They seem to think that once a woman falls in love she gets big doe eyes and can only think in pink hearts around her feller.

Bwah! It's so true! And thank you -- much better dialogue!

Yeah, I have no problem believing the J/D still holds true. This was such a "bottle" ep, as they call it. Being stranded for 50 years is a special circumstance. It does require some wankery that they've made it appear that Daniel has been in love with Vala for a while, but then I firmly believe you can be in love with more than one person at a time. (Also? I tend to fully ignore it, as it's not the Daniel I've seen onscreen until that moment.)

My personal view has always been that other pairings including, Daniel/Vala, Daniel/Cameron, Jack/Kerry, and even Jack/Sam are just pit stops on the way to Jack/Daniel.

Amen!

And the Chulak story is, of course, a much better show ender. *sigh*