I've noticed that's true for almost all of this 'verses female characters.
The exception to this would be Sam Carter - but they developed her as a scientist, not as a woman. When they tried developing her 'as a woman', the storyline majorly sucked. (The fiancee storyline, not the dynamic between O'Neill and Carter - I found that worked because it was functional and friendly.)
But yes, TPTB have a lot of potential in Teyla, all of it untapped. The scenarios they could do involving the Wraith and her Wraithgene, the development of her background, the explicit acknowledgement of what we only ever see implicitly in her behaviours: keeping everything and everyone together when it comes to the crunch...
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The exception to this would be Sam Carter - but they developed her as a scientist, not as a woman. When they tried developing her 'as a woman', the storyline majorly sucked. (The fiancee storyline, not the dynamic between O'Neill and Carter - I found that worked because it was functional and friendly.)
But yes, TPTB have a lot of potential in Teyla, all of it untapped. The scenarios they could do involving the Wraith and her Wraithgene, the development of her background, the explicit acknowledgement of what we only ever see implicitly in her behaviours: keeping everything and everyone together when it comes to the crunch...
Wasteful.