Sam got Sue'd when they made her the every-scientist... she's an astrophysicist, fer cryin' out loud, not a molecular biologist!
However, Sam's also an excellent role model (when not making the Doe-Eyes-of-Death at her commanding officer).
1. She's a nerd. Sure, she wraps it up inside that suave military exterior, but Sam's SUCH a nerd. 2. Competent!Sam... Sam who is totally badass in ways that only Sam can be... punching Ba'al, blowing up suns... that sort of thing. 3. See #1 and #2. Sam being a competent badass while getting to flex her nerdy side? AWESOME. 4. See #1, #2, and #3. Sam shining as only Sam can, and making all the nerd boys drool because she's SOOOOO out of their league. 5. See #1, #2, #3, and #4. Really, now! Babbling to her alternate universe counterparts is Sam GOLD. 6. Punching Ba'al ranks up there. Not only did she lay him out flat for being a condescending jerk, but then she got back to work. 7. Super!Sam... She crunches complex calculations in her head! She has exactly the right answer for every scientific inquiry AND every emotional boo-boo! She can fix a broken piece of alien tech in three minutes using only a twist-tie and the foil from a stick of gum! She leaps tall buildings in a single bound, and NOT A HAIR FALLS OUT OF PLACE! 8. Super!Sam, Wibbly!Sam (all the emotions! she has them EVERYWHERE), Wooden!Sam (she's not the best at expressing herself, but she's not an android, either), and Girly!Sam (acceptable on the occasion, but only as far as shopping sprees with a fellow gal pal and the like... screaming for Jack to come kill a spider? SO NOT SAM...) 9. See #7 and #8. Especially the bit about the spider, WHICH ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN ONE FIC. 10. I confess to struggling with Sam in the past, but a few years ago, I came to the realization that most of my problem with her was her canonical wibbly-wobblyness... nerdy enthusiast one episode, competent warrior the next, ferocious sex-kitten the next... and handing the enemy the keys to the city without much fight in another?! I found that if I threw all that out and built up a "core" Sam (who was, to my surprise, a lot like me) that I could get a better handle on her.
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Sam Carter: Talk nerdy to me!
Date: 2012-06-24 03:17 am (UTC)Sam got Sue'd when they made her the every-scientist... she's an astrophysicist, fer cryin' out loud, not a molecular biologist!
However, Sam's also an excellent role model (when not making the Doe-Eyes-of-Death at her commanding officer).
1. She's a nerd. Sure, she wraps it up inside that suave military exterior, but Sam's SUCH a nerd.
2. Competent!Sam... Sam who is totally badass in ways that only Sam can be... punching Ba'al, blowing up suns... that sort of thing.
3. See #1 and #2. Sam being a competent badass while getting to flex her nerdy side? AWESOME.
4. See #1, #2, and #3. Sam shining as only Sam can, and making all the nerd boys drool because she's SOOOOO out of their league.
5. See #1, #2, #3, and #4. Really, now! Babbling to her alternate universe counterparts is Sam GOLD.
6. Punching Ba'al ranks up there. Not only did she lay him out flat for being a condescending jerk, but then she got back to work.
7. Super!Sam... She crunches complex calculations in her head! She has exactly the right answer for every scientific inquiry AND every emotional boo-boo! She can fix a broken piece of alien tech in three minutes using only a twist-tie and the foil from a stick of gum! She leaps tall buildings in a single bound, and NOT A HAIR FALLS OUT OF PLACE!
8. Super!Sam, Wibbly!Sam (all the emotions! she has them EVERYWHERE), Wooden!Sam (she's not the best at expressing herself, but she's not an android, either), and Girly!Sam (acceptable on the occasion, but only as far as shopping sprees with a fellow gal pal and the like... screaming for Jack to come kill a spider? SO NOT SAM...)
9. See #7 and #8. Especially the bit about the spider, WHICH ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN ONE FIC.
10. I confess to struggling with Sam in the past, but a few years ago, I came to the realization that most of my problem with her was her canonical wibbly-wobblyness... nerdy enthusiast one episode, competent warrior the next, ferocious sex-kitten the next... and handing the enemy the keys to the city without much fight in another?! I found that if I threw all that out and built up a "core" Sam (who was, to my surprise, a lot like me) that I could get a better handle on her.