OK. I posted this in the "Who Should Lead SG-1" thread, where inevitably there's a battlefront from time to time, however I thought it'd be neat to discus some of the more Sam-centric implications as well. Without the potential for a warzone. Being too lazy to reword again, I thought I'd repost some of the thoughts I'd been having as-is, just here, and see if perhaps we might want to discuss some of the ways in which Sam has been shown to be "In Charge" over the course of Season Nine (despite the apparent ambiguity of command).
In the spirit of that...
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Now, if we strip away the argument of Sam over Mitchell, or vice versa, I actually really do think the writers are leaning in the direction of Carter as a command figure this season, given she's been making all the difficult calls. Coordinating the troops, formulating strategy. While Mitchell learns the ropes. Why they're "sharing" command, I still cannot (logically) fathom, but it certainly does appear that almost despite themselves, the writing team has ended up portraying Carter as the more efficient, more competant officer in an SG field team capacity.
Having said that, I can't see how they'll continue down this route and still insist that Mitchell is an SG-1 leader. I think they're going to have to choose - and sooner than later.
To most of us, of course, the choice is rather obvious. But beyond even that boolean indicator, Carter's character is at a point now where I think she couldn't be second to Mitchell.
And that's not an ego issue, imho, it's simply a matter of truth and experience. I know we've all thought about this a great deal here and discussed it from time to time. But the longer it plays out in canon on the series, the more I see them having to make a call.
I wonder what will happen with that. Because I wouldn't put it past them to promote Mitchell to full bird before they think of giving Carter that due. And then...
minigeek
In the spirit of that...
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Originally posted by FROM: Who Should Lead SG-1
Having said that, I can't see how they'll continue down this route and still insist that Mitchell is an SG-1 leader. I think they're going to have to choose - and sooner than later.
To most of us, of course, the choice is rather obvious. But beyond even that boolean indicator, Carter's character is at a point now where I think she couldn't be second to Mitchell.
And that's not an ego issue, imho, it's simply a matter of truth and experience. I know we've all thought about this a great deal here and discussed it from time to time. But the longer it plays out in canon on the series, the more I see them having to make a call.
I wonder what will happen with that. Because I wouldn't put it past them to promote Mitchell to full bird before they think of giving Carter that due. And then...
minigeek
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