Lovely and bittersweet and multi-layered. I love the imagery and the descriptions of meditation and the perspective of Daniel's dreams. I love how they come to each other from these places of separate, isolated suffering and find a personal/spiritual unity before they take it to bed. (Sorry they had to have a few drinks first, but that gives it a pleasant blurry buzziness. *g* And it seems clear that they'd have gotten there anyway.) 'the magnetic pull and pulse' -- mmm. The way you weave in the different kinds of blending and the different kinds of loss.
Jack's reaction seems nicely realistic to me, including the sense I get that he's letting himself be persuaded to keep it off the record. It also seems realistic that he doesn't join in, even tho that's very sad, and I really, really like the 'alliance between our chosen allies' angle and how that gives Jack(/Asgard) another way in and he still says no.
Love the fierce anger and near-violence of the Teal'c/Daniel kiss. And the relationship Teal'c has to his symbiote. And the way the multiple-pov structure and the physical joining at the end amplify the conceit of joining/blending and blended/discrete identities. It all gives a very woven feeling, a kind of tapestry. Nice. :-)
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Date: 2005-06-15 12:21 pm (UTC)Jack's reaction seems nicely realistic to me, including the sense I get that he's letting himself be persuaded to keep it off the record. It also seems realistic that he doesn't join in, even tho that's very sad, and I really, really like the 'alliance between our chosen allies' angle and how that gives Jack(/Asgard) another way in and he still says no.
Love the fierce anger and near-violence of the Teal'c/Daniel kiss. And the relationship Teal'c has to his symbiote. And the way the multiple-pov structure and the physical joining at the end amplify the conceit of joining/blending and blended/discrete identities. It all gives a very woven feeling, a kind of tapestry. Nice. :-)