Ronon's care for Teyla

[vida-boheme.livejournal.com]

Ronon: Congratulations. Kanaan is the father?
Teyla: You knew that we were ...?
Ronon: I could tell – the way you talked about him.
Teyla: Yes. He is the father.
Ronon: I'm sorry.
Teyla: I will find him. He is still alive – I feel it.
Ronon: We'll find him – together. I promise. Come on – let's go get you checked up. You know, uh, "Ronon" – it's a good name ... boy or girl.

I love this brief exchange so much, especially for the way it shows us so much about Ronon. He understands Teyla's fears and concerns (and I'm sure he understands John's) but the first word out of his mouth is congratulations. He responds first as her friend and recognises the fact that this is a treasure to her and not an inconvenience. I love the way he immediately guesses who the father is and explains why he knows. That brain might not be science smart, but he's sharp as a tack and he picks up on things that other people miss. I adore the way he understands her worry about Kanaan being missing, and vows to help her find him. Most of all, I love the way he takes her hand, makes her smile, and goes with her to the infirmary.

So what small scenes do you love, and why? What are the moments in SGA where a brief exchange suddenly made you understand a character better?

Comments

[sgamadison.livejournal.com]

Yes, but a nano-second later, I have the dog by the face and I'm telling him that he scared the crap out of me and I love him so please, please don't ever do that again. And he *gets* that for whatever reason I went psycho on him before, we're okay now.

I'm not saying John Sheppard has to be as enlightened as I am *snicker* but a single sentence would have put the entire scene into context for me. If John had ended with a frustrated, "Damn it, Teyla! I can't make decisions unless I have all the facts!" as he took his hissy self off, then it would have worked for me. I wouldn't have needed a reconciliation scene between him and Teyla because I would have *known* that it had taken place.

It seems to me there was so many times when a major problem with a scene or a storyline could have been fixed with a single sentence but the writers always let it go.

[vida-boheme.livejournal.com]

You know, I used to put the lack of balance and resolution to that scene down to poor storytelling and scripting by TPTB. Now I wonder if they didn't put some of their annoyance at having to deal with Rachel's pregnancy in Sheppard's mouth - with the added bonus of making John/Joe the 'bad guy'.

Yep, that's how far my distrust of TPTB's motivations goes!

[sgamadison.livejournal.com]

I have to admit, those very thoughts crossed my mind as well. I can also see Flanigan, when given the lines to read, deciding with Rachel to play it as a jealousy thing, because that's what they had to work with.

[patk.livejournal.com]

>>"Damn it, Teyla! I can't make decisions unless I have all the facts!" <<

Yes, that would have been perfect - and still in character for John. And in an ideal world with some competent writers at the helm of the show we would have gotten something like that. :-)

Hm... I think I'm just going to pretend that he said this at a point later in the show. *G*

[sgamadison.livejournal.com]

It did, it did! :-)