Question number one that has arrived in my mailbox is: Is this for real?

Seems people are intrigued by the idea of this letter campaign, but can't figure out how much of it is parody and how much is serious. Some folks don't want to send actual letters and look like wackos if this is all a just a joke. So, I'm here to clarify this for ya.

It's real, but it's also very, very silly. Of course we want to see Michael Shanks shed a few clothes so we can have illicit Daniel Jackson thrills. And there's no harm in sending letters that say so. It's the entertainment industry, and we are allowed to have fun with it and interact with it in ways that... well, entertain us. In the grand scheme of things, asking Damian Kindler to try to talk Michael Shanks into doing a scene shirtless is a pretty damn harmless and cheap way to entertain ourselves. But let's not be too surprised if we don't exactly get our way. Because, as I said, it's really rather silly.

I *know* silly. I'm the grown woman who cropped off the image of a man's nipple to make clickable icons. But I also know that it's perfectly healthy to have a visceral reaction to a good-looking man and to express that reaction. I don't think it demeans Michael Shanks' considerable talent to acknowledge that he has physical assets that are quite attractive and to want to see more of them. It's normal. So, why not have fun, be a little silly and be normal at the same time? So have some fun, and send those letters while the show is actually still filming. They could be done any day now for all we know, and then our chance to have this kind of harmless, inane fun with SG-1 will be gone forever.

Next most common question I'm asked, is why all the jokes about Jack & Daniel that hint in that direction? Well, that's easy. The friendship between the two is a huge draw for a lot of fans, and so it's only natural that the occasional humorous wink and nudge in that direction will happen. On this site, jokes of that bent are a reflection of the adoration of the complex bond between two favorite male characters. In other words, I'm just teasing, relax! (For the record, more people have happily asked this question than unhappily asked it. Go figure.)

And now, I'm going to return to the nonsensical fun of preparing images and captions. I've had my quota of semi-serious for the day and I'm ready for some good old-fashioned, bawdy fun.

More questions or comments? Drop me a line using the letter submission form.