Originally posted by sg-1fanintn
as for the rest of you non spoilery post, i don't think that AT thinks it weakens the character or would have to take over the character. i don't think RDA believes this either. and i don't think that TPTB think it consciously either, but often it does end up as such on tv shows, and i think that AT may be weary of that knowledge. think about how TPTB tend to write women on their show. while i find that they write some of the strongest women in sci fi, i don't think they are aware (or even that they care) about where they go wrong, in that female characters need at least one romantic interest/possibility, and that they will show more scenes of a females love life and thoughts on it than that of a males.
for example and excluding s/j, jack had sara (one episode), kynthia (one episode), laira (one episode) and
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daniel had, shau're ( a few episodes ), yer woman from need (one), keira (one, and the episode after his wife died FCOL!) and sarah gardner (not really love interest, just needed a close relationship, and heaven forbid they should have just been friends because that never happens! ).
teal'c had, drey'auc (a couple of episodes), shau'nac (one), ishta (a couple, and of course they couldn't just respect each other as warriors and friends, they had to become a couple), and yer woman from that episode i'd like to forget.
sam had (although all in a non sexual way bar one), narim (3 eps), martouf (with added confusion of her symbiote convieniently for many eps), orlin (one ep), barrett (several eps), pete (too many eps, more detail than any of the guys, not at her request, she only asked for him for one ep as far as i know, and how many other times do they listen to her? eeemm, NONE!), that kid from emancipation liked her (one), and i may have missed some admirers. again, only one of them a boyfriend, but shown in far more detail than any of the guys. why is that? IMO because TPTB think that just because she's a very beautiful woman, she should be written constantly as having guys fall for her, her being confused about feelings, blah blah blah. this does not weaken amanda tapping in any way, and IMO it didn't weaken sam carter, but it very nearly could have.
just look at vala last season
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sam falls in love with jack, had they slept together, and gotten together do people really think that TPTB would have done her character justice? do people think that had she been talking about jack last season that people wouldn't still make insulting and disrespectful comments about her because she was in a relationship with jack o'neill?
personally, while i would have loved to have seen them together a little more, and have them actually get together, and be mentioned maybe one or two more times last season, in a way i'm glad they didn't, because i really do think that TPTB are capable of doing exactly what amanda tapping feared for her character. and worse.
for example and not really all that bad IMO, but
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*long deep sigh*
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