Ficathon updates, and new membership in DWA!

[fignewton]

My sg1teamficathon entry is finally, finally sent off to my marvelous beta. Currently just shy of 8,000 words, although I suspect that by the time Random finishes pointing out a myriad of problems, it’s going to be a whole lot shorter.

 

No time to breathe easy, though, because I also signed up for the sg_ep_ficathon, and that actually goes live at the end of this week. I’m about 1,000 words or so into that one, and I hope to be finished before the November 16^th deadline.

 

Except that… um. Well. ::shuffles feet::

 

I resisted through five SG-1 stories. I’ve embarrassed Daniel. I’ve given him lots of angst. I’ve given him ethical dilemmas. I saddled him with a hangover. He even gets searched very pointedly in my sg1teamficathon story (if this inspired it, my subconscious didn’t tell me!). But aside from the odd scrape or two, I never actually hurt Daniel.

 

…Until now, with story number six.

 

::sighs::

 

So, where do I sign up for Daniel Whumpers Anonymous? Because I’m not sure if it makes things better or worse that I not only whumped him, but I made it a plot point.

 

What is it about Daniel that makes whumping him so irresistable? I’m not talking about cuddling Saint Daniel while he stifles his whimpers of pain, or the team holding his hands in shifts in the infirmary while he valiantly fights for his life, or even the shippy kind of whumping, which is aimed more for the shippy comfort afterwards. Asking as a gen girl who loves a tough, capable Daniel, why is it so much fun to whump him?

 

It can’t just be the pretty. Or the hair.

 

C’mon, people. Try and handwave this one. :)

(And my apologies if you've commented in the last week or so and I didn't get back to you. My notifications have been a bit spotty, and these last days have been insane.)

ETA: And now with added inspired fic! Untitled Whumping Humor, by 6beforelunch. Because SG-1 knows they're insane. :)

Comments

[abyssinia4077.livejournal.com]

Ha!
I'm physically whumping him for the first time (I think) in my teamfic!

*joins arm with you in "first time for everything" camp*

(and I don't know why, but, yes, yes it is)
I won't even try to handwave.

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

Whoo! Daniel-whumping is contagious!

I won't even try to handwave.

And you call yourself an SG-1 fan?! Shame! :)

[abyssinia4077.livejournal.com]

He does get whumped fairly often in canon to label him as a good whumpee (yes, I've seen canon vs. fanon - yes, other characters get whumped plenty).

As someone said below, I think there is something to him being the civilian - it's an extra layer of "loss of innocence" and...I don't know. Honestly, reading, I know I have a H/C soft spot and thus a whumping soft spot but that's for pretty much all the characters (less so Teal'c for some reason...)

There. handwave enough for you? :)

(but, remember, I'm the one who's always trying to find a real reason instead of handwaving?)

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

less so Teal'c for some reason...

I think because for Teal'c to get hurt, he REALLY requires major whumping. And that can raise a red flag for someone who doesn't want to overdo the violence.

Yes, poor Daniel does get whumped with rather alarming regularity. But he keeps bouncing up, yay!

And the handwave scold was a joke, ya know. :)

[abyssinia4077.livejournal.com]

Exactly. With the symbiote and all Teal'c whumping almost doesn't work (though I did spend a lot of the S9 and S10 yelling at the tv to Please Stop Torturing Teal'c Already Thank You (in the one where Mitchell had to pretend to torture him and Teal'c punched the guy and said he was tired of being tortured I felt VERY vindicated))

Exactly. Also...Daniel has a stronger disconnect to his physical body than the other members of SG-1 do (um, I'm not sure about Vala because she is freakishly complicated, but the rest for sure) and I wonder if there is also something there. He bounces up and he...he just isn't going to let physical restraints stop him.

(also...he...he's stoic about. If Jack is hurt (and it's safe) he loudly and vocally lets you know it. Daniel doesn't hide it but he....deals. It's interesting.)

I know! But I figured I still had to prove I could earn my handwave card :)

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

Daniel doesn't hide it but he....deals. It's interesting.

Hm. I like that. Very thinky.

And WORD to poor Teal'c in S10. It was like he became The Girl (tm) and that was just... ridiculous. :p