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Originally posted by scarimorSuch a "fan" will stomp and complain that (spoiler for Insiders)
Spoiler:Sam gave Ba'al information to save hostages from instant death, even though she stalled him as long as possible and was let down because her codes weren't locked out)
but conveniently forget that Daniel under the same threat gave the Trust Ancient codes which allowed them to steal the Stargate! and slaughter countless millions of Jaffa men, women and children with symbiote poison and has never once shown any remorse or acknowledgement of his role in that genocide.
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Originally posted by ReganXI was pretty ticked off with Laira for not going to Jack immediately when she heard Sam's voice over the radio. Instead she waited for hours - at least three, by the looks of things - which put Teal'c's life in danger. Another few minutes and he would have died.).
Laira had absolutely no way of knowing that Teal'c's life was in danger, and if Sam had been in her situation, Sam/Jack shippers would have said, "gee, didn't Sam bring a lot of tension and drama to that ep by waiting so long, and what angst she must have suffered, knowing she'd likely lose Jack, and, of course, she couldn't have known Teal'c's status," etc.
Just as fans forgave the fact that Daniel brought trouble to the milky way because, in doing so he was actually bringing drama and tension to the series.Gracie
A Cherokee elder sitting with his grandchildren told them,
"In every life there is a terrible fight – a fight between two wolves.
One is evil: he is fear, anger, envy, greed, arrogance, self-pity,
resentment, and deceit. The other is good: joy, serenity, humility,
confidence, generosity, truth, gentleness, and compassion."
A child asked, "Grandfather, which wolf will win?"
The elder looked the child in the eye. "The one you feed."
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Originally posted by Tok'Ra HostessWhile I agree with you that jealousy is an underlying cause of so much disdain for female characters, I just want to add that Sam/Jack shippers were equally vehement in their disdain of Laira who's only real fault was that she and Jack got to do that which only shipficers have been able to get Sam and Jack to do.scarimor
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Originally posted by Tok'Ra HostessYa see, that smacks of the same sort of crit that Sam gets when she does something (though usually that's all Sam has to do... just... something to provoke crit).
Laira had absolutely no way of knowing that Teal'c's life was in danger, and if Sam had been in her situation, Sam/Jack shippers would have said, "gee, didn't Sam bring a lot of tension and drama to that ep by waiting so long, and what angst she must have suffered, knowing she'd likely lose Jack, and, of course, she couldn't have known Teal'c's status," etc.
Just as fans forgave the fact that Daniel brought trouble to the milky way because, in doing so he was actually bringing drama and tension to the series.scarimor
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Just thought of a scene that put Sam in a somewhat similar situation as Laira - not exactly the same, mind you, but, still.
In Beneath the Surface, when "Thera" starts to remember things and realizes that they were being duped, she still said - as she snuggled up to Jonah - that there were things about this place that she liked.
It could be argued that, since Sam's personality was always showing thru "Thera," that Sam herself was shirking responsability to stay here where she could have what she knew she had - "Jonah's" love, whereas all bets would be off between them in "the real world." It was only when "Jonah" admitted to remembering his feelings for whoever "Thera" really was that reassured "Thera."Gracie
A Cherokee elder sitting with his grandchildren told them,
"In every life there is a terrible fight – a fight between two wolves.
One is evil: he is fear, anger, envy, greed, arrogance, self-pity,
resentment, and deceit. The other is good: joy, serenity, humility,
confidence, generosity, truth, gentleness, and compassion."
A child asked, "Grandfather, which wolf will win?"
The elder looked the child in the eye. "The one you feed."
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Originally posted by DEMIn their defence (), Laira was cree-py!
Oh wait - that's the one with that Sam/Janet scene isn't it? The "problem" one.
Brainscrub: OTOH, Michele Greene did play Teryl Rothery's sister in a tv movie, so that makes Laira and Carter practically sisters-in-law!scarimor
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Originally posted by scarimorWhereas the short cameo of the tavern woman in The Quest is going to stay with me for a long time.Spoiler:
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Originally posted by scariOh wait - that's the one with that Sam/Janet scene isn't it? The "problem" one.
p.s.back atcha.
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Originally posted by scarimorThat's interesting, because I am no S/J-shipper (Nononono!) and now that I remember the episode (which I've seen once) I recall feeling impatient with Laira for not telling Jack immediately when his people re-established contact, and feeling annoyed at her because she would know how important it was to him. I would have been quite happy if he'd brought Laira home to Earth as his wife though
I don't think they're comparable, because Daniel (I must now defend him, bless him) wasn't in a position to know what havoc he would wreak, while Laira did know that Jack wanted to make contact with home.)
Laira's angst, her being torn up over the fact that Jack was about to leave and that she would stay(and she knew it would come to that) was good drama and tension.
Of course she knew how important it was to him. And he had become important to her. Honestly, if you didn't know that lives were at stake, would you be able to come to a snap decision like that, if your emotions were so intimately tied to the outcome?
Is Jack so forgettable that you want a character to develop a relationship with him, sleep with him, and then just say, "Oh, Jack, your friends called. Guess you'll be going now. Here's your hat what's your hurry?"Gracie
A Cherokee elder sitting with his grandchildren told them,
"In every life there is a terrible fight – a fight between two wolves.
One is evil: he is fear, anger, envy, greed, arrogance, self-pity,
resentment, and deceit. The other is good: joy, serenity, humility,
confidence, generosity, truth, gentleness, and compassion."
A child asked, "Grandfather, which wolf will win?"
The elder looked the child in the eye. "The one you feed."
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Originally posted by Tok'Ra HostessLaira had absolutely no way of knowing that Teal'c's life was in danger, and if Sam had been in her situation, Sam/Jack shippers would have said, "gee, didn't Sam bring a lot of tension and drama to that ep by waiting so long, and what angst she must have suffered, knowing she'd likely lose Jack, and, of course, she couldn't have known Teal'c's status," etc.
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Originally posted by Tok'Ra HostessIs Jack so forgettable that you want a character to develop a relationship with him, sleep with him, and then just say, "Oh, Jack, your friends called. Guess you'll be going now. Here's your hat what's your hurry?"
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Originally posted by scarimorI honestly haven't seen reams of threads on forums dedicated to complaining about Laira. In fact until ReganX just described a part of the episode, I couldn't even remember who she was. So the "equally vehement" doesn't ring any bells with me.
The most common complaints: she got what Sam couldn't, she was a slut, she got what Sam couldn't, she got Jack drunk, she got what Sam couldn't, she didn't care about Jack; all she wanted was to get laid/pregnant, and, she got what Sam couldn't. And the list grows more surreal, to include, among other things, that she knew Teal'c's situation - somehow - and wanted him to die.
Because I really liked the character, I was likely more aware of the crit than most, though some have PMed me that they were equally bemused over Laira's rough treatment by the fans.Gracie
A Cherokee elder sitting with his grandchildren told them,
"In every life there is a terrible fight – a fight between two wolves.
One is evil: he is fear, anger, envy, greed, arrogance, self-pity,
resentment, and deceit. The other is good: joy, serenity, humility,
confidence, generosity, truth, gentleness, and compassion."
A child asked, "Grandfather, which wolf will win?"
The elder looked the child in the eye. "The one you feed."
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Originally posted by ReganXIt would depend on whether I actually loved him enough to want to see him happy or whether it was more a case of possession than love, that keeping him there was about me and what I wanted, regardless of what he wanted.
It's a terrific story, where the people are real and their feelings and actions based on those feelings are genuine. Not the tin-plated, two dimensional bravery of people "doing the right thing" simply because it is the right thing to do, but letting their emotions become obstacles they may or may not overcome in time to do the right thing.
Laira fought her emotions and overcame her obstacles just in time to do the right thing. That makes her more heroic, in my eyes, than if she'd merely jumped up and ran like the wind to Jack to tell him the good news that he could finally leave his new life with her behind. <bleh> Insipid. Who wants to watch that?
Apparently only a very small minority.Gracie
A Cherokee elder sitting with his grandchildren told them,
"In every life there is a terrible fight – a fight between two wolves.
One is evil: he is fear, anger, envy, greed, arrogance, self-pity,
resentment, and deceit. The other is good: joy, serenity, humility,
confidence, generosity, truth, gentleness, and compassion."
A child asked, "Grandfather, which wolf will win?"
The elder looked the child in the eye. "The one you feed."
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