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Non-contemporaneous thoughts
*haz woe* I was looking forward to having lots of new popslash fic to read this weekend, as the Poptober Challenge was due to be live by now. Sadly, practically everyone has dropped out of that one—I know, I know, Real Life has to trump fandom, however much I might wish it were otherwise—so there's only one story up and a prospect of (I hope) a couple more at some point.
:-( *wantz stories*
So I spent much of last night reading the Shroedinger's Rapist post and its multitudinous comments instead.
Anyway. On to my Non-contemporaneous thoughts.
Beast and I have been watching Stargate: Atlantis together, and are now into the fifth season (which I haven't seen before). I have been struck so many times by the contempt meted out to Rodney and Zelenka, and it continues to baffle me.
Yes, indeed, they *are* geeks. They are geeks whose brains have managed to save Atlantis from... well, from nearly every little scrape they've managed to get themselves into. So why are they so belittled? If Rodney mentions that he is more valuable than, say, Ronon and Teyla and Sheppard combined, he speaks no less than the truth. Each of them is replaceable (Teyla less so than the others, but still, replaceable).
Why is Rodney's desire to eat so mockable? In a recent show, he was wolfing down a belated lunch, with John and Ronon sitting watching him in mild disgust. And they were all sent out on a mission before he'd eaten—with the clear implication that the others had not eaten at all. This is DUMB. No commanding officer with a grain of sense (Sheppard rarely fits this definition) would send troops into potential danger without at least making sure they had been fed! Besides, eating is *normal*. Human beings need to do it. Gah.
I get it, really. Being academically-intelligent is Unmanly. Being interested in, say, pigeons, instead of football is Unmanly. Even Samantha (possibly because of her SGA lobotomy) subscribes to the whole deal, and belittles Zelenka (who is *adorable*) for no reason at all. And of course any kind of character consistency is Just Silly, when you have someone available who can be mocked: no matter that Rodney has demonstrated consistently and from the beginning that he has courage when it counts—let's lock him in a Wraith cell (a situation with which he is not unfamiliar) and instead of having him attempt to escape, just let him gibber.
Dear god. The writing is so fucking dumb.
And another thing. Yes, I'm way behind on my American Idol watching, having seen it all perhaps a couple of weeks ago instead of week-by-week as it was happening. (Thank goodness. Having to endure it live, with all the bollocks *and* intermittent advertising, instead of being able to fast forward... how does anyone deal with that?) And you know, as I was watching, I never understood that those 'theatrical' references were supposed to be code for 'gay as a rainbow jumper'. Adam Lambert had been in musical theatre productions. This was indeed perfectly recognisable. But I like musical theatre. I do musical theatre myself. I see nothing wrong, or suspect, or snide, about musical theatre references, so they all passed me by until I watched the wonderful 'Idolatry' stuff. Fortunately Adam Lambert was well up to the task of dealing with them. But damn it. There's nothing wrong with musical theatre!
Off to Body Balance now. May return calmer.
:-( *wantz stories*
So I spent much of last night reading the Shroedinger's Rapist post and its multitudinous comments instead.
Anyway. On to my Non-contemporaneous thoughts.
Beast and I have been watching Stargate: Atlantis together, and are now into the fifth season (which I haven't seen before). I have been struck so many times by the contempt meted out to Rodney and Zelenka, and it continues to baffle me.
Yes, indeed, they *are* geeks. They are geeks whose brains have managed to save Atlantis from... well, from nearly every little scrape they've managed to get themselves into. So why are they so belittled? If Rodney mentions that he is more valuable than, say, Ronon and Teyla and Sheppard combined, he speaks no less than the truth. Each of them is replaceable (Teyla less so than the others, but still, replaceable).
Why is Rodney's desire to eat so mockable? In a recent show, he was wolfing down a belated lunch, with John and Ronon sitting watching him in mild disgust. And they were all sent out on a mission before he'd eaten—with the clear implication that the others had not eaten at all. This is DUMB. No commanding officer with a grain of sense (Sheppard rarely fits this definition) would send troops into potential danger without at least making sure they had been fed! Besides, eating is *normal*. Human beings need to do it. Gah.
I get it, really. Being academically-intelligent is Unmanly. Being interested in, say, pigeons, instead of football is Unmanly. Even Samantha (possibly because of her SGA lobotomy) subscribes to the whole deal, and belittles Zelenka (who is *adorable*) for no reason at all. And of course any kind of character consistency is Just Silly, when you have someone available who can be mocked: no matter that Rodney has demonstrated consistently and from the beginning that he has courage when it counts—let's lock him in a Wraith cell (a situation with which he is not unfamiliar) and instead of having him attempt to escape, just let him gibber.
Dear god. The writing is so fucking dumb.
And another thing. Yes, I'm way behind on my American Idol watching, having seen it all perhaps a couple of weeks ago instead of week-by-week as it was happening. (Thank goodness. Having to endure it live, with all the bollocks *and* intermittent advertising, instead of being able to fast forward... how does anyone deal with that?) And you know, as I was watching, I never understood that those 'theatrical' references were supposed to be code for 'gay as a rainbow jumper'. Adam Lambert had been in musical theatre productions. This was indeed perfectly recognisable. But I like musical theatre. I do musical theatre myself. I see nothing wrong, or suspect, or snide, about musical theatre references, so they all passed me by until I watched the wonderful 'Idolatry' stuff. Fortunately Adam Lambert was well up to the task of dealing with them. But damn it. There's nothing wrong with musical theatre!
Off to Body Balance now. May return calmer.
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Sam... obviously wasn't allowed to be smart any longer, even when the situation called for it, unless neither Rodney nor Radek was available. Very silly.