observation/query/debate

[tielan]

I've noticed that quite a few people who were pro-John/Teyla have been very anti-Teyla in Season Four.

Pretty much, ever since Teyla entered into a relationship with Kanaan of Athos, there's been a lot of anti-Teyla sentiment in the form of whining, complaining, and bitching about Teyla.

So far, I've seen it on forums and mailing lists and in fics where John takes the "moral high ground" with Teyla, implying that if they're not together, it's her fault for sleeping with Kanaan and rejecting him. The fact that John has trouble connecting at a close emotional level with anyone is rarely addressed.

Has anyone else seen this around the place? And not just people being pro John/Teyla and anti-Teyla, but people being pro-A/B pairing while being very anti-A or anti-B (in either their words, and if not their words, then in their treatment of them in fic and reviews)?

Comments

[mahoni.livejournal.com]

I've seen it where character X is always written as the pious, put-upon, loyal one who is taken for granted and downtrodden by character Y until said lover stops being an ass by realizing (often by way of intervention by stern mutual friends who only have X & Y's best interests in mind) how WONDERFUL character X is and how lucky he is to have him, and what a horrible, horrible person he is without him.

Blech.

[tielan]

That's the extreme end of the spectrum - and a lot of stories that hold that view are written more subtly - but, yeah, blech.