I have to clap my hands with glee here because you brought up all the points I'd been making to myself and others, as well as some others I hadn't considered. A nice summation of the progression of the relationship over all as well.
The glee comes in as I am currently working with the_cephalopod on a fic that covers just these points, though I must admit the reproduction/family issue did not strike me as forcibly as it did you--I think we're going to have to look harder at that as we write. I'm going to direct Cep here because I think she needs to read this!
Also, no one hit me here, but I *love* the Rodney/Keller/Ronon triangle that canon would have us believe is real. I love it because there is so much ground for comedic fodder, but more importantly, a perfectly balanced triangle, with Keller as a focal point, will go *no where*. She can teeter between Rodney and Ronon for *years* and never have to commit within the limited amount of time left to canon (note that I do not believe there will be more than one SGA movie). As such, we do not have to watch Rodney getting married, having kids etc. :-)
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The glee comes in as I am currently working with the_cephalopod on a fic that covers just these points, though I must admit the reproduction/family issue did not strike me as forcibly as it did you--I think we're going to have to look harder at that as we write. I'm going to direct Cep here because I think she needs to read this!
Also, no one hit me here, but I *love* the Rodney/Keller/Ronon triangle that canon would have us believe is real. I love it because there is so much ground for comedic fodder, but more importantly, a perfectly balanced triangle, with Keller as a focal point, will go *no where*. She can teeter between Rodney and Ronon for *years* and never have to commit within the limited amount of time left to canon (note that I do not believe there will be more than one SGA movie). As such, we do not have to watch Rodney getting married, having kids etc. :-)