*thinky* As far as the politics behind replacing Sam- I LIKE that.
The thing with SGA is (and look, I know I squee my head off about it, because I am totally cool with appreciating a show on the level of "McShep! Also, Jason Momoa wears low slung pants! JOY!") that it's really not very well written AT ALL, So that when there are really good things going on like that, I'm fairly sure the writers didn't intend them. No, the writers just throw crap out, and it's saved only by fanwanks like that (which is so not an insult to you, because that makes wonderful, internally consistent sense, and I know firmly believe it). I just wish I believe the writers had ever INTENDED that, you know?
Re: Here via... someone else's journal; I forgot already
The thing with SGA is (and look, I know I squee my head off about it, because I am totally cool with appreciating a show on the level of "McShep! Also, Jason Momoa wears low slung pants! JOY!") that it's really not very well written AT ALL, So that when there are really good things going on like that, I'm fairly sure the writers didn't intend them. No, the writers just throw crap out, and it's saved only by fanwanks like that (which is so not an insult to you, because that makes wonderful, internally consistent sense, and I know firmly believe it). I just wish I believe the writers had ever INTENDED that, you know?