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We all talk about OTP. Some people fairly loosely. Some people say they have many different OTPs. Cheating bastards.
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green_grrl can have two OTPs if she wants - J/D and V/O! *ducks*
As a reader, J/D is like the juicy steak for dinner. Can't have dinner without it and it's *delicious*.
But give me some J/D/T/S or J/D/S and it's like the best creme brulee. I'll eat it first every time.
So I probably would have said SG-1 as a threesome without Teal'c or a foursome with him is really my favorite set up. There's not a lot of it out there. On a day with a new J/D and new team smut, I always go for the team smut first.
So I'd say I have an OT4, rather than an OTP.
But I've never had any really good solid OT4 plot bunnies.
And here's were we get to the part were I realized that I really do have an OTP after all.
I decided to create a couple of multipartner plot bunnies, just to see if I could pull it off.
I have a real weakness for stranded stories, so I set one up. Of course, Teal'c is a dead duck in stranded stories almost no matter how you slice it, so those by default end up being S/J/D. And I'm writing this S/J/D and I realize as I go along that Jack, despite being able to have a relationship with Sam, is totally Daniel focused, and Daniel has no real interest in Sam at all.
OK. So, it's complicated.
Then, I left the stranded story for a while because I wanted to challenge myself to write a realistic story about how SG-1 might progress toward a group sexual/romantic relationship within canon, on Earth, without the weasel-out of stranding them.
And I'm writing along and I realize that the whole thing is spiraling out of control toward what will be an ending with the Jack/Daniel relationship being the primary component, probably more important to the resolution of the story than the OT4 aspect.
This was not what I intended.
I'm thinking that as writers, maybe our OTPs choose us.
We all talk about OTP. Some people fairly loosely. Some people say they have many different OTPs. Cheating bastards.
(I will make allowances for people active in many fandoms. So
green_grrl can have two OTPs if she wants - J/D and V/O! *ducks*As a reader, J/D is like the juicy steak for dinner. Can't have dinner without it and it's *delicious*.
But give me some J/D/T/S or J/D/S and it's like the best creme brulee. I'll eat it first every time.
So I probably would have said SG-1 as a threesome without Teal'c or a foursome with him is really my favorite set up. There's not a lot of it out there. On a day with a new J/D and new team smut, I always go for the team smut first.
So I'd say I have an OT4, rather than an OTP.
But I've never had any really good solid OT4 plot bunnies.
And here's were we get to the part were I realized that I really do have an OTP after all.
I decided to create a couple of multipartner plot bunnies, just to see if I could pull it off.
I have a real weakness for stranded stories, so I set one up. Of course, Teal'c is a dead duck in stranded stories almost no matter how you slice it, so those by default end up being S/J/D. And I'm writing this S/J/D and I realize as I go along that Jack, despite being able to have a relationship with Sam, is totally Daniel focused, and Daniel has no real interest in Sam at all.
OK. So, it's complicated.
Then, I left the stranded story for a while because I wanted to challenge myself to write a realistic story about how SG-1 might progress toward a group sexual/romantic relationship within canon, on Earth, without the weasel-out of stranding them.
And I'm writing along and I realize that the whole thing is spiraling out of control toward what will be an ending with the Jack/Daniel relationship being the primary component, probably more important to the resolution of the story than the OT4 aspect.
This was not what I intended.
I'm thinking that as writers, maybe our OTPs choose us.
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Date: 2006-10-05 04:26 pm (UTC)I am SO smug!
I don't know why it's J/D, but they are PURE for me. Anybody else in SG-1, SG:A, Lotrips... smoosh 'em up and make 'em bendy with each other, I'm slutty! I'll take Cam with Teal'c, Sam OR Vala. I prefer John/Rodney, but I'll read most SG:A matchups. (Though Weir only with Zelenka, Teyla or Caldwell -- she just doesn't work with John for me.)
Lotrips is just an orgy: Sean/Vig, Sean/Orli, Sean/Vig/Orli, Vig/Orli, Vig/Liv, Orli/Liv, Vig/Orli/Liv, Sean/Billy, Sean/Dom, Dom/Billy, Sean/Lij, Orlijah, Domlijah, hobbitpile, Ian/Orli, Sean/Karl, Karl/Miranda, Sean/Miranda, Sean/Dave, Dave/Miranda, Sean/Ian... Hey, somebody give me some Sean/Bernard already, because, YEAH!
With SG-1, I think, as long as you have your characters in character, well, Jack and Daniel are the two closest to each other. They undersand each other the best. They are already intimate, emotionally, as friends, the way they aren't with anybody else. In canon. There's not a whole lot else you can do with that without a lot of handwaving.
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Date: 2006-10-05 04:52 pm (UTC)They're so made for each other. Yin/Yang. Cliche cliche. Because it's so true.
It seems like every few weeks another, once-loyal writer, abandons or neglects J/D for another pairing/fandom. There's less J/D fic all the time. Total bummer.
I am a J/D OTP devotee. (Rhyming unintentional) And am even more exited to read your fic now!
*g*
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Date: 2006-10-05 05:08 pm (UTC)Who would have guessed?
Nature takes the path of least resistance.
I think you're right.
every few weeks another, once-loyal writer, abandons or neglects J/D
I think it hurt the writing pool when Jack left the show, plain and simple.
And as far as leaving the fandom, that's tougher. I accidentally abandoned my original fandom, and it still makes me sad, but the ideas just aren't there for me anymore. :(
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Date: 2006-10-05 05:19 pm (UTC)Rant over.
accidently? Which fandom?
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Date: 2006-10-05 05:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-05 06:07 pm (UTC)Welcome to the world of loud muses. Ask
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Date: 2006-10-05 07:39 pm (UTC)I fixed it by my now 'OTP' as being Jack/Daniel/Vala. And as much as I love my S/D & S/D/J, I still see the D/J/V pairings working much, much better in fic.
*peers above* Sorry about the babbling :)
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Date: 2006-10-05 09:54 pm (UTC)But I've never had any really good solid OT4 plot bunnies. ... wanted to challenge myself to write a realistic story about how SG-1 might progress toward a group sexual/romantic relationship within canon, on Earth, without the weasel-out of stranding them.
If you're looking for a plot bunny, I once read a mini!Jack fic where the rest of the team cloned themselves as a show of solidarity, they bought a house together, and Jack and Sam ended up a couple with Daniel and Tealc as two single guys obsessed with high school drama club and home ec.
I was SOOOO disappointed that it wasn't "they bought a house together and became a quirky polyamorous family."
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Date: 2006-10-06 12:10 am (UTC)my ot4 in sg-1 really seems to be that.
but my jack/sam/daniel is quite often sam and daniel both focused on jack. not so much sam/daniel. isn't that weird?
*ponders*
i can hardly wait for the challenge date in november. my story's all done and it's really a hardship not to be able to post it yet....
happy writing, tho!!!