Michael Shanks knows canon!

[fignewton]

This is the post I thought I would never EVER make, because I'm a character fan, not an actor fan. That is, I adore Daniel Jackson. Michael Shanks is just this nice guy who plays Daniel Jackson.

But I think I just became a Michael Shanks fan, because I followed a link on my flist to his current blog post. (Be aware: possible spoilers for future eps and the movies in these posts of his, including one for tonight that was vague enough not to bother me, but might bother others.) He complains that he and Ben Browder are rarely in a scene together - tonight's episode, apparently, is a rare exception.  And then I read this line and laughed. out. loud:

Maybe it's because the TPTB feel that the audience will become confused: I'm the one wearing the glasses; he's got the southern drawl (although, he's apparently from Kansas). Go figure.

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[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

I don't see it at all, either. But TPTB apparently worried about it enough to ask MS to grow his hair out for S9 so there should be a tangible difference between Daniel and Mitchell. When he politely pointed out that growing out one's hair takes quite a while, they settled for the "Furling Fuzz," as I've heard the beard called, instead.

As he himself says, one wears glasses, the other doesn't. Other than both having blue eyes and brown hair, I really don't see a similarity. Silly writers. :)