And by that I obviously mean the writers got it wrong. OR.... they got it spectacularly right.
1) Didn’t Teyla introduce herself the first time we saw her as ‘Teyla, daughter of Tagan’? So why did she call her son Torrin after her father? And this is the OR bit - Tagan was her mother and the Athosian society is matriarchal? This isn’t my idea; there’s been plenty of discussion about this on Livejournal and how cool it would be if that’s what the writers meant.
2) Teyla naming her son after John is wrong, wrong, so very wrong. Let’s look at who she could have named her son after instead:
a) Kanaan turned out to be a disappointment but she could have named him after Kanaan’s father or a male member of his family. She obviously had some feelings for him if she was in a relationship with him so that would have been the respectful thing to do.
b) Ronon was the first one who publicly and happily congratulated her on the announcement of her pregnancy. Ronon was the one that held her hand and went to the infirmary with her to make sure she and the baby were okay after major fighting. Ronon has been unfailing in his support of her. Where’s the Ronon love, Teyla?
c) And last but not least; the man who spent 25 years trying to fix the timeline, the man who made it possible to find her, the man who made motivational tapes for the baby while it was still in utero, the man who <i>delivered</i> the baby - Rodney. What more did he need to do to gain Teyla’s appreciation?
I know that TPTB don’t want us to forget that John is the hero of the show and I’m cool with that. I love John and his dorky faces and gravelly voice and his muppet laugh and the way he is always, <i>always</i> uncomfortable around women in romantic situations. But I don’t want ham-handed ‘connections’ being made between John and Teyla to allude to a ‘Will They Or Won’t They?’ relationship. They won’t, if common sense and actually understanding the characters has anything to do with it.
1) Didn’t Teyla introduce herself the first time we saw her as ‘Teyla, daughter of Tagan’? So why did she call her son Torrin after her father? And this is the OR bit - Tagan was her mother and the Athosian society is matriarchal? This isn’t my idea; there’s been plenty of discussion about this on Livejournal and how cool it would be if that’s what the writers meant.
2) Teyla naming her son after John is wrong, wrong, so very wrong. Let’s look at who she could have named her son after instead:
a) Kanaan turned out to be a disappointment but she could have named him after Kanaan’s father or a male member of his family. She obviously had some feelings for him if she was in a relationship with him so that would have been the respectful thing to do.
b) Ronon was the first one who publicly and happily congratulated her on the announcement of her pregnancy. Ronon was the one that held her hand and went to the infirmary with her to make sure she and the baby were okay after major fighting. Ronon has been unfailing in his support of her. Where’s the Ronon love, Teyla?
c) And last but not least; the man who spent 25 years trying to fix the timeline, the man who made it possible to find her, the man who made motivational tapes for the baby while it was still in utero, the man who <i>delivered</i> the baby - Rodney. What more did he need to do to gain Teyla’s appreciation?
I know that TPTB don’t want us to forget that John is the hero of the show and I’m cool with that. I love John and his dorky faces and gravelly voice and his muppet laugh and the way he is always, <i>always</i> uncomfortable around women in romantic situations. But I don’t want ham-handed ‘connections’ being made between John and Teyla to allude to a ‘Will They Or Won’t They?’ relationship. They won’t, if common sense and actually understanding the characters has anything to do with it.
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