non-existent Teyla and Ronon
I don't read very much in the broader fandom, but I'm coming across certain patterns in the fanfic in the sga_santa challenge, and I'm rather terrified by what they're implying about fic across fandom.
Is it common in the broader fandom for Teyla and Ronon to be completely left out of a story? To go unmentioned when there's a crisis in the city? To not even be used as hunters to track someone down when they're in the city trying to get hold of someone eluding capture?
I mean, I knew that 75% of fandom tended to view Teyla or Ronon solely in terms of "hotness factor" and not in terms of operational capability, and another 10% see them only as adjuncts to getting Sheppard and the Chosen Character Of Adoration together, but...is it always this bad? I mean, this is bad. As in, two major characters who have instincts beyond anything the Earth characters possess in canon (let's see you fight and beat someone blindfolded, eh), who are considered so completely useless within the city limits that they're not even worth a mention in genfic, let alone use?
*presses fingers against eyelids*
Is it common in the broader fandom for Teyla and Ronon to be completely left out of a story? To go unmentioned when there's a crisis in the city? To not even be used as hunters to track someone down when they're in the city trying to get hold of someone eluding capture?
I mean, I knew that 75% of fandom tended to view Teyla or Ronon solely in terms of "hotness factor" and not in terms of operational capability, and another 10% see them only as adjuncts to getting Sheppard and the Chosen Character Of Adoration together, but...is it always this bad? I mean, this is bad. As in, two major characters who have instincts beyond anything the Earth characters possess in canon (let's see you fight and beat someone blindfolded, eh), who are considered so completely useless within the city limits that they're not even worth a mention in genfic, let alone use?
*presses fingers against eyelids*