In which I fail to have one.
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trinityofoneThis episode really frustrated me. Mostly I think it's the fact that TWO WEEKS IN A ROW Rodney has worked really hard to save John and BOTH TIMES it was for nothing. That kills me--that he would work soso hard, and what does he get? No thanks and no real acknowledgement (aww, but he acknowledged Zelenka's idea *squishes him*). Elizabeth won't even sit next to him! (What was up with that? I mean ha ha, but you've got to know that Rodney takes shit like that to heart--he'd never acknowledge it, but he does.) Not to mention that his boyfriend cheated on him with the world's most boring woman. Seriously, I really hated that chick. She was unbelievably bland; she made Katie Brown look dynamic. I never thought I'd say this, but can we bring back Chaya? Chaya could totally kick her stupid psychic ass.
Furthermore, I just have a big problem with the idea of Ascension in general. It's stupid--what the point of that kind of existence? John started to make these points, but the effect of what he was saying was kind of weakened by the fact that the Village of the Dull did get to go off and be all glowy. I would have much preferred if John had fulfilled his capacity as The One by introducing them all to drunken revelry, deviant sex, and general debauchery. That's the true path to Ascension!
However, I did like John Sheppard, World's Worst Meditator (is that a word?). Though I'm still confused as to why he had to spend the whole episode dressed like the lovechild of Luke Skywalker and Legolas. Or why he couldn't have just shaved the damn beard if he hated it so much--clearly Brother Who Looks Like Brendan Fraser's Ugly Cousin had access to proper shaving accoutrements so he could maintain that fugly goatee of his. Perhaps the beard was meant to be a physical manifestation of Sheppard's manly pain?
Anyway, I'm now even more convinced that the Ancients are EVIL, or at least not all shiny holy whatever. The source of the virus in "Hot Zone," Chaya's weird behavior, and just the fact that the Ancients created all those "inferior copies" of themselves and then left them with dubious technology and a few happy "Sure, worship us as gods!" scrawls? Yeeeaaaaah. Up to no good, I say. I can't wait for Rodney to prove it. Prove it, Rodney! Also, call John on the whole "I was there six months and I waited till, like, month five to sleep with boring chick. But I'm totally heterosexual! Look, I have a beard!" thing. (Yes, that is a thing. Okay, maybe several things. Whatever.)
Okay, complaining done. (For now--*ominous laughter*) Now bring on the fic where:
1. John and Rodney go through together, as a flimsy but still appreciated excuse for Sex in a Cave;
2. Rodney goes through and yells at everyone in the Village of Stupid until they run screaming into the woods and get eaten by the bad special effect;
or 3. The Ancient time-displacement area is actually the island on Lost. Come on, it's the SAME FRICKIN' MONSTER, people! All you need is a polar bear and the crossover is complete!
Furthermore, I just have a big problem with the idea of Ascension in general. It's stupid--what the point of that kind of existence? John started to make these points, but the effect of what he was saying was kind of weakened by the fact that the Village of the Dull did get to go off and be all glowy. I would have much preferred if John had fulfilled his capacity as The One by introducing them all to drunken revelry, deviant sex, and general debauchery. That's the true path to Ascension!
However, I did like John Sheppard, World's Worst Meditator (is that a word?). Though I'm still confused as to why he had to spend the whole episode dressed like the lovechild of Luke Skywalker and Legolas. Or why he couldn't have just shaved the damn beard if he hated it so much--clearly Brother Who Looks Like Brendan Fraser's Ugly Cousin had access to proper shaving accoutrements so he could maintain that fugly goatee of his. Perhaps the beard was meant to be a physical manifestation of Sheppard's manly pain?
Anyway, I'm now even more convinced that the Ancients are EVIL, or at least not all shiny holy whatever. The source of the virus in "Hot Zone," Chaya's weird behavior, and just the fact that the Ancients created all those "inferior copies" of themselves and then left them with dubious technology and a few happy "Sure, worship us as gods!" scrawls? Yeeeaaaaah. Up to no good, I say. I can't wait for Rodney to prove it. Prove it, Rodney! Also, call John on the whole "I was there six months and I waited till, like, month five to sleep with boring chick. But I'm totally heterosexual! Look, I have a beard!" thing. (Yes, that is a thing. Okay, maybe several things. Whatever.)
Okay, complaining done. (For now--*ominous laughter*) Now bring on the fic where:
1. John and Rodney go through together, as a flimsy but still appreciated excuse for Sex in a Cave;
2. Rodney goes through and yells at everyone in the Village of Stupid until they run screaming into the woods and get eaten by the bad special effect;
or 3. The Ancient time-displacement area is actually the island on Lost. Come on, it's the SAME FRICKIN' MONSTER, people! All you need is a polar bear and the crossover is complete!
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Date: 2005-11-29 07:46 pm (UTC)Exactly! It was weird. It actually got a giggle out of me--mostly because Rodney is just so cute--but then I realized that it was the exact same kind of laugh I force out when (ahh, if only I could say if) the same sort of thing happens to me. Like, "I'm going to try to be a good sport about the fact that you clearly think I'm a loser." Why? Elizabeth usually seems like she at least respects Rodney--it's one of the few things I like about her--so why the sudden shift? Did he come on to her when he was on the enzyme and we just weren't privy to the conversation? ;-)
Why should Sheppard be attracted to her? Seriously, why can't we get someone like Allina? She was cute.
She was! And with Chaya, I believed that John felt a connection to her Ancientness or whatever. (And yeah, she was also kind of hot.) But this lady...ugh. If there have to be space bimbos, can't they at least be space bimbos with personality? Honestly, it does not take much to give a character even a little personality. (Which is my modest, whiny way of saying: I liked my OFC better, waah. *g*)
It's not stupid, it's just beyond our understanding. ;)
Heh. Yeah, it's logic like that that brings out the Rodneyesque levels of sarcasm in all of us. I SO want the episode where he kicks some Ancient ass. Or even better: outsmarts an Ancient. Just pummels it with logic and invective until its brain ruptures--kinda like the Fembots in Austin Powers. *vbeg*
The village made me think of...Bhagwan's ashram?
Quoi?
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Date: 2005-11-29 08:11 pm (UTC)*blinks* You scare me.
I liked my OFC better, waah
You're not the only one, even though I wanthershoesnowdammit!
Bhagwan was the leader of a sect in the...1970's, I think. He founded this commune in India where everyone was wearing shades of red. When I saw the villagers' gaily coloured clothing and their stoned looks, I thought: Wait a second. This reminds me of something.
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Date: 2005-11-29 08:23 pm (UTC)*nods* I scare me, too.
But it could have happened! He was really stoned--and it's a better explanation than "That morning, John woke up straight and Elizabeth woke up a bitch."
You're not the only one, even though I wanthershoesnowdammit!
Aww. You can have them! You are now the official owner of Beryl's fictional shoes. *g*
When I saw the villagers' gaily coloured clothing and their stoned looks, I thought: Wait a second. This reminds me of something.
Heh. I was thinking Hare Krishna--or maybe Heaven's Gate? "Yes, just drink this Kool-Aid and you'll Ascend straight away!" Oh, and I am so going to Tasteless Joke Hell...
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Date: 2005-11-30 10:16 am (UTC)You...you gave me shoes. Shoes. I don't care if they're fictional or not, I'll be your bitch forever. ;)
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Date: 2005-11-29 08:22 pm (UTC)The sitting thing, I didn't even notice. But if I had, I'd have written it off to her either not wanting to get dirty or being too nervous to sit. But I'm in some strange 'hey, maybe Weir isn't all that bad' haze and so can't really be held accountable for whatever nonsense I come up with that keeps me from hating her again.
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Date: 2005-11-29 08:34 pm (UTC)Aww, thank you! *happy bounce*
The sitting thing, I didn't even notice.
The thing is, she does go sit--just not next to him! He pats the ground beside him (not in a flirty way or anything--comrade-like) and she just sort of shakes her head and sits elsewhere. And Rodney makes a little woobie "Oh" sound and...why is everyone so mean to my boyfriend??? Honestly!
I'm in some strange 'hey, maybe Weir isn't all that bad' haze
Well, I tend to be in a permanent "Yawn, Weir" phase--so congrats to the writers for getting me to sit up and pay attention? Only not.
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Date: 2005-11-29 08:42 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-11-29 08:53 pm (UTC)better yet, I could blame it on Sheppard's beard
*chokes on tea*
OMGyes! Everything is the fault of the beard! And now we need fic where Sheppard comes back to Atlantis, and suddenly nothing works, and, like, pictures hang crooked when he walks by, and the city doesn't love him anymore. And it's ALL THE BEARD'S FAULT!
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Date: 2005-11-30 03:53 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-11-30 03:36 am (UTC)When I first read this, I thought you were talking about Teeny. Or whatever her name was...
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Date: 2005-11-30 03:53 am (UTC)