I totally like your entire take on Sheppard. Seems very reasonable to me.
“What is it with you and Ascended women?” Sheppard’s shrug is the most honest answer possible, because God knows it’s nothing he does. They just follow him home, that’s all.
I think that's exactly right. There's something about John that attracts those close to Ascension/already Ascended. Maybe it has something to do with the 'alien' gene he possess so strongly that Atlantis lights up like a Christmas tree for him. I get this mental picture of John had gating into Atlantis when it was still populated by ancients and them following him around like a herd of cats after a catnip mouse on a string. LOL!
I can buy into the whole Ronon/faux-Zenmaster thing. As thisisbone said, it would be hard to imagine Ronon surviving those 7 years as he did without totally devolving into an animal without some kind of mental regime going on. Eating with his fingers means that fine china and a salad fork weren't always available and habits die hard, not that he swats in his quarters and picks fleas when no one else is around. Seven years as a fugitive, literally fighting for his life has pared Ronon's requirements down to the bare necessities of life.
Also, Chow Yun Fat? Yum!
About the PTB's representation of the Cult of the Boring Ascension? I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt and say I don't think they're trying to force religion into a mold so much as using a visual short-cut for the viewing audience to quickly reinforce the thought that they're spiritually advanced. Whether it's right or wrong (and I think you're right) the mindless seething masses associate bright colors and boisterous attitudes with a frivolous and hedonistic life-style and subdued colors and attitudes with someone who has turned their vision inward. I think it's more that the writer's are catering to the general population rather taking the trouble to be original. A grievous sin in itself.
He’s gentle with her, but he won’t even let the little girl touch him for the second healing: I can’t decide if that’s more of his whole thing about touch, or if the idea of being healed by magic bothers him somehow. Some people just aren’t really keen to deal with things that don’t work into their worldview unless they absolutely have no choice.
Did you see how the brother took little healer sister (I sooo suck with names) to rest after she healed John's neck? I think that healing requires using her own strength/energy and that John didn't want her to further deplete herself by finishing healing what amounted to scratches.
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I liked the beard, too.
Yeah, plot holes big enough to fly a puddlejumper through (but on the whole pretty good).
Ronon should smack Rodney with his big stick of manliness when he gets so snotty.
I adore Rodney snark, I really do. It's one of the things that make this show so interesting. I think he and Zelenka were made for one another, just like I think John has been waiting for Ronon. *g*
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“What is it with you and Ascended women?” Sheppard’s shrug is the most honest answer possible, because God knows it’s nothing he does. They just follow him home, that’s all.
I think that's exactly right. There's something about John that attracts those close to Ascension/already Ascended. Maybe it has something to do with the 'alien' gene he possess so strongly that Atlantis lights up like a Christmas tree for him. I get this mental picture of John had gating into Atlantis when it was still populated by ancients and them following him around like a herd of cats after a catnip mouse on a string. LOL!
I can buy into the whole Ronon/faux-Zenmaster thing. As
Also, Chow Yun Fat? Yum!
About the PTB's representation of the Cult of the Boring Ascension? I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt and say I don't think they're trying to force religion into a mold so much as using a visual short-cut for the viewing audience to quickly reinforce the thought that they're spiritually advanced. Whether it's right or wrong (and I think you're right) the mindless seething masses associate bright colors and boisterous attitudes with a frivolous and hedonistic life-style and subdued colors and attitudes with someone who has turned their vision inward. I think it's more that the writer's are catering to the general population rather taking the trouble to be original. A grievous sin in itself.
He’s gentle with her, but he won’t even let the little girl touch him for the second healing: I can’t decide if that’s more of his whole thing about touch, or if the idea of being healed by magic bothers him somehow. Some people just aren’t really keen to deal with things that don’t work into their worldview unless they absolutely have no choice.
Did you see how the brother took little healer sister (I sooo suck with names) to rest after she healed John's neck? I think that healing requires using her own strength/energy and that John didn't want her to further deplete herself by finishing healing what amounted to scratches.
And in short:
I liked the beard, too.
Yeah, plot holes big enough to fly a puddlejumper through (but on the whole pretty good).
Ronon should smack Rodney with his big stick of manliness when he gets so snotty.
I adore Rodney snark, I really do. It's one of the things that make this show so interesting. I think he and Zelenka were made for one another, just like I think John has been waiting for Ronon. *g*