2. So this is Rodney McKay. I HATE him. Except that I really sort of love him.
Here’s the thing. I hated him too, when he was first on SG-1 and I thought it was awesome that they sent him off to Siberia, etc because what a jerk!
And then I watched SGA. And he becomes a hero, even though he’s terrified. And he becomes something more. And I fell in love with him.
So now, when I watch those episodes of SG-1, I get mad. He has a valid point about the Stargate blowing up and killing them all but they get mad that he’s telling them The Facts instead of falling all over himself to save their friend. And now that I see who he really is and that he really is brilliant, etc, I get mad on his behalf.
Not to say that I don’t love Teal’c but, come on! All of Colorado! In a gaping black hole! How can you not take that into account??!!??!
I can’t ship Rodney and Sam. Can’t do it. Because of all the fandoms I’ve ever been in, Sheppard/McKay is my true fax OTP. I love them and they are such a good fit!
They start to play with more Sam/Rodney stuff as Rodney becomes a more popular character. He shows up in Season 8 of SG-1 in some alt. reality episodes and she shows up on season 3 of SGA, when Rodney gets a head injury- he imagines her topless and it’s glorious.
Which brings me to something else I wanted to talk to you about. Someone at one point had mentioned that in fic, it’s hard to write Daniel/Jack AU’s because they would never have been friends if it weren’t for the specific situation that they found themselves in. John and Rodney, however, were fast for friends for different reasons and could totally have found each other and fallen in to a similar relationship had they met outside of the realm of the SGC. Just food for thought.
4. Meridian just ripped my heart out of my chest and stomped on it. Repeatedly.
I KNOW!!! I felt the same way! This episode made it very hard for me to like Jonas because of his part in Daniel’s death and the cover up that went along with it. When Jack goes back to make them admit that it was their fault, not Daniel’s, I thought you could see Jack’s heart breaking, could see the love he had for Daniel and I really, really decided that I hated Jonas Quinn.
When Daniel comes through the gate and starts yelling “Don’t touch me!” and then when he explains to Jack how he’s going to die, I just felt sick. And I cried.
And the next episode, when Sam has to tell Osiris that Daniel’s gone and she gets mad, that broke me a bit as well. Quite a lot, actually.
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Here’s the thing. I hated him too, when he was first on SG-1 and I thought it was awesome that they sent him off to Siberia, etc because what a jerk!
And then I watched SGA. And he becomes a hero, even though he’s terrified. And he becomes something more. And I fell in love with him.
So now, when I watch those episodes of SG-1, I get mad. He has a valid point about the Stargate blowing up and killing them all but they get mad that he’s telling them The Facts instead of falling all over himself to save their friend. And now that I see who he really is and that he really is brilliant, etc, I get mad on his behalf.
Not to say that I don’t love Teal’c but, come on! All of Colorado! In a gaping black hole! How can you not take that into account??!!??!
I can’t ship Rodney and Sam. Can’t do it. Because of all the fandoms I’ve ever been in, Sheppard/McKay is my true fax OTP. I love them and they are such a good fit!
They start to play with more Sam/Rodney stuff as Rodney becomes a more popular character. He shows up in Season 8 of SG-1 in some alt. reality episodes and she shows up on season 3 of SGA, when Rodney gets a head injury- he imagines her topless and it’s glorious.
Which brings me to something else I wanted to talk to you about. Someone at one point had mentioned that in fic, it’s hard to write Daniel/Jack AU’s because they would never have been friends if it weren’t for the specific situation that they found themselves in. John and Rodney, however, were fast for friends for different reasons and could totally have found each other and fallen in to a similar relationship had they met outside of the realm of the SGC. Just food for thought.
4. Meridian just ripped my heart out of my chest and stomped on it. Repeatedly.
I KNOW!!! I felt the same way! This episode made it very hard for me to like Jonas because of his part in Daniel’s death and the cover up that went along with it. When Jack goes back to make them admit that it was their fault, not Daniel’s, I thought you could see Jack’s heart breaking, could see the love he had for Daniel and I really, really decided that I hated Jonas Quinn.
When Daniel comes through the gate and starts yelling “Don’t touch me!” and then when he explains to Jack how he’s going to die, I just felt sick. And I cried.
And the next episode, when Sam has to tell Osiris that Daniel’s gone and she gets mad, that broke me a bit as well. Quite a lot, actually.