I've noticed my fave ships always have some kind of element of equality in them, whether it's love, intelligence, morals, or trauma. Along with the fact that they have chemistry.
Examples:
Spirk: Literal soulmates.
Cherik: Love at first sight, first thing the other thought about for decades, literally live together on Genosha the last time we see them.
Hannigram: Love at first sight, disasters but they REALLY love each other. Also, everyone else outside them is a major tool.
Loustat: I didn't ship them till it was clear Louis was actually into all that. Also Lestat revealed to actually love Louis and Claudia (though he's fucked in the head, sure).
Starsky/Hutch: Literally partners (they might as well be married).
Hercules/Iolaus: Care more about each other than their dead wives and children. lmao. Have the same love for adventure and heroism.
Fivela: Miserable assassins, parents of the group, only two with braincells in the Umbrella Academy. Love each other quite a lot actually, despite their dark history.
Shules (Shawn/Juliet): Strong sense of justice, similarly playful, love each other dearly.
Chara (Chuck/Sarah): Love at first sight, dorky, intelligent, protective, badass, innocent vibes despite what they go through
Daniel/Vala Mal Doran: Traumas parallel, protective of each other, roles flipped (from Daniel's previous relationships), both emotionally guarded at this stage of their life
A Moment of Warmth (717 words) by anr
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Daniel Jackson/Vala Mal Doran
Characters: Daniel Jackson, Vala Mal Doran
Additional Tags: Episode: s09e03 Origin, Missing Scene, Kissing
Summary: When Vala makes a break for freedom as soon as everyone's backs are turned, Daniel doesn't hesitate to follow along.
so you know the daniel/vala scene in unending? i always thought daniel was Just Being Mean because he was Having A Crisis, but then i actually listened to his words and realised what was going through his head at that moment
he thinks vala sees him as a toy. that hes nothing more than a plaything, something to get a reaction out of when shes bored.
And this whole flirty sexual thing that you do, that's just your way of having a laugh at my expense. So I'm so sorry if I'm not more appreciative of that and I'm so sorry that you're bored. But don't you pretend it's anything else!
courtesy of the gateworld transcript
"having a laugh at my expense". that's how he sees her behavior.
There was a time when I thought I would never get over my wife. I mean, the idea of…being hurt that way again. But I've finally gotten to the place. I've finally, for the first time in a long time, have gotten to the place where I actually feel I could get close to somebody again.
same transcript
"being hurt that way again". how many times has he been made a laughstock? for his theories, for his behavior, for anything. and he's been used before by someone via sexual advances. all he sees valas actions as is a "fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me" thing.
but vala? vala sees him as the first person shes trusted since childhood. she sees him as her reason to stop running. but she was never taught what a good relationship looks like, so she falls back on what she knows which is seduction. and she says as much!!
honestly that whole thing was their communication issues clashing and im really sad that all that character development was reset at the end of the episode
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Daniel Jackson/Vala Mal Doran
Characters: Daniel Jackson (Stargate), Vala Mal Doran
Additional Tags: Fluff, Flufftober, Cooking, joking about death, Not Beta Read
Summary:
Written for FLufftober 2022 day thirteen prompt: Secret Family Recipe
Daniel cooks for the team, and shares some of his past with Vala.
This is more pre-Daniel/Vala than it is the two of them as a couple.