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.

Comments

[6beforelunch.livejournal.com]

I think the relationship between Cam and Daniel is vague enough that a viewer can read it in several ways. As MS said in his blog, TPTB have been wary of putting Cam and Daniel in the same room together, so we don't get a whole lot of interaction between them. I've seen writers spin it as borderline antagonistic and, you know, a good writer can make me buy that for the space of their story because the canon isn't very well defined when it comes to their relationship.

That said, the moments you mentioned--the basketball game, the end of Ethon, etc.--strike me as hinting to a deep, if sometimes uncertain, affection. I tends to read a quirky friendship into the blank spaces that canon left us, but YMMV. :)