There was a longass article on Salon about the fandom response to Daniel's death. Complete with much discussion about the unhappy slashers who lost their woobie.

Here it is.

Ah, OK, got it.

OK, clearly I was wrong about that.

FWIW, some of them read here, so we've been circumlocutous (of b.org) ((sorry)) about naming names.

BWah, ita.

Thanks for the link, Katie. It's interesting to read about all the fandom follies involving one season or another, because I"m just cruising along watching episodes in any old order. I have NO idea of the greater chronology of what I'm watching. It's very soothing.

((sorry))

And I was just about to start taking you seriously this week.

circumlocutous (of b.org) ((sorry))

Are you kidding? I'm still laughing. In fact, I meant to COMM that M-verse exchange, now that I think about it.

Yikes. Sorry. I didn't mean to stir things up.

The article Katie linked to is much with the funny.

Excerpt;

So beloved is Dr. Daniel Jackson that male fans in "Stargate" newsgroup discussions tend to tiptoe around the character in deference to women's feelings. In one recent online discussion, a young man made the mistake of "dissing the geek" but was quickly brought into line by other men in the group. One, called "Unbeliever," warned the Daniel-disser he would be "so dead" when women read his post. Another male respondent said he was retiring to a bunker for a few weeks in hopes that when he emerged there might be "a couple of cities still standing." A third, called "DeathBunny," explained: "You miss his appeal. From listening to the female-types around here, he has one of the most appealing of attributes in a non-significant-other person: A cute guy that needs mothering. Because of it, he's a babe-magnet and therefore it's taboo to rag on him."

"I love those expressive blue eyes that light up with the thrill of discovery."

"We had Gilgamesh, Ulysses, Beowulf, Don Quixote, David Copperfield and now Daniel Jackson,"

I mean, I like Daniel A LOT, but duuuude. The thought of someone writing that last bit in complete seriousness cracks me the hell up.

The article Katie linked to is much with the funny.

I didn't realize Dr. Daniel Jackson was such a woobie. He's got many of the Wesley traits. Did Ple put Woobie into Gus' wiki yet?

Heh. Must send that last sentence to erinaceous.

I have no idea how anyone can like Daniel better than Jack, so they're all smoking the long pipe.

Oh, Daniel is such a woobie. I mean, with the dead wife, and being orphaned at a young age when his parents were crushed under a museum display (no, really), and the rejection by his peers, and the glasses, and the bad haircut, and the dying, and the trying to throw himself off a balcony...