Originally posted by Jonzey
So Vala trying to be part of the team came up with what she felt was the best solution, made a half-hearted attempt to tell the others, got shutdown harshly by Daniel and then copped the "I'll show you" attitude. She even basically said "I'll show you" with her you will thank me when I get back type statement.
To me she seemed to have 2 modivations for her actions.
1) Fear of the Ori actually getting a fleet here. I think the events of Avalon II, Origin and TPTB really instilled some fear of the Ori in her. Her entire body language changed right after they figured out the Ori were building a gate and Teal'c said the thing about the armada. Up until then I think she was thinking the Ori were just going to bring a bunch of guys through and there would be plenty of time for her to do what she needed to do to keep out of the Ori's way. The armada changes things as the Ori's victory would then be swift. Basically she was out of time, retreat no longer appeared to be an option so she started thinking offensivly.
2) It appeared to me she liked being part of a team at the beginning of the show. She was playing a team sport, using team work, tried to answer questions about the Goa'uld like she was part of the team. However, pretty much the whole ep after the basketball game no one treated her like part of the team. They pretty much treated her like a tag along (well because, basically thats how they saw her). I think she didnt like being seen as a tag along (who would). I think she felt the need to prove to the others, specifically Daniel, that she is not just some tag a long but someone who has somthing to contribute to the team.
She is obviously not someone who has worked with a team alot so she wasnt familiar with how a team operates when it comes brainstorming so when she got shot down on her first statement she just went ahead and went with her plan which, fortunatly, worked. Of course there may have been other possible solutions. If Vala could have stated her plan then the team may have come up with a better plan that caused no one to seemingly die. Or maybe someone would have thought about the asgard transporters. But thats not what happened. She is clearly someone who is simply used to doing and not thinking. Note this is not an insult some people like Daniel, Sam, Weir think things through (sometimes too much), some people like Vala, Jack and Sheppard just do things without thinking, they go on instinct (sometimes with bad consequences). Both types of people are equally valuable and each type of people make their mistakes.
So basically Vala wanted to stop the Ori from getting to this galaxy AND prove herself to the team. To do this she fell back on what she knew and trusted best, her own instincts. Now she is trapped with nothing but those instincts. Hopefully those instincts and the fear of the Ori will be enough to keep her out of the Ori's grasp. If she does come back to the show I would prefer she come back a wiser verison of herself not as a Prior. So far TPTB havent really ruined any of the guest characters (execpt by killing them) so hopefully they will not ruin this one but make her better then what she was and make her a valuable recurring character just like our Sainted Fraiser, Jacob, Bra’tec and Martouf (poor Martouf, his time with us was too short).
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