You know, it's funny; I don't particularly like artaxastra's fic - I always found something off about them, not in action but somewhere in voice - but because of your excerpt, I went back and read her commentaries, and I love them. They're so insightful, especially in terms of Athosian culture! Yay. It's so hard to find cultural discussions about Pegasus, even in a fandom the size of SGA.
It's not that I've ever thought Teyla was a pushover - duh - but I kind of took fandom at face value and imagined her as this wise woman who didn't make mistakes and never had inappropriate feelings, failures, or for that matter, a temper. Damn close to perfect. But with Battle and Victory, she feels so much more raw to me, and honestly, I like her the better for it.
Argh. A week of angry Rodney in a jumper. I imagine that eventually she and John would have just taken the front compartment and locked the door. (Meanwhile, of course, Ronon is secretly laughing at all of them, because he elected to stay behind on the planet and take an easier job - say, fending off an army. Sometimes having no degrees or magic genes - Wraith or Ancient - comes in handy!)
Thank you for pointing out the typos. That last section changed tenses so many times even I got confused, so I'm not surprised that I missed something. FYI, though, the "expense" is actually supposed to be "expense". I was referring not only to the size of their bodies, but the resources that had gone into them - food, etc. - to leave them at that state, i.e., not rangy and short. Teyla's from a culture where resources are precious, and work is hard - there's a little resentment in there towards people like Rodney and Kate, a little disgust, but also attraction, because in part they're so lavish, so outside the majority of her experience, and most importantly, so different from herself. I don't think Teyla is particularly attracted to people too close to herself.
I'm glad you like the mood. I was trying for ambiguous, not as... er, tragic as most of my stories, and guessing from your feedback - you-who-hates-non-gen-angst - I must have at least sort of succeeded! But perhaps I didn't. I find that the way I view most of my stories is not the way that others do.
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Re: This is the third part
Date: 2009-08-21 06:15 pm (UTC)It's not that I've ever thought Teyla was a pushover - duh - but I kind of took fandom at face value and imagined her as this wise woman who didn't make mistakes and never had inappropriate feelings, failures, or for that matter, a temper. Damn close to perfect. But with Battle and Victory, she feels so much more raw to me, and honestly, I like her the better for it.
Argh. A week of angry Rodney in a jumper. I imagine that eventually she and John would have just taken the front compartment and locked the door. (Meanwhile, of course, Ronon is secretly laughing at all of them, because he elected to stay behind on the planet and take an easier job - say, fending off an army. Sometimes having no degrees or magic genes - Wraith or Ancient - comes in handy!)
Thank you for pointing out the typos. That last section changed tenses so many times even I got confused, so I'm not surprised that I missed something. FYI, though, the "expense" is actually supposed to be "expense". I was referring not only to the size of their bodies, but the resources that had gone into them - food, etc. - to leave them at that state, i.e., not rangy and short. Teyla's from a culture where resources are precious, and work is hard - there's a little resentment in there towards people like Rodney and Kate, a little disgust, but also attraction, because in part they're so lavish, so outside the majority of her experience, and most importantly, so different from herself. I don't think Teyla is particularly attracted to people too close to herself.
I'm glad you like the mood. I was trying for ambiguous, not as... er, tragic as most of my stories, and guessing from your feedback - you-who-hates-non-gen-angst - I must have at least sort of succeeded! But perhaps I didn't. I find that the way I view most of my stories is not the way that others do.