Hmmm... I understand the dynamic that you're talking about, I'm just not sure that I see it here.
That could also be that grudge thing I was talking about before. ;)
I will say that on SGA, when he's trapped with the head injury and he imagines her, you can see how he really feels about her and how he interprets her treatment of him.
And being willing to give Rodney that kind of intellectual respect- being willing to stand up to him, take his rudeness and abrasiveness and give your own back and not let that dissuade you from really engaging with him- isn't THAT appreciating him for who he is? I mean, that really looks to me like taking him on his own terms and appreciating who he is.
I don't think it's "appreciating" him for who he is. It's "putting up with", more than anything else, which is a fine line but they are different. I mean, I feel that much of the time, they're patting him on the head and rolling their eyes (sometimes literally) behind his back. That, to me, sucks.
I think that Rodney isn't always treated well by the writers. It's like they don't know what to do with him- the viewers love him but I don't think the writers know WHY. Hell, I'm not sure all the VIEWERS know why. But they play him all over the spectrum. Whiny, cowardly asshole to heroic bad ass. And that bugs the shit out of me, much in the way that Sam isn't consistently written over on SG-1 or the way that the SGA writers have reached EPIC FAIL with Elizabeth.
I think if I could learn to let go of other people's grudges and just roll with it, I could feel better about Sam and Rodney.
I just imagine him being SO terribly awkward with her. He'd have to be REALLY drunk to have a good roll in the hay because he'd be SO NERVOUS and fumbly.
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Re: Part 1, of 2
Date: 2008-04-30 08:11 pm (UTC)That could also be that grudge thing I was talking about before. ;)
I will say that on SGA, when he's trapped with the head injury and he imagines her, you can see how he really feels about her and how he interprets her treatment of him.
And being willing to give Rodney that kind of intellectual respect- being willing to stand up to him, take his rudeness and abrasiveness and give your own back and not let that dissuade you from really engaging with him- isn't THAT appreciating him for who he is? I mean, that really looks to me like taking him on his own terms and appreciating who he is.
I don't think it's "appreciating" him for who he is. It's "putting up with", more than anything else, which is a fine line but they are different. I mean, I feel that much of the time, they're patting him on the head and rolling their eyes (sometimes literally) behind his back. That, to me, sucks.
I think that Rodney isn't always treated well by the writers. It's like they don't know what to do with him- the viewers love him but I don't think the writers know WHY. Hell, I'm not sure all the VIEWERS know why. But they play him all over the spectrum. Whiny, cowardly asshole to heroic bad ass. And that bugs the shit out of me, much in the way that Sam isn't consistently written over on SG-1 or the way that the SGA writers have reached EPIC FAIL with Elizabeth.
I think if I could learn to let go of other people's grudges and just roll with it, I could feel better about Sam and Rodney.
I just imagine him being SO terribly awkward with her. He'd have to be REALLY drunk to have a good roll in the hay because he'd be SO NERVOUS and fumbly.
I am SO RAMBLY RIGHT NOW AND CAPS LOCK FTW.