John Sheppard

[paraka]

I have to study for an exam, so of course I'm procrastinating. :D

So I've been thinking.

Everyone is the SGA fandom seem to be totally in love with John Sheppard. People may love Rodney more, but they still adore John. I mean, when you look at some of the major pairings in this fandom, they all have John in it (John/Rodney, John/Elizabeth). I'm on this one yahoo group that's always squeeing about Sheppard whump. A few weeks ago, I went on a search for Rodney whumping fics, and even then I was finding them more focused on John than Rodney.

Now, I'm not saying Rodney never gets attention, but still, you'll run across people that dislike him (or at least come across as not loving him. They'll portray him as more annoying than he is on the show, or as fat (which drives geeklite crazy :P)).

The thing is, while I don't hate John or anything, he really doesn't interest me that much. When he's on screen, I'm just kind of meh. I don't actually find him all that hot (I'm waayyy more attracted to Rodney than John). I know people pair him up with everyone, but honestly? The only John pairing that I'm comfortable reading is John/Rodney. *shrugs*

Maybe it's my Rodney bias shining through, but I have to ask, am I the only one not in love with John Sheppard?

Comments

[paraka]

:D It seems I've filled my flist with Rodney lovers. Granted it's not hard, he is one of the best characters *evah* (in my humble opinion at least :P)

And John just doesn't seem all that whumpable to me. He's too stoic. Especially since I prefer mental H/C to physical any day.

[maekala.livejournal.com]

And the way that the writers have portrayed his character just make him perfect for psychological pain. Yeah, he bitches about hurting, but that's just him being...him. I'm not sure if he could be stoic while under physical duress...he'd be complaining too much. But the minute you start screwing with his head, it gets really interesting. The Eye and The Storm pretty much epitomize that.

[paraka]

I don't know, I once read someone saying that McKay only bitches about the minor things. When something really bothers him though, he's quite. Like during the Eye/Storm he hardly mentioned his arm, but in Conversion he whined about a splinter.

It *is* really fun screwing with his head though.

[maekala.livejournal.com]

He didn't mention his arm while they were still in the middle of a crisis, but as soon as they were all safe, he was bitching cause he had to bandage it himself.

So, if being tortured or something, he might not whine during the torture except that surprised yelp he sometimes does that amuses the hell out of me. But he would definitely complain while they were treating him.

[paraka]

What I kind of mean, is he only complains when he feels comfortable. Which can lead to some fun situations in fanfic. Like working through an injury until he drops. As much as he likes to complain, Rodney never really shirks when it matters.