this is a bit we gave you from us--the thing in you that is eternal, since we are
Oh, I like that - the suggestion that the Goa'uld might plant the idea that carrying a symbiote brings the Jaffa closer to divinity. Delightfully creepy, and so like their modus operandi. And you're right, of course, that we don't know what the Goa'uld on Chaka's planet think about Life, the Universe, and Everything. :)
Shyla is such a contradiction that I keep changing my mind. She's too manipulative to be innocent - she really played on Daniel's fears, kept dangling SG-1 in front of him and pulled them away. She was so pleased when Daniel became dismissive of his friends. And yes, he did warn her it would be hard without it, and she was in tears about destroying it.
And yet... and yet... She seems to genuinely care about the wellbeing of her people. She fired the staff weapon, almost without hesitation. And there's the suicidal thing, which just seems so wrong for someone with a sarc addiction.
But this made me laugh: Hence the sideways crown--the girl's not straight about anything. Hee!
M's story is a little too adult for my tastes - I had to do a lot of skimming - but hoo boy is it good. And yes, that quote is a great one, and the magic box that gives but takes away something even more precious - yep.
I'll buy the idea that sarcs are limited, and we do know (Evolution in S7) that they're a corrupted version of some Ancient device. For all we know, the ribbon devices were initially intended primarily for telepathic communication and mental transfers, a la Sha're in FIAD - using it to fry someone's brains might have been an equal corruption of Goa'uld technology.
I do blame Shyla for being manipulative, for being cold and calculating and blackmailing, and most of all for having that annoying wistful motif playing every time she's on screen. :) No, I don't blame a Daniel who is isolated and anxious and has never really had to plan to save the team before for falling for it. But some part of me does wonder if Shyla is, just a tiny bit, a victim of circumstance. Daniel would certainly view it that way. In fact, it's clear that he does.
And like I said, I think this disaster shocked Daniel into learning diplomatic skills, fast. He's certainly a master at it come S4.
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Oh, I like that - the suggestion that the Goa'uld might plant the idea that carrying a symbiote brings the Jaffa closer to divinity. Delightfully creepy, and so like their modus operandi. And you're right, of course, that we don't know what the Goa'uld on Chaka's planet think about Life, the Universe, and Everything. :)
Shyla is such a contradiction that I keep changing my mind. She's too manipulative to be innocent - she really played on Daniel's fears, kept dangling SG-1 in front of him and pulled them away. She was so pleased when Daniel became dismissive of his friends. And yes, he did warn her it would be hard without it, and she was in tears about destroying it.
And yet... and yet... She seems to genuinely care about the wellbeing of her people. She fired the staff weapon, almost without hesitation. And there's the suicidal thing, which just seems so wrong for someone with a sarc addiction.
But this made me laugh: Hence the sideways crown--the girl's not straight about anything. Hee!
M's story is a little too adult for my tastes - I had to do a lot of skimming - but hoo boy is it good. And yes, that quote is a great one, and the magic box that gives but takes away something even more precious - yep.
I'll buy the idea that sarcs are limited, and we do know (Evolution in S7) that they're a corrupted version of some Ancient device. For all we know, the ribbon devices were initially intended primarily for telepathic communication and mental transfers, a la Sha're in FIAD - using it to fry someone's brains might have been an equal corruption of Goa'uld technology.
I do blame Shyla for being manipulative, for being cold and calculating and blackmailing, and most of all for having that annoying wistful motif playing every time she's on screen. :) No, I don't blame a Daniel who is isolated and anxious and has never really had to plan to save the team before for falling for it. But some part of me does wonder if Shyla is, just a tiny bit, a victim of circumstance. Daniel would certainly view it that way. In fact, it's clear that he does.
And like I said, I think this disaster shocked Daniel into learning diplomatic skills, fast. He's certainly a master at it come S4.
(Poor Joe!)