Danielgate: a look at 8 seasons of Stargate

I'm so sick of people who are still complaining about how terribly underused Daniel Jackson was in everything but season 1-3. I love Stargate fandom, I have found a very nice little corner, here on LJ, but on the lists? There is the St. Daniel fraction on the one side, and on the other hand the people that will mock you for even suggesting that you like Daniel.

So, here is my confession:
I am a Stargate fan.
I love the show, with all its flaws and quirks. Some episodes are better than others, so what?
I love the characters. Okay, so maybe I don't like where they are going with Sam at the moment, but I still like Sam. I accept that she is having a midlife crisis, I don't hate her for it.
I think the show is getting better in many ways each season, but my favourite seasons are season 4 and 5. Because they are the loaded with action, tragedy and love.

There's a reason for this little rant, of course. See, today I was reading the Gateway digest. I'm on the list purely for the fic, I never get involved in discussion. I won't now. But today. I was bored, and I skipped through the other messages, where I found this:

Daniel was an equal member of the team in the first three seasons. The focus was clearly not on him in season 4 and 5.

Okay, let's ignore for the moment the hidden suggestion that in a show called Stargate SG-1, the focus should be on only one character.

( Let's take a look at the reality, instead: )

I know, you could always count differently. But however you count, you can't deny that there are TEN episodes in seasons 4, 5 and 7 that are strongly focused on Daniel, and only 6 in the first two seasons.

SO STOP THE FUCK TELLING ME THAT EVERYTHING BUT SEASON 1-3 OF STARGATE SUCKS, AND THAT POOR DANIEL IS SO NEGLECTED IN THE NEWER SEASONS!

Right.
Preaching to the choir, I know.

But I do feel a bit better now.
And I didn't even tell you how the J/D love grows in these seasons. That's stuff for another post, enough ranting for today.

Freaky Friday

I'm watching Freaky Friday, because of Mark Harmon of course, but I'm laughing myself silly over here. Maybe I'm just easily amused.
And there's that jealous Gibbs Ryan scene. ;-)

Now, someone tell me how to make screencaps without downloading a new program, so I can post them to harmon_daily. I have the usual players plus Power DVD and some graphics programs (Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro). There's got to be an easy way that I can figure out.