A lot of anti- people continually cry about Vala and how her character has either no honor, is nothing but a slut, or should be compared to a Goa'uld rather then Teal'c. They feel that since she's done terrible things in the past, then this translates to her being an awful person who cannot change. But can't one major event change a person?
In The Powers to Be, we learn Vala had subjucated an entire community to serve her needs - mining and basically using them as slave labor. From what we saw, no one died during her rule (not as the Goa'uld, but as herself), and while at first she still saw nothing wrong in what she did (she's a thief, what can we say?), her character finally evolved. When she saw all those people dying, and that she could do absolutely nothing to save them...
... Vala changed.
The slutty, morally corrupt Vala began to fade away. While bits and pieces of that older self still remain in the way she acts, she changed. From the moment she opened fire on the Prior, she was different. And that difference was very evident in Beachhead, where she sacrificed herself to stop the Ori Supergate.
I know some people continue to roll their eyes, but I applaud Vala. I believe in redemption, and I saw the change in the character that made her first appearance by stealing the Prometheus and kidnapping Daniel.
While others continue to hate Vala, I will continue to enjoy both her and the actress playing her.
In The Powers to Be, we learn Vala had subjucated an entire community to serve her needs - mining and basically using them as slave labor. From what we saw, no one died during her rule (not as the Goa'uld, but as herself), and while at first she still saw nothing wrong in what she did (she's a thief, what can we say?), her character finally evolved. When she saw all those people dying, and that she could do absolutely nothing to save them...
... Vala changed.
The slutty, morally corrupt Vala began to fade away. While bits and pieces of that older self still remain in the way she acts, she changed. From the moment she opened fire on the Prior, she was different. And that difference was very evident in Beachhead, where she sacrificed herself to stop the Ori Supergate.
I know some people continue to roll their eyes, but I applaud Vala. I believe in redemption, and I saw the change in the character that made her first appearance by stealing the Prometheus and kidnapping Daniel.
While others continue to hate Vala, I will continue to enjoy both her and the actress playing her.
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