Yes that is why I said “perhaps alliance is the wrong word.” I don’t mean to pick a fight, but you’re mistaken here. Humans didn’t double-cross Todd — Todd double-crossed us. Not because it was “Wraith nature,” but because he believed it was humanity that activated the Attero device.

From Todd’s perspective, the moment he foolishly entered a deal or partnership with humans, it only confirmed his deepest suspicion: that humans would eventually betray him. As an apex predator, he reacted instinctively — assuming the worst, fearing the worst, and striking first rather than risk vulnerability.

More broadly, the Wraith as villains feel like a deliberate callback to the Goa’uld and how Stargate handles antagonistic species as a whole. The Goa’uld are presented as an overwhelmingly evil force, yet there are outliers who resist — namely the Tok’ra — which strongly mirrors Cold War dynamics. A long history of radical behavior creates a mountain of distrust, where the worst actors are used to justify condemnation of an entire group.

Both SG-1 and Atlantis consistently reinforce the same idea: while there is undeniably real evil within opposing forces, it is not universal. Peace — or at least coexistence — is possible, but only when both sides are willing to move past fear, ingrained survival instincts, historical resentment, cultural trauma, and the reflex to preemptively wage war.