Do you know what I love about Sam and Daniel’s friendship?
Despite the two of them being absolute, blatant nerds who, from the first episode, freak out about the nerdy stuff together, never once did the writers go, ‘we should sexualise their friendship or put some kind of sexual tension in there bc they’re of the opposite gender and have shared interests.’
It would have been so easy for them to pair them together and that be the end of it but by not sexualising their relationship, it was able to develop into a really cool friendship where they both understood each other and could joke around and make fun of each other but also comfort and console each other in times of need.
(As seen in the GIF below, even early on in S1, Sam is looking out for him bc perhaps she recognised that, like her, Daniel can get too caught up thinking about things to look after himself)
It felt a lot like a brother and sister, which, given that Sam’s family is a little disfunctional and Daniel didn’t have any siblings, it was perfect to give these two babs each other as a substitute.
I understand that they could have done the same with Teal’c and Sam but he’s more of their weird cousin from overseas (overspace?) and that’s also a pure friendship but this is an essay about my fave Doctors.
Next week on Crystal Rants: why Janet Fraiser deserved better!