Random sighting

[coyul.livejournal.com]

I was looking through my friends list and happened upon an icon post. This one made me do a double take:

I thought, "Helen Magus?" I thought for a second it was a shipper!

From here.

Comments

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

Fate?

[coyul.livejournal.com]

Possibly.

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

Since no one else has asked this yet: is that actually this woman's name? Is she an actress or something?

[coyul.livejournal.com]

I think it's a character's name. It was from something I don't watch, but they had icons from something I do watch.

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

I looked it up. She seems to be a doctor character from the sci-fi program Sanctuary. I've never seen it myself but I've heard of it.

Magus is Latin for magic, magician, or wise-man (Magnus is another way to spell I think) so I could see why they might name a doctor character that, but combined with Helen... It's just so strange.

But...

Who knows. Maybe, a writer for Sanctuary reads Mrs. Turner's books and is a fan of the Helen + Magus pairing.

[filkferengi]

The actress is Amanda Tapping, who played the career-military scientist on Stargate SG-1.

*shoos Stargate/mwt crossover plotbunnies towards Sounisian fanfic writers*