When I first started reading most Daniel fic just plain scared me. It was like there was no middle ground, either Daniel was a man-bitch or just a pretty, pretty princess. It was like I was writing something completely alien.

I think you're probably right about the Jack and Daniel dynamic. I have a hard time going back and watching the earlier seasons now. It's like S9 and S10 were a different series all together, and that's what I'm used to now.