Ignorance was bliss

[sid]

So I'm writing a story that takes place at Jack's house, and I make the mistake of doing some research, and I realize that probably every single fic I've ever set there was off base in one way or another. From the early stories when I'd send Jack and Daniel upstairs to bed in a one story house, to not realizing the shape of the house and where the bedroom actually is, to misplacing the deck...wow. You name it.

Now I'm shocked to discover that there are two entrances to Jack's kitchen (from the dining room and from the hallway), and that the entrance from the dining room has a pocket door! Possibly the entrance from the hall to the dining room has a pocket door, too. I thought I glimpsed a handle in one screencap. (Which is neither here nor there, but startled me because I did all that research on Sam's house, and she had pocket doors, and I'm left to wonder if that's a Canadian thing? LOL) ETA: There is most definitely a pocket door between the hall and the dining room! When Jack comes home from the store in Full Alert and finds Kinsey in his living room, that door is closed. It's a louvered door. Whaddya know.

Anyway, my little story is pretty well fucked. Er, so just forget that you read this, okay? Because I don't think I can honestly fix it, so I'm just going to go with it. ;-P

La-la-la-la-la

Comments

[jdjunkie]

Pocket door is a term I have never come across, so Monsieur Google leads me to believe it's a sliding door, yes? If so, I HAVE NEVER NOTICED THESE AT JACK'S HOUSE EITHER! omg epic re-watching required for these important details. :-)

In other news: fucked story is unfuckable in my book, baby!!

*mwah*

[annejack]

There's someone (I forgot who it was because it's been there years and years ago) who did screencaps and floorplans on Jack's house and put them online. I loved to go there whenever writing fic that took place in Jack's house and look at them. I love Jack's house, it's just lovely, so I tried to stay in the canon with that as much as I could. But I did add a room once and gave his kitchen a backdoor to the outside even tough I knew it did not have one :)

You can have Jack's house anyway you like, I think, as long as it fits Jack's personality. :)

Once I'm home again I will go look for that link if anyone's interested and see if the website is still there, but I don't have it with me on the laptop.

[princessofgeeks]

I've read a number of wonderful stories that are all over the place about the layout of Jack's house, so don't worry!

[angelsallfire]

Darling, seriously, ANYTHING you write is gonna make me happy.
<3

[paian]

I think I must have perpetrated Escherian warps on the layout of that house over the years. I fully support you just going for it!

[annejack]

http://www.stargate-sg1-solutions.com/locations/jos3sog/jos3sog_003.html

This isn't the one I was thinking of but it was lots of Jack House pictures in it :)

[esteven]

Ah indeed, sometimes ignorance is bliss. Are you certain they didn't change the interior of the house willy-nilly? Because then, all would still be right with your story...and even if they didn't your story would still be right.
*nods*

[feroxargentea]

Shame on you and your floorplan violation! Hand in your fangirl badge on your way out :P