SGA; recs and question

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First the recs, 'cause these have been piling up and I need some form of sanity and not being afraid of my bookmarks. ::wry grin::

Assume that these are all SGA and all some form of Sheppard and McKay.


#435, The Atlantis Local Stitch'n'Bitch Chapter by rageprufrock - Wherein John is held close to the righteous female bosom of knitted products, Rodney is too curious for his own good, and plans fail in a spectacular way. (random thought: huh. I just realized this has a lot of what cereta mentions in her post on masculine and feminine spaces. huh.)

The Boys Of Summer by seperis - reads like the first breath of fresh air and feels like sun shining.

Advantage by resonant8 - Aliens make John into Rodney's slave and its both exactly what you expect and entirely surprising all at once.

Beauty by blinkiesays - Skip the notes on this one, the story reveals itself well enough on it's own and it reads like a melody.

The Lending Library by iphignia939 - The summary explains it all: "Naturally, when several hundred people moved to another galaxy, they brought porn." XD

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Stargate Question: Has anyone out there seen a plentiful amount of SG-1?

I'm very curious as to SG-1's interpretation of the Ancients; ie.
both the text and subtext of the Ancient's place/position in the SG-1 universe.

For instance, in SG-1 how were the Ancient's introduced? How are their technology viewed in SG-1, textually and subtextually? How did the SG-1 characters feel about the Ancients and Ancient technology?

Comments

[simonesa.livejournal.com]

*raises hand high*

The ancients are first mentioned in the first season. They were one of the 4 races of beings that had a council (along with the Asgaard). They are the ones who created the repository of knowledge that was dumped into Jack's head in the ep The Fifth Race. The storyline develops slowly with mentions here and there. The first contact is with Oma who communicates with Daniel about the baby that was fathered by Apophis and Daniel's wife Share. Then in 4th season has a marvelous repeat episode where Jack and Teal'c keep repeating the same 6 hours or so. It is a planet suspected to be inhabited by Ancients who were trying to escape their fate by going back in time. Then, of course, Daniel meets Oma again at the end of season 5. *cries* She teaches him to ascent. In six there is a discovery of an ancient in Anartica, but when they thaw her out the same disease that killed the ancients begins infecting everyone on the base. Most SG1 respect Ancients. There was always the drive to find them. Learn more about the technology. Ancient technology was what destroyed Anubis. SG1 looks down on Goauld who basically pirated a bunch of the Ancients technology.

Short answer Ancients good. LOL

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Then in 4th season has a marvelous repeat episode where Jack and Teal'c keep repeating the same 6 hours or so.

HEE!! I LOVE those, they're always so fun.


Short answer Ancients good. LOL

Was there any ambivalence to the Ancients at all? Or were they generally earmarked as benevolent?

[simonesa.livejournal.com]

Benevolent. But like I read in someone else's answer, there is the thing about them not interferring. Oma was ostracized because she would not play by the rules. Similar to Chaya only without the annoying clinging to Shep thing. There is another Ancient we meet in season five that falls for Sam. He becomes human again to be with her. Oren, I think his name is. Ancients have this thing that once ascended, they are supposed to leave all physical concerns to physical world. Not get involved. But, while still human they were generally considered just like people today only much smarter and more technically advanced. As far as I know, no deep dark Ancient secrets. ;-D