I've never argued that Jack lacks intensity. Some of my fave episodes have been the ones where you can see him explode: Red Sky, Meridian, Abyss, Window of Opportunity. I think it makes a deeper impact because we don't see that intensity in Jack often. In contrast, we see that kind of intensity in Daniel more often than not. It's when Daniel gets cool that we know something is wrong.
I've always loved how RDA has played the character. There is a restraint there and when he lets go, you see what is under the surface.
I think that restraint is very difficult to capture in fanfic. We can se eit on the screen and have a 1000 different people see it a different way and then you can have a fanfic with one intrepetation one that may not match what you normally would see. So, I think fanfic is a harder sell with a character like Jack.
Of course, these are my own opinions. I state this but I still can write fic where I ship or slash Jack. I break my own "rules." But that is what I enjoy about fandom. What I want and see on screen doesn't always match at what I can explore in fandom.
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Date: 2007-09-14 11:53 pm (UTC)I've always loved how RDA has played the character. There is a restraint there and when he lets go, you see what is under the surface.
I think that restraint is very difficult to capture in fanfic. We can se eit on the screen and have a 1000 different people see it a different way and then you can have a fanfic with one intrepetation one that may not match what you normally would see. So, I think fanfic is a harder sell with a character like Jack.
Of course, these are my own opinions. I state this but I still can write fic where I ship or slash Jack. I break my own "rules." But that is what I enjoy about fandom. What I want and see on screen doesn't always match at what I can explore in fandom.