I totally felt as if this ep was set in the AlphaCenverse.
now I want to write the Atlantis version of *Shanghai Noon.*
Guess who want to read it? *waves hand* And of course any other Rodney/Ronan that strikes your fancy.
I think John not reading Teyla's note is not necessarily meant to be Stoopid Plotting, but is supposed to show Why Having Sex Causes Trouble -- see how it distracts John at a crucial moment! See how it interferes with what's really important, i.e. The Team! Bad Sex, Bad!
You're totally right about NotPlaya!John, though I certainly think that Rodney canonically thinks that John's a playa, or could be. But it's really hard *not* to read Rodney's opinion as mad mad jealousy and projection: "When John smiles at me I want to jump him! He smiles at everyone! Therefore everyone must want to jump him! If everyone wanted to jump *me* I would totally be a playa! So John is a playa!" But you're right, we need to be careful about distinguishing between Rodney-logic and earth logic, and see what John is *actually* doing, which is not much.
I think your argument can actually lead one to conclude that Rodney has a stronger sex drive than John, or at least that John controls and suppresses his so effectively that he isn't aware of what his sex drive actually *is*.
I think for the most part sex is not worth the inevitable price to him – that price being that people get attached to you, and then you have to have discussions with them, *relationship* discussions, even, and they expect a lot of stuff from you and they start being around all the time and you can’t get rid of them without them calling you a dick and possibly breaking some of your stuff.
Except, you know, if he's gay he could totally avoid that "inevitable price", because it would be *quite* easy to hook up only with guys who don't believe in second dates, easier in fact than to find gay men who want actual ongoing relationships. The risk with gay encounters isn't that his partners will get attached, it's the risk to his job, his vocation.
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Date: 2005-12-03 10:04 am (UTC)From:now I want to write the Atlantis version of *Shanghai Noon.*
Guess who want to read it? *waves hand* And of course any other Rodney/Ronan that strikes your fancy.
I think John not reading Teyla's note is not necessarily meant to be Stoopid Plotting, but is supposed to show Why Having Sex Causes Trouble -- see how it distracts John at a crucial moment! See how it interferes with what's really important, i.e. The Team! Bad Sex, Bad!
You're totally right about NotPlaya!John, though I certainly think that Rodney canonically thinks that John's a playa, or could be. But it's really hard *not* to read Rodney's opinion as mad mad jealousy and projection: "When John smiles at me I want to jump him! He smiles at everyone! Therefore everyone must want to jump him! If everyone wanted to jump *me* I would totally be a playa! So John is a playa!" But you're right, we need to be careful about distinguishing between Rodney-logic and earth logic, and see what John is *actually* doing, which is not much.
I think your argument can actually lead one to conclude that Rodney has a stronger sex drive than John, or at least that John controls and suppresses his so effectively that he isn't aware of what his sex drive actually *is*.
I think for the most part sex is not worth the inevitable price to him – that price being that people get attached to you, and then you have to have discussions with them, *relationship* discussions, even, and they expect a lot of stuff from you and they start being around all the time and you can’t get rid of them without them calling you a dick and possibly breaking some of your stuff.
Except, you know, if he's gay he could totally avoid that "inevitable price", because it would be *quite* easy to hook up only with guys who don't believe in second dates, easier in fact than to find gay men who want actual ongoing relationships. The risk with gay encounters isn't that his partners will get attached, it's the risk to his job, his vocation.