in season 10, they had her acting all coy and childlike, as if somehow that made her less of a threat. And why did she need to be less of a threat? Why couldn't she have remained somewhat dangerous--someone they couldn't trust.
The problem was that her character as established had no business being on the show permamently, much less a member of SG1. An eccentric con artist where you never know which loyalty they hold, can be a good villain or even ally for the occasional episode but not on a longterm basis. So they went to retconning.
I actually liked the attempts to give her more depth but it was half-cocked and her Season 10 persona was pretty much insolent child provides comic relief. Huh?
Anyway, and why was Vala on the team at all? They never gave any explanation for that at all.
Of course that was just plot contrivance, but I thought the - rather weak - in-show reason was that they hoped to use her connection to Adria and that`s why they tought it a good idea to bring her along on missions. *cough*
Since Vala was there, they had no reason to listen to her. She'd lied and manipulated them over and over and over. What reason did they have to trust her? What right did she have to say anything at all?
I was okay with her taking action because at that point it felt like all the others did was to just stand there and bicker while the Supergate formed. So anything seemed a better plan than that. :)
I actually still haven't watched the last few episodes of SG-1. I was so hating on Daniel that I couldn't stand to watch. I can't think of any reason why I'd want to see it, even though I was determined to see it through to the end.
I`ve read summaries of all the episodes of Season 10 and I think I`m going to watch them but I feel it`s a good thing I`m not too invested in the characters. Makes for much easier handwaving when they behave horribly OOC. But I totally hear ya, if it happens on SPN, I get mightily cranky too.
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Date: 2007-08-10 10:38 am (UTC)The problem was that her character as established had no business being on the show permamently, much less a member of SG1. An eccentric con artist where you never know which loyalty they hold, can be a good villain or even ally for the occasional episode but not on a longterm basis. So they went to retconning.
I actually liked the attempts to give her more depth but it was half-cocked and her Season 10 persona was pretty much insolent child provides comic relief. Huh?
Anyway, and why was Vala on the team at all? They never gave any explanation for that at all.
Of course that was just plot contrivance, but I thought the - rather weak - in-show reason was that they hoped to use her connection to Adria and that`s why they tought it a good idea to bring her along on missions. *cough*
Since Vala was there, they had no reason to listen to her. She'd lied and manipulated them over and over and over. What reason did they have to trust her? What right did she have to say anything at all?
I was okay with her taking action because at that point it felt like all the others did was to just stand there and bicker while the Supergate formed. So anything seemed a better plan than that. :)
I actually still haven't watched the last few episodes of SG-1. I was so hating on Daniel that I couldn't stand to watch. I can't think of any reason why I'd want to see it, even though I was determined to see it through to the end.
I`ve read summaries of all the episodes of Season 10 and I think I`m going to watch them but I feel it`s a good thing I`m not too invested in the characters. Makes for much easier handwaving when they behave horribly OOC.
But I totally hear ya, if it happens on SPN, I get mightily cranky too.