1. When the “evil Asgard”—and this was more evidence for Daniel that the Atlantis expedition needed courses in naming techniques—got him in yet another sticky situation. With Mckay. Oh yes, it was just the way of the ironic universe to let him survive the Milky Way seven, eight times, only to die with Mckay at his side.
2. He saw Vala, of all people, helpless and without a plan. He saw the flames rip through her and then watched how the Ori brought her back on a whim. So when it was their turn together, there was no hope in his mind that they could escape. Neither strength, nor reason, nor even luck could stand against the Ori—he was going to die in flames.
3. It was after a visit from the eleventh alternate reality where he wasn’t alive and Jack and Sam were together. The way those two were hinting towards something in this one, he was doomed.
4. Oma took on Anubis, and Daniel was left in complete and utter darkness, without consciousness or memories until he woke with a gasp in Jack’s office. But if one could be sure without thought, he had been certain his time was finally up.
5. He woke from a blindingly hot dream about Sha’re to find himself draped over Sam in their tent, murmuring words that were thankfully in another language, but whose meaning Sam had apparently guessed from the red in her cheeks. The embarrassment and shame burned hot in him, and he couldn’t tell if she was more uncomfortable or pitying, but when he excused himself to take a walk in the cool air, his gasping, dry-eyed cries of disappointment that it was only a dream made him think he was not long for the world.
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Five times Daniel thought he was going to die
Date: 2009-01-10 07:24 pm (UTC)2. He saw Vala, of all people, helpless and without a plan. He saw the flames rip through her and then watched how the Ori brought her back on a whim. So when it was their turn together, there was no hope in his mind that they could escape. Neither strength, nor reason, nor even luck could stand against the Ori—he was going to die in flames.
3. It was after a visit from the eleventh alternate reality where he wasn’t alive and Jack and Sam were together. The way those two were hinting towards something in this one, he was doomed.
4. Oma took on Anubis, and Daniel was left in complete and utter darkness, without consciousness or memories until he woke with a gasp in Jack’s office. But if one could be sure without thought, he had been certain his time was finally up.
5. He woke from a blindingly hot dream about Sha’re to find himself draped over Sam in their tent, murmuring words that were thankfully in another language, but whose meaning Sam had apparently guessed from the red in her cheeks. The embarrassment and shame burned hot in him, and he couldn’t tell if she was more uncomfortable or pitying, but when he excused himself to take a walk in the cool air, his gasping, dry-eyed cries of disappointment that it was only a dream made him think he was not long for the world.