You've both pretty much said exactly what I've been thinking about that character.
People keep insisting that Keller is just young, she's not a soldier, she's not a bad doctor. Ok, true. But, honestly? She's also the kind of person I would not want in charge of my health if I was in another galaxy.
For every episode Keller is in, there is one thing we can count her saying - "I can't do it." "It can't be done." I'm sorry, but if I am suffering from some unknown space disease, I want a doctor who says, "No matter what, we'll do anything we can to fix you." Not, "I'm sorry, I can't do anything."
Example, if not for Woolsey, Keller never would have tried anything for Carson. If not for Jennie, she never would have let Rodney go to the Shrine, and if not for John, she never would have operated. If I'm in a situation where a native tells the doctor to try something, I don't care if it's shaking a rattle and chanting, I want that doctor to try everything!
Stargate is supposed to be about exploration, about people pushing the boundaries, about hope. All Keller seems to add to the story is negativity and a can't do attitude. I don't know about anyone else, but I enjoy Stargate a lot more when the characters say, "Yes we can!" rather than "No, I just can't!"
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Date: 2008-09-24 07:11 pm (UTC)People keep insisting that Keller is just young, she's not a soldier, she's not a bad doctor. Ok, true. But, honestly? She's also the kind of person I would not want in charge of my health if I was in another galaxy.
For every episode Keller is in, there is one thing we can count her saying - "I can't do it." "It can't be done." I'm sorry, but if I am suffering from some unknown space disease, I want a doctor who says, "No matter what, we'll do anything we can to fix you." Not, "I'm sorry, I can't do anything."
Example, if not for Woolsey, Keller never would have tried anything for Carson. If not for Jennie, she never would have let Rodney go to the Shrine, and if not for John, she never would have operated. If I'm in a situation where a native tells the doctor to try something, I don't care if it's shaking a rattle and chanting, I want that doctor to try everything!
Stargate is supposed to be about exploration, about people pushing the boundaries, about hope. All Keller seems to add to the story is negativity and a can't do attitude. I don't know about anyone else, but I enjoy Stargate a lot more when the characters say, "Yes we can!" rather than "No, I just can't!"