I love the way your mind works *friends you to as not miss more of it* And hurray for the wonders of the fannish hive-mind!
My view of Rodney is as someone who compartmentalises things and then, once certain 'items' are coded, both believes and tries to behave in such a way that is consistent with his coding. He has John coded as 'best friend', he had Katie, and now has Keller, coded as 'attractive females, of breeding age, who appear to be interested in me' and he has himself coded as 'straight, middle-aged genius'. So, when he starts thinking about wanting a family, the obvious way of fulfilling this wish is for him to believe himself to be in love with Katie/Keller. It is only when he tries to act on these beliefs that he starts getting odd data -- like John's response to him proposing to Katie or volunteering to go with Keller and like Rodney's ultimate inability to go through with proposing to Katie or his unconscious actions in The Shrine when it is to John he runs when he needs reassurance. He's still relying on his 'coding' - and hence the scene with Ronon at the end of Tracker - but we've already seen first-hand evidence that it is John with whom he can relax and be himself and it is John on whom he relies when things get tough.
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Date: 2008-09-26 09:40 am (UTC)My view of Rodney is as someone who compartmentalises things and then, once certain 'items' are coded, both believes and tries to behave in such a way that is consistent with his coding. He has John coded as 'best friend', he had Katie, and now has Keller, coded as 'attractive females, of breeding age, who appear to be interested in me' and he has himself coded as 'straight, middle-aged genius'. So, when he starts thinking about wanting a family, the obvious way of fulfilling this wish is for him to believe himself to be in love with Katie/Keller. It is only when he tries to act on these beliefs that he starts getting odd data -- like John's response to him proposing to Katie or volunteering to go with Keller and like Rodney's ultimate inability to go through with proposing to Katie or his unconscious actions in The Shrine when it is to John he runs when he needs reassurance. He's still relying on his 'coding' - and hence the scene with Ronon at the end of Tracker - but we've already seen first-hand evidence that it is John with whom he can relax and be himself and it is John on whom he relies when things get tough.
Yeah, it certainly isn't Keller! *g*
cep xxx