I don't really have time to properly respond at this time so I should probably wait, but I've never been known for reasonable decisions.
Unfortunately that quote makes me sound rather anti-Rodney and I hope I don't get a bunch of flames out of it, because again, I do love Rodney a whole lot. What I was saying is that I don't understand why people have to put down one character to lift another one up, and the vast majority of the time, the one they chose is John. I think Rodney as a character stands on his own merits high enough that he doesn't need boosting from character assassination. People may complain about how Rodney is always fussed at/about, but it's partly because of that we have so much character development for him. We get to see how Rodney thinks and reacts to different situations, and more importantly why, more than anyone else on the show. IMO, he's the one the one that has had the most on-screen personal growth over the four seasons.
I know John has his flaws. I know he can be a jerk sometimes. I hated how he acted in "Adrift" and "Lifeline." No one calls him on it most likely because of his authority, but I wish someone would because I would love to know more about how John's mind works. I will say, though, that in pointing out his big mistakes, I have never considered his waking the Wraith as being something to pin on him. Sumner was the one that insisted on checking out the place, and no one told John, "Hey, if you kill this chick you'll wake everyone up early." He had no way of knowing she was any different from the others they'd already shot. If he'd known that was a risk and did it anyway, that would be different.
As for Elizabeth, her reaming Rodney publicly was just plain bad management. Maybe because they were both civilians, or because she's known Rodney for so long, she felt that she had a personal stake in it, I don't know. Whatever the case, it was a damned shitty thing to do, as a friend or a commander. I liked Weir as a person but some of her management decisions were just plain bad.
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Unfortunately that quote makes me sound rather anti-Rodney and I hope I don't get a bunch of flames out of it, because again, I do love Rodney a whole lot. What I was saying is that I don't understand why people have to put down one character to lift another one up, and the vast majority of the time, the one they chose is John. I think Rodney as a character stands on his own merits high enough that he doesn't need boosting from character assassination. People may complain about how Rodney is always fussed at/about, but it's partly because of that we have so much character development for him. We get to see how Rodney thinks and reacts to different situations, and more importantly why, more than anyone else on the show. IMO, he's the one the one that has had the most on-screen personal growth over the four seasons.
I know John has his flaws. I know he can be a jerk sometimes. I hated how he acted in "Adrift" and "Lifeline." No one calls him on it most likely because of his authority, but I wish someone would because I would love to know more about how John's mind works. I will say, though, that in pointing out his big mistakes, I have never considered his waking the Wraith as being something to pin on him. Sumner was the one that insisted on checking out the place, and no one told John, "Hey, if you kill this chick you'll wake everyone up early." He had no way of knowing she was any different from the others they'd already shot. If he'd known that was a risk and did it anyway, that would be different.
As for Elizabeth, her reaming Rodney publicly was just plain bad management. Maybe because they were both civilians, or because she's known Rodney for so long, she felt that she had a personal stake in it, I don't know. Whatever the case, it was a damned shitty thing to do, as a friend or a commander. I liked Weir as a person but some of her management decisions were just plain bad.