Originally posted by AthosianGirl
This is the first show that I have actively become a shipper…and what got me onboard was ‘The Rising’. When I get into a show I usually like to see two things: a. a strong female character and b. some romance. With the pilot of Atlantis I got both. The first scene with Teyla and Shep caught my interest. The initial awareness that flashed between them in the tent when they introduce themselves made me stop and think hmmmm. The cave scene is where I first got a sense of attraction between them with the necklace and how he gave her the necklace only to take it from her and place it around her neck himself.
The following episodes, for me, all built upon the attraction that manifested between them in ‘Rising’. ‘Hide and Seek’ gave me some friendship moments such as Shep telling stories to the Athosian children and him being eager to show Teyla football. Moments such as these confirm a friendship growing between them that I really like to see. It shows me that what’s between them is more than mere attraction but an actual desire to get to know one and other and spend time together.
Episodes like ‘Suspicion’ and ‘The Gift’ prove to me that Shep trust Teyla entirely because he knows her and understands
But while all of these confirm a friendship it what the interaction between these two in episodes like ‘Home’ and ‘Hot Zone’ that fed the Shepmagan Shippy fire.
In ‘Home’ I always noticed that it is Shep who the aliens choose for Teyla to share his dream world. It could have been Ford, Weir or McKay but the fact that the aliens senses something in Shep and would place Teyla with him made me think that there is something more than just friendship between them. Shep wants to show Teyla earth…Shep wants to spend time with Teyla…Shep would never leave or abandon Teyla…those were all thought running through my head when I watched this episode…plus I just thought they looked good together in the episode…not just looks but they seemed to fit together for me.
‘Hot Zone’ brought out the sparring aspect that I absolutely love to see…I have never figured out why John specifically asked to begin sparring with Teyla but the fact that we never see Teyla sparring with any other Atlantis expedition member (Ford, Maj. Lorne) seems to me like John asked Teyla to teach him because it introduces him to more of the Athosian culture and he gets to spend some alone time with Teyla. There must be a reason for him wanting to learn to spar when for one he doesn’t seem to practice on his own and two he prefers his P-90 over a set of Athosian fighting rods any day. So the fact that he continues to spar with Teyla means to me he wants to spend his extra time with her. When someone else does spar with Teyla as Ronon did in ‘Duet’ I got the impression Shep was jealous when he said the comment ‘I thought we were suppose to be sparring’
Moments such as these helped solidify my title as a Shepmagan Shipper!
The relationship between Shep and Weir for me was never shippy…friends… yes…allies….okay…but it never progressed for me into the realm of ship. I didn’t even realize that people thought ship between them until I found the website Gateworld and was introduced to the fans of Shep/Weir. And now when I hear discussions of possible Shep/Weir or Sparky moments I don’t get them because I’m too entrenched with my Shepmagan moments to see them for myself. I’m getting better and now trying to see Atlantis for Shep/Weir…this doesn’t mean I’ll be a member of the sparky ship but I like to understand other ships.
So let’s all hope that we will see more balcony scenes and sparring in future episodes of Atlantis!
The following episodes, for me, all built upon the attraction that manifested between them in ‘Rising’. ‘Hide and Seek’ gave me some friendship moments such as Shep telling stories to the Athosian children and him being eager to show Teyla football. Moments such as these confirm a friendship growing between them that I really like to see. It shows me that what’s between them is more than mere attraction but an actual desire to get to know one and other and spend time together.
Episodes like ‘Suspicion’ and ‘The Gift’ prove to me that Shep trust Teyla entirely because he knows her and understands
But while all of these confirm a friendship it what the interaction between these two in episodes like ‘Home’ and ‘Hot Zone’ that fed the Shepmagan Shippy fire.
In ‘Home’ I always noticed that it is Shep who the aliens choose for Teyla to share his dream world. It could have been Ford, Weir or McKay but the fact that the aliens senses something in Shep and would place Teyla with him made me think that there is something more than just friendship between them. Shep wants to show Teyla earth…Shep wants to spend time with Teyla…Shep would never leave or abandon Teyla…those were all thought running through my head when I watched this episode…plus I just thought they looked good together in the episode…not just looks but they seemed to fit together for me.
‘Hot Zone’ brought out the sparring aspect that I absolutely love to see…I have never figured out why John specifically asked to begin sparring with Teyla but the fact that we never see Teyla sparring with any other Atlantis expedition member (Ford, Maj. Lorne) seems to me like John asked Teyla to teach him because it introduces him to more of the Athosian culture and he gets to spend some alone time with Teyla. There must be a reason for him wanting to learn to spar when for one he doesn’t seem to practice on his own and two he prefers his P-90 over a set of Athosian fighting rods any day. So the fact that he continues to spar with Teyla means to me he wants to spend his extra time with her. When someone else does spar with Teyla as Ronon did in ‘Duet’ I got the impression Shep was jealous when he said the comment ‘I thought we were suppose to be sparring’
Moments such as these helped solidify my title as a Shepmagan Shipper!
The relationship between Shep and Weir for me was never shippy…friends… yes…allies….okay…but it never progressed for me into the realm of ship. I didn’t even realize that people thought ship between them until I found the website Gateworld and was introduced to the fans of Shep/Weir. And now when I hear discussions of possible Shep/Weir or Sparky moments I don’t get them because I’m too entrenched with my Shepmagan moments to see them for myself. I’m getting better and now trying to see Atlantis for Shep/Weir…this doesn’t mean I’ll be a member of the sparky ship but I like to understand other ships.
So let’s all hope that we will see more balcony scenes and sparring in future episodes of Atlantis!
It's great to see all of the Sparky shippers popping in here now -- we love visitors and it makes for good conversation. Keep up the inter-ship travel, guys and girls!
Oh, forgot to add -- words are courtesy of "Les Miserables"...:;SP bows down at Boublil and Mackintosh's feet::
who tells 
who meets 
who is next to 
how he should go about asking 
over on Earth knows so in the end 
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