Sam Carter/Jack O'Neill Ship Discussion Thread

[neverendingimagination]

They would probably be stammering that wouldn't be possible!

Haha true, but if they hadn't killed off Joe Faxon a nice plausible angst-ridden storyline would already be in the making. They cut their own throats with that one. The Pete storyline was cutting off their nose to spite their face.

[fems]

True, very true. I've seen some fanfics where SG1 gets crossed over with JAG. Rabb fits that bill, at least I think so!

I disagree: I used to love JAG when it was first on TV (in my country) but last year or so I did a complete rewatch in a few weeks' time and came to the conclusion that Rabb was actually quite a, eh, jerk. Also very immature and he didn't really treat the women in his life very well. Not to mention how old he was 'suddenly' looking towards the end and it didn't help that he'd gained some weight and the buttons on his suits looked like they were ready to pop!

Haha true, but if they hadn't killed off Joe Faxon a nice plausible angst-ridden storyline would already be in the making. They cut their own throats with that one. The Pete storyline was cutting off their nose to spite their face.

Yes, very true. However, I'm not sure if keeping Joe would have been a good move either; with Sam and Joe being married (and him turning out to be less than concerned about sterilizing people without their knowledge) in 2010 a growing relationship between them post 2001 might have divided fans even more. Some Sam/Jack shippers would probably feel a sense of foreboding and fear she would actually marry Joe and still end up miserable as we know she still loved Jack at the cabin in 2010, while Sam/Joe shippers would probably fear he would turn out to be a not-so-nice-man in this timeline too! It also may have been a tad too much angst for me! My shipper heart can't take that much and I fear they would have changed Sam's personality too much as well, to make her the politician's wife (she wasn't really our Sam in 2010, in my opinion; not until she went to the cabin)...

Still, it would probably have been better than the Pete thing...

[Ikorni]

I'm still convinced (even wearing my delusional ship glasses) that they could have pulled it off - of course, this is said in hindsight. SG-1's not the Sam and Jack show after all, so if they just got them together without it being too saccharine or too overly domestic, then focused on the team and the whole shebang about invading aliens, I thought it would have been okay.

[Ikorni]

Could I ask someone to bring up the rewatch schedule?

[Lt.Colonel John Sheppard]

Bringing it forward:

Season 3 Rewatch
May 19 - Into The Fire - SGSuzi
May 24 – Seth - RamonathePest
May 29 - Fair Game - hlndncr
June 3- Legacy – neverendingimagination
June 8 - Learning Curve – meredithe5
June 13 - Point of View – Selene0789
June 18 - Deadman Switch - SaraBahama
June 23 – Demons – Sparky She-Demon
June 28 - Rules of Engagement - LCJS
July 3 - Forever in a Day - selene0789
July 8 - Past and Present - Ikorni
July 13 - Jolinar’s Memories / The Devil You Know – Sparky She-Demon
July 18 – Foothold - LCJS
July 23 – Pretense – meredithe5
July 28 – Urgo - SGSuzi
August 2- A Hundred Days - hlndncr
August 7- Shades of Grey - selene0789
August 12 – New Ground - LCJS
August 17 – Maternal Instinct – Selene0789
August 22 – Crystal Skull - neverendingimagination
August 27 – Nemesis - ikorni

[Lt.Colonel John Sheppard]

i didn't know i had two more (Foothold and New Ground) lucky me.

[majorsal]

Yes, obviously she was referring to her and Jack getting together and him not dying anymore! Nah, just kidding: I don't know exactly what AT said to TPTB at the time and if it's the exact same thing she mentioned at that con, but in my opinion she wasn't wrong to either ask for a love interest (one Sam actually wanted a relationship with, opposed to all the aliens fawning and dying over her) or one that didn't die. Perhaps she should have been more specific and request a credible storyline to go along with it too?

[majorsal]

Yes, very true. However, I'm not sure if keeping Joe would have been a good move either; with Sam and Joe being married (and him turning out to be less than concerned about sterilizing people without their knowledge) in 2010 a growing relationship between them post 2001 might have divided fans even more. Some Sam/Jack shippers would probably feel a sense of foreboding and fear she would actually marry Joe and still end up miserable as we know she still loved Jack at the cabin in 2010, while Sam/Joe shippers would probably fear he would turn out to be a not-so-nice-man in this timeline too! It also may have been a tad too much angst for me! My shipper heart can't take that much and I fear they would have changed Sam's personality too much as well, to make her the politician's wife (she wasn't really our Sam in 2010, in my opinion; not until she went to the cabin)...

Still, it would probably have been better than the Pete thing...

the one plus side to pete, and the way he was written/acted... there are NO sam/pete shippers!!

[Lucycat]

I don't understand why they didn't just have them be together after S8 and in a long distance relationship. RDA was no longer there and the show was more focused on the newbies (Cam and Vala) and the Ori.

Why not have a little tidbit for us die-hards? Like Daniel saying to Sam, "How is Jack?". No big fuss, just a subtle confirmation.

*sigh* So many years later... and I'm still disappointed.

Oh well, in my universe, they got married when Sam was in Area 51 and they were together (and happy) in the later seasons!

[Samantha-Carter-is-my-muse]

Oh well, in my universe, they got married when Sam was in Area 51 and they were together (and happy) in the later seasons!

I like your universe

[majorsal]

I don't understand why they didn't just have them be together after S8 and in a long distance relationship. RDA was no longer there and the show was more focused on the newbies (Cam and Vala) and the Ori.

Why not have a little tidbit for us die-hards? Like Daniel saying to Sam, "How is Jack?". No big fuss, just a subtle confirmation.

*sigh* So many years later... and I'm still disappointed.

Oh well, in my universe, they got married when Sam was in Area 51 and they were together (and happy) in the later seasons!

joe mallozzi said they (brad and rob, basically) weren't on the same page on what to do (i'm paraphrasing). so it was left with hints and vagueness...

and

[hedwig]

joe mallozzi said they (brad and rob, basically) weren't on the same page on what to do (i'm paraphrasing). so it was left with hints and vagueness...

and

And since RCC was the Exec. Producer/Show Runner for SG1 in Seasons 9 and 10, and Brad Wright was the same for SGA, RCC overruled Brad and got his way (sadly).

[SaraBahama]

I don't understand why they didn't just have them be together after S8 and in a long distance relationship. RDA was no longer there and the show was more focused on the newbies (Cam and Vala) and the Ori.

Why not have a little tidbit for us die-hards? Like Daniel saying to Sam, "How is Jack?". No big fuss, just a subtle confirmation.

*sigh* So many years later... and I'm still disappointed.

Oh well, in my universe, they got married when Sam was in Area 51 and they were together (and happy) in the later seasons!

YES! *this*....*this*....SO MUCH ^^ *this*!!!

<3 Lucy!!

And since RCC was the Exec. Producer/Show Runner for SG1 in Seasons 9 and 10, and Brad Wright was the same for SGA, RCC overruled Brad and got his way (sadly).

*sticking out tongue at people who blow holes in my ship*

stop blowing holes in my ship!!

[AmberLM]

And since RCC was the Exec. Producer/Show Runner for SG1 in Seasons 9 and 10, and Brad Wright was the same for SGA, RCC overruled Brad and got his way (sadly).

I was gonna say, I always had Brad pegged as one of TPTB on our side!

@sarabahama - lol! I like it!

[Sparky She-Demon]

Oh well, in my universe, they got married when Sam was in Area 51 and they were together (and happy) in the later seasons!

I like that universe as well!