You hit the nail right on the head. What's always bugged me is how the audience is just suppose to accept Keller's position within the 'Atlantis family' without ever being given real reasons. Her relationships - both friendships and romantic - have no actual development behind them beyond the odd thing dropped without any consistent re enforcement.
She really doesn't have a motivation and its a shame. I loved Jewel Staite on Firefly and I thought she brought a lot of nuance to a character that could have been very two dimensional. But Keller is just a wash for me and its a waste of a good actress. And I'm really tired of having her inserted into every episode because they want the romantic triangle to fly and therefore we need to not forget she's on the show. (Think poor Katie Brown and her doomed position on the show) Its not the actress' fault but I really have no use for her character and I wish they'd give her screen time to other actors who have put in their time, do have characters that are actually well rounded and have believable relationships with everyone else and who have more going for them then just being unbelievably cute (again, not the actress' fault)
I am unbelievably frustrated with some aspects of the show right now and having been hearing rumors about the nature of Stargate: Universe I have a feeling that the once very cool Stargate Universe is going to be going out with a horrible slide into mediocrity rather then the recognition for being cool it once deserved. Keller's character is just part of what feels like a serious overall decline in the making.
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She really doesn't have a motivation and its a shame. I loved Jewel Staite on Firefly and I thought she brought a lot of nuance to a character that could have been very two dimensional. But Keller is just a wash for me and its a waste of a good actress. And I'm really tired of having her inserted into every episode because they want the romantic triangle to fly and therefore we need to not forget she's on the show. (Think poor Katie Brown and her doomed position on the show) Its not the actress' fault but I really have no use for her character and I wish they'd give her screen time to other actors who have put in their time, do have characters that are actually well rounded and have believable relationships with everyone else and who have more going for them then just being unbelievably cute (again, not the actress' fault)
I am unbelievably frustrated with some aspects of the show right now and having been hearing rumors about the nature of Stargate: Universe I have a feeling that the once very cool Stargate Universe is going to be going out with a horrible slide into mediocrity rather then the recognition for being cool it once deserved. Keller's character is just part of what feels like a serious overall decline in the making.