JM is such an ass. I love how he's always very contemptuous of what fans suggest when he doesn't agree with them, even as he insists that his personal interpretation of episodes that he didn't even write are definitive. He also seems to have no understanding that even if he intended one of his scenes to mean one thing or another, saying so on his blog does not make that meaning an objective truth of some sort. Augh, he drives me insane.
The thing is, even if that scene were in the episode, I think we'd still expect to see some reference to Keller/Ronon in future episodes. Because, as you say, when TPTB put two main characters in a situation where they're about two seconds away from making out, viewers tend to want to know what happened.
The scene above would suggest to me that Keller's still interested in Ronon, although she doesn't know what he's thinking. From the last scene in Quarantine we get the idea that Ronon's interested in Keller, if a bit nervous about the whole thing. I expect to see this picked up on in future episodes. I think that the cut scene does explain that she's not with Ronon and so it's not weird that she's flirting with McKay (and why the hell did they think that scene was expendable?), but it doesn't mean that Ronon & Keller aren't meant to be a thing.
SMART THOUGHTS! Great review. Falls down and worships at your feet. I still didn't like it much as I felt they regressed McKay, played around with continuity and let's not even mention character development. But if anybody could help me see the good in this episode, it would be you!
Thanks! I'm surprised to see more than one person say they felt this episode "regressed" McKay. This is basically how I see him all the time: doesn't know when to shut up, socially awkward, anxiety-prone, but brave and loyal and generous at the same time. I don't know, obviously everyone's read on a character is different, but to me this ep is your standard-issue, ready-to-wear Rodney McKay -- bless his heart!
2) The Keller characterization didn't bother me, because I'm easy like that.
3) What you say about fanboys and mancrushes and our squee and the like... I really, really like how you articulated that. It made me realize things I hadn't before -- things that, in fact, a fanboy friend had told me before but I couldn't "hear" what he was saying.
In fact, fanboy friend, who is a dear, dear friend, he and I got into this argument where he essentially said, "Show any affection to another guy and everyone calls you gay, FOREVER!" and I blew up at him, with something like, "Oh, and being CALLED gay is the WORST thing in the WORLD?" And I think I had a point, but now that you've laid it out as you have, I think he has a point, and that you have a point. And now I feel bad; I hope I haven't contributed to accidentally curtailing this dude's freedom of movement, as it were. Hmmm.
4) Which leaves us with...what? No, seriously, I'm asking. What is going on here? I can't for the life of me figure out how I'm
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I really love the way you've drawn the distinction between slashy and gay. It's made me rethink a lot of the wording I use on a regular basis, which can only be a good thing. I love being thinky about language, and making sure I use it properly in terms of both the content of what I want to get across and the 'history' of what the words actually mean, the symbolism carried with them. So, in short, thanks :-)
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The scene above would suggest to me that Keller's still interested in Ronon, although she doesn't know what he's thinking. From the last scene in Quarantine we get the idea that Ronon's interested in Keller, if a bit nervous about the whole thing. I expect to see this picked up on in future episodes. I think that the cut scene does explain that she's not with Ronon and so it's not weird that she's flirting with McKay (and why the hell did they think that scene was expendable?), but it doesn't mean that Ronon & Keller aren't meant to be a thing.
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2) The Keller characterization didn't bother me, because I'm easy like that.
3) What you say about fanboys and mancrushes and our squee and the like... I really, really like how you articulated that. It made me realize things I hadn't before -- things that, in fact, a fanboy friend had told me before but I couldn't "hear" what he was saying.
In fact, fanboy friend, who is a dear, dear friend, he and I got into this argument where he essentially said, "Show any affection to another guy and everyone calls you gay, FOREVER!" and I blew up at him, with something like, "Oh, and being CALLED gay is the WORST thing in the WORLD?" And I think I had a point, but now that you've laid it out as you have, I think he has a point, and that you have a point. And now I feel bad; I hope I haven't contributed to accidentally curtailing this dude's freedom of movement, as it were. Hmmm.
4) Which leaves us with...what? No, seriously, I'm asking. What is going on here? I can't for the life of me figure out how I'm ( ... )
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So, in short, thanks :-)
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