If you were looking for a word with the same feeling as 'jeez,' as in 'jeez, McKay, inappropriate much?' but couldn't use it because the person saying it doesn't come from a culture that has Jesus, and hence can't have jeez, what word would you use instead?
(It's not Teyla, despite the icon, but it is someone who was raised in Pegasus, and hence has the Ancients as Gods thing)
It's driving me nuts, to the point of wanting to leave it in, except that now I've noticed, I can't *un-notice* it and it'll bug me every time I look at the story from now on.
My sanity thanks you for any suggestions :o)
(It's not Teyla, despite the icon, but it is someone who was raised in Pegasus, and hence has the Ancients as Gods thing)
It's driving me nuts, to the point of wanting to leave it in, except that now I've noticed, I can't *un-notice* it and it'll bug me every time I look at the story from now on.
My sanity thanks you for any suggestions :o)
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And now I'm thinking how much easier life would be if the show had thought of that (I'm still hung up on Larrin saying 'what the hell, Sheppard?' because it just sounds so Earth-English to me).
Do the residents of Pegasus know of individual ancients, do you think, or are they just a mass of unidentified ancients (which would make a great curse- oh, unidentified ancients preserve me!)
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...hahaha, I jest. I don't really suggest dang. But it was amusing for me to imagine it for a minute.
Sadly, I don't have a real suggestion.
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You've made my evening with that suggestion. It probably amuses me even more since I know the context, but now I *really* want to use it.
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ETA: not that camp is inherently a bad thing, obviously, I just can't imagine the person I'm writing sounding that way.
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OK, not really. Um, 'gods' would probably be okay...
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I actually really like that, though, yes, I agree that no-one but you and me would get it.
And I so want to write someone cursing by saying 'ancestors preserve us.'
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What I hate is that SGA had this opportunity to explore ancestor veneration, a rich non-"god" religion/way of life, and all we get are prayers around the dinner table that could be from any household in America minus the word "Ancestor". (Not that I don't still cling to whatever scraps of Pegasus culture we get, but oh, I mourn the lost storytelling opportunities.)
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I think part of SGA's problem was that they didn't have a regular character, like Daniel, who's purpose is to explore both the differences and the similarities between the various cultures. Elizabeth was the closest they got, but she didn't get the opportunity very often and then they killed her. *is still bitter*
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*is bitter too*
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The end result of which I can now steal.
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Weirdly, *that* I can gloss over, it's the tiny religious-sounding remarks that throw me.
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Candy or not, it totally sounds like something Vala would say.
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Moros was the last of the Alteran High Counselors so perhaps he'd have been familiarto the various human cultures. Maybe "Mord" or "Mora" or "Marad."
"Melas" could work for either Moros or Melia.
Some kind of corruption of Chaya Sar.
Amelius is believed to have been the inventor of the stargate, so it's probable that he would be a figure of folklore both ancient and human.
Full wikipedia list is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_characters_in_Stargate
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Fwiw, I think "Athar" was Chaya's real name before she ascended, and "Chaya" is just the name she takes on when she pretends to be the priestess. ("Chaya" means "life" in Hebrew, and I think is related to the name "Eve".)
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Thanks. I figure people swear by saints names and on their grandmothers' graves....
I think "Athar" was Chaya's real name before she ascended
Yeah, but they were kinda vague about it. I've always thought that it was perhaps "Chaya Athar," (although I have no logic for that). *shrug* Either way someone decides I'm not really gonna quibble about it. I didn't like the character anyway.
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But I accept I'm in the minority on that point! *pets John's Ascended girlfriends*
(Edited cuz Teer wasn't actually an Ancient.)
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And me. I mean, he has to hang out with *someone* other than his team, right?