I really like your thoughts here. Teyla is and has always been my favorite character, hence this whole pregnancy and now Kanan/Teyla plot has been really important to me.
So, far I've liked what I"ve seen in the sense that it's what and how I've pictured Teyla. My love for John and Teyla extends to what those two have shown me onscreen.
But Teyla is the reason that I love this show and the one that I am truly a fan of and for that reason, this whole plot with Kanan is so far working for me.
Yes, there is a lack of "physical intimacy" between them, but like you Tie...that's fine with me! There's a side of Teyla there that I've seen, but I would be more specific in writing that it's not solely on Kanan but as a resulf of her child with Kanan. Would I have seen this side of Teyla if it had not been for her child? Maybe not as passionate, not as careless and as determined as she was to find Kanan, to find the father of her child.
In Broken Ties her struggle to return or not to return to the team had nothing to do with Kanan but about her child. And once she knew that Kanan was going to be there and that he wasn't going to hold her decision against her and leave her and her child, the decision became easier for her.
So, in seeing this side of Teyla, I think the only reason we are seein so much depth is because of her child. She has had to adjust to a different way of life because now she thinks of the one that depends on her; her son.
The other difference I see here, is that Kanan doesn't bring anything in Teyla that I don't already know, the woman in Teyla I've see more with John.
And again, it's my perception...but in this particular episode, Teyla's argument with John kept bringing me back to that now famous book title that turn into a slogan, Man are from Mars Women are from Venus...I could be getting this title all wrong, btw...*wink*
But my point is, John's reaction did show that typical male side that thinks that what he thought was what was best and what the woman would think was best....his line of I thought you needed some time with your child vs telling you about Ronon, is a perfect example of how men can never get it right because they don't think like a women, and the same goes for Teyla. She expected Joh to tell her and in him not telling her about Ronon, she thought he was being careless and arrogant, when in fact, he was thinking about her. The same goes for his decision to put off Wooselys' order to find a replacement for her while she makes up her mind, and yet, she thinks that this was only a tough decision on her while he tells her he has been thinking about it and he does know the tough choice she has to make and even added that he would support whichever decision she makes... So, for me the real depth to her role and the real turnover to the Teyla the woman has been because of her relationship with Kanan that resulted in her life changing experience, motherhood. And this bit has changed her as her role of not a leader, or a lover, but more of a team mate, a mother, and a friend. She wants to continue to be with the team, that was never a question; her concern was with her child and what would happen if she wasn't there, if she got hurt and had a child without a mother...and Kanan told her what she needed to hear, he would have a father.
I do hope this is not the end for JT, and I still have hope. I won't get what I want, but I'm still hopeful. But overall, I do love what I"m seeing in Teyla and I expect it as much despite the fact that yes, I do see a lot of JTers frustrated and unfortunately too, some see it as a negative characterization for Teyla, when in fact to me, it just makes her more wholesome!
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So, far I've liked what I"ve seen in the sense that it's what and how I've pictured Teyla. My love for John and Teyla extends to what those two have shown me onscreen.
But Teyla is the reason that I love this show and the one that I am truly a fan of and for that reason, this whole plot with Kanan is so far working for me.
Yes, there is a lack of "physical intimacy" between them, but like you Tie...that's fine with me! There's a side of Teyla there that I've seen, but I would be more specific in writing that it's not solely on Kanan but as a resulf of her child with Kanan. Would I have seen this side of Teyla if it had not been for her child? Maybe not as passionate, not as careless and as determined as she was to find Kanan, to find the father of her child.
In Broken Ties her struggle to return or not to return to the team had nothing to do with Kanan but about her child. And once she knew that Kanan was going to be there and that he wasn't going to hold her decision against her and leave her and her child, the decision became easier for her.
So, in seeing this side of Teyla, I think the only reason we are seein so much depth is because of her child. She has had to adjust to a different way of life because now she thinks of the one that depends on her; her son.
The other difference I see here, is that Kanan doesn't bring anything in Teyla that I don't already know, the woman in Teyla I've see more with John.
And again, it's my perception...but in this particular episode, Teyla's argument with John kept bringing me back to that now famous book title that turn into a slogan, Man are from Mars Women are from Venus...I could be getting this title all wrong, btw...*wink*
But my point is, John's reaction did show that typical male side that thinks that what he thought was what was best and what the woman would think was best....his line of I thought you needed some time with your child vs telling you about Ronon, is a perfect example of how men can never get it right because they don't think like a women, and the same goes for Teyla. She expected Joh to tell her and in him not telling her about Ronon, she thought he was being careless and arrogant, when in fact, he was thinking about her. The same goes for his decision to put off Wooselys' order to find a replacement for her while she makes up her mind, and yet, she thinks that this was only a tough decision on her while he tells her he has been thinking about it and he does know the tough choice she has to make and even added that he would support whichever decision she makes...
So, for me the real depth to her role and the real turnover to the Teyla the woman has been because of her relationship with Kanan that resulted in her life changing experience, motherhood. And this bit has changed her as her role of not a leader, or a lover, but more of a team mate, a mother, and a friend. She wants to continue to be with the team, that was never a question; her concern was with her child and what would happen if she wasn't there, if she got hurt and had a child without a mother...and Kanan told her what she needed to hear, he would have a father.
I do hope this is not the end for JT, and I still have hope. I won't get what I want, but I'm still hopeful. But overall, I do love what I"m seeing in Teyla and I expect it as much despite the fact that yes, I do see a lot of JTers frustrated and unfortunately too, some see it as a negative characterization for Teyla, when in fact to me, it just makes her more wholesome!