{"id":14874,"date":"2010-07-20T11:20:39","date_gmt":"2010-07-20T15:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wormholeriders.com\/blog\/?p=14874"},"modified":"2018-01-05T07:55:28","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T15:55:28","slug":"my-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/stargate\/2010\/07\/20\/my-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Stepping Through to Camelot: Stargate SG-1 and Arthurian Legend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Hi Stargate Fans,<a title=\"Click to visit Stargate on MGM Dot Com!\" href=\"http:\/\/stargate.mgm.com\/view\/series\/1\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13287\" title=\"Click to visit Stargate on MGM Dot Com!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MGM-Lion-0351.jpg\" alt=\"Click to visit Stargate on MGM Dot Com!\" width=\"225\" height=\"154\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Here is a little treat for you about how we found ourselves &#8220;Stepping Through to Camelot: <em>when Stargate SG-1<\/em> goes Arthurian&#8221;. A fantastic tale that all ages enjoyed!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">By the end of <a title=\"Click to visit Stargate on MGM-Dot Com!\" href=\"http:\/\/stargate.mgm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Stargate SG-1<\/em>\u2019s<\/a> eighth season, the powers that be had wrapped up eight years worth of story lines and character journeys. All (well almost all) of the enemies were defeated, the team had made it home safely and all was well in the world of SG-1. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Click to visit Stargate SG-1 on MGM Dot Com\" href=\"http:\/\/stargate.mgm.com\/view\/series\/1\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16357\" title=\"Stargate SG-1 Logo\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NVE00001-576x324.jpg\" alt=\"Stargate SG-1 Logo\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">When the show was confirmed for a ninth season, it gave the writers and producers a clean slate to work with. They were given an opportunity to start anew. And start fresh they did\u2026 by incorporating a timeless mythology &#8211; one that has been around, reinvented, and reused throughout the centuries. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"2010 - Click to visit Bridge Studios Vancouver!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bridgestudios.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10744\" title=\"2010 - Click to visit Bridge Studios Vancouver!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010-Bridge-Studios.jpg\" alt=\"2010 - Click to visit Bridge Studios Vancouver!\" width=\"573\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Having tackled the mythologies of Ancient Egypt, Greece, Hindu, and even Norse legendary, <a title=\"Click to visit Bridge Studios Vancouver!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bridgestudios.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bridge Studios<\/a>, the power that be of <em>Stargate SG-1<\/em> took a stab at the world of Arthurian legends. How well were these legends incorporated into the already rich labyrinth of countless mythologies? What parallels were drawn between the characters of Arthurian lore and a team of travelers who traipsed across the galaxy on a daily basis, who were already dear and established \u2018friends\u2019 of fans worldwide? In what way did the creators of <em>SG-1<\/em> make the century\u2019s old stories their own new brand of myth? What was the fan response to such a new installment in the well-established world of <em>Stargate?<\/em> These are the questions this paper will attempt to answer, in a hope to better understand the ultimate impact King Arthur and his hoard of many heroes had on the universe known as <em>Stargate SG-1<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"The Authurian Hill\" href=\"http:\/\/stargate.mgm.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16358\" title=\"The Authurian Hill\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NVE00011-576x324.jpg\" alt=\"The Authurian Hill\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">To understand how <em>Stargate SG-1<\/em> came to incorporate the timeless legends from King Arthur\u2019s Court, one must understand where it started. <em>SG-1<\/em> (1997-2007) is a television series of the science fiction persuasion based on the idea first established in the movie <em>Stargate <\/em>(1994)<em>.<\/em> It ran for ten years on Showtime and the Sci-Fi Channel (respectively), with the primary focus of the show being on the characters that made up the team of SG-1 \u2013 Jack O\u2019Neill, Daniel Jackson, Samantha Carter, Teal\u2019c, and in later seasons Cameron Mitchell and Vala Mal Duran. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Vala Arrives at Stargate Command\" href=\"http:\/\/stargate.mgm.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16360\" title=\"Vala Arrives at Stargate Command\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NVE00006-576x324.jpg\" alt=\"Vala Arrives at Stargate Command\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Limited Gene Pool\" href=\"http:\/\/stargate.mgm.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16359\" title=\"Limited Gene Pool\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NVE00008-576x324.jpg\" alt=\"Limited Gene Pool\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Daniel and Vala - Avalon part 1\" href=\"http:\/\/stargate.mgm.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16368\" title=\"Daniel and Vala - Avalon part 1\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NVE00009-576x324.jpg\" alt=\"Daniel and Vala - Avalon part 1\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">The underlying theme for the show was derived not strictly from its \u201cpredecessors\u201d like <em>Star Trek<\/em> or <em>Battlestar Galactica<\/em> (the 1960\u2019s version), but also from mythologies and histories known throughout the world. Ancient Egyptian myth was the first and prominent one they tackled and molded into their own unique story. The show has hit on Ancient Greek, Chinese, and even Hindu mythologies. After eight fantastic seasons of \u201cconquering\u201d the most ancient of histories, the powers that be decided to turn towards something a little more \u201cmodern\u201d in comparison. They brought the Arthurian Legends into the mix, and took a stab at trying to make it their own.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Sword in the Stone!\" href=\"http:\/\/stargate.mgm.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16361\" title=\"Sword in the Stone!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NVE00014-576x324.jpg\" alt=\"Sword in the Stone!\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">The most obvious inclusion of the Arthurian mythology into <em>Stargate<\/em> was the way the writers and producers brought in well known figureheads of the legends. The whole journey in the world of King Arthur begins when Daniel Jackson realizes while looking through a database that one of the Ancients (a race established in previous seasons of the show, later emphasized as the Alterans) is really Merlin (\u201cAvalon Part 1\u201d). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Black Knight from The Sword in The Stone\" href=\"http:\/\/STARGATE.MGM.COM\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16366\" title=\"Black Knight from The Sword in The Stone\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NVE00016-576x324.jpg\" alt=\"Black Knight from The Sword in The Stone\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">It had already been established that a few choice Ancients were revered and respected by not only the characters, but the fans as well. In making Merlin an Ancient, who ultimately went against his own kind to help our primary heroes (\u201cThe Shroud\u201d), the writers seem to be reinstating him to his glory of former years while also planting the Arthurian legend into the world of Stargate. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Daniel and Vala From &quot;The Shroud&quot; \" href=\"http:\/\/stargate.mgm.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16363\" title=\"Daniel and Vala From &quot;The Shroud&quot; \" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NVE00028-576x324.jpg\" alt=\"Daniel and Vala From &quot;The Shroud&quot; \" width=\"576\" height=\"324\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">This was a big deal, as is noted by one of the long-time directors for the series, Martin Wood: \u201cWe brought Merlin into it in a big way with Arthurian legends, and that was a huge thing\u201d (Gosling 14). They are showing their reverence towards him by making him the \u2018odd man out\u2019 from the rest of the group of Ancients.<em> <\/em>Yet they hold to what is mainstream knowledge when it comes to representing Merlin visually. In \u2018Avalon, P.1\u2019, the first time we \u2018see\u2019 Merlin, he appears in the way many people have come to expect him to appear. \u201cHe wore a tall pointed blue hat, long grey cloak, and a silver scarf. He had a long white beard and bushy eyebrows that stuck out beyond the brim of his hat\u201d (Tolkien 24). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Merlin from Avalon part 1\" href=\"http:\/\/stargate.mgm.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16364\" title=\"Merlin from Avalon part 1\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NVE00030-576x324.jpg\" alt=\"Merlin from Avalon part 1\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">That description is actually of <strong>Gandalf the Grey<\/strong> (who, one could argue, is just as much a <strong>Merlin<\/strong> figure in his own right) from the first part of <em>Lord of the Rings<\/em> (<em>The Fellowship of the Ring<\/em>), but it holds true to the image of Merlin done by the creators of <em>SG-1<\/em>. Using this universal \u2018image\u2019 given to some of the most renowned wizards in literary or cinematic history &#8211; the Merlin in Disney\u2019s adaptation of <em>The<\/em> <em>Sword in the Stone<\/em> is another good example of how <em>SG-1<\/em>\u2019s Merlin appears \u2013 the creators of <em>Stargate<\/em> are sticking to a comfortable medium for the audience. It puts the viewers, like me, more at ease because we do not have to conjure up some grand science fiction-like image to go along with our grand science fiction show. Merlin looks like we expect him to look, so there is no worry in seeing something different and we can focus on this new story given to him.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">The true impact of Arthurian legend blending in with <strong><em>Stargate<\/em><\/strong> can even be seen in the reactions of the characters as well. Daniel\u2019s excitement at figuring out Merlin was an Ancient, and Cameron Mitchell\u2019s own interest in finding out the same information is almost palpable through the screen. In the true <em>Stargate<\/em> fashion, they do not try and <em>make<\/em> the legends their own as much as they try and build on what is already there and respected. In many of the \u201cpreviously on <em>Stargate SG-1<\/em>\u201d segments that play at the beginning of several of the ninth and tenth season\u2019s episodes, they even reuse the scene in which Daniel announces and is excited about the involvement of Merlin, as well as Mitchell\u2019s own disbelief at Merlin being an ancient. It helps reiterate the importance of Merlin in the series now, and reinforces how the characters we think are the most important feel about the inclusion of such a respected character from legend.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Cam Mitchell Astounded by Merlin\" href=\"http:\/\/stargate.mgm.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16365\" title=\"Cam Mitchell Astounded by Merlin\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NVE00031-576x324.jpg\" alt=\"Cam Mitchell Astounded by Merlin\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Interpretation is also important in how it is incorporated. <strong>Morgan le Fay<\/strong>, a character in <strong>Arthurian<\/strong> legend who is often portrayed as evil and is the arch nemesis of Merlin, is brought out in a good light. Though she is first thought by the characters to be set on an \u201cevil\u201d purpose (\u201cMorpheus\u201d), an episode later the characters, coincidentally Daniel, and audience find out that she really is trying to help Merlin rather than hinder his attempts (\u201cThe Pegasus Project\u201d). There is a clear need in the Stargate world for more of the Ancients to go against their own philosophy and be helpful. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">By making Morgan le Fay a good character that, like Merlin, helps the SG-1 team, the creators of the show not only bring another Ancient out of the selfish darkness, but shine light upon her name which has become expected to be wreathed in evil and a darkness of its own. With the usually cluttered mythos of <em>SG-1<\/em>, the fresh start created by the ending of season eight provided a wide girth for the inclusion of the Arthurian mythology into the world. The involvement of iconic characters in the legend as members of a \u00ad<em>SG-1<\/em> exclusive race not only tied it back to the already established world of <strong>Stargate,<\/strong> but gave new life and a different \u2018look\u2019 to the Merlin and Morgan that had been around for ages.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Along with making famous Arthurian figureheads as stand-alone characters within the series, the creators paralleled our heroes from <em>SG-1<\/em> with notable characters who were known to have been a part of Arthur\u2019s court at one time or another (or, in some cases, one version or another). Upon waking up in a cave after several thousand years, Merlin believes that SG-1 is the Knights he was separated from ages before. He refers to Daniel as \u2018Galahad\u2019, <strong>Mitchell as \u2018Perceval\u2019<\/strong>, and S<strong>amantha Carter as \u2018Guinevere<\/strong>\u2019 (\u201cThe Quest, Part 2\u201d). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">In making Sam \u2018Guinevere\u2019, they give strength to a character that is often seen as weak because Sam Carter is anything but weak. They are making \u2018Guinevere\u2019 a name to be proud of. It is inspiring to women, especially young girls, to look into the world of Arthurian myth and see who this \u2018Guinevere\u2019 is because if Merlin referred to Sam as such, than she <em>must<\/em> be a pretty cool woman. Now Galahad and Perceval, respectively, were Knights who were known to have actively sought the Holy Grail. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">When Merlin mistakes them for such Knights, Daniel and Mitchell <em>are<\/em> actively seeking the <em>SG-1 <\/em>equivalent of the Holy Grail. Not only are the writers paralleling the characters of the show to characters of the legend, they are also paralleling the journey those legendary characters made. It provokes an interest in the already curious and knowledge seeking fan base. As a fandom, the loyal <a title=\"Click to visit Stargate on MGM Dot Com\" href=\"http:\/\/stargate.mgm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Stargate<\/em> <em>SG-1<\/em><\/a> viewers like to know just when and where the writers got their inspiration from. By incorporating popular characters like Merlin, the audience has an idea of where to find information on the other characters from stories along the same line. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Even if they do not really know <em>much <\/em>about Galahad or Perceval, the fans know what to start with. From a fanfiction writer\u2019s point of view, researching story lines (and at the same time, the mythologies they are based on) helps better their own ideas of what to write about and interpret parallels in creatively different ways than the writers of the show did. Upon surveying a portion of the fan base, I found that several of my fellow fans were even drawing conclusions and parallels that I myself would not have been able to do before taking a class on Arthurian legend. Even <em>after<\/em> taking such a class, there are parallels being drawn that I never would have considered. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Nytegoddess on Livejournal found a parallel between Teal\u2019c and Bors, and provided several pieces of proof as to why they could be \u2018connected\u2019. She mentions how Bors was the only one of the Grail Knights to return from the quest, Galahad and Perceval having died after achieving it; and finds a similar circumstance between Teal\u2019c \u2018returning\u2019 from the future where Daniel and Cameron have perished (\u2018Unending\u201d). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">She makes several other connections between characters and moments in the series that I never would have thought to look for myself. Daniel walking through the wall of fire in \u201cThe Quest Part 1\u201d to obtain the grail is similar to Galahad \u201cquenching the fire that surrounds the tomb of Simeon\u201d (Schadegg). <strong>Nytegoddess<\/strong> wrote a fanfiction where Daniel remembers the quests of Galahad as if they were his own (\u201cAll That I\u2019m Allowed\u201d). These are the sorts of things that happen when something is incorporated in the <em>Stargate <\/em>world \u2013 it is immortalized in a way never originally thought possible. Arthurian legend \u201cfitted perfect in the SG1 universe\u201d, as is evident by the research and commitment put into the legends beyond the series by the fans (Schadegg).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Click to visit Gateworld!\" href=\"http:\/\/gateworld.net\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16369\" title=\"Click to visit Gateworld!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gateworld_twitter1.jpg\" alt=\"Click to visit Gateworld!\" width=\"233\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a>A well-known <em>Stargate <\/em>website, <a title=\"Click to visit Gateworld Dot Net!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gateworld.net\" target=\"_blank\">Gateworld Dot Net<\/a>, put the characters of Galahad, Perceval, Guinevere, and Mordred (who Merlin referred to the <em>SG-1<\/em> character Ba\u2019al as) in their character database. Now these were not stand alone characters like Merlin or Morgan le Fay in the series, but the maintainers of the site knew the curiosity of their fandom and incorporated them into the <strong>Gateworld <\/strong>database. It gave such characters a place in the world of <em>SG-1<\/em> fans, which is a big deal considering <em>SG-1<\/em> fans have pretty good memories and like to use the material brought to them by the creators of the show. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">And by making our beloved SG-1 <em>like<\/em> those characters, a whole new level of respect is created for characters like Galahad, Perceval, and Guinevere and the material they were built on. Even for the fans that do not care to delve deeper into the Arthurian legend behind the Stargate veil, a simple understanding of how such characters are generally perceived is obtained. By building on the knowledge of how the show\u2019s characters operate, the audience immediately understands the \u2018operations\u2019 of their legendary counterparts. Daniel and Mitchell are <em>good<\/em> guys, so one can interpret Galahad and Perceval are <em>good<\/em> guys as well. \u00a0Reversely, Ba\u2019al is a bad guy (a very bad guy loved by fans all around), and in having Merlin refer to him as \u2018Mordred\u2019 it can be guessed that Mordred was not such a nice fellow.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">One interpretation done by the powers that be of <strong><em>Stargate SG-1<\/em><\/strong> that could reflect the social connotations in the world is their interpretation of the Holy Grail. In the time of Arthur and his Knights, as well as in the time of the authors who wrote the stories, religion had a big influence. In many of the Grail stories, said Grail was seen as a cup or chalice that was a symbol for the religion \u2013 Christianity. There are versions out there, such as <strong>Wolfram\u2019s <\/strong><em><strong>Parziva<\/strong>l <\/em>or <strong>Dan Brown\u2019s <em>The Da Vinci Code<\/em><\/strong>, which portray the Grail as something other than a cup. In <em>Parzival<\/em> it is a rock. In <strong><em>The Da Vinci Code<\/em><\/strong> it is Mary Magdalene.\u00a0 <em>Stargate SG-1<\/em> takes the same route of these works by not making the Sangraal a cup, but a weapon instead. Except, once again in the fashion of twisting the legends into something they could call their own, this weapon was not a symbol of the \u2018all-mighty\u2019 religion of the show, Origin. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Origin, in a lot of ways, can be compared to many monotheistic religions such as Christianity or Islam. It is the religion dedicated to the Ori, who are the (also ascended) enemy of the Alterans. The best description of what makes them different from the Alterans is given by Orlin (who is an Alteran himself): \u201cA long time ago, the Ori and the Alterans were one society, human, on an evolutionary path to ascension, but a philosophical division grew. The Ori grew more and more fervent in their religious belief. The Alterans\u2026for lack of a better way of putting it\u2026believed in science. The Ori tried to wipe them out\u201d (\u201cThe Fourth Horseman, Part 1\u201d). It is true the Ori are a group of higher beings rather than just God, but the practices and beliefs that are a part of the religion of Origin are quite similar to those found in many of today\u2019s religions. In truth, the Holy Grail weapon of the show is a symbol for the direct opposite of what Origin is. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Ori Origin is Submission!\" href=\"http:\/\/stargate.mgm.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16370 aligncenter\" title=\"Ori Origin is Submission!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NVE00027-576x324.jpg\" alt=\"Ori Origin is Submission!\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Origin is submission, ultimately giving up one\u2019s free will in devotion to the Ori. The Sangraal was a weapon for independence and free thinking, which is why <strong>SG-1<\/strong> is searching for it. They do not believe in the practices set down by the Ori, and are constantly fighting them in order for their free will to remain just that \u2013 free. They are not fighting <em>for<\/em> the big religion, but against it. It can clearly be seen how making the \u2018great religion\u2019 of the show might offend a portion of viewers. \u201cWhy not tackle some not-so-obscure Christian myths? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Well there goes the mid-West demographic\u2026\u201d <strong>Michael Shanks <\/strong>(the actor who played Daniel Jackson on the series) jokingly wrote in the foreword to the season nine Illustrated Companion (Gosling 7). Going in, they knew some of the fan base could <em>possibly<\/em> find it offensive. But they also knew how attuned the fan base was to the show and the level of intelligence that came along with such a fan base. In the very next paragraph of the foreword, Michael wrote \u201ctrust me, we believe the long-standing fans of <strong><em>Stargate SG-1<\/em> <\/strong>have suspended their disbelief enough that no one is going to start protesting outside the studio\u201d and \u201cyou know that we often carry on with tongue planted firmly in cheek, so you\u2019ll know that offending anyone is not our intention\u201d (Gosling 7). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">There is an innate trust of the fans the people involved with the show have, and they know to give them something that is intelligent and eye-opening. So making the Grail a weapon that destroyed the Ori (or at the least, brought them down from their \u2018godly\u2019 status) was simply the <em>SG-1<\/em> way of making something so known their own. In fan reaction to such \u2018changes\u2019, there was an overall enjoyment of the Grail being used as a weapon, though opinions vary about how it was visually portrayed. Some were happy that it was a red jewel, while others wished they could have been a little more creative in their retelling of it (Schadegg).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Approaching the Impossible\" href=\"http:\/\/stargate.mgm.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16391\" title=\"Approaching the Impossible\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NVE00002-576x324.jpg\" alt=\"Approaching the Impossible\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">In <strong><em>Approaching the Possible: The World of Stargate SG-1<\/em><\/strong>, the author explores several different aspects of the <em>Stargate<\/em> culture, including the fans that make up the show (what she refers to as \u201cfanchise\u201d). In the chapter focused on this \u201cfanchise\u201d, there is a wonderful part that sums up what SG-1 fans are: \u201cfans are what make SG-1 as good as it is \u2013 because they demand the best\u201d (Storm 97). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">The creators of the series, when coming to tackle the massive \u201cemptiness\u201d left after season eight, knew of this demand for greatness. For years, they had provided such greatness in the way of mythologies that predated the Arthurian myths, such as the Egyptian myths \u2013 \u201cmany of its gods and goddesses harbor both good aspects <em>and<\/em> evil or unflattering aspects\u201d (Storm 3). It was this same understanding that led the <em>Stargate<\/em> creators to go exploring in the worlds of Arthur for their \u201cfresh and new\u201d sources. But what was the fan reaction to throwing Arthur and his band of gallant knights, wizards, and sorcerers into the mix? I surveyed for opinions on a known site where <em>Stargate SG-1 <\/em>fans frequent &#8211; Livejournal. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Upon reading and reviewing the answers, I find that the majority of people replying to my questions have an overall enjoyment of the inclusion of Arthurian myth into one of their most favored series. Several of them find it a \u201crefreshing retelling\u201d of the stories that were considered stale and overdone time and again (Schadegg). Nytegoddess on Livejournal, who provided a two comment response to my questions (in terms of Livejournal use, that\u2019s a <em>long<\/em> response), said \u201cthe way these shows,\u201d (she wasn\u2019t just referring to <em>Stargate<\/em>, mentioning <em>Xena <\/em>and <em>Hercules<\/em> as well), \u201cbrought history to life made me see the real depth to those previously bland stories.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">She also added how the \u201cStargate spin\u201d on the myths \u201ccan only add to the enjoyment of the Arthur legend\u201d (Schadegg). Just the knowledge that I got any response to the questions at all shows there was at least some impact the inclusion had on the fandom. The fans remembered the myths <em>because<\/em> it was incorporated into the show, and thus were able to make opinions and notes on it however they saw fit. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">As a devoted fan of the series myself, I absolutely loved the involvement of the Arthurian stuff into the series. It was something they had never done and, like they had done with the other mythologies, made me strive to learn more and watch more. I never would have gotten as into the Arthurian legends had it not been for <em>Stargate<\/em>\u2019s involvement in that genre. It has inspired me to understand it all better, and to be more creative in how I pursue things like fanfiction and fan videos.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">\u201cWhen a story is translated\u00a0 from one medium to another \u2013 novel to stage, film, television and so on \u2013 the first question people ask is how the copy differs from the original\u201d (McGregor 131). It can be seen through interpretation and explanation how <em>Stargate<\/em> <em>SG-1<\/em>\u2019s take on Arthurian legend differs from its predecessors, but the similarities can be seen as well. Though the creators of the show strived to take something well-known in Western mythology and make it their own, they also held to some of the things that make Arthurian legend a genre all to itself. The fans of the series believe <em>Stargate<\/em> has left a mark in the world of Arthurian myth, and the myth has left a mark on them. I believe scifi_tv_addict on Livejournal said it best \u2013 <em>Stargate SG-1 <\/em>made it \u201clike the Gods of Greece and Egypt, and the North actually existed \u2013 but not in the way that we might think they did. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"WormholeRiders. Click to visit &amp; follow WHR on Twitter!\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/WormholeRiders\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15987\" title=\"WormholeRiders. Click to visit &amp; follow WHR on Twitter!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/WormholeRiders-New-Logo-150.jpg\" alt=\"WormholeRiders. Click to visit &amp; follow WHR on Twitter!\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>That is what they did with this story as well \u2013 taking one of the most famous and popular western myths and creating a new version of it\u201d (Schadegg). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">I am in complete agreement \u2013 the Arthurian legends of <em>Stargate SG-1<\/em> are new and origin<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Click to visit dannysgirlsg1 (Pip) on Twitter!\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/dannysgirlsg1\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full  wp-image-16375\" title=\"Click to  visit dannysgirlsg1 (Pip) on Twitter!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/dannysgirlsg1.png\" alt=\"Click to visit dannysgirlsg1 (Pip) on Twitter!\" width=\"147\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">al, while still being true to the sources from whence they came. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">I hope you have enjoyed. Thank you for\u00a0 reading. Please feel free to leave a comment here or by visiting me on Twitter by clicking my avatar. Thank you. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Click to visit dannsygirlsg1 (Pip) on Twitter!\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/dannysgirlsg1\" target=\"_blank\">dannsygirlsg1<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Works Cited:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">\u201cAll That I\u2019m Allowed.\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Fanfiction.net<\/span>. 18 March 2009. 5 April 2009 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &lt;http:\/\/www.fanfiction.net\/s\/4932840\/1\/&gt;.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">\u201cAvalon, Part 1.\u201d <em>Stargate SG-1. <\/em>MGM\/Sci-Fi Channel, Vancouver, 15 July 2006.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Brown, Dan. <em>The Da Vinci Code.<\/em> New York: Random House, 2003.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Eschenbach, Wolfram Von. <em>Parzival<\/em>. London: Penguin Books, 1980.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">\u201cThe Fourth Horseman, Part 1.\u201d <em>Stargate SG-1<\/em>. MGM\/Sci-Fi Channel, Vancouver, 16 September \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2005.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Gateworld. 3 March 2009. Gateworld LLC. 3 March 2009. &lt;http:\/\/www.gateworld.net&gt;.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Gosling, Sharon. <em>Stargate SG-1 Illustrated Companion, Season 9<\/em>. London: Titan Books, 2006.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">McGregor, Gaile. \u201c<em>Stargate <\/em>as Cancult? Ideological Coding as a Function of Location.\u201d <em>Reading Stargate SG-1.<\/em> Ed. Stan Beeler and Lisa Dickson. New York: I.B. Tauris &amp; Co. Ltd, 2006.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">\u201cMorpheus.\u201d <em>Stargate SG-1. <\/em>MGM\/Sci-Fi Channel, Vancouver, 21 July 2006.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">\u201cThe Pegasus Project.\u201d <em>Stargate SG-1. <\/em>MGM\/Sci-Fi Channel, Vancouver, 28 July 2006.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">\u201cThe Quest, Part 1.\u201d <em>Stargate SG-1.<\/em> MGM\/Sci-Fi Channel, Vancouver, 22 September 2006.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">\u201cThe Quest, Part 2.\u201d <em>Stargate SG-1.<\/em> MGM\/Sci-Fi Channel, Vancouver, 13 April 2007.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Schadegg, Mandy (dannysgirlsg1). \u201cNeed Some Opinions Straight From Fandom\u2026\u201d Weblog entry. A Canvas of Insanity. 17 March 2009. 24 March 2009. &lt;http:\/\/dannysgirlsg1.livejournal.com\/2009\/03\/17\/&gt;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">\u201cThe Shroud.\u201d <em>Stargate SG-1.<\/em> MGM\/Sci-Fi Channel, Vancouver, 4 May 2007.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Storm, Jo. <em>Approaching the Possible: The World of Stargate SG-1<\/em>. Toronto: ECW Press, 2005.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><em>The Sword in the Stone<\/em>. Dir. Wolfgang Reitherman. Perf. Rickie Sorenson, Karl Swenson, Junius Matthews, Sebastian Cabot, Norman Alden. 1963. DVD. Walt Disney Productions\/The Walt Disney Company, 2009.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Tolkien, J.R.R. <em>The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring<\/em>. New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1954.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">\u201cUnending.\u201d <em>Stargate SG-1. <\/em>MGM\/Sci-Fi Channel, Vancouver, 22 June 2007.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Stargate Fans, Here is a little treat for you about how we found ourselves &#8220;Stepping Through to Camelot: when Stargate SG-1 goes Arthurian&#8221;. A fantastic tale that all ages enjoyed! By the end of Stargate SG-1\u2019s eighth season, the powers that be had wrapped up eight years worth of story lines and character journeys&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/stargate\/2010\/07\/20\/my-test\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Stepping Through to Camelot: Stargate SG-1 and Arthurian Legend&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133,34,135,596,47,197,3,128,22],"tags":[846,847,848,184,849,69,850,851,852,98,853,854,855,346,54,856,857,858,1849,1861,324,860,861,862,863,864,865,866],"class_list":["post-14874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ben-browder-what-are-they-doing-now","category-bridge-studios-creators-2","category-claudia-black-celebs","category-martin-wood-creators","category-mgm-studios-creators","category-michael-shanks-celebs","category-stargate","category-stargate-sg-1","category-syfy","tag-alterans","tag-ancients","tag-avalon-part-1","tag-cameron-mitchell","tag-dan-browns-the-da-vinci-code","tag-daniel-jackson","tag-dannysgirlsg1","tag-galahad","tag-gandalf-the-grey","tag-jack-oneill","tag-king-arthur","tag-king-arthurs-court","tag-lord-of-the-rings","tag-merlin","tag-morgan-le-fay","tag-nytegoddess-on-livejournal","tag-perceval","tag-samantha-carter","tag-stargate","tag-stargate-sg-1","tag-tealc","tag-the-da-vinci-code","tag-the-fellowship-of-the-ring","tag-the-shroud","tag-the-sword-in-the-stone","tag-vala-mal-duran","tag-walt-disneys-the-sword-in-teh-stone","tag-wolframs-parziva"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/stargate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/stargate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/stargate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/stargate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/stargate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14874"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/stargate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28452,"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/stargate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14874\/revisions\/28452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/stargate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/stargate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/stargate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}