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I was reminded, a second ago, that I was reading a transcript of an Amanda Tapping interview, and she made some comment about how "Sam is defined by her relationships" and how she thinks that's great and needs to be explored more.
Dear Ms. Tapping, please tell me you were saying that to piss people off. Love, Lyssie, who is NOT defined by her relationships and thinks that saying Sam is basically makes her a stock Romance Novel Heroine and pointless. Unless you really feel that way, in which case, you are now added to the list of actresses who are stupid as fuck.
sigh. No wonder people keep saying Sam is no longer a Strong Woman.
eta: So... Women are defined by their relationships to people and men are defined by their dick length?
Seriously. I've never heard of male characters defined by their relationship to other characters. (and, in the end, at this point, ONLY SAM)
eta2: *eyes LR and Liz* Did you two go to Vegas and get married by Elvis and not tell the rest of us?
eta3: Instead of saying the same thing to, ah, five (six?) different people: I'll accept that men and women are defined by their relationships. I just suspect I've never seen it applied anywhere until now which pushes my hot button. Not the exact wording at least.
Especially fictional men and women, because they are only what we see on the screen/read on the page.
Cable, for instance, can be defined by his relationships to women, to his father, to his mother (and her clone), to his future and--*digresses*. Sam is defined by Cassie, Jack, Daniel, Janet, Teal'c, Hammond, her dad, Mark, her mom... etc.
Dear Ms. Tapping, please tell me you were saying that to piss people off. Love, Lyssie, who is NOT defined by her relationships and thinks that saying Sam is basically makes her a stock Romance Novel Heroine and pointless. Unless you really feel that way, in which case, you are now added to the list of actresses who are stupid as fuck.
sigh. No wonder people keep saying Sam is no longer a Strong Woman.
eta: So... Women are defined by their relationships to people and men are defined by their dick length?
eta2: *eyes LR and Liz* Did you two go to Vegas and get married by Elvis and not tell the rest of us?
eta3: Instead of saying the same thing to, ah, five (six?) different people: I'll accept that men and women are defined by their relationships. I just suspect I've never seen it applied anywhere until now which pushes my hot button. Not the exact wording at least.
Especially fictional men and women, because they are only what we see on the screen/read on the page.
Cable, for instance, can be defined by his relationships to women, to his father, to his mother (and her clone), to his future and--*digresses*. Sam is defined by Cassie, Jack, Daniel, Janet, Teal'c, Hammond, her dad, Mark, her mom... etc.
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Barrett for example, with whom she had real chemistry! DDL got the job because Ben Browder turned it down.
Barrett is EXACTLY who I was thinking of! And I would have found him dating Sam to be much more believeable than Pete. I couldn't even buy Pete as a cop, FCOL.
And AMEN about Affinity. That's definitely where Pete should have exited stage left. It was exactly there that PDL started messing around with Sam's character and should have been given a swift kick.
omg! I never even noticed the Pete/Peter thing! Duh! Sometimes I can be so Tard-ish that even I'm amazed, lol. Of course! AT does a pretty good job deflecting PDL's constant sexual banter in the commentary they do together, but he really needs to get over it.
And Jake. Awww, Jake, man. I have to say, even if they DID think it was the end of the season, there was just no reason to it. It didn't gain them anything. He didn't technically die heroically saving the universe. It was just wrong. So damn wrong. I really hope PDL does bring him back, but as Carmen said in the interview, AT didn't believe him for a moment. And if she doesn't believe him, than neither do I.
And if it *was* PDL's decision to get rid of Jacob... well... *kicks him*
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I think so, too!!
Barrett is EXACTLY who I was thinking of! And I would have found him dating Sam to be much more believeable than Pete. I couldn't even buy Pete as a cop, FCOL
Barrett and Sam would have made me nervous as a shipper! Sam and Pete made me nauseous in Chimera, and the rest of it was just so obviously a way to get to the end of the S/J ship. Bleh!
I've never actually seen Affinity, but I've read the transcript, and UGH! No wonder it was one of, if not the worst, rated ep by fans and Nielsen in S8.
I actually think their inability to name characters is hilarious- 2 Joes (and a Jonah), Jonas x2, Sara x2 (and a Thera)... I'm surprised we haven't had a Rob and a Brad!!! But yes, PDL needs to pretend he's not still 15 with raging hormones.
I actually have hope that PDL will bring Jacob back, even if only in flashbacks. It's the happy AU world I live in!!!