Name: Carolyn Lam Door: Door passCanon: Stargate: SG-1 Canon Point: end of 10x18 Family Ties Age: 32 Appearance: HereHistory: Here and here. Personality: Stubborn: Carolyn has been described by some as being stubborn as she truly refuses to let something go until she's managed to explore every possibility surrounding it. She's even been described as being stubborn by her father because she felt that being Chief of Medical, it was her duty to go and help others - no matter the harm that it might put her in.
Implacable: She has been known to hold onto to grudges and things she considers to be slights. For years she resented the fact that to her, her father chose his career with the military over her and her mother. Even though he had attempted to apology and even explain what had happened, she didn't find any of it acceptable or sufficient and refused to be placated by his words. She had allowed her resentment to turn to bitterness which made it harder to work through the issues she had with him to the point that she could barely hold a conversation on a personal level with him for many years. It took him nearly dying due to the prior plague for her to let him know exactly how she felt and for her to begin rebuilding their relationship.
Reserved, distant and awkward: Rarely opening herself up to those she doesn't know, Carolyn can easily come off as secretive, snobby , cold and distant - making it hard for others to get to know her. Even when she'd been working in the SGC for a year, some of the people working there had no idea that she was General Landry's daughter, and it wasn't even her that let them know. It was Colonel Mitchell snapping off on a couple of crewmen who had made inappropriate remarks about her. She has a no nonsense demeanor, she rarely if ever is one to mince words, a fact that sometimes doesn't sit well with her fellow co-workers.
She doesn't really seem to know how to react to others on a personal level. Professionally, she's confident in her skills as a doctor, but outside of that she has issues relating to others on a more personal level Carolyn has had a nasty habit of holding on to past hurts, resentments, and guilt - and to keep such feelings to herself. Though she knows she needs to learn to forgive and let go, and also learn to express her feelings openly and directly, rather than hiding them.
While Lam obviously cares about her job and the people she has to take care of, she's not as close as she could be. She feels a little distanced from them (mainly Daniel, Teal'c and Sam) due to the fact that they were so close to Janet Frasier, the doctor she replaced. With Vala and Cam, it's not as pronounced and obviously her relationship with General Landry is completely different than the ones she has with the others. With Vala and Cam, there wasn't the barrier that she was a beloved friend's replacement, and because of that, she feels that there is a bit more area to maneuver.
Level headed: She is more likely to spend a few days thinking something over carefully than making a spur of the moment decision. She much prefers to make decisions based on logic, science and facts rather than emotional decisions. Being a person with an analytical nature, she can't help but interpret her world through pure science and fact. She's always ready to take on a challenge, something that was needed to help her to specialize in infectious diseases and in turn work for the CDC. It's also one of the reasons she didn't turn down the position of being in charge of the medical department at the SGC. When Daniel Jackson and Vala Mal Doran (still suffering the effects of the kor mak bracelets) were connected to the Ancient Terminal Device, they collapsed, and became Doctor Lam's first case. She dealt with the situation admirably, though she was understandably annoyed with Doctor Bill Lee's attempts to free them from the device as it might have an adverse effect on her patients.
She has genuine concern about the people she works with and for her patients though. This helps her in her line of work, and some times it appears as though she becomes a little to emotionally involved in her cases, ie saving the life of a Sodan Jaffa after nine hours of surgery and then sitting by his side until she was sure he was going to pull through, She has a dry sense of humor and sometimes people find it hard to know when she's joking and when she's being completely serious. She's proved to be a competent replacement for Janet Frasier, even if she lacked Janet's warmth and personable nature, and always put her patients' health and well-being first no matter the objections or who she was treating.
Powers and Abilities: Carolyn is a skilled Doctor and Surgeon. She was brought into the SGC because of her skills. She previously worked for the CDC and was brought to the SGC to run their medical department by General Jack O'Neill. She once performed an 8 hour surgery on a Jaffa to save his life and even after that surgery she wouldn't rest and sat by his side until she thought he was was out of the woods so to speak. She's also very skilled at being snarky and can dress down grown men who are twice her size.
Inventory:
a family picture of her parents and her taken when her parents were still married.
her stethoscope
her SGC badge
Samples: Here ~ both of these show how she thinks and how she talks.
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