Stargate SG-1/Daniel Jackson - Fanlore

Daniel is a fan favorite in the show (helped by the fact that his actor has been to years of conventions and is generally outgoing and funny onstage).

Fanon vs Canon

• "Daniel Jackson: Poor wee orphan child who needs to be cuddled. Well, okay, he's not wee -- he's over six feet and, as someone once memorably described him to me, 'looks like he could crack hazelnuts with his bare hands.' Also he's much too prickly to cuddle." -- Katie M.^[1]
• When SG-1 camps together, Daniel has daily obvious morning wood that he is either oblivious to, or uncaring of. (Is this one Paian's fault?)
• Daniel loves coffee more than anything else in the universe.
• FigNewton has done a 20-part series of "Canon vs. Fanon", in which she analyses several of the common fandom myths surrounding Daniel, and which actually have any basis in canon.

Daniel and Sha're

For the first 4 seasons, Daniel had a canonical het relationship -- his wife of a year, kidnapped and invaded by a Goa'uld. Many fans are uncomfortable breaking up loving canonical relationships -- most slash, and Daniel het is set after Sha're is killed mid-4th season.

Daniel in Fan Fiction

Shovel-Bum by cofax An AU of the Pegasus-B shared universe, this story postulates what might have happened if Daniel had not joined up with the Stargate program.

There's No Such Thing As Daniel Jackson by Eleveninches, similarly, describes a universe in which Jackson didn't return from one of his many deaths.

Interesting counterpoint to fandom's feminization of Daniel: Ivory Gates' run of long, intricate AUs in which Daniel is, and always has been, Danielle.

Daniel portrayed in gen vs slash

OT3, OT4 and Teamfic

The Eurydiceverse by Synecdochic, in which everyone is a little less okay.

Daniel-centric LJ Communities

References

1. ↑ Katie M. A Stargate Primer, published on 16 December 2004. (Accessed 24 October 2008.)