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I suspect that I'm going to sit contrary to at least 90% of the fandom on this, but this is one of the few 'rewatchable' eps of the season for me.
I'm still not sold on the 'everyone important leaves Atlantis' stories. I mean, if disaster really threatened, the city would be without everyone important. Then again, the Stargate universe's take on reality tends to be a little tenuous in some places.
I admit that at least one large part of my delight in this episode is Teyla getting a real, honest-to-God part, with lines and purpose and things to do and Wraith Queens to fight. Plus, you know, that kick in Ronon's balls? Utterly precious.
Incidentally, was I the only one who thought that Teyla should have taken control of the Queen's mind, forced her to swim back to the Wraith ship, and made her undo the self-destruct, before shutting down her brain?
The other part of my delight - and, again, it's a fairly large part - was that the John/Rodney dynamic that's been done and done and done and overdone in Season Three was put on the backburner. Thank. God. I like the John/Rodney dynamic: I just dislike the overdoing of same. The John/Rodney steak in SGA is not well-done, but fucking charcoal. Sadly, I like it medium-to-rare. It's like vegemite, or salt: a little can go a long way. I'd rather have John/Ronon, John/Teyla, Teyla/Elizabeth, Teyla/Rodney, Rodney/Elizabeth, Rodney/Zelenka, John/Lorne...
Oh well. As![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
pentapus said, rather aptly, it's like someone went: "Crap! It's a Teyla ep! Switch back to John and Rodney! Quick! Switch back!".
Still, even half an ep is better than none. And there's been a lot of 'Teyla scenes = none', lately.
Now, if we can only persuade Mallozzi, Mullie, and the writing crew to keep writing Teyla: good, bad, or Wraith mind-controlled! According to a recent response from Mallozzi, there are "big plans in store for Teyla" in Season Four. Let's hope they really are 'big plans' and not a couple of throwaway episodes.
Smallish notes: the Atlantis set looked rather nice with wall hangings and lit up in a blue light, Elizabeth has done incredibly stupid 'trusting' things in the past, Zelenka had cute lines and nice banter with Rodney, Teyla called 'shotgun' on Rodney, Rodney looks so enthusiastic going into the face of danger, and at the end, the geeks are *distracted by shiny* while the military types are*distracted by inherent hotness of team-mates* *sleeps*.
Plus, you know, Teyla overpowered a Wraith Queen!
I freely admit that I like this because I got Teyla in it. And that I'm overlooking the plotholes, lack-of-Carson-mentionage ('Sunday' was screened 'out of production order' in any rate, so mentions of what happened 'last week' are unlikely), and the fact that it doesn't sit in the arc, because of it.
My favourite character got used for this ep. And I loved it.
So, yeah, in conclusion: an episode I really enjoyed. Which probably means that at least three-quarters of the fandom will hate it or be 'meh' about it. My tastes in Atlantis fandom seem to run that way.
I'm still not sold on the 'everyone important leaves Atlantis' stories. I mean, if disaster really threatened, the city would be without everyone important. Then again, the Stargate universe's take on reality tends to be a little tenuous in some places.
I admit that at least one large part of my delight in this episode is Teyla getting a real, honest-to-God part, with lines and purpose and things to do and Wraith Queens to fight. Plus, you know, that kick in Ronon's balls? Utterly precious.
Incidentally, was I the only one who thought that Teyla should have taken control of the Queen's mind, forced her to swim back to the Wraith ship, and made her undo the self-destruct, before shutting down her brain?
The other part of my delight - and, again, it's a fairly large part - was that the John/Rodney dynamic that's been done and done and done and overdone in Season Three was put on the backburner. Thank. God. I like the John/Rodney dynamic: I just dislike the overdoing of same. The John/Rodney steak in SGA is not well-done, but fucking charcoal. Sadly, I like it medium-to-rare. It's like vegemite, or salt: a little can go a long way. I'd rather have John/Ronon, John/Teyla, Teyla/Elizabeth, Teyla/Rodney, Rodney/Elizabeth, Rodney/Zelenka, John/Lorne...
Oh well. As
pentapus said, rather aptly, it's like someone went: "Crap! It's a Teyla ep! Switch back to John and Rodney! Quick! Switch back!".Still, even half an ep is better than none. And there's been a lot of 'Teyla scenes = none', lately.
Now, if we can only persuade Mallozzi, Mullie, and the writing crew to keep writing Teyla: good, bad, or Wraith mind-controlled! According to a recent response from Mallozzi, there are "big plans in store for Teyla" in Season Four. Let's hope they really are 'big plans' and not a couple of throwaway episodes.
Smallish notes: the Atlantis set looked rather nice with wall hangings and lit up in a blue light, Elizabeth has done incredibly stupid 'trusting' things in the past, Zelenka had cute lines and nice banter with Rodney, Teyla called 'shotgun' on Rodney, Rodney looks so enthusiastic going into the face of danger, and at the end, the geeks are *distracted by shiny* while the military types are
Plus, you know, Teyla overpowered a Wraith Queen!
I freely admit that I like this because I got Teyla in it. And that I'm overlooking the plotholes, lack-of-Carson-mentionage ('Sunday' was screened 'out of production order' in any rate, so mentions of what happened 'last week' are unlikely), and the fact that it doesn't sit in the arc, because of it.
My favourite character got used for this ep. And I loved it.
So, yeah, in conclusion: an episode I really enjoyed. Which probably means that at least three-quarters of the fandom will hate it or be 'meh' about it. My tastes in Atlantis fandom seem to run that way.
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but, suffice to say, it did have some holes for me....but nothing major...I thought John's hands trembled a bit too much....and I thought he asked Ronon to be ready too much! LOL
Is this a new John? A fearsome John? Who knows...
I liked it much better than Sunday....I know...believe me it's too long to share! LOL
Ken C...likes these type of dark stories and I like them too...with the exception of Common Ground that was very heavy John/Wraith/Weir....Ken has used Teyla wonderfully in both The Ark and now in Submerssion...in reality, he commented in GW that he wrote this episode as a Teyla centric episode but it got sidetracked and thus it is heavily Teyla but it's not based around her character like other character-centric episodes....
I wrote this before....but I'll write it again...the fact that Teyla was able to outsmart a Wraith means a lot..and I"m hoping that the writers delve more into this idea....The times that Teyla has encounter with Wraiths, they all challenge her but none have tried to kill her...well, with the exception of the guy in Suspicion....but still think about it....Teyla says in Submerssion that the Wraith Queen not only sensed all of them..but then she stressed, she sensed me!
That has to mean something....the Wraith may not be able to get in Teyla's mind without her opening her mind to them...but they can sense her...could this mean that they can sense her Wraith Gene?
What does that mean? And will they treat her differently because of it?
I think there's so much potential here...and I can't wait to see where the Writers take it....
Overall, I really liked this episode....and like Tie wrote...one that I would definetly keep as a good one to rewatch!