Five pets Teal'c thought about getting, and rejectedsidljApril 27 2009, 14:55:48 UTC
He thought about getting a cat, but rejected the idea when he discovered that Daniel Jackson was allergic to them. Daniel was the only one of his teammates who ever sat with him when he was in kel’no’reem, and Teal’c would miss that quiet camaraderie if it came to an end… or if the quiet were to be shattered by sneezes.
He thought about getting some fish, but he decided that watching them swim back and forth in the confinement of their tank would be too claustrophobia-inducing. He had all of the SGC to roam, but sometimes when he was alone in his room, late at night….
He thought about getting a dog. A team mascot and personal companion. But he realized that other people would be taking care of the dog much of the time, that the dog would become a mascot for every team, for the entire SGC. It would never really be entirely his. And it would like O’Neill best.
He thought about getting a hamster. When he told his team over lunch, Major Carter said, “Oh, I think the sound of the wheel spinning at night would drive me up the wall!”
And then Daniel Jackson brought up the myth of Sisyphus, forever rolling a rock uphill only to see it roll down again. “I always think of that, endless labor with no result, when I see a hamster on a wheel.”
O’Neill’s contribution was, “Every time the mess serves pesto, I flash back to my cousin Ralphie’s hamster, Dodo.”
They all stared at him.
“What? Pesto smells like hamster food. And if you decide to get one, T, don’t name it Dodo, because it’ll live up to its name, I guarantee it.”
“I do not understand.”
“The dodo was a flightless bird that’s been extinct for a few centuries now, Teal’c,” Major Carter explained.
That was when Teal’c began to consider getting a bird. He did some research, narrowed down some possibilities that pleased him, and asked O’Neill to drive him to a pet store.
Three minutes of non-stop twittering and chirping had Teal’c out on the sidewalk, eyes wide and resolve to never own a bird fixed. He glared at a pigeon cooing on the building across the street as he waited for O’Neill to finish saying good-bye to the puppies.
Re: Five pets Teal'c thought about getting, and rejectedsidljApril 28 2009, 03:05:56 UTC
Honest, it started out to be all about Daniel, because Daniel has canon!fish and allergies, but I changed the fish one up to leave Daniel out so I could concentrate on Teal'c... and Jack saw an opening and snuck right in! It's the Special Ops skills, I guess. :-D
Re: Five pets Teal'c thought about getting, and rejectedskieswideopenApril 28 2009, 20:13:00 UTC
I love the way the team influences Teal'c's decision without even knowing it. (And yeah, the dog would totally like Jack best. Although if he got a small, yappy one, Jack might not care for the dog...)
He thought about getting some fish, but he decided that watching them swim back and forth in the confinement of their tank would be too claustrophobia-inducing. He had all of the SGC to roam, but sometimes when he was alone in his room, late at night….
He thought about getting a dog. A team mascot and personal companion. But he realized that other people would be taking care of the dog much of the time, that the dog would become a mascot for every team, for the entire SGC. It would never really be entirely his. And it would like O’Neill best.
He thought about getting a hamster. When he told his team over lunch, Major Carter said, “Oh, I think the sound of the wheel spinning at night would drive me up the wall!”
And then Daniel Jackson brought up the myth of Sisyphus, forever rolling a rock uphill only to see it roll down again. “I always think of that, endless labor with no result, when I see a hamster on a wheel.”
O’Neill’s contribution was, “Every time the mess serves pesto, I flash back to my cousin Ralphie’s hamster, Dodo.”
They all stared at him.
“What? Pesto smells like hamster food. And if you decide to get one, T, don’t name it Dodo, because it’ll live up to its name, I guarantee it.”
“I do not understand.”
“The dodo was a flightless bird that’s been extinct for a few centuries now, Teal’c,” Major Carter explained.
That was when Teal’c began to consider getting a bird. He did some research, narrowed down some possibilities that pleased him, and asked O’Neill to drive him to a pet store.
Three minutes of non-stop twittering and chirping had Teal’c out on the sidewalk, eyes wide and resolve to never own a bird fixed. He glared at a pigeon cooing on the building across the street as he waited for O’Neill to finish saying good-bye to the puppies.
Perhaps he was not meant to possess a pet.
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“Every time the mess serves pesto, I flash back to my cousin Ralphie’s hamster, Dodo.”
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And it would like O’Neill best.
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That is just so Jack
I can't think of a suitable pet for T you know. Stick insects?
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