SGA fic: Inheritance 1/1 K+ (for the Teyla ficathon)

[missyvortexdv]

Title: Inheritance
Author: Purpleyin

Rating: K+
Spoilers: Just for Season one, I believe, as most is a complete fill of her history.

Summary: Written for celtic_sky as part of the Teyla ficathon with the request of Teyla, the child who became a leader.

A/N: Thanks to fififolle for betaing and a very very big thanks to fanwoman for her beta’s of this, which have

Comments

[scififreak]

Very nice. Teyla is so tragically isolated it seems on the show. She walks the line both with her people and the Terrans. I imagine she would treasure moments where she can just simply "be".

hi

[rodlox]

hi.
A most interesting backstory-and-story. It answers a great many questions I've had about Teyla over the years.

If it is not an imposition, could you tell us (in fic or any other way) how the Athosians pick the new leader?
(to be honest, I thought Halling was trying to take over during season 1).

This was a delight to read.

Have nice days, my friend, and be well.

Re: hi

[missyvortexdv]

I'd always imagined it was part by inheritance, but also by qualification and decisions of the elders upon who was suitable - that her father had a unique ability, as did she, had perhaps made her more desirable a choice in the sense that both had an unexplained and yet useful almost magical/mystical aspect. In this fic at least I'd say the reasons for her becoming leader were both her gift and her training by her father in the latter years. I'm sure there would have been other possible candidate but somehow Teyla won out

[tielan]

A neat look at Teyla's people.

Thanks for participating in the ficathon!

[heylittleriver]

You met the request wonderfully! This is absolutely lovely. I like the way you built her upbringing and especially her realisation that she wasn't like the other children, by knowing the games but not feeling them, and by extension, knowing but not feeling their childhood.

I can definitely see this as a way she was raised, how the separation of her childhood leads to the separation of the leader. And then how, as part of Atlantis, she can be her. Oh, Teyla.

Thank you very much for writing. :)

[wiseheart]

Good to see you writing again - I was afraid you've vanished from the fandom entirely. :)

[missyvortexdv]

Well, I've almost entirely vanished from the internet now I'm on dialup and my muses have mostly abandonned me meaning no fic really, apart from forcing myself to write for ficathons I've signed up to.

Also been rather preoccupied with worry over a finger ailment that's been around for more or less 3 months... is making writing hard, not because I can't use my finger - still can, hasn't gotten worse in that time really - just I'm generally worrying about it recently, and it makes concentrating difficult. :(