Aftermath

[elliev]

*wonders if Gloria was that annoying in real life*

See, this is why it's Nick/Gloria when it comes down to shipping.* Mandy is just a little fangirl who's just not up to it. 'Oh, Nick, aren't you wonderful!' Blah blah derisioncakes. Gloria takes it right up to him and smacks him down which is precisely what he needs. It makes him think. She

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[lahela_sga]

So very with you on this.

If it's him challenging himself, it seems to me that if his subconscious chose Gloria, it's because she's the one who challenges him, pushes him to do better, the one he needs to help him think clearly and help keep his ego from overruling his good sense. Not the needy sycophantic fangirl.

[elliev]

Yes, because his ego is a healthy one. We've seen that before. I think my favourite bit was where he said that Franklin was more helpful so she asked what the problem was. After he explained, she's all, 'Nah, can't help with that one.' So funny!

[lahela_sga]

Yes! It was as though she was telling him that that's not what she was there to help with.

[elliev]

But he gets what she's there to help him with. She's there to help him with himself. Previously she said she wasn't his conscience but she knows damned well how to prick it.

[lahela_sga]

Oh, absolutely. They are a great balance - the pragmatic scientist who bases his decisions on logic and the artist who looks at the "human" picture. She sees so much more in him, so much below the surface, that nobody else sees.

[elliev]

And her not being there, so to speak, when he was working at the SGC was probably why he didn't get the answer he needed to resolve the 9th chevron.

[lahela_sga]

Ah, yes! I hadn't thought of that (penny drops), but it explains why that came up in his dream sequence when he was in the chair. He needs her "humanity" to balance his logic because without it, he wouldn't have discovered that the key lay in the human chromosome.

[elliev]

And think about it, what he came up with was pure logic. It took a moment of illogic to come up with 'Maybe we're not supposed to be here.'