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SG:A... Yeah. That one.
Follow me on a wandering list of joy - you know, if you want to - because the glee has got to go somewhere.
Okay, first off: eeeeeeeeeee!!!
Ahem. Now that we've got that out of the way.
This whole thing is brain candy. Like, frighteningly meta-filled little nuggets of character. Oh, wow.
Stuff I loved:
- Anti!Vancouver. We have ferns, this season. See, all different. Hee.
- Did I mention the meta? "It's almost as if someone in a warm, cozy room typing at their computer sent us here for their own amusement."
Um. Yeah. Heh.
- "Forty-two." *geekgasm*
- "You have a bet riding on this, don't you?" I love that this comes from Teyla. This wouldn't be surprising from John, or from Ronon, but from Teyla... It's nicely relaxed. A step up from the usual eyeroll of tolerant amusement.
- John touches something glowy. Bad things happen. Seriously, anyone know what Rob Cooper's screen name is? Also, when he got with the program?
- Ronon hauls McKay around, and McKay doesn't actually protest. The overall idea of leaving, yeah, but not the manhandling. Go, touchyfeely team!
- The way they all meet up for breakfast like this is the norm. Also, the way they sit around discussing their dreams over said breakfast. It's cozy.
- Oh, boy. Moby Dick. The idea that Rodney has always had nightmares involving the ocean, and what lies under it, and that he keeps going back to face that fear. What is with him and watery death, anyway?
- The fantastic way each dream sequence is very firmly from a specific character's point of view, and that each one is timed so that the reveal that it is a dream is coded to the exact moment you figure out who's point of view it is.
- That scene in the infirmary where Ronon's got a knock on the noggin and Sheppard is floating around in the background... Sheppard is creepy there. And he's perfectly normal, it's just the context screwing with your head. *shivers*
- Oh, Ronon. Oh.
- I love that Ronon's evil!John directly channels possessed!John from The Long Goodbye.
- Ronon being a gentleman despite himself, in the odd little moments where it peeks through, never fails to hit me in the chest. That little, "I'm sorry"... ow.
- "... and then I was eaten by a whale." *snort*
- Um. Not that I want to be spoiled if it's a big plot point, but... is Chuck toast? Not that I don't like the new guy, I do, just... Chuck. *fears*
- Hellooooo, Lorne. Bare feet look good on you, especially with that frazzled expression and the Sheppard hair. You might want to put the gun down, though. It's kind of hard for anyone to get near enough to molest you.
- "Did I have a goatee?" Heh. No, John, you have not been Ba'al-ed. You can pull off maniacal clean-shaven.
- The shoulder pat makes the science team reference more than just flipping Rodney's words back on him. It makes it an acknowledgment of fact, too. Aw.
- Have rock hammer, will travel.
- I like the layering of "Oh, crap... she's going to touch it" tension with background exposition. Nicely done.
- Kate. Oh. I did not in any way see that coming. Even when Teyla was standing there with her, I thought it would be fixable. This show... oh, this show.
- John and Teyla in his doorway. Yeah.
- When they were zooming in on the person carrying the entity, I was thinking, "You know, this would be perfect if it were Rodney."
And then it was.
And from here on out, it is all glee. Pure, unadulterated glee. Especially:
- John freaking out on the observation deck.
- Sam being a better interior decorator than Elizabeth. *is surprisingly disloyal*
- The team pulling together in full pack fashion. Yes.
- John getting pissy with Sam. Oh, yeah.
- "I'm pretty screwed up" would have been fantastic all on its own, but the tone of their whole exchange is perfect. There's that fatalistic-but-sweet thing that only Hewlett really ever manages to do with his voice, and I cave every time for that.
- The boat. The boat. The fact that what Rodney finds scariest of all is the combination of being exiled from Atlantis and left to his own childhood fears. The rowing. The clown. Heh.
- And then the bit that made me stop breathing for a while. Whoa. There is no way to really cover John's reaction. Just... none. Flanigan, I <3 you hugely.
- The way Rodney knows it's an energy beasty, and yet still looks like it's killing him to watch something with John's face in pain.
- The fact that they both expected their nightmares to involve more hot girls. Um, guys?
- The Look after they wake up.
- That soft, soft lullaby of an ending.
So, yeah. I'll just be over here continuing to jitter - possibly in my sleep.
Ahem. Now that we've got that out of the way.
This whole thing is brain candy. Like, frighteningly meta-filled little nuggets of character. Oh, wow.
Stuff I loved:
- Anti!Vancouver. We have ferns, this season. See, all different. Hee.
- Did I mention the meta? "It's almost as if someone in a warm, cozy room typing at their computer sent us here for their own amusement."
Um. Yeah. Heh.
- "Forty-two." *geekgasm*
- "You have a bet riding on this, don't you?" I love that this comes from Teyla. This wouldn't be surprising from John, or from Ronon, but from Teyla... It's nicely relaxed. A step up from the usual eyeroll of tolerant amusement.
- John touches something glowy. Bad things happen. Seriously, anyone know what Rob Cooper's screen name is? Also, when he got with the program?
- Ronon hauls McKay around, and McKay doesn't actually protest. The overall idea of leaving, yeah, but not the manhandling. Go, touchyfeely team!
- The way they all meet up for breakfast like this is the norm. Also, the way they sit around discussing their dreams over said breakfast. It's cozy.
- Oh, boy. Moby Dick. The idea that Rodney has always had nightmares involving the ocean, and what lies under it, and that he keeps going back to face that fear. What is with him and watery death, anyway?
- The fantastic way each dream sequence is very firmly from a specific character's point of view, and that each one is timed so that the reveal that it is a dream is coded to the exact moment you figure out who's point of view it is.
- That scene in the infirmary where Ronon's got a knock on the noggin and Sheppard is floating around in the background... Sheppard is creepy there. And he's perfectly normal, it's just the context screwing with your head. *shivers*
- Oh, Ronon. Oh.
- I love that Ronon's evil!John directly channels possessed!John from The Long Goodbye.
- Ronon being a gentleman despite himself, in the odd little moments where it peeks through, never fails to hit me in the chest. That little, "I'm sorry"... ow.
- "... and then I was eaten by a whale." *snort*
- Um. Not that I want to be spoiled if it's a big plot point, but... is Chuck toast? Not that I don't like the new guy, I do, just... Chuck. *fears*
- Hellooooo, Lorne. Bare feet look good on you, especially with that frazzled expression and the Sheppard hair. You might want to put the gun down, though. It's kind of hard for anyone to get near enough to molest you.
- "Did I have a goatee?" Heh. No, John, you have not been Ba'al-ed. You can pull off maniacal clean-shaven.
- The shoulder pat makes the science team reference more than just flipping Rodney's words back on him. It makes it an acknowledgment of fact, too. Aw.
- Have rock hammer, will travel.
- I like the layering of "Oh, crap... she's going to touch it" tension with background exposition. Nicely done.
- Kate. Oh. I did not in any way see that coming. Even when Teyla was standing there with her, I thought it would be fixable. This show... oh, this show.
- John and Teyla in his doorway. Yeah.
- When they were zooming in on the person carrying the entity, I was thinking, "You know, this would be perfect if it were Rodney."
And then it was.
And from here on out, it is all glee. Pure, unadulterated glee. Especially:
- John freaking out on the observation deck.
- Sam being a better interior decorator than Elizabeth. *is surprisingly disloyal*
- The team pulling together in full pack fashion. Yes.
- John getting pissy with Sam. Oh, yeah.
- "I'm pretty screwed up" would have been fantastic all on its own, but the tone of their whole exchange is perfect. There's that fatalistic-but-sweet thing that only Hewlett really ever manages to do with his voice, and I cave every time for that.
- The boat. The boat. The fact that what Rodney finds scariest of all is the combination of being exiled from Atlantis and left to his own childhood fears. The rowing. The clown. Heh.
- And then the bit that made me stop breathing for a while. Whoa. There is no way to really cover John's reaction. Just... none. Flanigan, I <3 you hugely.
- The way Rodney knows it's an energy beasty, and yet still looks like it's killing him to watch something with John's face in pain.
- The fact that they both expected their nightmares to involve more hot girls. Um, guys?
- The Look after they wake up.
- That soft, soft lullaby of an ending.
So, yeah. I'll just be over here continuing to jitter - possibly in my sleep.
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Seriously, anyone know what Rob Cooper's screen name is? Also, when he got with the program?
If he isn't one of us, he should be inducted. "Doppelganger" is like one of those fics that takes a fandom trope (Bad Things Happen When You Touch The Shiny, John Sheppard's Never-Ending Buffet O' Badly-Sublimated Guilt) and turns it into a really, really cool story--interesting narrative, the character interactions were great, and, you know, Rodney and John's great and screwed-up and completely textual love. Yes. Very great adoration and joy and fangirlish vibration for this.
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Yep. It kills me, it does. *g*
"Doppelganger" is like one of those fics that takes a fandom trope... and turns it into a really, really cool story
Exactly! Every time I watched the Buffet O'Guilt scene I thought, "You know, if someone had described a fic to me in which John thinks Rodney is dead and then everyone shows up to tell him what a bastard he is, I would totally ask them which chapter the tentacle rape is in," and yet, it works. It more than works, it makes me crosseyed with joy. This is about the only way I'd buy that scenario, and it's done so beautifully to boot. The way he staggers down that hall...
What I want to know is: when's the next Cooper episode, and does it involve mpreg?
and, you know, Rodney and John's great and screwed-up and completely textual love.
*nods* I love that the whole final scene physically parallels Aurora, too. I could practically hear the Habit of Saving Each Other speech.
*joins the vibration*
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I've seen 3 of the first 4 eps and wow, if the show keeps it up? This is going to top season 3 for awesomeness.
*hugs show TIGHT*
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Uh-huh. Think I'm going to have to go there with you. *g*
Buddy breathing my ass ;)
Heh. That one was pre-slash awareness for me, and even then I wondered why they didn't just get it over with and make out on dry land, too.
And yep, I am frighteningly optimistic about this season. Considering that a week ago I was still morosely refusing to que up Sunday and grumbling about Carter, that's one hell of an accomplishment.
*squishes show with you*
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If this is for the one that isn't the one I have seen then... here I be closing mine eyes. Just thought I'd tell you this.. to er... tell you this.
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This is indeed for that, and you are ever so wise not to peek. It is very worth the not knowing. *g*
They do this, and then they do that, and then... eeee! *bops in place*
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I know! I love that the way they set it up, the creature wasn't set to stun anymore. It was moving in for the kill, and what it decided would kill John was killing Rodney. And his reaction to it all proves that it was right. The way he fought evil!John... he wasn't terribly worried about surviving, just ripping the other guy to shreds. John, who can take out bad guys like Bond himself when he feels like it, got his head handed to him because he fought without any kind of caution. I just... Wow.
*still squeeing, too*
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And yeah, SO MARRIED. I love the fact that everyone seems to just expect them to be, too. Like, John says, "I need to duck into his head and rescue him from the Big Bad, because I love him so," and even Carter just shrugs. Heh.
*squishes team*
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When Rodney said, "I'm pretty screwed up" in that tone, oh god, I just wanted to hug him. And then when he thanked John and John gritted out 'I haven't done anything yet' you could see how much this was affecting John and how determined John was to save him. That entire scene was made of love and I think I need to go and watch it yet again, right now.
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oh god, I just wanted to hug him.
Uh-huh. *nods* I'm fairly certain that a solid half of my Hewlett love is based entirely on the things he does with his voice. Watch, next they'll do a totally silent episode and I'll have to re-evaluate. *g*
And John... oh, man, John. See, I'm used to crumbling at Rodney's reactions, and not so much with John's. It's not that I love him any less, it's just that I so rarely get the sense that he's about to be pushed too far. Like there's always an extra layer of reserve to fall back on (even when that reserve happens to be labeled 'Danger: Murderous Rage'). This though... The silence is what killed me. What he got across without saying a word, in expression and gesture alone, was fantastic.
I, um, think I'm going to have to join you in the rewatching. My poor neighbors are going to have the dialog memorized. *g*
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where Ronon's got a knock on the noggin and Sheppard is floating around in the background... Sheppard is creepy there. And he's perfectly normal, it's just the context screwing with your head.
Ooh, yes. I thought that the first time around, but couldn't quite articulate it in my own brain. Weird.
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but couldn't quite articulate it in my own brain.
I know what you mean. I watched it the first time and thought, But it's too early for another dream. It can't be. And yet... that man is ooky. *shiver* And then I watched it a bunch more times and thought, No, really. Ooky.
I love that they made us Teyla with the unwillingly being sincerely freaked out by him. My POV-loving heart is so full. *g*