#stargate was ahead of its time for camp sci fi and much of that can be ascribed to Atapps

[runawaymun]

Not only the writing, but she's responsible for the equality in costuming as well for her character. Originally they gave her some kind of lara-croft ass outfit and she was so upset, and she wound up asking the costuming department: "Can I please just have what the guys are wearing?" and I'm forever grateful to her for that, too. She fully expected to be kicked from the project, but still spoke up. Kid and teenage me really did need to see a female scientist and soldier running around in an unsexy black t-shirt and fatigues kicking ass and taking names. Everyone say thank you Atapps.

So unrelated but I will be forever indebted to amanda tapping for crying in her trailer after a day of filming stargate sg-1 and telling the producers/showrunner etc. that she was gonna have to quit because the male writers were writing her character so terribly. my queen had to tell them that strong women don’t say things like “just because my reproductive organs are on the inside instead of the outside doesn’t mean I can’t handle whatever you can handle” and they actually listened to her and changed the scripts and then years later made fun of their own bad writing by putting that line into an au episode meant only to show how stupid it sounded. she truly changed the world and we are blessed for it.