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izhilzha and bastardsnow respectively:
Five Moments When Jack O'Neill Almost Gave Up
1) If Daniel hadn't come to Jack that day he'd woken up in Ba'al's custody... no memory of how he'd got there, followed by torture, sarcophagus, rinse, repeat... well. So maybe he hadn't taken Daniel up on his ridiculous offer, but his friend's presence had given him something to focus on, a reason to fight. (He's never quite been able to take Ba'al seriously since; nothing the Goa'uld ever did after that could compare to those endless, endless hours).
2) When Frank Cromwell fell into that black hole, Jack had had this sick feeling in the pit of his stomach that they'd left it too late. That he wouldn't make it, either, and that the whole shaped-charge plan was going to fail; that it would either fail to make the wormhole jump, leading to the complete destruction of Earth, or that it was going to set off all the naquadah in the Gate no matter what Carter said about it, and that the only good thing was he wouldn't be there to see it happen. (He still can't quite believe they got out of that one without more serious consequences).
3) Jack will never forget his first sight of the crater on Edora where the Stargate had used to stand. He'd tried to believe they would still come back for him-- and he'd made it nearly a hundred days before Laira talked him into metaphorically taking off his coat to stay awhile. Err, more than metaphorically, too.
He'd been calculating how long it would take someone to reach them by ship, and had decided he'd probably be an old man before anything could happen. Long enough that it was time to make like Picard in that episode with the flute, put his past aside and move on. And of course, ironically enough, that had been the very day his kids figured out how to make it through. (Sometimes he wonders what would have happened if Laira had thrown the radio in the lake instead of bringing back to him. Sometimes, too, he wonders if he left a child behind, like she wanted. He's never been brave enough to go back and check).
4) There are no words to describe how frustrating it was, stuck in that endless loop for months on end after Malikai set off the Ancient's broken time device. If Daniel hadn't suggested to Jack, that one loop, that he could do anything... well. He's pretty sure he really would have lost it. (His pottery skills haven't come in all that handy since, and golf hasn't been the same since he spent relative days putting unlimited balls straight through the wormhole, but he at least got the chance to find out what Carter tastes like without risking both their careers).
and... 5) No one should have to outlive their own child.
Five Planets Sam Carter Wishes She'd Never Visited
1) P3X-595. When she'd drank that stuff that made her take off... well, she doesn't like to remember that part. The team had been so new she was sure her comments about her reproductive organs being on the inside had practically still been ringing in the Colonel's ears, and there she'd been, welcoming her team's rescue in a state of... well, it still makes her blush, even nine years later.
2) P3X-513. Of course it was just Sam's luck to end up on a world where her psychotic ex-fiancé had set himself up as a god. Why couldn't SG-2 have been assigned that mission?
Not to mention, his death was the first in a long line of catastrophes that has led to a nickname the boys try not to let her catch them using: Black Widow Carter. It would be funnier if it wasn't so true. She doesn't even try to date any more, though even that hasn't prevented the legend from continuing; she's never taken poor Agent Barrett up on any of his offers, and he still ended up brainwashed by a Goa'uld.
3) PY3-948. She might have come out of the encounter with Ma'chello's Goa'uld-killing devices with nothing worse than a headache, but she'll never forget the sight of Daniel crying and telling the team he was sorry for being "such a head case". (Although, this mission-- and her father-- and, well, any number of other events are all reasons why Nasya doesn't make this list; she'd been terrified the entire time Jolinar was with her, but they've been reaping the benefits ever since).
4) Euronda. There aren't words to describe the horror Sam felt when Daniel figured out what the SGC had been enabling by supplying heavy water to the Eurondans. She doesn't like to think about that mission even now.
and... 5) Langara. Because as much as she came to like Jonas, the hours just prior to Daniel's death, and the months they spent without him afterward, were some of the worst of Sam's life. Just a couple of days later, and the SGC wouldn't have ever so much as heard of naquadria-- not to mention, the Langarans might have been better off, too. She wonders how Jonas is doing under the heel of the Ori.
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izhilzha and bastardsnow respectively:Five Moments When Jack O'Neill Almost Gave Up
1) If Daniel hadn't come to Jack that day he'd woken up in Ba'al's custody... no memory of how he'd got there, followed by torture, sarcophagus, rinse, repeat... well. So maybe he hadn't taken Daniel up on his ridiculous offer, but his friend's presence had given him something to focus on, a reason to fight. (He's never quite been able to take Ba'al seriously since; nothing the Goa'uld ever did after that could compare to those endless, endless hours).
2) When Frank Cromwell fell into that black hole, Jack had had this sick feeling in the pit of his stomach that they'd left it too late. That he wouldn't make it, either, and that the whole shaped-charge plan was going to fail; that it would either fail to make the wormhole jump, leading to the complete destruction of Earth, or that it was going to set off all the naquadah in the Gate no matter what Carter said about it, and that the only good thing was he wouldn't be there to see it happen. (He still can't quite believe they got out of that one without more serious consequences).
3) Jack will never forget his first sight of the crater on Edora where the Stargate had used to stand. He'd tried to believe they would still come back for him-- and he'd made it nearly a hundred days before Laira talked him into metaphorically taking off his coat to stay awhile. Err, more than metaphorically, too.
He'd been calculating how long it would take someone to reach them by ship, and had decided he'd probably be an old man before anything could happen. Long enough that it was time to make like Picard in that episode with the flute, put his past aside and move on. And of course, ironically enough, that had been the very day his kids figured out how to make it through. (Sometimes he wonders what would have happened if Laira had thrown the radio in the lake instead of bringing back to him. Sometimes, too, he wonders if he left a child behind, like she wanted. He's never been brave enough to go back and check).
4) There are no words to describe how frustrating it was, stuck in that endless loop for months on end after Malikai set off the Ancient's broken time device. If Daniel hadn't suggested to Jack, that one loop, that he could do anything... well. He's pretty sure he really would have lost it. (His pottery skills haven't come in all that handy since, and golf hasn't been the same since he spent relative days putting unlimited balls straight through the wormhole, but he at least got the chance to find out what Carter tastes like without risking both their careers).
and... 5) No one should have to outlive their own child.
Five Planets Sam Carter Wishes She'd Never Visited
1) P3X-595. When she'd drank that stuff that made her take off... well, she doesn't like to remember that part. The team had been so new she was sure her comments about her reproductive organs being on the inside had practically still been ringing in the Colonel's ears, and there she'd been, welcoming her team's rescue in a state of... well, it still makes her blush, even nine years later.
2) P3X-513. Of course it was just Sam's luck to end up on a world where her psychotic ex-fiancé had set himself up as a god. Why couldn't SG-2 have been assigned that mission?
Not to mention, his death was the first in a long line of catastrophes that has led to a nickname the boys try not to let her catch them using: Black Widow Carter. It would be funnier if it wasn't so true. She doesn't even try to date any more, though even that hasn't prevented the legend from continuing; she's never taken poor Agent Barrett up on any of his offers, and he still ended up brainwashed by a Goa'uld.
3) PY3-948. She might have come out of the encounter with Ma'chello's Goa'uld-killing devices with nothing worse than a headache, but she'll never forget the sight of Daniel crying and telling the team he was sorry for being "such a head case". (Although, this mission-- and her father-- and, well, any number of other events are all reasons why Nasya doesn't make this list; she'd been terrified the entire time Jolinar was with her, but they've been reaping the benefits ever since).
4) Euronda. There aren't words to describe the horror Sam felt when Daniel figured out what the SGC had been enabling by supplying heavy water to the Eurondans. She doesn't like to think about that mission even now.
and... 5) Langara. Because as much as she came to like Jonas, the hours just prior to Daniel's death, and the months they spent without him afterward, were some of the worst of Sam's life. Just a couple of days later, and the SGC wouldn't have ever so much as heard of naquadria-- not to mention, the Langarans might have been better off, too. She wonders how Jonas is doing under the heel of the Ori.
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