SGU without Chloe...

[AndSoItBegins]

I don't believe there is such a thing as a boring character, just unimaginary writers. Anyone from any background can be made fascinating if the writers are committed to the character and/if they are creative enough to provide the character with an interesting backstory/characterization. So any fault with Chloe is the fault of the writing team, not the actress in my opinion.

Now some actors can exceed what they are given on the page and make the bland words that come out of their mouths interesting. But that's a special lot, a very tiny portion of those of the thespian populace. Elyse is not at that level. But she is good enough to make Chloe complex as long as she is given good material to work with.

With that said I still like Chloe. I don't see her being killed off (if the show continues) because TPTB appear to like her as well. If TPTB listened to some of you guys she, Matt and Camille would already be dead. I look forward to what TPTB will have in store for her and the blue aliens. The only way I would probably start to dislike her is if TPTB hooked her up with Eli because frankly the Eli fans have turned me off even on the possibility of such a hookup.

As for people not noticing her absence in the first ten or so minutes...well if the episode is great you can say that about virtually any character that is kept off the screen for the first portion of a show. As long as that character is not your personal favorite that is.

[Commander Zelix]

While moving at a snail pace and very tentative I think the Chloe transformation plot is very good thus far.

It would be better if the blue aliens were a more present enemy like the Goaould or the Wraith. So everything would be linked with some ever present overarching threat and arc. But in my head, I'm telling myself that it is. Well, it may be for real, we don't know what the writers have in store for us.

[Commander Zelix]

I don't believe there is such a thing as a boring character, just unimaginary writers. Anyone from any background can be made fascinating

I think the world of scripted TV and Movie is built on the idea of putting ordinary people like you and me through challenges and incredible events. There's not even any need for any type of "I was beaten up by father" background or flashback. Putting ordinary people through extraordinary events is almost the foundation of TV.

It's the impact on those events on her and how she reacts and people around her reacts which make it interesting. Same as the development of her situation.

[jelgate]

Kill off Chloe makes things too easy. I want tension not easiness. And that spiting fandom Matt was talking about

[Egle01]

I like Chloe and would miss her if they killed her off

Yes, same here.

[VampyreWraith]

I don't really like Chloe, but I think that Elyse Levesque has done a really good job with the material she was given. I just really don't find her character interesting. I don't really want her to die though. I'd rather she was reduced to recurring, maybe have her get taken by the blues again or something and spend some time with them(more than 1 episode); get a little off screen development and come back changed.

[carmencatalina]

Count me in as a Chloe fan. I was very anti-Chloe during the first part of the first season, but the character has grown on me, and I find the whole "blue aliens made me a mutant" story-line very interesting.

Team Chloe!

[Wayston]

I like diminished role smurfette chloe, plus it may just be me but Elyse Levesque is looking hawt these last episodes.

[Replicator Todd]

I like Chloe, one of my favorites! Besides she can say something archeological if she needs to, thats useful right!? Like Stratification!

[Coronach]

I have always liked Chloe as a character, and if anything it has just gotten more and more so as the show has gone along. I like the way her character has developed so far, and I think this current storyline could prove to be very interesting if it continues. I really can't wait to see what the writers do.

[Kanten]

Hmmmm... So.. why is Eli all hating on her now?

He lost his trick and now he's all hating on Chloe. I really want him to grow the F up!

I'm not sure how exactly he was hating. They were back to being buddy-buddy a week ago, despite the Cloverdale fiasco.

He was just really, really, really upset and didn't want to be bothered, by Chloe or anyone else on the ship.

[MattSilver 3k]

I like diminished role smurfette chloe, plus it may just be me but Elyse Levesque is looking hawt these last episodes.

No, it's not just you. Constantly looked bedraggled and unkempt like she has lately is oddly hot as all hell to me.

[xxxevilgrinxxx]

I can't imagine SGU without Chloe. From the moment she laid a beating on Rush, how could I not like her?
Then her standing up to Wray in Justice and now her neat arc here. She's definitely interesting!

edited to add an agreement with MattSilver about awesome bedraggled Chloe!

[Kaiphantom]

I don't particularly care for the character at the moment, but I don't think killing her off is the answer; that's the easy way out. I wouldn't miss her if she were gone, but I'd rather she develop into something admirable.

I don't know whether it's the writers fault for not doing much with her character, or whether the actor herself needs to ask for more development. Because when you think of Chloe, you think of two things: she's Scott's gf, and she's part alien. Neither one of those things are qualities that are intrinsic to her.

What I wanted to see:
Yeah, she feels useless at the start, that's normal. But I would have liked to see her go, "Dammit, I am gonna find something to do, other than whine or mope around being useless. Everyone else is pitching in!" Partly I can understand it, because it isn't until Earth that she realizes she's had shallow friends and that she was shallow, but it was while she was drunk, so who knows how much she remembered.

But still, she could be shown helping out, by learning new skills, or watering plants or something. Eventually, especially after Justice and Divided, I would have liked to see her become more a mediator for disputes. She's a civilian with a military boyfriend; thus she has both aspects. The disagreements on the ship are political in a small scale, and that is something that Chloe should be familiar with.

So start mediating disputes.

Stick up for people who aren't your boyfriend.

Get yourself involved in the discussion meetings.

Become an attache for Wray, possibly handle some psych evaluations in place of TJ(or assist her in them).

Get to know and befriend everyone on the ship.

Of course, at this point with her infection, she probably can't do that too much. She pretty much needs to be locked and watched until they figure out something to do with her. But all this really makes me wonder about her education, and whether she only took it and passed because of her daddy.

[Egle01]

Team Chloe!

*joins*

I can't imagine SGU without Chloe. From the moment she laid a beating on Rush, how could I not like her?
Then her standing up to Wray in Justice and now her neat arc here. She's definitely interesting!

Not to mention telling Rush (after he said Chloe should return to her quarters) 'You know where you can go?!' in "Water".