Letters from Pegasus Week

[em_kellesvig]

Teyla and the Wraith...




From what we already know of the Athosians, their main strategy for dealing with a Wraith attack means run and scatter. Teyla can't do that here.


She has to stand perfectly still and silent, hoping the Wraith won't investigate what his senses are telling him: there's food nearby. If she moves, if she gives in to her instinct to kill the Wraith, she'll not only jeopardize her own life, but also Sheppard's, Orin's, and Orin's family's lives as well. And she'll reveal the presence of the jumper, and thus Atlantis, on its scouting mission.


There's so much at stake here but Teyla keeps it together, keeps her cool, and waits, hoping the Wraith will just walk away. She looks so small and frightened, but look at her right hand: while her sidearm is still in its holster, she's released the trigger strap just in case.


This isn't the way Teyla learned to fight the Wraith as a child -- run; this isn't the way she has fought them as an adult -- attack head-on; this she learned from the Lanteans -- patience. What an incredible risk to take -- and what an incredible act of trust in these complete strangers.


My apologies for going MIA. November handed me lemons; I've been trying to make lemon chicken.

"Letters from Pegasus" 1x17

Comments

[melagan.livejournal.com]

This is a wonderful insight to Teyla. I love thinky posts - mind you I can't make them, but I love 'em.

(and this is one of the reasons I love season one. they're all figuring it out as they go)

[em_kellesvig]

First season was such fun for figuring it all out, even though I do wish the writers had been better at writing women. Or if there'd been more (any) female writers. Teyla and Elizabeth suffered a bit at the lack.

You do thinky posts just fine; they're just on another topic altogether. *coff*

[selenic76.livejournal.com]

Love the insight, never thought of this scene that way!

Always felt they should have told us more about the Athosian culture, and how they coped with living under the Wraith threat. Glad you think about these things and share your mind with us ^_^

(And had to get a Teyla userpic for this, can't believe I didn't have one in use already...)

[em_kellesvig]

There's so much depth to Teyla and her people; you're so right: they should have told us more about them but, on the other hand, what little we got allowed us to build our own mythology in fandom. If you have any fic recs, feel free to post them here on the comm. :)

[selenic76.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to say, but no recs today. There's just so many of them, and too little time to read -_- (and since I tend to focus on McShep...)

But one of the best things about fandom, is the way it opens up those parts of the SGA world we weren't shown.