You've been so patient, and with the ficathon finally done (I'm resisting temptation to futz with it more, because I'm to the point I'm changing my mind back and forth on some of the same things).
Anyway, Harrid and Sallis.
1. Harrid's family was relatively well-off in the town. Sallis was not from as rich a family but she was always very popular amongst the village. They grew up together with Fannis and Traddin and a bunch of others. Sallis became interested in Harrid when he stuck to his guns in asking logical questions to the teacher that "the Ori provide" just didn't quite answer. Harrid never thought Sallis was interested in him until Fannis nudged him out of his books and to give it a try.
2. Harrid and Sallis had only been married about ten months by the time Daniel and Vala connected with them through the stones. That's why Harrid has a bit of an idealized view of his wife on top of his overprotective chivalry on her behalf. He was still at the stage that he could see no faults in her day to day actions. She kept him focused on the practical things, he kept her mind engaged with philosophy and history. And they both had the risks of working against the Ori to bind them together and savor every moment.
3. Sallis was just as inspired by Vala as Harrid was by Daniel. Sallis was intrigued by Vala's freedom and caustic views of "blind faith" because it confirmed much of what she suspected not only of the Ori, but of their followers. She and Vala shared the idea of being practical, but Sallis's rebellion was centered on a cause. She didn't comprehend Vala's lust for the con, and pitied her for her jaded view of life. Daniel Jackson struck her as more of a kindred spirit to Harrid, but she worried he was a little too much like Harrid with his nose in books. She was also quite disturbed by the dark memories she got hints of in Vala's past.
4. I hated giving them that horrible burning death ending, so aside from the hopeful note of them being together at the end and having followers still keeping the faith (pretty cool considering I wrote this long before Crusade), so I left a bit of ambiguity at that point on the brightness of the light. Did Harrid's connection to Daniel and his own research give him enough knowledge for he and Sallis to ascend? Very doubtful, and later canon about the Alteran/Ori war contradicts it entirely, but I couldn't resist giving that bit of possibility of seeing the bright light if readers ever wanted to interpret it that way.
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Anyway, Harrid and Sallis.
1. Harrid's family was relatively well-off in the town. Sallis was not from as rich a family but she was always very popular amongst the village. They grew up together with Fannis and Traddin and a bunch of others. Sallis became interested in Harrid when he stuck to his guns in asking logical questions to the teacher that "the Ori provide" just didn't quite answer. Harrid never thought Sallis was interested in him until Fannis nudged him out of his books and to give it a try.
2. Harrid and Sallis had only been married about ten months by the time Daniel and Vala connected with them through the stones. That's why Harrid has a bit of an idealized view of his wife on top of his overprotective chivalry on her behalf. He was still at the stage that he could see no faults in her day to day actions. She kept him focused on the practical things, he kept her mind engaged with philosophy and history. And they both had the risks of working against the Ori to bind them together and savor every moment.
3. Sallis was just as inspired by Vala as Harrid was by Daniel. Sallis was intrigued by Vala's freedom and caustic views of "blind faith" because it confirmed much of what she suspected not only of the Ori, but of their followers. She and Vala shared the idea of being practical, but Sallis's rebellion was centered on a cause. She didn't comprehend Vala's lust for the con, and pitied her for her jaded view of life. Daniel Jackson struck her as more of a kindred spirit to Harrid, but she worried he was a little too much like Harrid with his nose in books. She was also quite disturbed by the dark memories she got hints of in Vala's past.
4. I hated giving them that horrible burning death ending, so aside from the hopeful note of them being together at the end and having followers still keeping the faith (pretty cool considering I wrote this long before Crusade), so I left a bit of ambiguity at that point on the brightness of the light. Did Harrid's connection to Daniel and his own research give him enough knowledge for he and Sallis to ascend? Very doubtful, and later canon about the Alteran/Ori war contradicts it entirely, but I couldn't resist giving that bit of possibility of seeing the bright light if readers ever wanted to interpret it that way.