I get that fighting back might not have worked; on the other hand, running away might not have worked, either. She might have been caught and captured and her son taken anyway - and nothing would have been achieved, either way. I just see it as uncharacteristic of Teyla to do so much nothing, even as a mother with a son to protect. It tends to take on the flavour of an excuse for the writers not to do anything with her.
Even while she was prisoner, I felt she could have drawn Michael out more, asked questions that developed the situation. "What are your specific plans for my son? Where will we be going? How will this work?" Once Michael declared himself, there was an opportunity to use his conflicts against him. Teyla's a leader of her people, a speaker, a communicator - this is one of the things she was originally billed as, and yet nothing was used of it.
They did this with Elizabeth as well, actually. In The Game, an international deal-broker can't bring two warring groups to the table and get them to even talk to each other or see the others' point of view.
Then again, they did this to Jack O'Neill, too, back in Season 5 of SG1: from the bomb expert he was in the original movie, he needed Carter to tell him which wires to cut in Fail Safe.
To be honest, I enjoyed it as much as I could enjoy an episode of Stargate given my current state of mind regarding the show and the characters - yes, there were some neat moments in there - but it still fell far short of the possibilities of the show and the characters.
*sigh*
And yeah, Ronon/Amelia looks neat! Any communities started up that you know of? I haven't been keeping track of the Newsletter.
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Even while she was prisoner, I felt she could have drawn Michael out more, asked questions that developed the situation. "What are your specific plans for my son? Where will we be going? How will this work?" Once Michael declared himself, there was an opportunity to use his conflicts against him. Teyla's a leader of her people, a speaker, a communicator - this is one of the things she was originally billed as, and yet nothing was used of it.
They did this with Elizabeth as well, actually. In The Game, an international deal-broker can't bring two warring groups to the table and get them to even talk to each other or see the others' point of view.
Then again, they did this to Jack O'Neill, too, back in Season 5 of SG1: from the bomb expert he was in the original movie, he needed Carter to tell him which wires to cut in Fail Safe.
To be honest, I enjoyed it as much as I could enjoy an episode of Stargate given my current state of mind regarding the show and the characters - yes, there were some neat moments in there - but it still fell far short of the possibilities of the show and the characters.
*sigh*
And yeah, Ronon/Amelia looks neat! Any communities started up that you know of? I haven't been keeping track of the Newsletter.