All These Pesky Questions...
So. Just wondering, because I can't remember this being addressed before:
Do the Ancients actually exist in this AU? Are we conveniently sweeping them off to the side for the sake of the stories? Could they have been very early pioneers who headed West before the large rush and abandoned Atlantis for reasons yet unknown? If so, how did our protagonists stumble upon the town? Or are they in fact descendants of "Ancients" who built and remained in Atlantis? Is it even feasible that the technologically advanced Ancients of the show could translate into the Wild West world? The purpose of the Atlantis expedition was to discover more about the Ancients, learn what it was possible to learn; such a goal appears highly unlikely for the town's well-entrenched citizens, who seem more concerned with surviving what the West is throwing at them. And if the Ancients don't "exist", what are the origins of the town itself?
These are probably issues better left unasked and perhaps skirted around in fics, but I was interested to see what everyone else had decided - or if I had missed something in my readings. Thoughts?
Do the Ancients actually exist in this AU? Are we conveniently sweeping them off to the side for the sake of the stories? Could they have been very early pioneers who headed West before the large rush and abandoned Atlantis for reasons yet unknown? If so, how did our protagonists stumble upon the town? Or are they in fact descendants of "Ancients" who built and remained in Atlantis? Is it even feasible that the technologically advanced Ancients of the show could translate into the Wild West world? The purpose of the Atlantis expedition was to discover more about the Ancients, learn what it was possible to learn; such a goal appears highly unlikely for the town's well-entrenched citizens, who seem more concerned with surviving what the West is throwing at them. And if the Ancients don't "exist", what are the origins of the town itself?
These are probably issues better left unasked and perhaps skirted around in fics, but I was interested to see what everyone else had decided - or if I had missed something in my readings. Thoughts?