But all the same, Jack is *slashy* and we can read him as gay- but John it seems like John is *queer*, and that can be defended right from the text even if there was no one in particular to pair him off with.
YES. THIS.
I've just had a thought- where I see Jack as mostly straight but makes an exception for Daniel, I don't see John as only gay for Rodney. In fact, it's the opposite, at least in my mind.
Rodney and his whole "blonds" thing- that doesn't feel made up or forced or a cover for "secret" homosexual tendencies. I believe that Rodney does love women and would go so far as to say that he may never have even thought about men until Sheppard.
That might be a stretch but it wouldn't surprise me. I think Sheppard surprised him, sideswiped a guy who though he had himself all figured out. Much like Daniel did (at least in my mind, some of the time) to Jack.
I have mentioned in the past that I am a total romantic and the idea of people finding each other after years of being alone and having to change their view of themselves to make something RIGHT actually work really pushes all my buttons. And that's why John and Rodney have always just worked for me because I truly believe that neither one was happy until they found each other.
John LIKES Rodney's personality and he may be the only person in more than one universe who would be willing to put up with it ALL the time. He always seems to be amused by Rodney, even when everyone else is annoyed to the point of violence. That does something for me as well.
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Date: 2008-08-30 05:00 am (UTC)YES. THIS.
I've just had a thought- where I see Jack as mostly straight but makes an exception for Daniel, I don't see John as only gay for Rodney. In fact, it's the opposite, at least in my mind.
Rodney and his whole "blonds" thing- that doesn't feel made up or forced or a cover for "secret" homosexual tendencies. I believe that Rodney does love women and would go so far as to say that he may never have even thought about men until Sheppard.
That might be a stretch but it wouldn't surprise me. I think Sheppard surprised him, sideswiped a guy who though he had himself all figured out. Much like Daniel did (at least in my mind, some of the time) to Jack.
I have mentioned in the past that I am a total romantic and the idea of people finding each other after years of being alone and having to change their view of themselves to make something RIGHT actually work really pushes all my buttons. And that's why John and Rodney have always just worked for me because I truly believe that neither one was happy until they found each other.
John LIKES Rodney's personality and he may be the only person in more than one universe who would be willing to put up with it ALL the time. He always seems to be amused by Rodney, even when everyone else is annoyed to the point of violence. That does something for me as well.