It seemed strange to me that Sheppard would take over from Weir instead of Rodney I know! I mean, it's obvious that they *don't* have a command structure in place. If you think back to The Long Goodbye, when Weir and John get taken over Rodney asks if he should be in charge when Caldwell takes control. And think of the opening of season 3, when all of the commanding staff were out *Teyla* was in charge. Not that I don't think she's a good leader, but come on, as if an alien would *ever* make it into the chain of command. And in this case, Rodney so should have been in charge if only because it was a *scientific* crisis. John pulling him aside and demanding answers just wastes Rodney's time. I know that they put that in so we, the audience, know what the heck is going on, but that part drove me crazy the most. Weir always managed to do it in an unobtrusive way, but John kept making Rodney stop what he was doing, or distracting him when time was of the essence. And not trusting Rodney's work? Grrr. Again, the changing faces of John that makes me not like him.
Is she going to take over thing or just handle the administrative side as Weir did and leave Sheppard and McKay in charge of their respective personnel? I hope so. If that happens, then the worse that's going to happen is that the boys have to report to her, and John won't have as much leeway in pulling stupid stunts in the name of "a military situation". Actually that could be kind of cool. To see John take control like he always does and then have Carter smack him down for it. Or not, I'm not sure.
That's doubtful, but then how is she going to be in charge and also on missions, which is what I'm assuming is going to happen? Really? I hadn't assumed that at all. I kind of thought she'd get as involved as Weir did (which admittedly was more than Hammond ever did).
It's always bothered me that Trinity has really come to haunt Rodney when a: it was his first fuck up after having saved everyone's collective ass dozens of times and b: hello, Sheppard woke up the freaking Wraith, does no one remember that? I know! And Carson managed to doom an entire *planet*. Weir and Carson did that whole unethical thing to Michael. I mean, when you think about it, Carson screwed up way more than Rodney ever did, but everyone still trusted him. John's also done a lot of stupid fucked up things, but he always lands on his feet and gets off with a slap on the wrist. I mean, come on, he cold bloodedly killed like 50 Genii. No one has even *mentioned* it since.
And it's just shitty of John, as Rodney's friend if not as his team leader, to keep coming back to that. Also, honestly? How can they work together if he keeps bringing it up? Especially since he seems to encourage Rodney's reckless behaviour all the time. I mean, it's beginning to get a bit old, where when Rodney says he can't do it, John *makes* him do it. Also, one day it's going to backfire on them, and I can so see John blaming Rodney and holding it over his head.
Do the writers just have trouble with Sheppard or is Sheppard really just loosely hinged? I've seen a few interesting fics out there where it's the latter. To be honest though, I think it's actually the former, but it certainly comes off to me as the latter. Let's look at the evidence here: -Mad Genii killing spree -Always running off to do whatever despite orders (Afghanistan, Hot Zone, The Return, etc.) -Suicidal. -Running after Cheya (or however you spell her name) -Crazy mood swings -*Having* to be in control -Holding grudges to the end of time.
Oh, McKay. I totally couldn't tell if that was a half-ass apology or a heartfelt McKay an apology. <3 Yeah, the words sucked but Rodney doesn't really do apologies....
I think I'll have to scout around for some more info on Carter now. Not being an SG-1 fan is kinda turning into a handicap here. If you do go and watch them, keep an eye out for the episode where Carter starts dating this Ancient that builds a Stargate in her basement.
Originally David Hewlett was supposed to play that Ascended being. I find that really amusing, but am glad it didn't go through, because I can't see anyone but David playing Rodney.
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I know! I mean, it's obvious that they *don't* have a command structure in place. If you think back to The Long Goodbye, when Weir and John get taken over Rodney asks if he should be in charge when Caldwell takes control. And think of the opening of season 3, when all of the commanding staff were out *Teyla* was in charge. Not that I don't think she's a good leader, but come on, as if an alien would *ever* make it into the chain of command.
And in this case, Rodney so should have been in charge if only because it was a *scientific* crisis. John pulling him aside and demanding answers just wastes Rodney's time. I know that they put that in so we, the audience, know what the heck is going on, but that part drove me crazy the most. Weir always managed to do it in an unobtrusive way, but John kept making Rodney stop what he was doing, or distracting him when time was of the essence. And not trusting Rodney's work? Grrr. Again, the changing faces of John that makes me not like him.
Is she going to take over thing or just handle the administrative side as Weir did and leave Sheppard and McKay in charge of their respective personnel?
I hope so. If that happens, then the worse that's going to happen is that the boys have to report to her, and John won't have as much leeway in pulling stupid stunts in the name of "a military situation". Actually that could be kind of cool. To see John take control like he always does and then have Carter smack him down for it. Or not, I'm not sure.
That's doubtful, but then how is she going to be in charge and also on missions, which is what I'm assuming is going to happen?
Really? I hadn't assumed that at all. I kind of thought she'd get as involved as Weir did (which admittedly was more than Hammond ever did).
It's always bothered me that Trinity has really come to haunt Rodney when a: it was his first fuck up after having saved everyone's collective ass dozens of times and b: hello, Sheppard woke up the freaking Wraith, does no one remember that?
I know! And Carson managed to doom an entire *planet*. Weir and Carson did that whole unethical thing to Michael. I mean, when you think about it, Carson screwed up way more than Rodney ever did, but everyone still trusted him. John's also done a lot of stupid fucked up things, but he always lands on his feet and gets off with a slap on the wrist. I mean, come on, he cold bloodedly killed like 50 Genii. No one has even *mentioned* it since.
And it's just shitty of John, as Rodney's friend if not as his team leader, to keep coming back to that.
Also, honestly? How can they work together if he keeps bringing it up? Especially since he seems to encourage Rodney's reckless behaviour all the time. I mean, it's beginning to get a bit old, where when Rodney says he can't do it, John *makes* him do it. Also, one day it's going to backfire on them, and I can so see John blaming Rodney and holding it over his head.
Do the writers just have trouble with Sheppard or is Sheppard really just loosely hinged?
I've seen a few interesting fics out there where it's the latter. To be honest though, I think it's actually the former, but it certainly comes off to me as the latter.
Let's look at the evidence here:
-Mad Genii killing spree
-Always running off to do whatever despite orders (Afghanistan, Hot Zone, The Return, etc.)
-Suicidal.
-Running after Cheya (or however you spell her name)
-Crazy mood swings
-*Having* to be in control
-Holding grudges to the end of time.
Oh, McKay. I totally couldn't tell if that was a half-ass apology or a heartfelt McKay an apology. <3
Yeah, the words sucked but Rodney doesn't really do apologies....
I think I'll have to scout around for some more info on Carter now. Not being an SG-1 fan is kinda turning into a handicap here.
If you do go and watch them, keep an eye out for the episode where Carter starts dating this Ancient that builds a Stargate in her basement.
Originally David Hewlett was supposed to play that Ascended being. I find that really amusing, but am glad it didn't go through, because I can't see anyone but David playing Rodney.