin. His neighbors had expected his most common visitor, his grown blonde niece, to come settle his affairs. They were a bit surprised by who carried the sizeable box out of the apartment. No one knew how Daniel was related to the enormous aged Black man who didn’t take his hat off indoors and shouldered the crate with one arm and no effort.

From: [identity profile] piratefanatic.livejournal.com


Wow. Loved your entire list. For all that these are Didn't Happen scenarios, they're all still heartbreaking. Much love.

From: [identity profile] niamaea.livejournal.com


Wow - these all packed absolutely devastating punches. I loved them all, but that least paragraph of #5 -- lovely.

What a fantastic take on the prompt! Thanks for posting them.
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