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Lauren Reacts! Stargate SG 1 S2E12 'The Tok'ra Part 2 (Patreon)

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2026-08-23 21:00:12
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2026-08

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That went....more or less as I expected.

But hey, maybe some allies?

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As far as the risk and level of trust involved with taking all that the Tok’ra say and do at face value, I definitely get the skepticism, but I think they had a lot of reasons to trust and believe them to justify the risk. As keep in mind that they absolutely already did have quite a fair amount of context and experience given for them to trust the Tok’ra and the blending process. Given Sam’s own experiential process and lingering remnants of Jolinar and that understanding remains long after Jolinar is gone, so it’s clearly not as if they could still be deceptively exerting their will on her from beyond the grave. As well as the fact that while it might not be as obvious, but I feel it’s at least in a handful of subtly evident and demonstrated cues, that the Tok’ra symbiote are not simply the ones with the upper hands. That’s a large part of what sets them apart and why the term blending is used, as it is a truly symbiotic process as apposed to a parasitic one where the host is fully suppressed. As you can often see how completely unprompted the hosts are able to speak freely and without needing to necessarily ask for permission to exert their will, it’s kind of an as needed/choice or intent based by either. Especially given how towards the end Jacob almost exclusively spoke without Selmak even attempting or feeling the need to butt in. As well as apparently having the inherent ability to communicate amongst themselves non verbally. Such as when Jacob made the joke about translating the don’t call us, we’ll call you from Selmak. While I obviously understand the inherent skepticism, but I feel there is enough context to inform or reason to trust given Sam’s own experience and as to how everything kind of plays out. Not to mention Teal’c making clear that the existence and the role of the Tok’ra to be well established. With them being one of the greatest enemies of and constantly hunted by the goa’uld system lords. Also the obvious clear offense and hatred for even being associated with, much less referred to or mistaken for the goa’uld. There obviously are some unknown variables, but I think they believe it was well worth the initial gamble and knew enough for them to believe the odds are more in their favor than not. Which I also understand why Martouf might come off weird or callous, but honestly I think it was primarily out of the desperation to save Selmak and the chance to once again have some connection in any form to Jolinar. Which while I understand why the conclusion that blending with Selmak would replace Jolinars memory or presence could be reached, but there’s no real precedent for any existing part of someone’s mind or memories to ever be overwritten even by the goa’uld with their hate and disregard for their hosts. As especially in this case, as what’s part of and left over from Jolinar is effectively just a part of Sam’s own mind at this point and if anything Selmak’s or any blended Tok’ra presence would have given the potential for further access to those buried memories in theory. But I will say I might be slightly biased as to his potential intentions, as I personally think Martouf is super underrated. Also as far as Jacob’s role, while I can understand why it feels like maybe his only reason to be introduced at this point was to become a Tok’ra host, but I really don’t see it that way. I think it’s just as time goes on they’ve finally establishing the basic premise of the series and each season allows for further character development beyond what was already part of the core premise and established from the movie involving Daniel and O’Neill, along with the development of Teal’c as the most foreign/alien character that needed more time to make sympathetic and relatable. So I just genuinely do believe that Jacob does constitute a real meaningful and intentional part of contextual and future character development and history for Sam.