I do agree with the disappointment of fanfics for J/T many of them are just poorly written, very OOC, others are lackluster, there is no direction or just really rushed. Don't get me wrong there are gems in rough, but not many. But that could be said about any fandom and just feel that generally in the SGA fics I have read JT, SW, TR, or just Team have left me with the same impression, I'm not saying what I write is great...but not many authors are in the same calibre as Jeanette Winters, Virginia Woolf, or Henry James for that matter.
I had to agree with another poster there that it could be because it was pretty much canon. First season there was no question that they were sort of pairing J/T, and it was made rather public that they would be the couple if there was any. The flirting was blatant, unlike other viewers I do not agree there was subtlety it was continous. From 'Home', 'Hide and Seek', 'Letters from Pegasus', 'Rising' on and on and on. That makes them relatively canon...and most people were just sort of expecting it. I know that would have kept me from writing since I have the show doing it for me. Hence the reason I never contributed to the X-Files fandom...it was there on screen and there was a multitude anyway so that doesn't compare. But I didn't bother because I felt it was canon. Season 2s episode has not changed the view, but I feel that the writers are being much much much more subtle..there's a vast difference into the feel of season 1 and season 2, in regards to the their relationship...although I felt that more so we get Teyla's feelings like in 'Lost Boys' and 'Allies'.
Another point as to why it may not work is because of the Teyla hatred and the Weir love. I mean from what I gathered people really had lame reasons to hate her....oh it's her top, why does she show her belly. I'm like, 'who are you?' Sure the writers may have her dress that like to appeal to others...but in the Indian culture those tops are very similar and other tribal cultures all over the world women dress similiarly..so are they in a way denoting sex appeal? No. She's an alien woman take it with a grain of salt and move on. So comments like that made no sense. There really wasn't any concrete dislike but the superficial from what I gathered.
Then there's the argument of character development in season 1 vs. season 2. I think that plays a vital role on Teyla. Many people like her more now, than before. Now the question is why? Many shippers for Ronon/Teyla claim Ronon. I look beyond shipper for that because it is of course not dependent on Ronon. Teyla in my eyes was always a credible character, yes she moved from the political to the interesting to me, and I liked that about her..she was multidimensional.
Now let's look at the character development. For those who seem to think that Teyla was litle developed in season 1 it seems to come from those that don't bother to really pay close attention. There is a history behind this development. In Rising we get a woman who is a leader of her people, and then once these foreigners or aliens show up on her planet asking for aid her village is ransacked, then she and a few of her people are culled and heldl captive and her and her people can never really return to that planet they called home! Why? because of these aliens. So let's just say if I was Teyla I would be a very suspicisious of their motives in the beginning, although grateful that they came back and saved me and a few of my people and gave my people a home. As the Atlantis crew should have.
Then from there we can automatically tell that Teyla was also impressed by their skill and weaponry, I felt in season 1, rather than look at them as close friends really....she looked at them as allies and only for the purpose of ending the tyranny of the Wraith. We can clearly see this in 'Hide and Seek' and also in 'The Gift'. She wants their end. But let's go to 'Suspicion' and 'Hide and Seek' although Teyla is on John's team and should actually be involved they keep her out of the loop in 'H&S' which I can understand.
Re: Hmmm...pt.2
I had to agree with another poster there that it could be because it was pretty much canon. First season there was no question that they were sort of pairing J/T, and it was made rather public that they would be the couple if there was any. The flirting was blatant, unlike other viewers I do not agree there was subtlety it was continous. From 'Home', 'Hide and Seek', 'Letters from Pegasus', 'Rising' on and on and on. That makes them relatively canon...and most people were just sort of expecting it. I know that would have kept me from writing since I have the show doing it for me. Hence the reason I never contributed to the X-Files fandom...it was there on screen and there was a multitude anyway so that doesn't compare. But I didn't bother because I felt it was canon. Season 2s episode has not changed the view, but I feel that the writers are being much much much more subtle..there's a vast difference into the feel of season 1 and season 2, in regards to the their relationship...although I felt that more so we get Teyla's feelings like in 'Lost Boys' and 'Allies'.
Another point as to why it may not work is because of the Teyla hatred and the Weir love. I mean from what I gathered people really had lame reasons to hate her....oh it's her top, why does she show her belly. I'm like, 'who are you?' Sure the writers may have her dress that like to appeal to others...but in the Indian culture those tops are very similar and other tribal cultures all over the world women dress similiarly..so are they in a way denoting sex appeal? No. She's an alien woman take it with a grain of salt and move on. So comments like that made no sense. There really wasn't any concrete dislike but the superficial from what I gathered.
Then there's the argument of character development in season 1 vs. season 2. I think that plays a vital role on Teyla. Many people like her more now, than before. Now the question is why? Many shippers for Ronon/Teyla claim Ronon. I look beyond shipper for that because it is of course not dependent on Ronon. Teyla in my eyes was always a credible character, yes she moved from the political to the interesting to me, and I liked that about her..she was multidimensional.
Now let's look at the character development. For those who seem to think that Teyla was litle developed in season 1 it seems to come from those that don't bother to really pay close attention. There is a history behind this development. In Rising we get a woman who is a leader of her people, and then once these foreigners or aliens show up on her planet asking for aid her village is ransacked, then she and a few of her people are culled and heldl captive and her and her people can never really return to that planet they called home! Why? because of these aliens. So let's just say if I was Teyla I would be a very suspicisious of their motives in the beginning, although grateful that they came back and saved me and a few of my people and gave my people a home. As the Atlantis crew should have.
Then from there we can automatically tell that Teyla was also impressed by their skill and weaponry, I felt in season 1, rather than look at them as close friends really....she looked at them as allies and only for the purpose of ending the tyranny of the Wraith. We can clearly see this in 'Hide and Seek' and also in 'The Gift'. She wants their end. But let's go to 'Suspicion' and 'Hide and Seek' although Teyla is on John's team and should actually be involved they keep her out of the loop in 'H&S' which I can understand.