and that, at best, they'd be friends who shared a child - not life-long lovers.
I have no trouble with this interpretation, either!
And, yes, there was a hesitancy about physical contact between the characters - I put it down to "an Athosian reserve" but your reading of it could certainly work just as well.
For me, the shared quarters and the emotional supportiveness suggested a personal relationship; of course, I'd be happy to be wrong!
I guess people will read what they want to read into it, and what they feel comfortable with. And I may be overcompensating for my initial instincts. There's a part of me that's battering fists against the screen going, "ACK! NO! JOHN/TEYLA ALL THE WAY!" But there's another part of me that's a little calmer and is saying, "Well, this is how it is for the moment, but that can change in an instant, and compared with the Pete Fiasco, Kanaan's doing pretty well in my books."
As far as Teyla's development has gone in the last couple of eps, I really have enjoyed what we've seen of her as a mother, and liked that Kanaan is supportive of her, while John (in this episode, anyway) was the challenger.
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I have no trouble with this interpretation, either!
And, yes, there was a hesitancy about physical contact between the characters - I put it down to "an Athosian reserve" but your reading of it could certainly work just as well.
For me, the shared quarters and the emotional supportiveness suggested a personal relationship; of course, I'd be happy to be wrong!
I guess people will read what they want to read into it, and what they feel comfortable with. And I may be overcompensating for my initial instincts. There's a part of me that's battering fists against the screen going, "ACK! NO! JOHN/TEYLA ALL THE WAY!" But there's another part of me that's a little calmer and is saying, "Well, this is how it is for the moment, but that can change in an instant, and compared with the Pete Fiasco, Kanaan's doing pretty well in my books."
As far as Teyla's development has gone in the last couple of eps, I really have enjoyed what we've seen of her as a mother, and liked that Kanaan is supportive of her, while John (in this episode, anyway) was the challenger.