Prompt 12.10 (Themed Round: Daniel) (and Set 12 Compilation)

[paian]

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.

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Five ways Daniel Jackson didn't die.


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Comments

[6beforelunch.livejournal.com]

Five ways Daniel Jackson didn't die

1. Daniel didn't die when Carrie Goldstein agreed to go as his date to Homecoming and then wandered off to make out with Jake Lewis. He still thinks death would have been preferable to standing there dateless and conspicuous for three hours because he was too embarrassed to call his foster parents to come pick him up.

2. Daniel didn't die when his new "friends" convinced him to drink an entire bottle of vodka. One case of alcohol poisoning later, his desire to hang out with the popular kids was well and truly dead.

3. Daniel didn't die when he went through sarcophagus withdrawal. He just really, really wanted to for a while.

4. Daniel didn't die when Replicator-Carter stabbed him. There's a part of him that's a little annoyed with Oma for ascending him again, he thinks he's earned his rest by now.

5. Daniel didn't die with the rest of his team in Ancient Egypt. He'll never completely forgive them for that.

[paian]

Great list! Neat how the spectrum of emotion changes gradually from one to the next. And #5 ... yeah. Ow. #4 is intriguing! A Daniel who's so tired, at that point, that part of him really does kinda wish he could just rest, and resents what keeps him from resting.

[6beforelunch.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I think Daniel keeps going because survival instinct is just that strong, but I also think he doesn't fear death. He just sees it as the time when he won't have to fight anymore.

[starglyph.livejournal.com]

Very well done. #1 is so touching. There are a lot of young Daniel mentions in this Daniel themed round.

[6beforelunch.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I'm glad you liked them. :)

[niamaea.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I love the gradual shift in tone on these.

Loved them all, but 4 was a really interesting take on how Daniel might have felt about that, that I really liked, and 5...yeah.

[6beforelunch.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm glad they worked. :)

[dhae_knight_1]

#5 is so sad. And I *do* wonder how he'd survive with the other team.

[6beforelunch.livejournal.com]

Thanks! #5 is actually the first one I thought of. I can imagine he'd be angry with them for leaving him, even as he knows that doesn't make sense.

[ducks-in-a-row.livejournal.com]

#5 is so true, and I don't blame Daniel a bit.

[6beforelunch.livejournal.com]

The thought of him alone in Ancient Egypt is just...ow. I think he'd be a little bitter that he had to keep going without them even if it wasn't really their fault.

[tresa-cho.livejournal.com]

Awww, #5.

[6beforelunch.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :)