Eliyes

Title: He Makes An Impression
Summary: Set before SG-1 went home after the events in "The Pegasus Project"; Rodney and Daniel discuss someone who seems to have quite a habit of making bad first impressions.

( You don't like him? )

Having already watched the SG-1 episodes involving main timeline McKay (and also "Road Not Taken" AU'verse, but not "Moebius" yet), and being on a bit of a Lorne kick lately, I tracked down "Enemy Mine", the SG-1 episode where he's introduced. (Lorne was also in "Road Not Taken", but of course that was AU'verse Colonel Lorne, leader of SG-1.)

( An aside about my field of study and how it affected my perceptions of dilemmas in this episode )

( Lorne in this episode )

In conclusion: Lorne already had several traits we see later in SGA: even-toned in the face of anger, loyal to and makes excuses for superiour officer, concerned about his men and manages people well. I suspect his experiences with with Unas may be part of why his team seem to do a fair bit of "blend in with the locals" missions among the populaces of Pegasus. They seem to be the go-to guys for First Contacts, at least some of the time. It's interesting. I wonder if SG-11 dealt with the Unas who were working the mine after this episode, and I suspect they did. (Of course I also like that Lorne's a talented painter, a sympathetic guy to stressed out pregnant telepaths, a ridiculously competitive trader when dealing with Zelenka, a good pilot, and a fond uncle. He has rich characterization and I'm glad he was added to the supporting cast in second season. Also he has a delightfully wry sense of humour and cute feet.)

eta: Ironically, after posting this, I found SF Universe's interview with Kavan Smith (who plays Lorne), which says in its intro: "He joined the show in 2005 after briefly playing a character with the same name (though not really the same guy) on Stargate SG-1." Obviously, I think he's the same guy. We have no reason at all to think he's not.

I also figured "hell with it" and watched both parts of "Lost City" (with original Weir) and then both parts of "New Order" (with usual Weir). These are awesome episodes. There are so many things which I liked -- points I thought were cool, points I laughed my ass off, points I was moved by -- that it would take a lot more than I'm prepared to type tonight to go over it all. I specifically watched these episodes to get a feel for Weir's pre-SGA appearances. ( Elizabeth in SG-1 )

( compared to SGA )