Okay, I haven't posted about last night's episode yet, but I can't NOT respond to this.
First off, you know I like John/Teyla a lot, right? But I don't think that I rate 'shipper status especially since this is a fandom I don't play in much. So I don't feel as if my actually liking their pairing colors my opinion here.
The thing is, I thought that the Kanaan and Teyla scenes were kind of awkward. Yes, he was verbally and emotionally supportive to her during their scenes together, but their physical interaction actually made me think "oh, these two are SO not sharing a bed anymore." Their body language was just...off. What's more, I kept expecting Kanaan to touch Teyla at least once, especially in their final scene together when she's holding their son. It would have been completely natural for him to curve an arm around her side as they looked at their child together, but he didn't. They stood close to one another, but he very carefully didn't touch her.
Or did I miss something?
Part of me wants to rewatch those scenes again just to make sure, but if ANYTHING it seemed to me that the actors were very careful NOT to express what even would have been casual physical interaction.
I finished the episode thinking that SGA had clearly shown that the physical aspects of their relationship were in trouble and that, at best, they'd be friends who shared a child - not life-long lovers.
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First off, you know I like John/Teyla a lot, right? But I don't think that I rate 'shipper status especially since this is a fandom I don't play in much. So I don't feel as if my actually liking their pairing colors my opinion here.
The thing is, I thought that the Kanaan and Teyla scenes were kind of awkward. Yes, he was verbally and emotionally supportive to her during their scenes together, but their physical interaction actually made me think "oh, these two are SO not sharing a bed anymore." Their body language was just...off. What's more, I kept expecting Kanaan to touch Teyla at least once, especially in their final scene together when she's holding their son. It would have been completely natural for him to curve an arm around her side as they looked at their child together, but he didn't. They stood close to one another, but he very carefully didn't touch her.
Or did I miss something?
Part of me wants to rewatch those scenes again just to make sure, but if ANYTHING it seemed to me that the actors were very careful NOT to express what even would have been casual physical interaction.
I finished the episode thinking that SGA had clearly shown that the physical aspects of their relationship were in trouble and that, at best, they'd be friends who shared a child - not life-long lovers.