See, when I learned TH's rough age, I sat down to try to sort out how Weir got where she was, and came up with a general timeline that is (at least) no more incredible than anything else in Stargate (Daniel Jackson, anyone?).
She was 17-turning 18 when she went into undergrad at American University (known for its international relations program), graduated in 3 years instead of four (certainly not impossible, and especially if she came in with several AP courses under her belt that placed her at "Sophomore Standing"). So she was twenty when she graduated undergrad, and went straight into her masters-followed-by-PhD.
Twenty-four, and with her doctorate, she goes into the state department. She lands a not-very-prestigious location that ends up an unexpected hot-spot, and suddenly is seen by someone of influence. This leads to a series of political appointments and nudges in the right direction from those who have decided she is going to be a "rising star".
By the time she's thirty, she's well known across the globe and has her name on the credits of several very prestigious treaties. Life is good. Then, at 34 or 35, she's chosen as a sacrificial lamb to be the political appointee who takes over the SGC in lieu of Jack O'Neill (they expect things to go badly - she's disposable, and actually just under-qualified enough that if/when that happens the gov't can blame her, but still well enough known to satisfy prying eyes initially). Thus begins her involvement with the Stargate Program - and as we all know, Mother Mountain is a great yawning chasm that sucks in careers left and right; people transfer in, but they never transfer out. She's 36 or 37 by the time the AE actually departs, which puts her at 39-40 in season 3.
"oh, look, the Daedalus, everyone pretend Elizabeth's still in charge; Elizabeth, remember that you still can't quite trust your judgment, try not to be in a position where you have to make command decisions without surreptitiously running them by whomever."
LOL! I have an SGA/Quantum Leap fic (that's kind of stalled out, I admit) that runs under almost exactly that premise! Sam leaps into Elizabeth, who was in the process of delicate negotiations.
As an opiate, certainly. ^_^
That was what I was referring to, yes. I try to avoid theological debate when I can ~_^
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Date: 2007-03-18 12:11 am (UTC)She was 17-turning 18 when she went into undergrad at American University (known for its international relations program), graduated in 3 years instead of four (certainly not impossible, and especially if she came in with several AP courses under her belt that placed her at "Sophomore Standing"). So she was twenty when she graduated undergrad, and went straight into her masters-followed-by-PhD.
Twenty-four, and with her doctorate, she goes into the state department. She lands a not-very-prestigious location that ends up an unexpected hot-spot, and suddenly is seen by someone of influence. This leads to a series of political appointments and nudges in the right direction from those who have decided she is going to be a "rising star".
By the time she's thirty, she's well known across the globe and has her name on the credits of several very prestigious treaties. Life is good. Then, at 34 or 35, she's chosen as a sacrificial lamb to be the political appointee who takes over the SGC in lieu of Jack O'Neill (they expect things to go badly - she's disposable, and actually just under-qualified enough that if/when that happens the gov't can blame her, but still well enough known to satisfy prying eyes initially). Thus begins her involvement with the Stargate Program - and as we all know, Mother Mountain is a great yawning chasm that sucks in careers left and right; people transfer in, but they never transfer out. She's 36 or 37 by the time the AE actually departs, which puts her at 39-40 in season 3.
"oh, look, the Daedalus, everyone pretend Elizabeth's still in charge; Elizabeth, remember that you still can't quite trust your judgment, try not to be in a position where you have to make command decisions without surreptitiously running them by whomever."
LOL! I have an SGA/Quantum Leap fic (that's kind of stalled out, I admit) that runs under almost exactly that premise! Sam leaps into Elizabeth, who was in the process of delicate negotiations.
As an opiate, certainly. ^_^
That was what I was referring to, yes. I try to avoid theological debate when I can ~_^