Jonas keeps his disposition because he genuinely loves what he does. Yes, it's a high stress environment, especially since the primary project he was working on was the equivalent of the Manhattan Project on a war torn planet. But studying and working in an academic environment is what he thinks of as fun and enjoyable. He read a book Daniel gave him during their first meeting in a night because he was curious about the newcomers and it's things like that that he enjoys.
As for how people think of him, those in Kelowna put up with him because he was good at what he did. If someone questioned his skill, like in the beginning on Earth, Jonas didn't fight back he just proved it, sometimes recklessly so like in the sinking goa'ould ship, but often just quietly pointing things out, like mentioning to Sam how if the gate got into the mountain, it could get out. Plus, from the small bit of canon we got, Kelownans (and Langarans) in general seem to lack diplomacy as a common personality trait so someone who is good at it would be valued, which is why they wanted him back in the end.
Of course, going from one environment to another, there is going to be culture shock, but given that Jonas loves to learn, he's going to see it as an opportunity. Granted, he probably never would have defected to Earth to learn alone but he wasn't going to squander the opportunity. We saw in the first ep of Season 6 that despite the often frosty reception he got from others in the SGC (especially Jack), he was fairly at ease with just having an office with more new study materials then he could imagine. No, he wasn't exactly happy with being cooped up in a mountain but he wasn't completely unhappy either. Plus, he had a goal to prove himself to SG-1 and make up for the death of Dr. Jackson, which he saw as partially his fault. He wasn't going to accomplish that by lashing out or being visibility uncomfortable. So instead, he does what he does best: observe, learn and ask questions so he can better use his skills to help the SGC and prove that he could help them.
As far as the other characters in Sky of Diamonds, Jonas is going to be quite happy diving into learning all about the world they have woken up into and the world others 'dreamed' about as a coping mechanism. Yes, it's going to be a shock just as Earth was, but having done it once, he'll have an easier time doing it again. Especially since he's probably learned better on when to stop asking questions. In fact, the city will be easier for him since he won't have to worry about saying things that sounds strange, since everyone will be acting strangely.
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Jonas keeps his disposition because he genuinely loves what he does. Yes, it's a high stress environment, especially since the primary project he was working on was the equivalent of the Manhattan Project on a war torn planet. But studying and working in an academic environment is what he thinks of as fun and enjoyable. He read a book Daniel gave him during their first meeting in a night because he was curious about the newcomers and it's things like that that he enjoys.
As for how people think of him, those in Kelowna put up with him because he was good at what he did. If someone questioned his skill, like in the beginning on Earth, Jonas didn't fight back he just proved it, sometimes recklessly so like in the sinking goa'ould ship, but often just quietly pointing things out, like mentioning to Sam how if the gate got into the mountain, it could get out. Plus, from the small bit of canon we got, Kelownans (and Langarans) in general seem to lack diplomacy as a common personality trait so someone who is good at it would be valued, which is why they wanted him back in the end.
Of course, going from one environment to another, there is going to be culture shock, but given that Jonas loves to learn, he's going to see it as an opportunity. Granted, he probably never would have defected to Earth to learn alone but he wasn't going to squander the opportunity. We saw in the first ep of Season 6 that despite the often frosty reception he got from others in the SGC (especially Jack), he was fairly at ease with just having an office with more new study materials then he could imagine. No, he wasn't exactly happy with being cooped up in a mountain but he wasn't completely unhappy either. Plus, he had a goal to prove himself to SG-1 and make up for the death of Dr. Jackson, which he saw as partially his fault. He wasn't going to accomplish that by lashing out or being visibility uncomfortable. So instead, he does what he does best: observe, learn and ask questions so he can better use his skills to help the SGC and prove that he could help them.
As far as the other characters in Sky of Diamonds, Jonas is going to be quite happy diving into learning all about the world they have woken up into and the world others 'dreamed' about as a coping mechanism. Yes, it's going to be a shock just as Earth was, but having done it once, he'll have an easier time doing it again. Especially since he's probably learned better on when to stop asking questions. In fact, the city will be easier for him since he won't have to worry about saying things that sounds strange, since everyone will be acting strangely.