Sateda, Or So Much Love It Hurts
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stillaneSo, yes, I am fully aware that all of this has already been said by all of you brilliant people who manage to watch in a timely manner. Also, I need to see it again. This is just me babbling about the love.
But... So. Much. Love. Oh god, it was so damned... yeah
- We don't need to talk about the black combat gear. Let's just take that as a given of guh.
- "I don't know how you tell them apart." Hee. Because they're all Vancouver. This comment is particularly ironic given that this set was one of the rare non-verdant-forest ones.
- Rodney says that he remembers all the gate addresses, and he does. Later on, Sateda comes right off the top of his head. Go, Rodney!
- Ronon stops firing to watch Teyla go down. Consummate warrior that he is, he's vulnerable because of his team. Good thing they tend to save his ass.
- Rodney on the gateroom floor, with that empty look. He's got to be getting damn sick of coming back alone.
- Yay continuity! Ronon's very first big humanizing scene with Teyla! Go, little writers! Go!
- Gotta love the logic in turning Ronon back to "his masters". Yep, Ronon's the slave in this equation. You're not Wraith butlers or anything, oh "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" Guy. (And, yeah, there's a man of constant sorrow joke somewhere in there.)
- Carson, honey, why would you not let them get intel before you drug the only witness to the gills? Just saying.
- Were there always this many hair references? Seriously, is it just me, or has the fanon made the leap to screen? Not that I'm complaining. I like the hair jokes.
- Lorne? Where are you? You better just be offworld. I would miss you.
- Oh, Ronon. The semi-humorous Copperfield Knife Trick becomes something not at all funny. His hand is shaking. Ronon.
- Teyla being the expert on all things culled is right. I love her world-weariness here. I also love the empty reassurance, particularly with the Ford resonances.
- I love Ronon hitting the ground with a purpose. He knows what needs doing, and he does it. I also adore the graduated weapons acquisition. He brings a knife to a gunfight, and he wins.
- Henceforth, Dead Wraith #1 will be referred to as RayBanWraith.
- The floor scene is... yeah. I've got nothing intelligent to say. I'll just be over here grinning.
- There's been a running theme lately of family units. Shelving Sheppard's big scene for a moment, we had the whole Pegasus Project episode to emphasize how different the SGA and SGC groups are from one another, and how conscious they all are of this division. We also had the Daedalus prepped for a sacrificial run first thing this season. Caldwell's protection of his own people first and foremost is right. Yes, we love Ronon better than a nameless crew, but he shouldn't. Those people are his responsibility, his priority, and he's well within his bounds to say no to putting them in danger. I honestly don't think it would make any difference who it was. (And John, you are always getting in trouble. It's part of your appeal, but cut the guy some slack.)
- Ronon being the one in charge (or at least the one issuing orders in flashbacks) makes a painful kind of sense. These days, he takes orders. It hurts less.
- A totally shallow aside: Ceiling Ronon! Ronon in the sky with grenades! Slow-mo boom! Whee!
- For whatever reason, Ronon's flashback wardrobe stings. He's so very put together, so... clean. Softer. The fact that he has the opportunity to go back to that style, and never has, says a lot. I can't see him ever settling down again. For good or ill, I don't think there will ever be a quiet life in his future.
- More shallowness: the asskicking. Seriously. The painfully well planned asskicking.
- You know John was playing Tetris.
- The Teyla conversation (told you we'd come back to it)... She's got reason to wonder about that divide. If nothing else, way back when, John was prepared to sit back and watch a planet culled to protect Atlantis. That's got to raise some doubts, given that it's about the worst fate she can imagine. The whole issue here, I think, lies in where John's boundaries of possession are. He'll fight to the death for what's his - The Storm, etc. - and Teyla's only mistake is in thinking John's territory ends at Earth. Right idea, wrong definitions.
- Hee. John canonically sucks with "I love you". I feel all vindicated about Linguistics. And the little avoidance of eye contact during "I'd do anything" was... yep. Just right.
- Am I the only person whose response to "I have friends" was, Yes, but they're all dead?
- Carson, buddy, much as I love you? Don't quit your day job. You are a fine doctor - all questionable ethics and timing aside - but don't start thinking you know everything. We're going to skip that whole "Rodney really is a curmudgeon" thing and go straight to the important bit: he's not a bad shot. We have visual proof of this - beachboy!Wraith from The Defiant One, for example. Yes, he may have experienced some technical difficulties in the past - such as how to ensure the clip stays put - but once he gets to the actual firing, he's really got a pretty successful record.
- Okay, I lied. We're coming back to that curmudgeon thing. There's something to the fact that it's Carson who comes out with this attitude. There's been a lot of discussion lately about how Sam's missed the changes in Rodney, but Carson's got a lot less excuse. If nothing else, he's had ample proof that not much stops Rodney from stepping up to the plate where his team is concerned; neither enzyme, nor hive ship, nor dark of energy being will halt this genius in his appointed rounds. So, my question is, was Carson just winding him up? It seemed like a genuine puzzlement on his part, and yet this is certainly not the first time Rodney's gone on missions that weren't exactly his forte. Hmm. I need to think about this one some more. (Oh, but the answer to Carson's, "Have you ever had a conversation with the man?" should have been "When we were facing certain death on a hive ship, there was lots of time to chat.")
- More flashback heartbreak. And Ronon carrying youngins will never fail to make me melt. Yes, I am that much of a sap.
- The tattoo predates runnership. Interesting.
- Sateda makes Ronon revert to leader, and give orders to John. Very interesting.
- "Ronon appears to be quite angry." Hee. I love understatement.
- Fight scene = ow
- Carson, you are forgiven for all obtuseness. Nice work.
- "I win." Yes, Ronon, you really, really do.
- The hug and the chest pat, and Rodney's look of worry when Ronon keels over; "Who's flying the ship?" and its accompanying indulgent look... how could anyone doubt that they're a tight group?
- By the way, John lets him keep flying the ship. That's love.
I think what got me most was that they were exactly as they are in my head. From Ronon being both seriously deadly to the enemy and more bark than bite to his friends, to Rodney being willing to do just about anything for his team, to Teyla being the hardened veteran, to John being confirmed in his inarticulateness. Just... they were on.
*happy sigh*
ETA: I've used "love" eleven times in this post. Thought it bore mentioning.
- We don't need to talk about the black combat gear. Let's just take that as a given of guh.
- "I don't know how you tell them apart." Hee. Because they're all Vancouver. This comment is particularly ironic given that this set was one of the rare non-verdant-forest ones.
- Rodney says that he remembers all the gate addresses, and he does. Later on, Sateda comes right off the top of his head. Go, Rodney!
- Ronon stops firing to watch Teyla go down. Consummate warrior that he is, he's vulnerable because of his team. Good thing they tend to save his ass.
- Rodney on the gateroom floor, with that empty look. He's got to be getting damn sick of coming back alone.
- Yay continuity! Ronon's very first big humanizing scene with Teyla! Go, little writers! Go!
- Gotta love the logic in turning Ronon back to "his masters". Yep, Ronon's the slave in this equation. You're not Wraith butlers or anything, oh "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" Guy. (And, yeah, there's a man of constant sorrow joke somewhere in there.)
- Carson, honey, why would you not let them get intel before you drug the only witness to the gills? Just saying.
- Were there always this many hair references? Seriously, is it just me, or has the fanon made the leap to screen? Not that I'm complaining. I like the hair jokes.
- Lorne? Where are you? You better just be offworld. I would miss you.
- Oh, Ronon. The semi-humorous Copperfield Knife Trick becomes something not at all funny. His hand is shaking. Ronon.
- Teyla being the expert on all things culled is right. I love her world-weariness here. I also love the empty reassurance, particularly with the Ford resonances.
- I love Ronon hitting the ground with a purpose. He knows what needs doing, and he does it. I also adore the graduated weapons acquisition. He brings a knife to a gunfight, and he wins.
- Henceforth, Dead Wraith #1 will be referred to as RayBanWraith.
- The floor scene is... yeah. I've got nothing intelligent to say. I'll just be over here grinning.
- There's been a running theme lately of family units. Shelving Sheppard's big scene for a moment, we had the whole Pegasus Project episode to emphasize how different the SGA and SGC groups are from one another, and how conscious they all are of this division. We also had the Daedalus prepped for a sacrificial run first thing this season. Caldwell's protection of his own people first and foremost is right. Yes, we love Ronon better than a nameless crew, but he shouldn't. Those people are his responsibility, his priority, and he's well within his bounds to say no to putting them in danger. I honestly don't think it would make any difference who it was. (And John, you are always getting in trouble. It's part of your appeal, but cut the guy some slack.)
- Ronon being the one in charge (or at least the one issuing orders in flashbacks) makes a painful kind of sense. These days, he takes orders. It hurts less.
- A totally shallow aside: Ceiling Ronon! Ronon in the sky with grenades! Slow-mo boom! Whee!
- For whatever reason, Ronon's flashback wardrobe stings. He's so very put together, so... clean. Softer. The fact that he has the opportunity to go back to that style, and never has, says a lot. I can't see him ever settling down again. For good or ill, I don't think there will ever be a quiet life in his future.
- More shallowness: the asskicking. Seriously. The painfully well planned asskicking.
- You know John was playing Tetris.
- The Teyla conversation (told you we'd come back to it)... She's got reason to wonder about that divide. If nothing else, way back when, John was prepared to sit back and watch a planet culled to protect Atlantis. That's got to raise some doubts, given that it's about the worst fate she can imagine. The whole issue here, I think, lies in where John's boundaries of possession are. He'll fight to the death for what's his - The Storm, etc. - and Teyla's only mistake is in thinking John's territory ends at Earth. Right idea, wrong definitions.
- Hee. John canonically sucks with "I love you". I feel all vindicated about Linguistics. And the little avoidance of eye contact during "I'd do anything" was... yep. Just right.
- Am I the only person whose response to "I have friends" was, Yes, but they're all dead?
- Carson, buddy, much as I love you? Don't quit your day job. You are a fine doctor - all questionable ethics and timing aside - but don't start thinking you know everything. We're going to skip that whole "Rodney really is a curmudgeon" thing and go straight to the important bit: he's not a bad shot. We have visual proof of this - beachboy!Wraith from The Defiant One, for example. Yes, he may have experienced some technical difficulties in the past - such as how to ensure the clip stays put - but once he gets to the actual firing, he's really got a pretty successful record.
- Okay, I lied. We're coming back to that curmudgeon thing. There's something to the fact that it's Carson who comes out with this attitude. There's been a lot of discussion lately about how Sam's missed the changes in Rodney, but Carson's got a lot less excuse. If nothing else, he's had ample proof that not much stops Rodney from stepping up to the plate where his team is concerned; neither enzyme, nor hive ship, nor dark of energy being will halt this genius in his appointed rounds. So, my question is, was Carson just winding him up? It seemed like a genuine puzzlement on his part, and yet this is certainly not the first time Rodney's gone on missions that weren't exactly his forte. Hmm. I need to think about this one some more. (Oh, but the answer to Carson's, "Have you ever had a conversation with the man?" should have been "When we were facing certain death on a hive ship, there was lots of time to chat.")
- More flashback heartbreak. And Ronon carrying youngins will never fail to make me melt. Yes, I am that much of a sap.
- The tattoo predates runnership. Interesting.
- Sateda makes Ronon revert to leader, and give orders to John. Very interesting.
- "Ronon appears to be quite angry." Hee. I love understatement.
- Fight scene = ow
- Carson, you are forgiven for all obtuseness. Nice work.
- "I win." Yes, Ronon, you really, really do.
- The hug and the chest pat, and Rodney's look of worry when Ronon keels over; "Who's flying the ship?" and its accompanying indulgent look... how could anyone doubt that they're a tight group?
- By the way, John lets him keep flying the ship. That's love.
I think what got me most was that they were exactly as they are in my head. From Ronon being both seriously deadly to the enemy and more bark than bite to his friends, to Rodney being willing to do just about anything for his team, to Teyla being the hardened veteran, to John being confirmed in his inarticulateness. Just... they were on.
*happy sigh*
ETA: I've used "love" eleven times in this post. Thought it bore mentioning.
