Teyla and a little bit more?

[tielan]

So, um, after three years in Atlantis, as the city's premier ally, being on Sheppard's team for all that time, and occasionally even being left in charge of the city...

Is it possible that maybe, perhaps, Teyla knows some people over at the SGC other than the bigwigs? Is it possible that Teyla might have, perhaps, the faintest clue as to how to go about ordering basic things from Earth - you know, greeting cards, Earth gifts, nail polish (it's extremely useful stuff, you know), and tent tarps? Is it perhaps vaguely suggestible that she would have already learned about Valentine's Day, Independance Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas simply through living in the city with all those people from Earth? That she might not just be able to use a weapon as fluidly as the military men, but that she could probably use a computer as fluently as do you or I?

I mean, we're talking three years, here - one thousand days. An intelligent person can learn a lot in three years. Or is Teyla perhaps exempt from being intelligent, resourceful, or useful since her people aren't on technological par with Western culture Earth?

sjhw_tolerance is wont to say that I'm hanging around with the wrong people at times like these.

Clearly, the broader Stargate Atlantis fandom are "the wrong people" in this situation.

Comments

[rodlox.livejournal.com]

I say yes, that Teyla would know how to use computers.

I want to say yes, that Teyla would know all sorts of other "Western" stuff, by virtue of being surrounded by practitioners thereof for at least 3 years on Atlantis...but then, for pretty much all of those 3 years, she was also the leader of her people (which probably sucked up a lot of spare time)

so, I'm sadly going to have to say maybe to your question - there are only so many hours in the day, and even Teyla needs to sleep eventually.

(though, on the other hand, it doesn't speak ill of Teyla if she's never sought to learn how to do mail-order or nail-polish application...right?)

[tielan]

I don't think Teyla would know everything there is to know about Earth. I mean, heck, I don't know everything there is to know about Earth and I've lived here for 30 years!

But holidays, computers, technology, people and processes, major societies and cultures, social customs and individuals from Earth... Teyla and Ronon would have a lot of facility in those skills.