>>also kinda spooky because, as Madison says, we're pretty much writing this exact story at the moment. *g*<<
Apparently there *is* such a thing as the fannish hive-mind. ;-) But seriously, this doesn't surprise me because it's all there, right in front of us on the tv screen. All one has to do is put the pieces together. *g* And I can't tell you how glad I am to hear that you're actually writing this because, as I said before, when I wrote this entry I truly wished that someone would do exactly that. :-)
>>Yes, of course we wear the tin-hats and the slash goggles,
And we all look mighty fine in them. *G*
>>neither need to work all that hard nowadays!
Really not, they're actually feeding our ... *uhm* ... "preferences", that the right word? Yes. *G*
>>pining!John is canon.
This, *this* was the very idea that crossed - no, scratch that - *obsessed* my mind the very moment John's eyes shot up to Rodney's face and he said "I can't". It's all in his eyes at that moment and I thought "Holy sh... he *DOES* love Rodney - it's CANON!"
And it was the moment I fell a teeny, tiny, little bit in love with JoeF (contrary to my huge crush on Lt Col John Sheppard) because he wasn't afraid to give us a performance *this* wide open to interpretation. He could have played it with a stony face, a determined, harsh "I can't", a strong-willed "leader" not showing any feelings but hiding them firmly behind a strong mask, but he didn't. He gave us John Sheppard vulnerable and wide open with his emotions practically screaming in his eyes - equally emotionally fragile/breakable in that moment and determined to not let it happen - and a "I can't" that includes an unspoken "because it breaks my heart".
>>Rodney *not* being in love with any woman, but rather always turning to his 'friend' John.
I really think he's in love with this whole "family" idea he got from seeing Jeannie's family rather than with the women he courts. It's not as if he's consciously assessing the women's usability, it's more like he wants to have that family and in order to get it you first have to fall in love with a woman. Therefore - he does. (or thinks that's what he does)
It's not as if he's meeting a woman and thinks "Yes, I love her. I want to marry her and have children with her", somehow it's the other way round, more or less unconsciously even, I think. He has this idea slumbering in his brain and consequentially he "falls in love" with possibly matching candidates. He chases an idea, a concept - and one of which I think wouldn't really be fulfilling for him in the long run if he actually gets to live it some day and live the reality of having to spread your time and adjust your actions and behavior between the requirements of your children, your work and your spouse who is a person with her *own* wishes and dreams which might clash with your occasionally.
Rodney just doesn't strike me as the type for that. He's single minded when it comes to his work, he can be reckless towards the feelings and needs of other people, he'll sacrifice himself in order to save Atlantis and its people (though he will deny it and complain and kick but he's going to *do* it anyway) and if you want to be his SO, you have to be strong enough to deal with that, accept him as he is and - I think - you have to have the same "goal", the same priorities or it will lead to nowhere.
So far I've just seen one person on SGA who is not only able to handle all this, not only able to hold their own against Rodney *without* letting it open up a deep crack between them in the long run but actually seems to enjoy and *love* being in the situation of having to handle Rodney. *G*
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Date: 2008-09-26 09:10 am (UTC)Thank you. Glad you find it plausible. *G*
>>also kinda spooky because, as Madison says, we're pretty much writing this exact story at the moment. *g*<<
Apparently there *is* such a thing as the fannish hive-mind. ;-) But seriously, this doesn't surprise me because it's all there, right in front of us on the tv screen. All one has to do is put the pieces together. *g* And I can't tell you how glad I am to hear that you're actually writing this because, as I said before, when I wrote this entry I truly wished that someone would do exactly that. :-)
>>Yes, of course we wear the tin-hats and the slash goggles,
And we all look mighty fine in them. *G*
>>neither need to work all that hard nowadays!
Really not, they're actually feeding our ... *uhm* ... "preferences", that the right word? Yes. *G*
>>pining!John is canon.
This, *this* was the very idea that crossed - no, scratch that - *obsessed* my mind the very moment John's eyes shot up to Rodney's face and he said "I can't". It's all in his eyes at that moment and I thought "Holy sh... he *DOES* love Rodney - it's CANON!"
And it was the moment I fell a teeny, tiny, little bit in love with JoeF (contrary to my huge crush on Lt Col John Sheppard) because he wasn't afraid to give us a performance *this* wide open to interpretation. He could have played it with a stony face, a determined, harsh "I can't", a strong-willed "leader" not showing any feelings but hiding them firmly behind a strong mask, but he didn't. He gave us John Sheppard vulnerable and wide open with his emotions practically screaming in his eyes - equally emotionally fragile/breakable in that moment and determined to not let it happen - and a "I can't" that includes an unspoken "because it breaks my heart".
>>Rodney *not* being in love with any woman, but rather always turning to his 'friend' John.
I really think he's in love with this whole "family" idea he got from seeing Jeannie's family rather than with the women he courts. It's not as if he's consciously assessing the women's usability, it's more like he wants to have that family and in order to get it you first have to fall in love with a woman. Therefore - he does. (or thinks that's what he does)
It's not as if he's meeting a woman and thinks "Yes, I love her. I want to marry her and have children with her", somehow it's the other way round, more or less unconsciously even, I think. He has this idea slumbering in his brain and consequentially he "falls in love" with possibly matching candidates. He chases an idea, a concept - and one of which I think wouldn't really be fulfilling for him in the long run if he actually gets to live it some day and live the reality of having to spread your time and adjust your actions and behavior between the requirements of your children, your work and your spouse who is a person with her *own* wishes and dreams which might clash with your occasionally.
Rodney just doesn't strike me as the type for that. He's single minded when it comes to his work, he can be reckless towards the feelings and needs of other people, he'll sacrifice himself in order to save Atlantis and its people (though he will deny it and complain and kick but he's going to *do* it anyway) and if you want to be his SO, you have to be strong enough to deal with that, accept him as he is and - I think - you have to have the same "goal", the same priorities or it will lead to nowhere.
So far I've just seen one person on SGA who is not only able to handle all this, not only able to hold their own against Rodney *without* letting it open up a deep crack between them in the long run but actually seems to enjoy and *love* being in the situation of having to handle Rodney. *G*
And it's not Keller.