I love that, of course, Jack would try to do the right thing, but that he'd think that doing the right thing meant doing something hard, something that he would hate doing. Almost as if, to Jack, he can't believe it's right until it feels as if he's sacrificing something, denying himself.
I loved more that Daniel came out of his corner fighting. Because he would. Honestly, when has he ever *not*? I recognize this Daniel, believe in this Daniel so much more than all the Daniels I've ever seen who get all insecure and small and hurt when something like this happens. Daniel has always done this to Jack, every time he's ever thought that Jack was wrong about something, so why wouldn't he this time, too?
I loved the most that in some not-obscure corner of his mind, Jack was counting on that. :)
Not to make this really hard for you, but I couldn't help but read this, and think about what happens after "Endgame". Maybe that's too hard to figure out, right now. I don't know about you, but I'm really not sure that Iknow what I think about "Endgame" yet; I was just dumping it from TiVo to tape and I watched those last scenes again, and all the discussion and different viewpoints people have were in my mind, and I still wound up looking at it in a way that I hadn't quite before.
So it's unfair to ask you to pin down what you think of it, as a companion to this piece, when my own thinking on it changes every time I revisit it. (And I think that I keep changing because I don't want to settle on some conclusion that is going to make me feel all dark and pessimistic.) Still, that's what this felt like to me. A piece awaiting its inevitable sequel.
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Date: 2004-10-24 09:30 pm (UTC)I love that, of course, Jack would try to do the right thing, but that he'd think that doing the right thing meant doing something hard, something that he would hate doing. Almost as if, to Jack, he can't believe it's right until it feels as if he's sacrificing something, denying himself.
I loved more that Daniel came out of his corner fighting. Because he would. Honestly, when has he ever *not*? I recognize this Daniel, believe in this Daniel so much more than all the Daniels I've ever seen who get all insecure and small and hurt when something like this happens. Daniel has always done this to Jack, every time he's ever thought that Jack was wrong about something, so why wouldn't he this time, too?
I loved the most that in some not-obscure corner of his mind, Jack was counting on that. :)
Not to make this really hard for you, but I couldn't help but read this, and think about what happens after "Endgame". Maybe that's too hard to figure out, right now. I don't know about you, but I'm really not sure that Iknow what I think about "Endgame" yet; I was just dumping it from TiVo to tape and I watched those last scenes again, and all the discussion and different viewpoints people have were in my mind, and I still wound up looking at it in a way that I hadn't quite before.
So it's unfair to ask you to pin down what you think of it, as a companion to this piece, when my own thinking on it changes every time I revisit it. (And I think that I keep changing because I don't want to settle on some conclusion that is going to make me feel all dark and pessimistic.) Still, that's what this felt like to me. A piece awaiting its inevitable sequel.