Question...

[nny]

I haven't got a means of watching The Rising again right now, 'cos my DVD drive is a recalcitrant bastard and my family have better things to do than SG:A (IS THERE SUCH A THING?) but... they changed Teyla's dad's name, right? I swear it was something like 'Tegahn' and not Torren. Am I going mad?

Unless Tegahn was, like, a title. I like pretending the writers make sense!

Comments

[torakowalski.livejournal.com]

I wondered about that too! According to the Gateworld transcript:

TEYLA: I am Teyla Emmagan, daughter of Turghan.

It definitely wasn't pronounced the same as the name she said in Search and Rescue ::baffled::

[chandri.livejournal.com]

I've been thinking that "Tagaan" (or whatever) was her mother's name. It makes plenty of sense that the Athosians would be matrelineal, so Teyla might well trace herself through her mother instead of her father.

[(Anonymous)]

There is the possibility it was her mother she was referring to when she claimed she was the daughter of -

[incidental-fire.livejournal.com]

I was also thinking that it could be her father's middle name. After all, it would be weird to say, "I am Villainny, daughter of my son."

[jumperkid.livejournal.com]

Frankly, I have VERY LITTLE faith in the writers. I think they forgot and I think giving them the matrelineal idea is giving them way more credit than they actually deserve. That being said, I also think the matrelineal idea is the one that makes the most sense and is therefore the one that I'm going with.

And yeah, I always spelled it "Teghan" and think that Turghan is a terrible, terrible, creepy name.