Now that some folks are getting their books, it's time for the usual courtesy about spoilers for those whose books will take longer to reach them. Please put spoilers under a cut! I will caution that there may be spoilers under a cut or in comments on this journal, because as soon as people start reading the first eight pages I expect to hear some screams! Our pre-readers had a cow in the prologue! So under a cut, please.
That said, let the screaming commence! :) Possible spoilers in comments!
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And off topic, will we see Mel again in Legacy?
Edited at 2011-03-13 05:01 pm (UTC)
Or anywhere else?
They go straight from the sparring scene without even five minutes to talk about what just happened into the mission on the Hammond, and then there's Ronon and Sam and not half a minute alone. And then John's unconscious in Sam's infirmary! So I think the next window for people writing fic (hint hint) is after the end scene. We do try to leave fic hooks!
And I think you did a hell of a job conveying intimacy and tension, both sexual and emotional, between them without breaking your rating constraints. The scene at the end.... WOW.
Thank you so much! That makes me very happy! That's my scene and I'm pleased it works.
So what gave them the courage/permission to act or speak and who did it first? Was it John hearing in the desert that Teyla didn't judge him for Holland, that she and Kanaan were never married or together in the way he thought, and Teyla seeing his lack of judgment in return at that? Was it John accepting Teyla's gift and all its negative possibilities so whole-heartedly? All of the above?
All of the above! John wasn't going to make a move as long as he thought she and Kanaan had a commitment. And she wasn't going to tell him that unless the situation pushed her to it, although I think her confiding in him had more to do with him confiding in her. The desert trek really pushed John to his nadir, and when he got there he wasn't alone. There was Teyla, guarding his sleep, absolutely accepting him. The image I love the most is John going to sleep seeing her silhouetted against the sky, her gun barrel pointing out into the night.
She accepts things about him that he never thought anyone would. How could he not accept what she has to tell him?
That's John's turning point, the end of the descent he's been on since fourth season. From there it's going up. He will not die on Earth. He won't be Vegas John, no matter what else happens. And the clincher for that is the scene waking up Avenger.
And off topic, will we see Mel again in Legacy?
Yes! Mel will be back in Allegiance! She's assigned to Daedalus' 302 wing!