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Thank you! I actually liked Rod a lot, which gathering from the comments to this story, seems to be a quirk unique to me. But one of the reasons I've written him twice and would like to do so again is that I see him as Rodney free of the rather pointless and neurotic self-doubt that I feel like is constantly tripping him up in canon and making him do and say the stupid things we do and say when we feel nervous. I always just want to shake him or hug him or both, because -- dude, Rodney is a ROCK STAR! -- smart and good-looking and funny, *hello*? And I just feel like if he knew that, he'd be -- well, Rod, and I thought it was really sweet that in the universe where Rodney *does* know that, he's actually much *less* self-absorbed and confident enough to do things that are out of his narrow comfort zone and make connections to other people and other generally human qualities. So, I don't know, to me Rod always came across as *very* Rodney-like -- just like the Rodney I always *want* Rodney to manage to be!

But, now I'm really just rambling. Thanks for the feedback!