this was my level of brain function this morning.

[dira]

Seriously, this morning, in the year 2009, I had the following realization:

General Hammond totally approved putting Teal'c on SG-1 because he already knew Teal'c was supposed to be on the team. From 1969.

\o/?

In other news, next Tuesday at work we are scheduling an occasion where we will all order submarine sandwiches from a local place and eat them together while engaging in communal merriment and/or jollity. Which is great. Emblematic of my workplace's collective preoccupation with lunch and/or snacks, but great.

Except every time my coworker cheerfully announced that we're "having a sub party!" I twitched a little bit and reminded myself that, no, that is still not what she's talking about.

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[cofax7]

General Hammond totally approved putting Teal'c on SG-1 because he already knew Teal'c was supposed to be on the team. From 1969.

BRILLIANT.

[dira]

Right? He had to bluster and hesitate and generally make it look good, but he knew where it was all going. :)

[scrollgirl]

Well, I have to assume it's the same reason he was so insistent on Sam being part of the second mission to Abydos, despite Jack's protests, and later approved Daniel despite him being a civilian.

My personal take is that Hammond knew what SG-1 would eventually look like, and tried to make it happen, but he still would have questioned the wisdom of his decisions, examined them to make sure they held up on their own merits, and not simply because he had knowledge of the future.

(I don't have a Hammond icon! I will use another old warrior instead.)

[dira]

Well, not to put too fine a point on it--I think there is a significant difference of magnitude in the amount of absolute certainty required before you assign a highly qualified military officer who happens not to be her potential CO's favorite person, or a uniquely and highly qualified civilian (who had after all already been selected for this mission once before by the Air Force), versus selecting an alien warrior who up until very recently was a sworn enemy of humanity, the Earth, the United States, and the Air Force--who in fact kidnapped an Air Force sergeant and took her away to her death. Out of all of them, I'd guess he was likeliest to privately fall back on the reassurance that he knows this is how it's supposed to go in the matter of Teal'c.

[scrollgirl]

Out of all of them, I'd guess he was likeliest to privately fall back on the reassurance that he knows this is how it's supposed to go in the matter of Teal'c.

Very true. I guess I tend to forget that the Air Force had every right to be suspicious of Teal'c. Just because Jack O'Neill says he's a good guy doesn't mean you should immediately welcome him with open arms.

[giglet]

every time my coworker cheerfully announced that we're "having a sub party!" I twitched a little bit and

Oh, that's fabulous.

I think you should slowly encourage her into wearing submissive-clue clothing and jewelry to the event, just to continue the fun...

[dira]

Ahahahaha ow you just broke my brain. Considering the workplace and coworker in question... I think that's a no.