Joe says a lot of things about romance in shows and generally I read it as if he thinks romance for the sake of it is a bad thing. I'm not so sure whether it is a preference for the ship to be in the show, or rather if it is going to be there, that is the route they'd go. If it was shown through plot and furthered things, fine but given the handling of this particular type of plot point by TPTB in SG-1, I'd rather they left it well alone.
Canonically, I find it difficult to figure out what exactly John's relationships are with other characters, mainly because such a limited range of his emotions are shown within canon, and mostly in relation to events rather than other characters. He says he cares for them like family, but that is generally only shown via passion for keeping them safe. There are few really intimate moments at all. If anything, I think the most intimate conversation with another character when the guard actually came down, where he seemed comfortable to share, was with Ronon in 'Sunday'.
I'm not totally adverse to the idea of John and Teyla - I just think things about them both - him especially - need defining and developing more.
Well, I admit that I envision it more as a "they have history" pairing, not a "current in the here and now" pairing.
:oD I can deal with 'they have history'. 'Here and now' is probably my first real full-on pairing squick and is something that really started turning my stomach with the advent of certain S4 spoilers...
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Canonically, I find it difficult to figure out what exactly John's relationships are with other characters, mainly because such a limited range of his emotions are shown within canon, and mostly in relation to events rather than other characters. He says he cares for them like family, but that is generally only shown via passion for keeping them safe. There are few really intimate moments at all. If anything, I think the most intimate conversation with another character when the guard actually came down, where he seemed comfortable to share, was with Ronon in 'Sunday'.
I'm not totally adverse to the idea of John and Teyla - I just think things about them both - him especially - need defining and developing more.
Well, I admit that I envision it more as a "they have history" pairing, not a "current in the here and now" pairing.
:oD I can deal with 'they have history'. 'Here and now' is probably my first real full-on pairing squick and is something that really started turning my stomach with the advent of certain S4 spoilers...