Chess sets with shiney, shiney teeth

[icarus]

Looking at a video of a celebrity, trying to figure out what's changed I realize - oh. He got his teeth done.

I liked him better before, even though now he is more handsome. This "Hollywood Teeth" thing makes everyone look the same. Okay, different, but like they all belong to the same chess set.

Here's one of my favourite Stargate SG-1 fics. It's not long, but it accounts very well for the strangeness of Jack-the-Air Force colonel sleeping with Daniel:

Kawhoosh! by Anais. R/NC-17

I cracked up at this Teal'c makeover by tafkarfic:

Queer Eye For The SG-1 by Tafkar. PG (but don't run, it's fun!)

Then something to warm your heart, which is by danvers so of course has edgy, funny dialogue and a sense of the absurd, so isn't saccharine for a millisecond:

A Christmas Wish by Danvers. PG-13

Hooray, blatantly NC-17 off-world sex with denial! I'm sure I've rec'd this before, but in case I haven't:

Pavlov by Kalimyre

Now I'm going to amaze myself - I'm actually rec'ing Gen. Not only that, what recommends it most is danvers crystal clear, fierce and edgy Sam Carter, pre-Stargate progame:

SG-1

Enjoy.

Comments

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Oh, on the teeth question -? Ahem. Michael Shanks. But I didn't say because I really don't want to admit the depths of my obsession.

(I figure so long as I don't camp outside the studio and follow him home to hide in the bushes with a telephoto lens, I'm probably okay.)

Icarus

[taligator.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I prefer Michael Shanks of old than the new one. He's so polished looking .. it really started during his ascension. He suddenly got a fashion sense and had those whole casual I'm gorgeous and I know it, look well I can pull off this v-necked cream sweater..wooh manly me don't you want me.

Errhm, yeah ...

I liked the floppy hair and too big glasses rather the polish teeth whitened look. *sighs* I also like no-hair Teal'c too ..

I cannot wait for this week's episode with Claudia Black and can't wait until Ben Browder joins the cast. Wooooo.

Ooh and speaking of "Woooo" I need to go buy Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow ...

*bounces*

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Well. I like the studly Daniel. I just liked the previous version better.

Heh. I had the sudden thought (character explanation): "How nice of Oma to fix his teeth pre-descension. Oh. Wait. He probably did that himself. Vanity. Last act before descension? I can just see it. Hmm. Clothes or fix the teeth? No contest."

Icarus

[tafkarfanfic.livejournal.com]

*dies*

I didn't notice the change, actually. I'll have to, I dunno, compare the teeth in an S7 and an S5 shot. (Or maybe you have some shots you can link to?)

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't have any shots. I've been noticing on the DVDs.

Icarus

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

I had the same reaction when David Bowie got his teeth done. Didn't he realize that his snaggly, faintly vampiric smile was part of his appeal, the predatory look it gave to his grin like the flavor of tequila whispering behind the sweetness of a margarita?

*sighs and goes back to watching Labyrinth again, when he looked suitably wicked*

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Yes. Michael Shanks had slightly small teeth, a little jagged. The difference is he used to constantly try to hide his teeth, which gave him a bashful, soft, somewhat shy manner and it made him... well, pout all the time. Very sweet.

Sure, he has a great smile now, but that pouty softness was part of his appeal.

My mother had a very dramatic Cher-type nose, then had it fixed. She looked like a 18th century deguerrotype, with the delicate cheekbones, luminous skin, and the Nefertiti nose.

It formed a lot of her persona, her over-the-type, diva-like style and attitude.

After the nose-job, she was somewhat disappointed to discover that people were less likely to find her beautiful and elegant, and more likely to find her... cute. But she'd never developed a "cute" personality to go with her new appearance. Oddly, she continued to dress dramatically, even though she could no longer carry it off.

Michael Shanks did well to buff out at the same time he changed his teeth, making himself more of a "leading man." It wouldn't've worked to try to force him back into the Daniel-mold completely. But he is slightly more... bland.

Icarus