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(Back! ::hugs fandom:: I leave for five days and return to find SGA canceled and the Boys at Bridge going for less than the lowest common denominator for their upcoming franchise. That about covers it, I think?)
I get to recap Forever in a Day for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
redial_the_gate this week (here's the link for that). But I couldn't stuff everything into the recap - as it is, it's longer and rather more snark-free than the average Redial recap, because FIAD is so beautifully and intricately detailed that there's really very little I could skip. So here are some thoughts on Sha're, and on Teal'c and Daniel, which probably doesn't surprise anybody. :)
Sha're is such an amazing woman. I've said this many times before: I adore her not for Daniel's sake, but her own. In this case, though, the focus is on what Sha're does for Daniel, and her selfless love is just another factor of her awesomeness.
First, consider what Sha're knows. She's aware of Teal'c standing there, about to fire his staff weapon. (Why else would she include that fact in the vision?) She knows she's going to die. She loves her son despite his parentage, and she wants him to be part of the struggle against the demon that took away her love and her soul and, ultimately, her life. She has only seconds to channel her message through to Daniel before it's too late. And yet what does she do? First she makes sure that Daniel will be able to emotionally recover - that he will accept her death, go on with his life, remain at the SGC, have the support of his teammates and his friendship with Teal'c - and then, only after she knows he'll recover, does she tell him where to find the harcesis. Teal'c might have fired before she had time to get her message across, but she still waits and ensures Daniel's emotional stability first.
So, the pattern of the resets goes like this:
1. Sha're gives Daniel the vision of her death. Daniel rejects the possibility - "Why didn't you leave her behind for the Jaffa to take to the sarcophagus?" - and rejects Teal'c: "You should have waited longer!" Absolute despair.
2. Reset. Sha're alive, sitting at his bedside. Oh, yes, the Tok'ra revived her! Happily ever after, right? No.
3. Reset. This time, Daniel accepts the reality that Sha're is going to die. However, he utterly rejects Teal'c and resigns from the SGC.
4. Reset. Sha're appears in his bed and urges him to return to his travels through the Chappa'ai. She tells him, for the first time, that the boy needs to be found - but insists that he first forgive Teal'c. "Because he killed you." "Yes." Death completely accepted, as Daniel states it clearly even as Sha're is there with him, and the possibility of returning to the SGC and forgiving Teal'c is first suggested.
(On a side note, I always imagined that Daniel purchased that large bed in an anticipation of hope, that he would get Sha're back and she would share it with him - and that's why, in S7, when he's had to refurnish his house after descension, he only has that little bed - he knows he's not getting her back.)
5. Reset. The funeral. Teal'c isn't there, but the rest of SG-1 is: Daniel is allowing his friends into his circle. Kasuf sends him to Sha're, who tells him, "Daniel, you must forgive Teal'c." She then offers more about the child, emphasizing the need of a quest to recover the harcesis. But when Daniel asks how, Sha're won't tell him - he hasn't forgiven Teal'c yet, or gone back to the SGC.
6. Reset. Daniel goes to the SGC and goes through the tremendous step of forgiving Teal'c - "Teal'c. You did the right thing." - even though he has not yet returned to a friendship with him. He discusses the idea of Sha're sending a message with Sam. So now, he has accepted Sha're's death, he has essentially forgiven Teal'c, he has made tentative contacts with his friends again - but he still has not returned to the SGC and the real support of a life afterwards. So Kasuf sends him back to the planet, where he sees Sha're beckon to him. He goes into the tent.
7. Final reset. Back in his apartment, awakening from dreams. This time, Daniel goes to Teal'c to discuss the possibility of the harcesis - and, as Teal'c says, "It pleases me greatly that once again, you value my knowledge." Here is full acceptance of Teal'c - not just forgiveness, but a resumption of friendship. Daniel rejoins SG-1 - full acceptance of his friends, and the support network of their companionship at the SGC. And he comes to Sha're to learn about the boy - acceptance of his new quest, and a purpose in life. Sha're does not allow another reset, but tells him about Kheb... just in time for them to share a final kiss before, in reality, Teal'c fires the staff weapon and saves Daniel's life at the cost of Sha're's.
If you take the time to think about it, Sha're's insistence that Daniel forgive Teal'c before she tells him about the harcesis is nothing short of astonishing. What does she know about Teal'c, after all? Other than those dreadful moments when he was involved in her abduction and implantation, her awareness of Teal'c is based on a single sequence of events: Secrets. She saw him support and protect Daniel, including aiming a weapon at her for Daniel's sake. She saw him making risky choices to accommodate Daniel's wishes. She saw enough then to know now that Daniel needs Teal'c's friendship.
Well, I certainly agree with her there. :) But how can we explain the friendship between these two? It isn't based on guilt, or even despite blame and guilt. Teal'c and Daniel seem to accept the pain of their shared history and then just... put it away somewhere. Their friendship seems to be based on trust and support and shared interests. I think of that moment in Avatar, when Teal'c pulled himself up with Daniel's help - and then I think of that anguished moment in Teal'c's quarters in Fallen, when, after Daniel somehow knew that Teal'c was someone he could talk to in the middle of the night, he eagerly told Teal'c that he'd remembered Sha're's named and asked Teal'c where she was. Ow.
So. How do you explain this wonderful friendship, and can someone please write more fanfic about them for me? :)
I get to recap Forever in a Day for
redial_the_gate this week (here's the link for that). But I couldn't stuff everything into the recap - as it is, it's longer and rather more snark-free than the average Redial recap, because FIAD is so beautifully and intricately detailed that there's really very little I could skip. So here are some thoughts on Sha're, and on Teal'c and Daniel, which probably doesn't surprise anybody. :)Sha're is such an amazing woman. I've said this many times before: I adore her not for Daniel's sake, but her own. In this case, though, the focus is on what Sha're does for Daniel, and her selfless love is just another factor of her awesomeness.
First, consider what Sha're knows. She's aware of Teal'c standing there, about to fire his staff weapon. (Why else would she include that fact in the vision?) She knows she's going to die. She loves her son despite his parentage, and she wants him to be part of the struggle against the demon that took away her love and her soul and, ultimately, her life. She has only seconds to channel her message through to Daniel before it's too late. And yet what does she do? First she makes sure that Daniel will be able to emotionally recover - that he will accept her death, go on with his life, remain at the SGC, have the support of his teammates and his friendship with Teal'c - and then, only after she knows he'll recover, does she tell him where to find the harcesis. Teal'c might have fired before she had time to get her message across, but she still waits and ensures Daniel's emotional stability first.
So, the pattern of the resets goes like this:
1. Sha're gives Daniel the vision of her death. Daniel rejects the possibility - "Why didn't you leave her behind for the Jaffa to take to the sarcophagus?" - and rejects Teal'c: "You should have waited longer!" Absolute despair.
2. Reset. Sha're alive, sitting at his bedside. Oh, yes, the Tok'ra revived her! Happily ever after, right? No.
3. Reset. This time, Daniel accepts the reality that Sha're is going to die. However, he utterly rejects Teal'c and resigns from the SGC.
4. Reset. Sha're appears in his bed and urges him to return to his travels through the Chappa'ai. She tells him, for the first time, that the boy needs to be found - but insists that he first forgive Teal'c. "Because he killed you." "Yes." Death completely accepted, as Daniel states it clearly even as Sha're is there with him, and the possibility of returning to the SGC and forgiving Teal'c is first suggested.
(On a side note, I always imagined that Daniel purchased that large bed in an anticipation of hope, that he would get Sha're back and she would share it with him - and that's why, in S7, when he's had to refurnish his house after descension, he only has that little bed - he knows he's not getting her back.)
5. Reset. The funeral. Teal'c isn't there, but the rest of SG-1 is: Daniel is allowing his friends into his circle. Kasuf sends him to Sha're, who tells him, "Daniel, you must forgive Teal'c." She then offers more about the child, emphasizing the need of a quest to recover the harcesis. But when Daniel asks how, Sha're won't tell him - he hasn't forgiven Teal'c yet, or gone back to the SGC.
6. Reset. Daniel goes to the SGC and goes through the tremendous step of forgiving Teal'c - "Teal'c. You did the right thing." - even though he has not yet returned to a friendship with him. He discusses the idea of Sha're sending a message with Sam. So now, he has accepted Sha're's death, he has essentially forgiven Teal'c, he has made tentative contacts with his friends again - but he still has not returned to the SGC and the real support of a life afterwards. So Kasuf sends him back to the planet, where he sees Sha're beckon to him. He goes into the tent.
7. Final reset. Back in his apartment, awakening from dreams. This time, Daniel goes to Teal'c to discuss the possibility of the harcesis - and, as Teal'c says, "It pleases me greatly that once again, you value my knowledge." Here is full acceptance of Teal'c - not just forgiveness, but a resumption of friendship. Daniel rejoins SG-1 - full acceptance of his friends, and the support network of their companionship at the SGC. And he comes to Sha're to learn about the boy - acceptance of his new quest, and a purpose in life. Sha're does not allow another reset, but tells him about Kheb... just in time for them to share a final kiss before, in reality, Teal'c fires the staff weapon and saves Daniel's life at the cost of Sha're's.
If you take the time to think about it, Sha're's insistence that Daniel forgive Teal'c before she tells him about the harcesis is nothing short of astonishing. What does she know about Teal'c, after all? Other than those dreadful moments when he was involved in her abduction and implantation, her awareness of Teal'c is based on a single sequence of events: Secrets. She saw him support and protect Daniel, including aiming a weapon at her for Daniel's sake. She saw him making risky choices to accommodate Daniel's wishes. She saw enough then to know now that Daniel needs Teal'c's friendship.
Well, I certainly agree with her there. :) But how can we explain the friendship between these two? It isn't based on guilt, or even despite blame and guilt. Teal'c and Daniel seem to accept the pain of their shared history and then just... put it away somewhere. Their friendship seems to be based on trust and support and shared interests. I think of that moment in Avatar, when Teal'c pulled himself up with Daniel's help - and then I think of that anguished moment in Teal'c's quarters in Fallen, when, after Daniel somehow knew that Teal'c was someone he could talk to in the middle of the night, he eagerly told Teal'c that he'd remembered Sha're's named and asked Teal'c where she was. Ow.
So. How do you explain this wonderful friendship, and can someone please write more fanfic about them for me? :)