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Authority Figures -- Romance and Rank
So, why does the idea of canon Sam/Jack annoy the hell out of me, while I'm vastly interested in Lee Adama/Laura Roslin?
The reason lies in Lee's speech in Bastille Day, where he makes it clear that he follows the law over his commanding officer (and implicitly, over the President's wishes as well). When Lee follows an order, he's making an informed decision. When Sam follows an order, she's following an order. We've seen that Sam will follow orders that she disagrees with morally (Scorched Earth) while Lee will not (Kobol's Last Gleaming, part 2).
So, while Sam may be a better soldier than Lee, Lee seems like a stronger person. And I like good people a hell of a lot more than I like good soldiers.
Both of them have allowed their personal feelings for one person to overrule better judgment, but with Lee, we got to see him realise that he was wrong (That one, with Starbuck lost on the planet), whereas it seemed like Sam's only revelation was that losing Jack would completely suck, especially so soon after losing Daniel (Paradise Lost).
And, of course, one of the reasons that I love BSG is that there are several interesting (and very different) women, making the burden of 'representing sisterhood' weigh less heavily. Whereas on SG-1, Sam is pretty much it and even before Janet died, there were just two. On BSG, we have Starbuck, Six, Boomer, Roslin, Cally, and Duella.
The reason lies in Lee's speech in Bastille Day, where he makes it clear that he follows the law over his commanding officer (and implicitly, over the President's wishes as well). When Lee follows an order, he's making an informed decision. When Sam follows an order, she's following an order. We've seen that Sam will follow orders that she disagrees with morally (Scorched Earth) while Lee will not (Kobol's Last Gleaming, part 2).
So, while Sam may be a better soldier than Lee, Lee seems like a stronger person. And I like good people a hell of a lot more than I like good soldiers.
Both of them have allowed their personal feelings for one person to overrule better judgment, but with Lee, we got to see him realise that he was wrong (That one, with Starbuck lost on the planet), whereas it seemed like Sam's only revelation was that losing Jack would completely suck, especially so soon after losing Daniel (Paradise Lost).
And, of course, one of the reasons that I love BSG is that there are several interesting (and very different) women, making the burden of 'representing sisterhood' weigh less heavily. Whereas on SG-1, Sam is pretty much it and even before Janet died, there were just two. On BSG, we have Starbuck, Six, Boomer, Roslin, Cally, and Duella.
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For all we know -- and there's things to suggest this -- he was by all means technically divorced the moment he left Apophis's service. We do know that the state of that marriage didn't stop his (ex)wife from remarrying. Different cultures have different standards for marriage, separation, and divorce and since Teal'c's behavior is nothing if not consistent. Since CJ, who plays Teal'c, is the one writing most of the episodes in which Teal'c has a chance to get his sex on, I'm thinking that the behaviour in this regards is just a reflection of how CJ (and the other writers) see Jaffa culture.
The one circumstance where I can see that as iffy is Ishta and the woman from Affinity, but since the WfA (who's name I cannot place for the life of me at the moment) had a boyfriend the issue of fidelity here is a moot point I'd suppose. He was doing something wrong by our standards one way or another -- either due to Ishta or due to WfA's boyfriend. Though, again, the mere process of leaving him might be considered a divorce/separation from Teal'c's standards and that was a failure to communicate.
Hmm. It still doesn't thrill me because OMG STUPID! Conflicting missions! He really likes the complicated ones, doesn't he?
- Andrea.