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Yes, yes, I know it's been over seven months. You can all stop sniggering, okay.
Welcome to this rather belated installment of Canon vs. Fanon! Sit down, have a leisurely read, pull up a keyboard and get ready to discuss. :)
The purpose of these essays is to explore canon issues, contrast them with common fanon usage, and determine how far fanon strays from canon. Canon is defined as anything directly shown during Stargate: The Movie, episodes of the show, and the SG-1 movies; show supersedes the original movie when there's a contradiction. (Jack having brown eyes instead of blue ones, or his son being named "Charlie" instead of "Tyler.") Fanon is defined as widely-accepted concepts that appear in fanfic, but do not have any real basis in canon.
There are varying degrees of fanon, and these essays have touched on all types. Some fanon is completely unsupported by canon; some is actually contradicted by canon; and some is only a question of emphasis or degree. The point is not to condemn authors who use fanon, or even to suggest that there is something wrong with extrapolation of common plotlines. I am not a canon purist, even though I usually prefer it! The purpose is simply to reach an understanding of what is and isn't canon. Once the facts and conclusions are presented, you are welcome to argue them, agree them, or ignore them completely -- the choice is entirely up to you. :) I conclude each essay with my personal opinion, which is not canonical at all.
If you're new to the Canon vs. Fanon series, you can read older entries via the tags or the LJ Index. Please be aware that now that SG-1 is closed canon, I am no longer warning for spoilers.
This is the second edition of off-world fanon, and there will be at least once more -- there's just too much material! Last time, we discussed the dearth of primitive natives, prisons, fear of Teal'c, and Daniel's supposed defense of a Goa'uld's host. This time, we will be examining the team's sleeping patterns and the regular fanon tropes that relate to them.
Fanfic is often set off-world for the same reason the Stargate itself makes such an excellent stage prop: the possibilities are limited only by the writer's imagination. It's only reasonable for authors to create scenarios that advance the drama. So we have two-man tents and Jack waking up Black-Ops dangerous and Daniel (or others) routinely suffering nightmares and three-day-long (or more) missions and Daniel automatically calling for Jack when he awakens.
Some of these happened once or twice. Some never happened at all. And some are true, but only under very specific circumstances.
We'll start with the minor tropes first and work our way up the big canon contradiction in stages.
( 'Jack!' )
( The dangers of waking a Black Ops-trained colonel. )
( Nightmares )
( Tents, two-man or otherwise )
( Long-term missions )
( Personal fanon opinion )
"Anyway, I'm sorry, but that just happens to be the way that I feel about it. What do you think?"
To keep discussion to a single entry, I welcome your comments here.
Welcome to this rather belated installment of Canon vs. Fanon! Sit down, have a leisurely read, pull up a keyboard and get ready to discuss. :)
The purpose of these essays is to explore canon issues, contrast them with common fanon usage, and determine how far fanon strays from canon. Canon is defined as anything directly shown during Stargate: The Movie, episodes of the show, and the SG-1 movies; show supersedes the original movie when there's a contradiction. (Jack having brown eyes instead of blue ones, or his son being named "Charlie" instead of "Tyler.") Fanon is defined as widely-accepted concepts that appear in fanfic, but do not have any real basis in canon.
There are varying degrees of fanon, and these essays have touched on all types. Some fanon is completely unsupported by canon; some is actually contradicted by canon; and some is only a question of emphasis or degree. The point is not to condemn authors who use fanon, or even to suggest that there is something wrong with extrapolation of common plotlines. I am not a canon purist, even though I usually prefer it! The purpose is simply to reach an understanding of what is and isn't canon. Once the facts and conclusions are presented, you are welcome to argue them, agree them, or ignore them completely -- the choice is entirely up to you. :) I conclude each essay with my personal opinion, which is not canonical at all.
If you're new to the Canon vs. Fanon series, you can read older entries via the tags or the LJ Index. Please be aware that now that SG-1 is closed canon, I am no longer warning for spoilers.
This is the second edition of off-world fanon, and there will be at least once more -- there's just too much material! Last time, we discussed the dearth of primitive natives, prisons, fear of Teal'c, and Daniel's supposed defense of a Goa'uld's host. This time, we will be examining the team's sleeping patterns and the regular fanon tropes that relate to them.
Fanfic is often set off-world for the same reason the Stargate itself makes such an excellent stage prop: the possibilities are limited only by the writer's imagination. It's only reasonable for authors to create scenarios that advance the drama. So we have two-man tents and Jack waking up Black-Ops dangerous and Daniel (or others) routinely suffering nightmares and three-day-long (or more) missions and Daniel automatically calling for Jack when he awakens.
Some of these happened once or twice. Some never happened at all. And some are true, but only under very specific circumstances.
We'll start with the minor tropes first and work our way up the big canon contradiction in stages.
( 'Jack!' )
( The dangers of waking a Black Ops-trained colonel. )
( Nightmares )
( Tents, two-man or otherwise )
( Long-term missions )
( Personal fanon opinion )
"Anyway, I'm sorry, but that just happens to be the way that I feel about it. What do you think?"
To keep discussion to a single entry, I welcome your comments here.
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