We know more about the quality of the Goa'uld/host relationship than about the Tok'ra/host relationship. The Goa'uld takes total control and pushes the mind of the host to that of a mere suffering observer for who knows how long. However, it isn't clear why the goa'uld just doesn't eliminate the host's mind altogether. On the other hand we see on rare occasions the host returns to control either permanently or temporarily. Under these conditions there would presumably be no room for any kind of inner struggle between the goa'uld and the host because the goa'uld is almost always in control.
On one occasion that I can remember a goa'uld spy sacrificed her life to arrange for the destruction of a naquedah bomb on Jonas's home planet. I believe this was the only case of a goa'uld turning good while still controling the host.
With regard to the Tok'ra, we assume there was never any conflict between the host and the tok'ra because they got along so well. However, there must be a situation where one or the other (neither of which is a perfect being) wants to assert control of the body for some reason, which itself could initiate a dispute even if unintentionally. Yet all we see is the possibility of a tok'ra and its host living in perfect harmony all the time, whereby unlike in the case of the goa'uld, most of the time the host to the tok'ra is in control and apparently the tok'ra is sitting back and watching.
On one occasion that I can remember a goa'uld spy sacrificed her life to arrange for the destruction of a naquedah bomb on Jonas's home planet. I believe this was the only case of a goa'uld turning good while still controling the host.
With regard to the Tok'ra, we assume there was never any conflict between the host and the tok'ra because they got along so well. However, there must be a situation where one or the other (neither of which is a perfect being) wants to assert control of the body for some reason, which itself could initiate a dispute even if unintentionally. Yet all we see is the possibility of a tok'ra and its host living in perfect harmony all the time, whereby unlike in the case of the goa'uld, most of the time the host to the tok'ra is in control and apparently the tok'ra is sitting back and watching.
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