Thanks for rec'ing Deflection. (And stop mentioning the Smallville I-story, 'kay?)
I'm wondering how many of them might be Goa'uld. "Sumner" (who can't be Sumner if John remembers shooting him, but ... could he be a clone? A Goa'uld and a clone?) just gets wronger all the time. But I'm thinking Carson, Simpson and Zelenka could be Goa'uld. The Goa'uld are known for infighting and jocking for power/position, even amongst themselves, so Sumner could be making things difficult for the others for his own reasons. And the thing that makes me wonder it most is Zelenka functioning so well without his glasses. Because a Goa'uld host (per SG-1 canon) would no longer need glasses and "his glasses got lost somewhere" seems like a simple but effective cover story, but someone who wears glasses all the time won't necessarily function well without them. Personal testimony on that, btw - sometimes I feel like I can't hear right without my glasses, I lose track of things happening around me, since I need to take them off for close work and/or reading (not counting reading on computer), I can't concentrate on anything not close work/reading without them on....
Are they trying to get him (John) to plan an assault on *Atlantis*, maybe? Though how they're getting cooperation from Rodney, I don't know. If there is a Goa'uld thing going on, Goa'ulds can tell whether or not somebody else has a symbiote, or even only once had a symbiote. But the "plan to assault another city" thing just sounds like they're really after Atlantis.
But, still, Rodney's involvement doesn't fit into that scenario easily. I just ... *flails* Need. More. Information! (or story installments)
And I need to go watch my tape of the second half of House, too...
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I'm wondering how many of them might be Goa'uld. "Sumner" (who can't be Sumner if John remembers shooting him, but ... could he be a clone? A Goa'uld and a clone?) just gets wronger all the time. But I'm thinking Carson, Simpson and Zelenka could be Goa'uld. The Goa'uld are known for infighting and jocking for power/position, even amongst themselves, so Sumner could be making things difficult for the others for his own reasons. And the thing that makes me wonder it most is Zelenka functioning so well without his glasses. Because a Goa'uld host (per SG-1 canon) would no longer need glasses and "his glasses got lost somewhere" seems like a simple but effective cover story, but someone who wears glasses all the time won't necessarily function well without them. Personal testimony on that, btw - sometimes I feel like I can't hear right without my glasses, I lose track of things happening around me, since I need to take them off for close work and/or reading (not counting reading on computer), I can't concentrate on anything not close work/reading without them on....
Are they trying to get him (John) to plan an assault on *Atlantis*, maybe? Though how they're getting cooperation from Rodney, I don't know. If there is a Goa'uld thing going on, Goa'ulds can tell whether or not somebody else has a symbiote, or even only once had a symbiote. But the "plan to assault another city" thing just sounds like they're really after Atlantis.
But, still, Rodney's involvement doesn't fit into that scenario easily. I just ...
*flails* Need. More. Information! (or story installments)
And I need to go watch my tape of the second half of House, too...