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I first heard the news late last night, and it's been officially confirmed by the time I woke up this morning: Don S. Davis died of a heart attack at the age of 65 on June 29th.
Don brought General George Hammond vividly to life for us, creating one of fandom's favorite supporting characters. Hammond knew how to walk the line of his orders and still get the job done, how to inspire his people to the best of their abilities (and beyond), how to "stand and wait" in all its agonizing pemutations - except, of course, for the times when he didn't, and he stepped into the line of fire for the sake of those under his command.
I'd considered making a tribute post here, but my marvelous co-mod![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
aurora_novarum beat me to it, and with infinitely more style. Go here for Redial's tribute to George, and leave your own comments.
Meanwhile,izhilzha suggested we have Hammond Alphabet Soup sometime. I love the idea, and my immediate reaction was, "It's too bad we can't do this for next week's Gen Fic Day." And then I wondered: maybe we can?
The Alphabet Soup series started as a birthday gift toabyssinia4077, and that first one was put together in three days. We limited the word count from 100-200 words then, although of course some of us went over that limit. :) But if we could do it then, maybe we can also do it now - even with Teal'c Alphabet Soup already simmering in so many authors' muses.
So, a quick poll: Should we try and pull together a Hammond Alphabet Soup by a week from today, as a tribute to a character we all love and the man who made that character so loveable?
( Hammond Alphabet Soup poll )
Don brought General George Hammond vividly to life for us, creating one of fandom's favorite supporting characters. Hammond knew how to walk the line of his orders and still get the job done, how to inspire his people to the best of their abilities (and beyond), how to "stand and wait" in all its agonizing pemutations - except, of course, for the times when he didn't, and he stepped into the line of fire for the sake of those under his command.
I'd considered making a tribute post here, but my marvelous co-mod
aurora_novarum beat me to it, and with infinitely more style. Go here for Redial's tribute to George, and leave your own comments.Meanwhile,
izhilzha suggested we have Hammond Alphabet Soup sometime. I love the idea, and my immediate reaction was, "It's too bad we can't do this for next week's Gen Fic Day." And then I wondered: maybe we can?The Alphabet Soup series started as a birthday gift to
abyssinia4077, and that first one was put together in three days. We limited the word count from 100-200 words then, although of course some of us went over that limit. :) But if we could do it then, maybe we can also do it now - even with Teal'c Alphabet Soup already simmering in so many authors' muses.So, a quick poll: Should we try and pull together a Hammond Alphabet Soup by a week from today, as a tribute to a character we all love and the man who made that character so loveable?
( Hammond Alphabet Soup poll )
