Klonor
13-04-2005, 00:52
Pete was awesome. He was a cop, he lived a normal life, and he knew when he'd gotten his hooks into a good woman. He didn't feel the need to have wild adventures when they weren't necessary, but was willing to go through with them when they were. He had a plan for his future and worked hard to make sure the plan came true, he didn't sit around and wait for life to hand the world to him. He was nice, funny, and was willing to fork over the cash for a rather impressive engagement ring. But Samantha still dumped him!
For those who have no clue what I'm talking about, you have more of a life than I do. For those who do know what I'm talking about.....well, you probably still have more of a life than I do. Damn you all! Anyway, to help you along, I'm referring to the characters Pete (Damnit, I can't remember his last name) and Samantha Carter from the television series StarGate: SG1. Samantha Carter is a member of a secret government organisation known as the SGC (StarGate Command) whose duty is to explore other planets, contact alien races, and aquire advanced technology for human use. Pete is a normal cop on Earth who fell in love with Sam, dated her for a while, popped the question, then was shot down by Sam a while after she'd accepted his proposal. Now, this wouldn't be so odd if Pete wasn't a guy worth marrying, but he seemed perfectly fine to me! Granted I'm not really one to judge, having never had a relationship lasting more than six months I might not be the best person to plan out life-long partnerships, but even I can see a good thing when it's dropped in my lap!
The implied, but never directly stated, reason for Sam's rejection of Pete is that she and Brigadier General Jack O'Neill have long harbored feelings for each other but could never act on them due to their differences in rank and the restrictions placed upon them by the Air Force. This has actually popped up at times earlier in the series (With both hilarious and tragic results) and I could accept that as a reason for her leaving Pete if they acted on those feelings. If she and Jack started dating in secret, if they found a loophole that made it okay for a General to date a member of his staff, if they even just said "I love you" once and never again, I could accept her leaving Pete because of Jack. But they never do any such thing. From what I can tell they continue just as they have in the past, revealing nothing to each other of what is so obvious to the people around them and the viewers.
So, in essence, nothing has changed between Jack and Sam. If their relationship, which existed before she even met Pete and continued during Sam and Pete's relationship and engagement, didn't stop Sam from accepting Pete's proposal why would it cause her to reject Pete after she'd already accepted his proposal? Pete was a great guy, she didn't have plans to improve her relationship with anybody else, so what happened?
For those who have no clue what I'm talking about, you have more of a life than I do. For those who do know what I'm talking about.....well, you probably still have more of a life than I do. Damn you all! Anyway, to help you along, I'm referring to the characters Pete (Damnit, I can't remember his last name) and Samantha Carter from the television series StarGate: SG1. Samantha Carter is a member of a secret government organisation known as the SGC (StarGate Command) whose duty is to explore other planets, contact alien races, and aquire advanced technology for human use. Pete is a normal cop on Earth who fell in love with Sam, dated her for a while, popped the question, then was shot down by Sam a while after she'd accepted his proposal. Now, this wouldn't be so odd if Pete wasn't a guy worth marrying, but he seemed perfectly fine to me! Granted I'm not really one to judge, having never had a relationship lasting more than six months I might not be the best person to plan out life-long partnerships, but even I can see a good thing when it's dropped in my lap!
The implied, but never directly stated, reason for Sam's rejection of Pete is that she and Brigadier General Jack O'Neill have long harbored feelings for each other but could never act on them due to their differences in rank and the restrictions placed upon them by the Air Force. This has actually popped up at times earlier in the series (With both hilarious and tragic results) and I could accept that as a reason for her leaving Pete if they acted on those feelings. If she and Jack started dating in secret, if they found a loophole that made it okay for a General to date a member of his staff, if they even just said "I love you" once and never again, I could accept her leaving Pete because of Jack. But they never do any such thing. From what I can tell they continue just as they have in the past, revealing nothing to each other of what is so obvious to the people around them and the viewers.
So, in essence, nothing has changed between Jack and Sam. If their relationship, which existed before she even met Pete and continued during Sam and Pete's relationship and engagement, didn't stop Sam from accepting Pete's proposal why would it cause her to reject Pete after she'd already accepted his proposal? Pete was a great guy, she didn't have plans to improve her relationship with anybody else, so what happened?