The difference between all those screw ups, and Trinity, as you said is that afterwards, they all got pats on the shoulders and a "It's not your fault".
I can't figure out why that is the case. I know at the time, the writers were making noise about McKay needing to be taken down a peg or two, plus the rest of the team needed to know he wasn't infallible, so they wouldn't keep relying on him to be their miracle worker.
I can't help but think the real reason is the writers aren't completely happy that "the geek" has become one of the most popular characters on the show. They weren't happy with Daniel being so popular on SG-1 either. They seem to want geeks in their proper place as the butt of jokes, but what they seem to be forgetting is one important equation: sci fi fans = a lot of geeks.
Another thing that bothers me about Weir rebuking people in public goes all the way to season one's 38 Minutes, where Kavanagh points out risks, and she gripes at him to worry more about the team and less about his own ass.
The fact is, he was doing his job in pointing out the risk, and that risk could have meant casualties on Atlantis itself, and didn't seem like he was doing any sort of "worrying about his own ass." I think maybe that was the writers attempting to make Weir "strong" but it actually came across as "bitch" to me.
The later antagonism in Critical Mass, where she has Ronon threaten to torture Kavanagh, so none of the earthers would get in trouble later if they survived it, made things even worse, and still never clarified why she was so pissed at Kavanagh, nor why he was keeping secrets. Yet another case of bending the characters to make the plot.
Carson is a character I still love, despite the fact they often made him do things that made him look like a modern-day Mengele. He's turning Wraith into humans, so other Wraith can kill them. Isn't that genocide? And has no one raised the question of the Wraith actually being humans, just with a mutation caused by the Ancients tinkering around with the Iratus bug trying to find ways to extend their lives so they could ascend? Why haven't they looked into figuring out why the Wraith can't feed on people like Ronon, and try to replicate it in others, and essentially starve the Wraith?
Oh, I don't think I have that kind of self control. Actually, I'd probably be happier if I stopped reading peoples discussions than if I stopped watching the show, sinceI can often shrug off what's on the show, but when I see people reacting like "OMG what a GREAT ep" and I hated it; that annoys me more.
I've been around fandoms a long time, and there are many times where I've just had to drop a show and leave fandom completely. With a few, I'd technically leave, as in stop watching, but remain with a small group of friends who were my friends beyond talking about the show itself.
Live Journals have been a tremendous help to me. I can easily avoid episode discussions if I want, and I usually know which journals to "trust" for true analysis and which ones for just the squee. ;)
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I can't figure out why that is the case. I know at the time, the writers were making noise about McKay needing to be taken down a peg or two, plus the rest of the team needed to know he wasn't infallible, so they wouldn't keep relying on him to be their miracle worker.
I can't help but think the real reason is the writers aren't completely happy that "the geek" has become one of the most popular characters on the show. They weren't happy with Daniel being so popular on SG-1 either. They seem to want geeks in their proper place as the butt of jokes, but what they seem to be forgetting is one important equation: sci fi fans = a lot of geeks.
Another thing that bothers me about Weir rebuking people in public goes all the way to season one's 38 Minutes, where Kavanagh points out risks, and she gripes at him to worry more about the team and less about his own ass.
The fact is, he was doing his job in pointing out the risk, and that risk could have meant casualties on Atlantis itself, and didn't seem like he was doing any sort of "worrying about his own ass." I think maybe that was the writers attempting to make Weir "strong" but it actually came across as "bitch" to me.
The later antagonism in Critical Mass, where she has Ronon threaten to torture Kavanagh, so none of the earthers would get in trouble later if they survived it, made things even worse, and still never clarified why she was so pissed at Kavanagh, nor why he was keeping secrets. Yet another case of bending the characters to make the plot.
Carson is a character I still love, despite the fact they often made him do things that made him look like a modern-day Mengele. He's turning Wraith into humans, so other Wraith can kill them. Isn't that genocide? And has no one raised the question of the Wraith actually being humans, just with a mutation caused by the Ancients tinkering around with the Iratus bug trying to find ways to extend their lives so they could ascend? Why haven't they looked into figuring out why the Wraith can't feed on people like Ronon, and try to replicate it in others, and essentially starve the Wraith?
Oh, I don't think I have that kind of self control. Actually, I'd probably be happier if I stopped reading peoples discussions than if I stopped watching the show, sinceI can often shrug off what's on the show, but when I see people reacting like "OMG what a GREAT ep" and I hated it; that annoys me more.
I've been around fandoms a long time, and there are many times where I've just had to drop a show and leave fandom completely. With a few, I'd technically leave, as in stop watching, but remain with a small group of friends who were my friends beyond talking about the show itself.
Live Journals have been a tremendous help to me. I can easily avoid episode discussions if I want, and I usually know which journals to "trust" for true analysis and which ones for just the squee. ;)