SGA; recs and question

[permetaform]

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

[franzeska]

I've seen through season 7 or so. I think the previous comments give a pretty good idea of the progression of discoveries about the Ancients. I should stress that it's a progression. The writers keep inventing SG1 keeps discovering new things about them.

[permetaform]

Is there a general feeling towards the Ancients though? (either expressed by the show or by the characters?) For instance, are Ancients consistently viewed in a generally positive manner? Or is it ambiguous? and if so how?

[franzeska]

At first, they're just interesting and remote. The characters want to get their technology. We get the sense that they may be extinct. When we find out that they're still around, they're powerful, and they're not doing anything about all the problems they observe, there's a palpable sense of outrage.

It's very similar to the reaction non-Star Trek fans have to any episode involving the Prime Directive. (Or possibly it's similar to the attitudes of Star Trek characters, seeing as they never seem to actually obey it.)

The SGC is all about interfering--it's what they do best--so the idea of all that power not being used to protect people is quite galling.

I think that at this point, the Ancients have moved past being interesting and mysterious and past being irritating and are pretty much just another alien race. Thus, the general attitude is that they're interesting but would be much better if they'd give us some technology, thanks.

[permetaform]

It's very similar to the reaction non-Star Trek fans have to any episode involving the Prime Directive. (Or possibly it's similar to the attitudes of Star Trek characters, seeing as they never seem to actually obey it.)

::nods:: and that's absolutely I think what they're getting at 'cause in Aurora the Ancient's on their ship was totally coded as Star Trek (but in blue instead of in grey and sepia), with the way the hallways looked and their uniforms and their phasers. (their phasers!)

It's then facinating the way that SGA is both a homage to Star Trek and a critique of Star Trek all at the same time!


The SGC is all about interfering--it's what they do best--so the idea of all that power not being used to protect people is quite galling.

And here's the facinating thing too: SGA is all about people interfering in different matters and having it blow up horribly in their face!


I think that at this point, the Ancients have moved past being interesting and mysterious and past being irritating and are pretty much just another alien race. Thus, the general attitude is that they're interesting but would be much better if they'd give us some technology, thanks.

::nods:: That makes sense.