It's Critical Mass all over again: Earth humans are *less* responsible for torture if the blood is on Ronon's hands, and Earth humans are *less* responsible for the extermination of 200 Wraith if Ronon was the only one who really wanted it to happen that way, and the rest of us were just trapped by cruel circumstance, and we all had our somber faces on when it happened.
(And then their "whee!" faces two seconds later, ugh.)
I think my favorite moment in "Misbegotten," actually, was that moment in the tent when Ronon is thinking about what will happen if the Wraith revert and have nothing to eat except each other. It's subtle, but he's like, "Oh, COME ON. What happens if the Wraith are forced to cannibalize each other? It's my best day ever, that's what!"
Seriously, how perfect and poetic is that if you're Ronon? It's not just a Wraith being killed horribly, it's a Wraith suffering the exact same horrible death that he's inflicted on countless humans for thousands of years; it's the laugh-a-minute, feel-good flick of the millenium, and Ronon would TiVo it and watch it EVERY DAY.
Now that I think about it, it's the one moment in that whole show where I could actually sympathize with someone's feelings AND understand the logical reasons why they felt that way. (Even Michael lost some points for "Wahh, why do I still have guards on me? I wanted you to trust me!" Bitch, please, even Ronon had guards on him for days and days, okay? You don't just get to wander around Atlantis without guards, don't be dumb.) Which is kind of sad, and definitely a comment on the SGA writers-- I mean, the 'shadow' shouldn't *be* the only one I can really get behind-- but oh well.
The character I find interesting is Sheppard, who I think knows it's all an absurd pretense and would be happy to kill them out of hand, but doesn't quite feel in a position to say so. It's kind of fun to watch him struggle with his impatience over this nonsense about curing the Wraith. I really think Sheppard has dealt with his self-image earlier in life and is more willing than the rest of our main cast to confess that he can be a stone killer if the tactics warrant it.
Well, there's that *and* his personal guilt about all the people now dying because of *him*. And you can say, yeah, those people would have died anyway, but who knows-- maybe the Genii would have come up with something, maybe the Hoffans would have-- who knows. I think it's something John thinks about a lot.
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Date: 2006-07-25 04:34 pm (UTC)From:It's Critical Mass all over again: Earth humans are *less* responsible for torture if the blood is on Ronon's hands, and Earth humans are *less* responsible for the extermination of 200 Wraith if Ronon was the only one who really wanted it to happen that way, and the rest of us were just trapped by cruel circumstance, and we all had our somber faces on when it happened.
(And then their "whee!" faces two seconds later, ugh.)
I think my favorite moment in "Misbegotten," actually, was that moment in the tent when Ronon is thinking about what will happen if the Wraith revert and have nothing to eat except each other. It's subtle, but he's like, "Oh, COME ON. What happens if the Wraith are forced to cannibalize each other? It's my best day ever, that's what!"
Seriously, how perfect and poetic is that if you're Ronon? It's not just a Wraith being killed horribly, it's a Wraith suffering the exact same horrible death that he's inflicted on countless humans for thousands of years; it's the laugh-a-minute, feel-good flick of the millenium, and Ronon would TiVo it and watch it EVERY DAY.
Now that I think about it, it's the one moment in that whole show where I could actually sympathize with someone's feelings AND understand the logical reasons why they felt that way. (Even Michael lost some points for "Wahh, why do I still have guards on me? I wanted you to trust me!" Bitch, please, even Ronon had guards on him for days and days, okay? You don't just get to wander around Atlantis without guards, don't be dumb.) Which is kind of sad, and definitely a comment on the SGA writers-- I mean, the 'shadow' shouldn't *be* the only one I can really get behind-- but oh well.
The character I find interesting is Sheppard, who I think knows it's all an absurd pretense and would be happy to kill them out of hand, but doesn't quite feel in a position to say so. It's kind of fun to watch him struggle with his impatience over this nonsense about curing the Wraith. I really think Sheppard has dealt with his self-image earlier in life and is more willing than the rest of our main cast to confess that he can be a stone killer if the tactics warrant it.
Well, there's that *and* his personal guilt about all the people now dying because of *him*. And you can say, yeah, those people would have died anyway, but who knows-- maybe the Genii would have come up with something, maybe the Hoffans would have-- who knows. I think it's something John thinks about a lot.