Colonel Carter
01-23-2006, 04:33 AM
I wonder what your thoughts are about Sheppard being a descended Ancient.
In a couple of recent episodes we saw the Ancient who had fallen in love with Sam seasons ago become mortal again, choosing to become a child so he could hold on longer to his ascended knowledge. But once that knowledge was spent he no longer had any memory of who he truly was, or of his people. In every way he seemed like an ordinary human child by the end.
I think John may be just like this guy. Here's my reasons why...
1. John Sheppard was the only one in the series premiere who we didn't see say good-bye to anyone. Weir said good-bye to her boyfriend, McKay to his neighbor, Beckett to his mom, Ford to his grandparents. We just saw John flip a coin - probably trying to decide whether to accept the mission or not.
Now that alone isn't enough to suggest he's a descended Ancient. After all, McKay and Weir didn't say good-bye to family members.
So on to the next point...
2. John Sheppard naturally possesses the Ancient gene and is able to control Ancient technology unlike anyone else. I'm willing to bet he's more of a natural at it than even Jack O'Neill who seems to have to concentrate a bit more than John.
Furthermore...
3. In the episode in seaosn 1 where they met a female Ancient on a planet who visited Atlantis with them before she had to go back to protect the people on her planet - she made a comment to John indicating that he was more Ancient than he knew, or something to that effect.
So in conclusion...
It's possible that John Sheppard was once an Ancient. For whatever reason, he became mortal again, either by his own choosing or was forced by the others. If he was like Oma Desala and crossed the line too many times, it's possible that they forced him out.
However, that doesn't explain why they would have wiped his memory and chances are, he was a child and we have no record of them ever forcing one of their own to become mortal again and to become a child. We actually have no record of them forcing any of their own to become mortal again. Daniel wasn't one of their own. As we see with the Ancient they met on that planet, they punished her by making her protect that one planet.
It's possible then that John Sheppard as an Ancient saw a reason to become mortal, like the guy a couple episodes back. He chose then to take on the form of a child to retain his ascended knowledge longer. Though any reason escapes me as it would have likely been the 1970's when he did this.
So motivation is unknown, but everything else seems to point to the possibility that he is a descended Ancient who took human form to retain his knowledge until he completely forgot who he was. Or that he was punished by the other Ancients who wiped his memory clean.
So John would have no parents, he probably grew up in children's homes and foster homes. He probably joined the Air Force as an escape but probably having had no loving and nurturing parents growing up, he was a bit of a rebel. Either that or his Ancient personality was shining through and he was unaware of it.
Another thought which may seem even more far-fetched is that he is the son of at least one Ancient. That seems a bit more strange to me.
So, thought anyone?
In a couple of recent episodes we saw the Ancient who had fallen in love with Sam seasons ago become mortal again, choosing to become a child so he could hold on longer to his ascended knowledge. But once that knowledge was spent he no longer had any memory of who he truly was, or of his people. In every way he seemed like an ordinary human child by the end.
I think John may be just like this guy. Here's my reasons why...
1. John Sheppard was the only one in the series premiere who we didn't see say good-bye to anyone. Weir said good-bye to her boyfriend, McKay to his neighbor, Beckett to his mom, Ford to his grandparents. We just saw John flip a coin - probably trying to decide whether to accept the mission or not.
Now that alone isn't enough to suggest he's a descended Ancient. After all, McKay and Weir didn't say good-bye to family members.
So on to the next point...
2. John Sheppard naturally possesses the Ancient gene and is able to control Ancient technology unlike anyone else. I'm willing to bet he's more of a natural at it than even Jack O'Neill who seems to have to concentrate a bit more than John.
Furthermore...
3. In the episode in seaosn 1 where they met a female Ancient on a planet who visited Atlantis with them before she had to go back to protect the people on her planet - she made a comment to John indicating that he was more Ancient than he knew, or something to that effect.
So in conclusion...
It's possible that John Sheppard was once an Ancient. For whatever reason, he became mortal again, either by his own choosing or was forced by the others. If he was like Oma Desala and crossed the line too many times, it's possible that they forced him out.
However, that doesn't explain why they would have wiped his memory and chances are, he was a child and we have no record of them ever forcing one of their own to become mortal again and to become a child. We actually have no record of them forcing any of their own to become mortal again. Daniel wasn't one of their own. As we see with the Ancient they met on that planet, they punished her by making her protect that one planet.
It's possible then that John Sheppard as an Ancient saw a reason to become mortal, like the guy a couple episodes back. He chose then to take on the form of a child to retain his ascended knowledge longer. Though any reason escapes me as it would have likely been the 1970's when he did this.
So motivation is unknown, but everything else seems to point to the possibility that he is a descended Ancient who took human form to retain his knowledge until he completely forgot who he was. Or that he was punished by the other Ancients who wiped his memory clean.
So John would have no parents, he probably grew up in children's homes and foster homes. He probably joined the Air Force as an escape but probably having had no loving and nurturing parents growing up, he was a bit of a rebel. Either that or his Ancient personality was shining through and he was unaware of it.
Another thought which may seem even more far-fetched is that he is the son of at least one Ancient. That seems a bit more strange to me.
So, thought anyone?