Also, John wears a skirt made of large waxy leaves.

[zoetrope]

I'm unemployed now - it's a wonderful feeling. Well, apart from the general I'll-never-get-another-job paranoia. Other than that... freedom!

I've been filling my days with such high-powered job-seeking as watching SGA and reading SGA and writing SGA and-- well, you get the picture. There was also a fantasy involving an AU in which John, instead of being born on earth, was born on a planet in the Pegasus galaxy that the team eventually come across during a mission.

John is a member of a tribe that lives high in the trees of a rain-forest (insert many Ewok references here). When Rodney and team come through the gate in search of (insert plot device here), they are treated as Gods by the natives, and Rodney is given John, son of the tribal elder, in a sacrificial marriage.

There then commences much awkwardness and resistance of temptation until Rodney finally-- yeah, then the good stuff happens. It's not even that far off canon, or at least SG canon. See under: The Marriages Of Jackson, Daniel.

In other news, I rewatched Rising today, and have noticed some discrepancies with later seasons. These contain implicit spoilers for everything up to 2x10, so if you wish to remain pure, look away now.

Is it me, or by The Lost Boys do we no longer see:

1. The Wraith making people see things.

2. Evidence of life in the Wraith, even after death - as with one Wraith's arm still moving, Addams-family-style, after it has been blown off.

3. The Wraith sensing the feelings of the humans. This might be taking it too far, but the Guardian Wraith chick can sense Colonel Sumner's hunger, as well as his answers to her questions. Surely she can also therefore sense other feelings as well?

4. John naming things. (This should be continued for the simple fact that it is, for some reason, extremely hot.)

An interesting move away from the things that originally made the Wraith quite sinister. At least for me, the person who cannot watch an episode of Buffy without lots of lights on, a cushion to hide behind, and the 'mute' button at the ready.

Finally, I love Rodney. Why don't I have a Rodney icon?

That will be all.

Comments

[sweetvalleyslut.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the Wraith lost most of their superpowers over the first season. I mean, we haven't had a face-to-face conversation with one in quite some time, so it's hard to be completely sure--and I think the one in Siege pt. 1 (Bob) probably mentioned something about sensing Sheppard's fear or whatnot before Sheppard shot him to death. I think that the ability to interrogate psychically the way Sumner was might be an ability possessed only by female Wraith (because that would be awesome) but I guess we'll find out in the next episode.

And oh god, if you write that AU wedding story I willw...well, I'll read it and speak most highly of you afterwards. I don't really have all that much to offer here. =P Because it would be sad to have John without all his silly pop culture references, so Rodney would have to teach him about Earth Culture, and would end up woefully disappointed when it turned out that Sheppard had some kind of inborn love of cheesy Scifi. Or that's how it goes in my head, anyway. Plus the hot guilty angst.

[cold-poet.livejournal.com]

Is it me, or by The Lost Boys do we no longer see:

1. The Wraith making people see things.
2. Evidence of life in the Wraith, even after death - as with one Wraith's arm still moving, Addams-family-style, after it has been blown off.

Ah yes, but how many episodes of SG1 did we have before they quit it with the "freezing every time you go through the gate" crap? See, there's precedence ;)

3. The Wraith sensing the feelings of the humans. This might be taking it too far, but the Guardian Wraith chick can sense Colonel Sumner's hunger, as well as his answers to her questions. Surely she can also therefore sense other feelings as well?

But we haven't seen another "guardian" Wraith have we? Maybe it's a trait the "lesser" Wraith don't share?

4. John naming things. (This should be continued for the simple fact that it is, for some reason, extremely hot.)

*sigh* Yeah. Bummer. Of course they are also making Rodney out to be more of a characature this season too, which is kind of annoying, cause I liked him just the way he was. They aren't doing so hot IMO this season. I hope it gets better. *sigh again*

Oh, and you can have my Rodney icon. It's kind of boring, but it's Rodney.

[millefiori.livejournal.com]

This is sort of a tangent, but I sort of wish they'd back off of making the wraith seem like equal enemies who hate humanity. To me one of the most chilling scenes in the whole saga so far was in rising where the keeper!wraith smilingly explained that the humans were attacked because they'd tresspassed upon wraith feeding grounds. I sort of like the idea of them seeing humans as *food* -- you're not enemies with your food! I think it's much cooler to see them doing awful things to people (which they can with their superior powers), with a sort of detached amusement/annoyance -- sort of what you'd get if your vegetable garden kept trying to tie you up and poison you every time you went to pick tomatoes.

And I'm so with you on the Rodney-love!!

[remote-control.livejournal.com]

Glad to see someone is joining me in the unemployment club. Isn't financial precariousness grand? *twitch*

[zoetrope.livejournal.com]

Hee! My last job was a work-nightmare, so I'm actually quite relieved. At least, for the moment. I'm sure the terror will kick in soon enough *g*