And, also, you're right in that it's unfare that it gets treated with a status it doesn't poses, at least not anymore. It's not a major pairing, yet it get's treated like that just because the writters jumped us with the Daniel/Sha're vibes in Rising, and it gets mentioned in interviews. And whilst that's all well and good, the fandom hasn't responded, and it's frankly unfare to treat it as though it had!
That's about where I am with it all. I rarely read a lot of Shep/Teyla (about two or three authors at most because the rest just makes me want to hide my head in the sand) but I'm just annoyed that there's such a lack of interest in the possibilities of the pairing. And yes, I've seen the hate. It's not pretty.
The fact that I could cruise through the sga_newsletter or Wraithbait for the past several days and find maybe one or two stories J/T related and yet a bunch of J/E tells me that there's something up. Oh, and Ronon/Teyla? Ah, I'm just gonna leave it alone.
I know I started writing het fic in SGA for two reasons: a) I wanted to see if I could and b) as a direct response to the hordes of Shep/McKay. I didn't write Shep/Teyla because, for me, it didn't present a challenge. But I still went looking for it because it's very rare for a woman of color character to actually get fic written about her at all.
What I started hearing from my friends was how so many fans were turned off by Teyla's dress, how she spoke. The fact that she was the alien babe and thus dismissable. And I was like, "What crack are you smoking and can you keep it away from me, please?"
Oy.
Will I ever write John/Teyla? Maybe one day, if I have something I want to say about them or explore that relationship. It doesn't stop me for wanting to see it and see it written well and thoughtfully.
I'm lucky that my friends who know me as a slasher have followed along on my Teyla-centric stuff.
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That's about where I am with it all. I rarely read a lot of Shep/Teyla (about two or three authors at most because the rest just makes me want to hide my head in the sand) but I'm just annoyed that there's such a lack of interest in the possibilities of the pairing. And yes, I've seen the hate. It's not pretty.
The fact that I could cruise through the
I know I started writing het fic in SGA for two reasons: a) I wanted to see if I could and b) as a direct response to the hordes of Shep/McKay. I didn't write Shep/Teyla because, for me, it didn't present a challenge. But I still went looking for it because it's very rare for a woman of color character to actually get fic written about her at all.
What I started hearing from my friends was how so many fans were turned off by Teyla's dress, how she spoke. The fact that she was the alien babe and thus dismissable. And I was like, "What crack are you smoking and can you keep it away from me, please?"
Oy.
Will I ever write John/Teyla? Maybe one day, if I have something I want to say about them or explore that relationship. It doesn't stop me for wanting to see it and see it written well and thoughtfully.
I'm lucky that my friends who know me as a slasher have followed along on my Teyla-centric stuff.