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butterflyWhy is it that every time I go to watch a 'random' Stargate episode, it ends up being Meridian?
I find the entire idea of 'ascension' to be fascinating. In the Stargate universe, it really does seem to be just another possibility, another way of being. In the end, Daniel goes because he believes that he'll be able to do more good that way.
I like the idea of comparing ascensions. Cordelia ascends in Tomorrow not simply because she believes she can do more good that way but because she believes that she is a higher being, that she has shown enough character and goodness to qualify above 'mere mortals'. It's only a hop, skip, and a jump from her earlier attitudes -- remember, this is the girl who thought that Buffy should get special privileges because she was the Slayer (Ted). Cordelia firmly believes in the power = moral authority paradigm, at least when she's the one with the power.
Daniel Jackson's major faultline is a different one. While Cordelia believes that beauty and privilege make her better, Daniel believes in knowledge and truth above all else. It's a goal that appears noble but that can lead into dark places. Any fantasy show is littered with shadow figures and dark possibilities. We see the ultimate extreme of what Daniel could be in Absolute Power, while I believe that Jasmine is Cordelia's ultimate extreme.
Anyone who truly believes that they know best and that they have the right to enforce that belief is scary.
On another topic, is it wrong to long for the AtS Season Five dvds partly because I can at least be pretty sure that Cordelia isn't going to be on the cover? Because you do not know how much I long to have an Angel dvd set without Cordy on the cover.
I find the entire idea of 'ascension' to be fascinating. In the Stargate universe, it really does seem to be just another possibility, another way of being. In the end, Daniel goes because he believes that he'll be able to do more good that way.
I like the idea of comparing ascensions. Cordelia ascends in Tomorrow not simply because she believes she can do more good that way but because she believes that she is a higher being, that she has shown enough character and goodness to qualify above 'mere mortals'. It's only a hop, skip, and a jump from her earlier attitudes -- remember, this is the girl who thought that Buffy should get special privileges because she was the Slayer (Ted). Cordelia firmly believes in the power = moral authority paradigm, at least when she's the one with the power.
Daniel Jackson's major faultline is a different one. While Cordelia believes that beauty and privilege make her better, Daniel believes in knowledge and truth above all else. It's a goal that appears noble but that can lead into dark places. Any fantasy show is littered with shadow figures and dark possibilities. We see the ultimate extreme of what Daniel could be in Absolute Power, while I believe that Jasmine is Cordelia's ultimate extreme.
Anyone who truly believes that they know best and that they have the right to enforce that belief is scary.
On another topic, is it wrong to long for the AtS Season Five dvds partly because I can at least be pretty sure that Cordelia isn't going to be on the cover? Because you do not know how much I long to have an Angel dvd set without Cordy on the cover.
