Originally posted by RealmOfX
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I have no idea what the exact figures are for Atlantis but imagine if there was a situation where the screentime was divided as below
Sheppard - 25%
McKay - 20%
Weir - 10%
Beckett - 10%
Teyla - 5%
Ronan - 5%
Other - 25%
If the screentime of the regulars was to be restructured as
Sheppard - 12.5%
McKay - 12.5%
Weir - 12.5%
Beckett - 12.5%
Teyla - 12.5%
Ronan - 12.5%
Other - 25%
then while Weir, Beckett, Teyla and Ronan would all be getting more screentime, McKay and Sheppard would be getting significantly less screentime.
For the next season, even if - and we can't know until we see Season Four - Sam was to inherit Weir's screentime and Jewel Staite's character Beckett's, they wouldn't be taking away screentime from Teyla or Ronan, not if TPTB were never going to give them that screentime in the first place. If it hadn't been Sam and Jewel Staite's character, it would have been someone else.
While there is a finite amount of screentime, if TPTB want to develop the characters that have been neglected so far, they will. If not, they'll fill the time some way or another.
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