Bons Mots
Glorfirien
Summary: Daniel Jackson...If you must cheat then cheat death (again). (Thus follows a collection of letters which were mentioned in Why Me? which should be read prior to this for full understanding. Humor.)
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To: Dr. Daniel "SpaceMonkey" Jackson
From: Cindy "Insert Epithet Here" Cardenas
I can't believe I'm going to say it but a person needs the patience of a saint to deal with you.
Okay, I'm exaggerating and it's obvious that it's not true because there are so many people who care about you and genuinely like you as a person.
Maybe it's only me who you get annoyed and short with?
I guess I can understand that.
If some snotty tweenager(1) got dumped into my life and was some harbinger of death and chaos (2) I'd probably loathe them as well.
I guess maybe it's a 'you either like me or you hate me' kind of thing.
My friend used to say that this assertion was bullshit. She said I was too damn passive and accommodating. Too much of a mediator for people to hate me.
Please wipe that skeptical look of disbelief from your face.
She's right though.
Only that was before.
Now, well I guess experiences do change people.
You'd know a lot about that I wager. From a pacifistic geek!archaeologist to a genius master in your field who will fight tooth and nail if need be for his friends and the world.
I admire you.
I don't know if you ever gleaned as much from what few conversations we had but it's true.
You are an example for the geeks. (Myself included.)
I honestly don't know what else to say.
I'm hoping that I have as much aptitude for getting out of trouble as you do (but not the tendency to get into it that you seem to be cursed with) because I think that I'm going to need it. Call it a hunch.
Regards,
Cindy Cardenas
P.S. I know it's none of my business and if the fan girls ever found out I was here and told you this they'd kill me in such a fashion that my alternate reality selves would feel it but it must be said. I get that it's probably really (almost impossibly) difficult but go out and find someone. But really, go out and look for someone, a kindred spirit with who you could see sharing your life with. Hell you might need have to go out. Just open your eyes to the possibilities. Don't say there isn't any time because the end of the world as we know it approaches it always does that, each moment just brings the inevitable inevitably closer. You deserve to have a family. I'm not pitching the American "ideal" of a housewife and 2.5 kids but little Daniels and Danielas would be cool. Kids can be such a joy (and terrors as well). You can't let those genes of yours go to waste. Oh yeah, your genius should be passed down as well. (I'm teasing/joking. Unless you don't mind a love/hate relationship with someone who is approximately two decades your junior. Just how old are you?). Wow this is a long P.S.
P.P.S Just because the two of you don't work together doesn't mean you shouldn't call General O'Neill at every opportunity in order to banter and exchange quips. He needs you to keep his wit what little he has (…Don't tell him I said that!) sharp. His cutting remarks are probably becoming dull and rusty! He needs a challenge.
P(x3).S: So I'll toast to you Daniel Jackson. Will Smith once said, "Never lie, steal, cheat, or drink. But if you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love.
If you must steal, steal away from bad company. If you must cheat, cheat death. And if you must drink...drink in the moments that take your breath away." (3) Wonderful but it lacks something. Therefore, it has to be especially tailored to you. "Daniel Jackson. Never lie, cheat, steal or drink. If you must lie then lie in a cleverly camouflaged trench with your comrades as the enemy passes you by. If you must cheat then cheat death (again). If you must steal, steel yourself to do what you must in order to be victorious. And Daniel, never drink because you're said to be a total lightweight but if you really have to drink then drink in celebration with those you love."
End Letter 3
(1) Tweenager is a Tolkien term for habbits that are neither adults nor children they are in between.
(2) That one's for you FairyGirlIsRocking
(3) The quote is taken from Will Smith's movie Hitch and the adaptation is all mine.
I had intended this whole series to be humorous (and this does have its moments) but it feels like this one was serious. I guess it's because I was feeling sad that Daniel didn't have a rapport with my OC. He's one of my favorites and I didn't want to further the animosity between them by insulting him. So, it's probably more sober than you guys are used to. At least the beginning. The post scripts are pretty funny in my opinion.
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Glorfirien
