Prompt 12.06 (Themed Round: Daniel)

[paian]

Five laws Daniel broke.


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[6beforelunch.livejournal.com]

Five laws Daniel broke

1. The speed limit

He broke a lot of laws the night Cassie called to say that she'd gone to this party and her friends had ditched her and this guy was making her really uncomfortable and she couldn't get in touch with of Jack or Sam or her mom and could Daniel please come get her, like, right now. He blew six red lights and went fifty-two in a thirty-five. Then, when he got there, and found Cassie struggling to get away from a drunk college student...well. It's a good thing Jack plays poker with the local cops, because if it had happened off world, Jack would have just nodded approvingly when he decked the guy, but the civilian authorities call that sort of thing misdemeanor assault.

2. The laws of statistical probability

Beating back the Goa'uld once against overwhelming odds he could deal with. Coming back from the dead once, maybe even twice, he could accept. But after they more or less completely wiped out an enemy that had superior numbers, technology, and fire power...after Daniel survived certain death so much that it became a joke...

Deep down, Daniel is pretty sure they're going to lose this battle with the Ori. You can only play the odds for so long before the odds come back to bite you.

3. The law of gravity

"Carter."

"Sir?"

"Why is Daniel on the ceiling?"

"Localized anti-gravity field."

"...Okay. I'm going to the commissary. Bring you anything?"

"Jello."

"Hey, Sam, think I can drink coffee like this?"

"...Let's find out!"

(The answer was no. The cleaning staff never did figure out how Major Carter got coffee all the way up there.)

4. The Law of Ra

It's called a lot of different things, actually, but Daniel always thinks of it as the Law of Ra. It's the first law of every Goa'uld occupied world and says that anyone denying the divinity of the Goa'uld will be killed. Daniel breaks that law a lot, though not quite as often as Jack and Teal'c.

5. Section 72; subsection 5 the Kelownan penal code

Section 72; subsection 5 of the Kelownan penal code deals with the unauthorized use of weapons on government property. To be fair, Daniel didn't know he was breaking the law when he shot out the observation window, but then he wouldn't have cared anyway.

[whimsicalwhims.livejournal.com]

Number two gave me chills and number three made me laugh. Thanks for sharing!

[6beforelunch.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :) I'm glad you liked them.

[(Anonymous)]

2 was brilliant, I have to say. It's like that moment, in Origin, when he says that he's scared... Thank you for that. And I liked the way you did 1.

Dunvi

[6beforelunch.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Daniel seems darker in seasons 9 and 10 and I think it's because deep down he doesn't think they can pull off another miracle and beat back the Ori. I have much love for that final scene in Origin.

[niamaea.livejournal.com]

I really love number one - because I love any mention of Cassie, and also because I love sensing them staying involved in her life. Three is very, very funny; four and five are spot on. And two - eep!

Nicely done. :)

[6beforelunch.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :) I always think of Daniel, Teal'c, and Jack as protective older uncles. Anyone who tries to hurt her when they're around is in for it.

[dhae_knight_1]

#5 gives me the ouchies...

[6beforelunch.livejournal.com]

Me too, actually. That whole sequence from Meridian breaks me.

Thanks for the feedback. :)