Reading about the theories about the Ori, their motives, and the plague in TPTB, I wonder if it all comes back to the question "Why do the Ori want to be worshipped as gods?"
Is it perhaps a wacky Stargate spin on Descartes' "I think, therefore I am"?...
"You believe, therefore we are."
In the Stargate universe, the Goa'uld live as parasites, the Wraith feed on life energy...what if the Orii 'live' on the worship or belief of their...followers?
It would be an explanation for the interminable worship rituals on the Alteran world. From the limited view we've had of the actual Orii so far, it/they had to possess a body to speak or act. The possession appears to leave its mark: glassy eyes, a sickly complexion, and intricate cicatrice. The Ascended Ancients we've seen to date can take human form in appearance or 'come back' completely; what if the Orii can't? All the charm of the Goa'uld and the gastronomic preferences of the Wraith, wrapped up in a fiery package.
When the Prior came through to the SGC, why didn't the Prior/Orii spread the plague seen in TPTB? It might have been just a fact-finding trip, but what if there has to be doubt or willingness to listen before the Orii can begin to become established? In TPTB, Daniel, Vala, and Teal'c each have experience enough that they *know* that the Orii arent gods. But Mitchell? he doesn't yet have the direct experience to measure against.
So, maybe doubt really *will* do you in, and unshakable faith in what you know will save you. And the Orii...maybe they are because their victims believe.
Is it perhaps a wacky Stargate spin on Descartes' "I think, therefore I am"?...
"You believe, therefore we are."
In the Stargate universe, the Goa'uld live as parasites, the Wraith feed on life energy...what if the Orii 'live' on the worship or belief of their...followers?
It would be an explanation for the interminable worship rituals on the Alteran world. From the limited view we've had of the actual Orii so far, it/they had to possess a body to speak or act. The possession appears to leave its mark: glassy eyes, a sickly complexion, and intricate cicatrice. The Ascended Ancients we've seen to date can take human form in appearance or 'come back' completely; what if the Orii can't? All the charm of the Goa'uld and the gastronomic preferences of the Wraith, wrapped up in a fiery package.
When the Prior came through to the SGC, why didn't the Prior/Orii spread the plague seen in TPTB? It might have been just a fact-finding trip, but what if there has to be doubt or willingness to listen before the Orii can begin to become established? In TPTB, Daniel, Vala, and Teal'c each have experience enough that they *know* that the Orii arent gods. But Mitchell? he doesn't yet have the direct experience to measure against.
So, maybe doubt really *will* do you in, and unshakable faith in what you know will save you. And the Orii...maybe they are because their victims believe.
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