Originally posted by bluealien
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We all know that from day one, the show has left much to the viewers point of view. I think the writers intentionally did this as well. I think even more so it's interesting that Rachel states that she and Joe never talked about how they were going to work with John and Teyla's feelings and yet they both admit that there was something much more there, and they played it that way and we saw it. So, all those looks, all those concerns, all those unspoken words, even among the actors, it was there!
Both have stated that there could have been more had there been a Season 6. The fact that Rachel even admits that there might be more and that she was willing to go further with her relationship with Teyla and John, that alone tells us that Rachel knows there was no chemistry between Kanaan and Teyla beyond a respect and a love there.
I agree with you that the writers didn't play them as we should have seen it played out, but at the same time...if it was played out as this perfect relationship, then Teyla has no reason to still harbor feelings for John. I agree with you and I completely understand your frustration and disapointment cause I feel it very strongly still after these years without the show.
Yet, everything that Rachel stated about Kanaan makes sense to me and it's believable from what I gather on what Teyla played in the show. For me, at least. That I wanted to see more. Heck yes! That the writers completely dismissed Teyla's Athosian side...Yup. So, we have to put the pieces together, just like we've done it for John and Teyla in this thread and in the hundreds of amazing fics written out there.
Teyla loves her people. Trusts her people and would do anything for them. She decided early on that she wanted to fight for them. I just watched The Return the other day, and I completely missed the fact that when Radim came to her and Ronon in the Athosian camp after John and his team had left, Ronon was reluctant to join sides with the Genii, but Teyla was actually considering it. She stated that the Ancients had not recognized nor asked for their help and that her people were mere farmers. So, even without John and his team, Teyla was willing to go back and fight and join the Genii in the fight against the Wraith.
So, in John asking Teyla to join his team, Teyla discovered what she was truly meant to do. To fight. She is a natural born warrior.
And I could go on...but my point. Yes, the writers missed out on a lot in particular with Teyla's character. Actually, we can say the same thing for all of these characters. Ironically, in SGU they are doing too much of the characters background and missing out on the whole scifi feel. There has to be a balance for a show like Stargate to be loved by us scifi fans. We need that piece of scifi feel to a show but we need to relate with the characters as well. The cast of Atlantis had very little in script with that aspect of their characters but they certainly gave us a lot with their facial expressions that they don't say with words.
I see Teyla very much as Rachel sees her. I think there's a connection there that's strong between Kanaan and Teyla, and it is a type of love. And one that she will "make" herself be happy and content with, but only as long as she has John right there by her side. Which is why I think she left her people behind. Which is why Teyla believes that her people would take care of her son in her absence and he will be fine. Remember that Teyla herself grew up without her parents. This is something common for her people. For us to see a mother leave her child...that's sacriligious, but this is Teyla. She's not from our world. Her experiences are not that of our own here on Earth. She made the decision to continue fighting for her son, for her people. She decided to stay with John and his team. She feels that in the long run that will be best for her people and her son's future. A future without the fear of Wraith. I can totally understand that.
And Kanaan....makes sense. He's the one that was made for her. He's the one that her people decided for her even if they never actually told her. John never made a move and she wasn't going to. So, she decided. She did it for her people, for her ties. I get that. And although we never saw it like that on-screen, there was certainly enough there in how Rachel played it out, too.
In fact, I'm glad they did it this way because think about it, if they had shown us Teyla falling in love with Kanaan, the way they should have done it, then there can't be no feelings for John. I still believe that Torren was in fact an accident. And I'm extremely intrigued with Rachel's take on Torren's father. But in the end, for me to believe that Teyla still harbors strong feelings for John and those are the feeling of a deep love and connection that she can never share with Kanaan, then this scenario fits for her to eventually leave Kanaan and be with John.
That's just my point of view, of course.
But that the writers did an injustice to Teyla's character and her background. No doubt about it. There should have been more. I too wished that they had given us more of her culture and her people and giving us more about just how Torren is more powerful than even her!!!
But mostly, that eventually, what she feels for Kanaan will clearly show in him that she's not in love with him, that she feels for another and that her ties with John are so strong that she would rather die with him and for his cause knowing that her son would be completely fine without her and with her people to continue on her family's legacy.
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