I think the best she could get right now would be a pity fuck. And I'm not sure she'd be interested in that.

Well, only if you take them as a wacky screwball comedy couple. They do remind me of Cary Grant and the Katharine Hepburn characters in Bringing Up Baby, although Vala creates mayhem deliberately rather than unintentionally.

t giggles at the mental image of Daniel and Vala kissing while hanging on to a crumbling dinosaur skeleton

And I'm not sure she'd be interested in that.

That was pretty much what she was asking for in his bedroom; "I'm bored, let's do it." And boy, was he unimpressed.

Cary Grant in BUB is both fascinated and appalled by Katharine Hepburn; Daniel seems to me to be just appalled.

But it would be pretty!

I think he could get there--they click together pretty well every now and then--but he's not there yet.

Yeah, I'm with Katie. Daniel's traditionally been attracted to women he can protect. Although Sarah, pre-Osiris, doesn't really fit that mode. Well, nor Sha're, really. I guess I'm just thinking of Kira, and to a certain extent, Reese.

I still think that Vala's not hit whatever it is that Daniel requires for him to really be attracted to her: one of those things is that he find her trustworthy, and he so doesn't. I don't see much in the way of physical awareness by him, and the chemistry isn't hot, just funny.

I'd still read good smut, though. If someone had some. IJS.

But it would be pretty!

So. Totally. Pretty.

That was pretty much what she was asking for in his bedroom

That's not how I read it. I think she wanted to be attractive to him in his bedroom. Via sympathy, if necessary. Not pity.

Although Sarah, pre-Osiris, doesn't really fit that mode. Well, nor Sha're, really.

They both pretty much flung him over their shoulder and dragged him back to their cave, though. Well, okay, not Sha're so much, but she got on board quickly (and he got to be Sensitive And Understanding in the "you mean we're married?" scene, which he always likes).

If we're going for the pretty, I want the C/D/V three-way. More pretty, no waiting.

They both pretty much flung him over their shoulder and dragged him back to their cave, though.

That's true. I think Vala would like to do that, but he's really got no reason to trust her, so I think it would end poorly if she tried it now (well, see this episode).

he got to be Sensitive And Understanding in the "you mean we're married?" scene, which he always likes

He really does, and that's key, I think -- he can't do that with Vala except just after she gets crispy-crittered, because the rest of the time she's scamming him. Or he suspects she is.

Anyway. Clearly they need to go on some long adventure together and spend three days running and hiding from people and get all sweaty and grimy and find common ground. Yup.

If we're going for the pretty, I want the C/D/V three-way. More pretty, no waiting.

I fear that if they let Black and Browder indulge in their mutual chemistry, Shanks will be lost in the conflagration. And as Vala recently demonstrated, that takes a toll on the pretty. Better to keep their characters uninterested in one another.

I do see some signs of grudging affection amid the exasperation in Daniel, though it's not a sexual kind. Sort of a "best enemies" kind of thing.