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[gategrrl]

I don't know WHY I did this, but I went to GW, after a long absence, and noticed a very lively "Sam Carter is the Bestest Character" Thread, so I figured, what the hell, why not. So I clicked on it. There was a lot of extraneous chatter, no biggie.

And then.

I saw the animated flashcard sig of someone who took the final scene of Sam and Jack sitting at the dock, by themselves, "fishing", without Daniel and Teal'c anywhere in the picture. Of course. Just like TPTB on that show *wanted* the smarmy J&S fans to do. It's just so...no wonder why I'm so happy RDA is not a regular on that show anymore, and so fucking happy AT won't be on for the start of the season. Good grief.

Comments

[burbler.livejournal.com]

I used to like the character well enough. I have met enough fans to know that there are many out there that just love the ship...but then they can see what I cannot.

[betacandy.livejournal.com]

I love Sam the way I thought she was. And I think AT has tried to stick to that, but it's become impossible. When I first started seeing the show regularly, it was in the 5th season on syndication, and I was ecstatic that a female lead wasn't paired with any of the guys. (S5 is very non-shippy, actually, wonder why they backslid later?)

So much for that. I really have trouble coming up with a consistent interpretation for her anymore. I think most fanfic writers just settle on one and ignore the bits of canon that seemingly contradict. Not much else you can do.

[burbler.livejournal.com]

Yes, come to think of it, you're right about S5. S6 is not too bad from what I can remember, but I don't watch all the eps ;)

It actually got considerably worse from S7...stupid Ptb!

[betacandy.livejournal.com]

I'm watching 5 right now, and so far not only is there no ship, but the relationship between Carter and O'Neill is fun - adult colleagues who care about each other enough to snark. No tension, no awkwardness.

6 was very short on ship, but there is the bit in Metamorphosis where she puts her had on his shoulder, and the bit about going to Ska'ara's wedding in Full Circle. Neither of which came off as hugely shippy to me until I saw 7.

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

I know a shipper who loved the ship UNTIL Cooper turned Carter into a drippy unprofessional cartoon ho. And then she was utterly disgusted with that character, and it all collapsed.

I mean, how can you love a relationship when at least one of the characters IN the ship loses her/his integrity and doesn't follow reasonable human behavior?