So what's next?

[fignewton]

I'll be going on a bit of a hiatus for a while; I'll be completely offline from September 12th for twelve days or so, then only sporadically online for another two weeks after that. I don't be back to normal (well, normal for me, anyway) until October 7th or 8th.

I do hope to have another Canon vs. Fanon essay ready to post in that week that I get back, although I'm making no promises! I have working drafts on three different subjects at the moment, so I thought you might enjoy the chance to choose which one will be next.

I'll leave the poll running through September; I probably won't have time to work on anything before October, anyway. If you're sufficiently interested in the Canon vs. Fanon series to actually care what happens next - or if you just like taking polls :) - here's your chance to vote on it!

[Poll #1052552]

If you have favorite (or non-favorite!) fanon tidbits that you'd like to see included in the topics listed here, or suggestions for future canon vs. fanon essays, feel free to add them to the comments.

Comments

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

Oh, come now. Daniel is definitely a geek. Just not a clumsy, sneezy one that always loses his glasses. :)

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Absolutely he's a geek. I wouldn't love him even a tenth as much as I do if he weren't. But the Geek Archetype is how a lot of people perceive smart, book-loving characters in stories and so we get the clumsy, sneezy Daniel despite what is actually on the screen. I think the movie Daniel drew more heavily on this archetype than the show, to be honest, and there's some truth in "first impressions." But so powerful is the archetype and that first glimpse of Daniel that 10 years of evidence to quite the opposite of sneezy and clumsy is not enough to overturn it. I find that fascinating.

I am eager to read your thoughts, no matter which subject you choose, but the Daniel articles will always get my vote because I adore Daniel to tiny little pieces. :)

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

Absolutely he's a geek. I wouldn't love him even a tenth as much as I do if he weren't.

Oh, word! And it's interesting that, as you say, it's the stereotype of Spader!Daniel that seems to have dug into fanfic writers' consciousness. It accounts for all the people writing Daniel with blond hair instead of brown, I suppose.

I adore Daniel to tiny little pieces. :)

Hee! My kind of woman. :)

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

I'm looking forward to your discussion of the false image of Daniel. :)

I tend to think of Daniel as having dark blond/light brown hair. It is light brown on its own but with a little sunlight, I think it gets blond and even some reddish blond highlights. But the SG-1 Daniel certainly isn't a blond, per se.