I guess it's a spoilery kind of week...

[tielan]

Referencing a spoilery post by greenconverses:

You know, if this turns out to be Rodney and Katie, the wank is going to be colossal.

Which, I admit, only makes me hope it is.

If it's Teyla, and she's doing it because she's preggers, then... I have only the question: When did we all step in the time machine back to the 50s where a woman couldn't have a child on her own? Okay, two questions: Why are the writers imposing Earth morality on a woman who's never even been to Earth? No, really, is there someone who can explain this to me?

Oh, please let the Athosian morality be something other than "a woman must remain chaste and pure so her husband knows her children are his". I really, really want the Athosians to be matriarchal in bloodline - all mentions of Teyla's father notwithstanding. It would be a nice change in culture, you know?

Personal morality and perspectives aside, it just wouldn't cause as much wank if it was Teyla - unless it were to John, in which case four-fifths of fandom would go utterly 'splodey no matter what the circumstances. That would almost be worth whatever utterly frightening scenario they came up with to produce such an engagement.

And, yes, this is a confirmed and eternal John/Teyla 'shipper speaking. I like the couple. That doesn't mean I'm into declarations of eternal love and multitudinous perfect babies in multiple birth sets.

Anyway, I'm not sure I want to know more spoilers about this one. Best to just let it go, maybe.

disclaimer: I know nothing more than what was in the spoilery post. There may be further spoilers to which I am not privy since I've been avoiding the heavy-duty spoilers wherever possible.

Comments

[allisnow.livejournal.com]

My guess is Rodney and Katie. Which makes me laaaaugh.

[tielan]

See, I guess they kinda set up something for Rodney and Katie in 'Sunday' - along with Rodney's "I'd like to get married someday" and then his frantic making a hash of it thereafter.

I'm just...slightly surprised by the idea of an engagement at...

Oh. Shit.

What if it's Sam/Jack?

[allisnow.livejournal.com]

What if it's Sam/Jack?

Well, we shippers live in hope, don't we? ;)

But I know there's an episode where Rodney and Katie are stuck together in an enclosed space for a while...

[tielan]

Really? Hm. Would that be 'extenuating circumstances' then? "We're all going to die" sex?

[isaysquee.livejournal.com]

LOL! My mind went "SAM/JACK" too, while talking to kepp0xy about this. But didn't JM say that Carter's love life was going to be left alone? Although he did mention that there's going to be a small lil thing in one of the eps regarding her love life.

My bet's on Rodney/Katie, since JM & Co couldn't do the baby storyline they had planned.

[tielan]

You know...I keep finding myself wondering if David Hewlett asked for the Rodney/Katie thing. As in, walked into Mallozzi's office and said, "I want Rodney to have a long-term steady romantic interest." And Mallozzi asked, "O RLY?" And Hewlett replied "YA RLY!" And Mallozzi intoned, "SRSLY?" And Hewlett went, "What, do I look like a freaking owl?"

...

But really. I'm wondering.

[isaysquee.livejournal.com]

ROFL! What made you come to that conclusion?

... Now you've got me wondering too. Only because it really does sound like something DH would do.

[tielan]

I dunno. Just the way there seems to have been a steady push towards Rodney/Katie in the notes about S4. Like the hint that the baby storyline was originally a Rodney/Katie one, and then this on top of it. And even their conversation in 'Sunday'.

Unlike the John/Teyla angle, which is a very easygoing "well,we'll see how events pan out" kind of attitude, this pairing feels like there's a purpose behind it - the weight of someone pushing for this relationship.

[isaysquee.livejournal.com]

There has been a steady push towards Rodney/Katie... which is really odd, seeing as many fans hate that pairing. I could totally see David Hewlett pushing for it though, you're right, especially when combined with his gleeful-sounding twitter update about working with Brenda James.

If only they gave Katie more substance. I can only think of 'plants' as her hobby.

I think they learned with the John/Teyla angle. I must admit, season 1 really pushed for John/Teyla, at least during the first half. It's only now that it's easy going.

[tielan]

See, I never saw the "pushing for John/Teyla" in S1. What I saw was John making overtures to someone alien to his culture - to someone who also felt on the outside, as John did when he first came to the Atlantis expedition.

The fact that it was a pretty woman helped, sure; but I think John would have been as inclusive no matter who it had been.

[thelana.livejournal.com]

Oh man, the plot thickens...

[tielan]

Thickens like someone dumped a bag of cement into the plot?

I'm kinda caught between awe and horror at the possibilities.

[greenconverses.livejournal.com]

As much as I want it to be a proposal between John and Teyla (because the romantic within would squee and melt with joy), I'd actually rather it be Rodney and Katie Brown. Mostly because then all of Teyla's development = domestication for the season. Ick.

Why are the writers imposing Earth morality on a woman who's never even been to Earth?

That's another reason why I don't think the writers would do it. In my opinion, imposing that morality on Teyla would just be subtley preaching to Rachel, since she's also unmarried and pregnant.

Besides, if they do go that way, who says Teyla's going to accept? I'd love to see her go on a bit of a feminist rant. And who says it's gotta be a boy from Earth? Maybe that romantic interest I freaked out about a month ago will be the one to pop the question because she's in a motherly way.

[tielan]

I'm all "WOOHOO (POSSIBLE) ROMANTIC INTEREST!" right now as far as Teyla is concerned.

To heck with John. That girl really does have to get some. :D

(Yes. Yes, I am a very bad John/Teyla shipper.)

[greenconverses.livejournal.com]

That girl really does have to get some.

She gets it all the action off-screen, poor girl. :D

[tielan]

Hm. Yes. With Lorne, and Cameron, and Rodney, and John...

I'd still like to see her get some nookie on-screen, though!

[infinimato.livejournal.com]

My bet -- there will be mountains of wank no matter WHO it is.

Of course... I have no hopes for it being Sheppard & Lorne :-P.

[tielan]

That is a rather unlikely canonical pairing.

And, sure, there'll be wank whichever way it goes - but the maximum wank will be produced by the characters that everyone co-opts for their pairings. So John or Rodney's engagement would set the wankstage, while most people wouldn't give Teyla's engagement a second thought (unless it was to John, in which case, there would be wank).