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

[ana-grrl.livejournal.com]

am I the only one not in love with John Sheppard?

Nope! I don't hate him or anything, but Sheppard doesn't grab me as particularly interesting and/or hot. I read McKay/Sheppard because a lot of it is really well written, but I haven't really felt the urge to write it because while I enjoy McKay, Sheppard doesn't really do it for me. The only time I've been able to write McKay/Sheppard was when Sheppard wasn't quite what he seemed (ie in Failsafe, or the one where Sheppard becomes zombified, or the one where he's a faery blacksmith and the whole story is just crack).

You know the one time I sat up and thought 'OMG, Sheppard is hot!' was when he was all buggified in Conversion. HOT.

A couple people have suggested I try writing Sheppard/Lorne, but I really can't do it!

Ooooh, and I hate it when people portray Rodney as fat too. I wrote a ficlet for ozsaur in response to her annoyance at that characterisation!

[kitakatzz.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm more interested in McKay (ie: reading/writing fics about him), but I'm more attracted to Sheppard. And usually when I'm attracted to a character that's the one I write/read fic for, but... not in this case, for some reason.

Pretty odd, now that I think about it.

[anoel.livejournal.com]

Well I'm only halfway through S1 but I definitely love Rodney the most and have yet to get the huge love for John. He doesn't interest me that much as well. That being said, I do enjoy John/Rodney.

[maekala.livejournal.com]

You're not the only one. I, personally, prefer a good Rodney-whumping to pretty much anything else.

[geeklite.livejournal.com]

Yes you are! *shuns you*.

No seriously, I love Sheppard a lot, mainly because he loves Rodney a lot. I'd find it difficult to choose between them, though.

[keewick.livejournal.com]

I'm equally attracted to both characters for different reasons, but I would have to say that I flat out love Rodney's character more than John's.

Although I can be pretty fluid about my OTPs. Like with QaF, I was a total Justin girl for the first three seasons then I swung back to loving Brian more for the final two.

In fact, this past season of SGA was the one that helped John gain some ground in my eyes 'cause I had some serious issues with him in S2. So who knows what changes in favoritism S4 might bring.

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.

See, now, that's weird 'cause I can't seem to get away from Rodney whump, and low quality whump at that. I mean, I love h/c and all, esp. when Rodney's the one hurt then being comforted, but there's a limit to how many times I can read about everyone underestimating him and him being all isolated and sad and abandoned before eventually proving everyone wrong and making them so ashamed at how badly they misjudged him. I guess I just don't like how Rodney whump so often seems to translate into fic where character bashing takes place to make it happen.

That said, if you're still looking for Rodney whump, I could direct you to a bunch of fics that are *all about Rodney and his whumpedness*, though the majority might be of questionable quality.