Okay, I admit it

[superbadgirl]

I find it depressing when authors I like write SG-1 stories filled with Vala-love. I really do. Just as depressed as I got with the mass exodus of writers to frigging SGA from SG-1.

Yeah, I know, I'm totally inflexible on this issue. Shame on me. I just...she doesn't belong on the show (on a full time basis) and I don't like her in fanfiction (on a full time basis) and it bothers me that SG-1 is forever changed (to me) because of her. My brain already wouldn't go past mid season five, but it still feels like there's this pall hanging over the earlier seasons because I know what happens after them, even if I refuse to think about it openly.

I'm PMSing and just frustrated as hell at the moment. Will try to watch season two tomorrow and hope it pulls me out of the funk.

Comments

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

:(

As a canon writer, I know for me, it's tough. If I want to write anything set in Season 10, she's going to be there. I can't speak for other people, but I try to stick to the show without gushing into overwhleming love for any character. It annoys me no matter who. And it's annoying for me because while I no longer hate the character, I still don't feel she belongs on the show. I think the only reason why I don't hate her anymore is that they don't make Daniel into this man I want to throttle everytime they are in the same scene together. But even though I'm enjoying Daniel this year (I was on and off about him last year and the year before), I'm getting fed up that the writers can't seem to keep them apart. You want Daniel and Vala scenes, fine. But not all the time. It's like Sam and Jack all over again. I don't mind scenes with Sam and Jack, but I swear most of Season 7 was just the two of them together. I can't stand when writers do that.

I'm more annoyed though with people posting about Vala love. I know that is so evil of me. I'm all about people having their own opinions. We like what we like and that's it. And I'm trying very hard to keep that mentality when I see people disagree with me. We all have our own opinions. But I want to flip out and scream when people are gushing over Vala and CB. I think CB is fine a ctress, but how the heck did we go from fans liking the team and everyone else to just Vala exclusively? It hurts me and it shouldn't.

And boo to the exodus too.

*sigh* I'm whining.

[joag.livejournal.com]

There is so little fanfic that I want to read these days that if I find a half-decent one with Daniel and Vala in it, I'll take it.

Because let's face it, nobody seems to want to write Jack and Daniel anymore, or team.

Heck, is anyone even writing anymore? Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one. Which is probably why I have two finished fics on my hard drive and no desire to tweak.

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

I find it depressing when authors I like write SG-1 stories filled with Vala-love. I really do.

I have to admit that I felt that way, too. I was actually open to reading fic in which Vala was present at the beginning of season 9, but the little that I read was...just not what I was looking for. I wasn't even looking to see Vala vilified or anything, but I expected her to be portrayed...well, I was going to say "realistically," but obviously that's a matter of perception. *g* I didn't want a hint of shippiness or Daniel confessing to how he'd treated her badly (because he so didn't! *g*) or...well, I don't know. I just didn't like what I saw, and I have to admit that I stopped reading most fic, including by my favorite authors.

I was actually blindsided by Vala's presence and/or mention in ways that totally threw me in Jack/Daniel stories, some by my favorite authors. I got so I actually wouldn't read new Jack/Daniel stories any more, and I'm still not reading much SG-1 fic at all.

I want everyone to feel free to write whatever they want, but, yeah, I was hoping there'd be at least a few writers out there who felt as I do and would write something I'd be interested in reading. *g*

It's not just Vala either. I was actually even open to reading Mitchell/Daniel--both slash or especially friendship. I have never seen Mitchell as a replacement for Jack, so I liked (both on the show and in fic) the chance to see Daniel react with someone else. I saw it as a chance to explore Daniel in a new way. (If it was slash, I read it as an AU.) But then...I don't know. I usually don't like the way that Mitchell is portrayed either. (To be fair, I read a few that I thought were really interesting for Daniel and I liked the Mitchell some of them. Since he was all over the place last season, it's hard to fault an author for taking one of he many personalities and running with it. *g*)

But then again, I still feel this way, when authors that I followed as they wrote season 1 & 2 & 3 fic, get to season 4 and the fic just...changes. Just like the show. And I find myself not wanting to read it. I disagree with nearly everyone on Absolute Power and what that meant for Daniel and to Daniel, and I find that I often dislike the way Daniel is portrayed in fic anywhere beyond season 3. But then again, often in fic that takes place in seasons 1 - 3, even if it's gen fic, Daniel is portrayed as a child or as weak and wimpy, which he wasn't--not even back then. He was more emotional, but there's a difference between Daniel getting emotional or even crying over a very real hurt (like in Need) and Daniel spending all his time crying or feeling sad because he thinks everyone doesn't like him or something like that. *g*

So...I just can't win! *g* And I can't do any better. I tried. I suck at writing so far. I'm still working on it. I'm not being overly self-critical either. I know what I'm trying to say and portray and I can't do it.

Um...what were we talking about again? *g* Right. I get depressed when it comes to fic. *g* I really feel your pain about this issue. When I first read a few fics with Vala in them, especially when I really was not expecting it to come up in a lovely Jack/Daniel fic, I was just blindsided.

But then again, I was blindsided yesterday by this fic (and wrote an unposted rant about it). Basically it was supposedly a gen fic with hints of Daniel/Cameron. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think gen fic should have hints of any pairing, but I read it anyway, because the premise sounded interesting, I was in a horrible mood and looking for distraction, and I was bored. *g* But...then, in the fic, Jack and Sam were...er...married. I just wanted to wash my eyes out with bleach. I would never have given the fic a second glance if I'd known that. It's not that I don't think the author can write whatever he/she wants and I also think that if an author doesn't want to label or categorize a fic, that's up to them (and I won't read it), but if a fic is labeled and categorized, I expect it to be as labeled.