I'm a bit confused about the issue of ship on Atlantis. When the character descriptions were first released, it was implied that there would be a building romance between Sheppard and Teyla. This implication was played up in the Lowdown, with lots of meaningful looks exchanged between the two characters and the whole donning of the necklace thing, too.
And yet... TPTB have (recently) started saying that they aren't planning to "add" ship to Atlantis because the issue has become so tense in SG-1 fandom.
So are we just supposed to ignore the "moments" between Teyla and Sheppard? Are they gonna be filtered out, eventually? Or do they mean that they aren't adding anything more than what's already there? Because I'm sorry, but if there's "something" there now, there will ALWAYS be "something" there no matter how hard you try to pretend it doesn't exist.
I, for one, hope there is NO SHIP whatsoever. Ship helped to ruin SG-1 for me and I'm sorry, but while some people might enjoy that sort of thing, I want to watch Stargate (be it SG-1 or Atlantis) for the PLOT, not the romance! I know that I really have to see the show before I can decide one way or another, but if ship has been built in to the characters right from the start, I'm not exactly being given any choice in the matter, am I? Shouldn't they wait to see if the two characters have any natural chemistry, first? Ship for ship's sake is, IMO, utterly pointless. And for pity's sake, does it always have to be such a cliched pairing?
I can also tell from the pics that there is something going on between Weir and Robert Patrick's character. Excuse me while I roll my eyes at THAT, too.
Bah. Whatever. The only ship on Atlantis I'm gonna support is between McKay and Princess Bloodfang. And that's a hopeless tragedy just waiting to happen, so no worries there. hehe
And yet... TPTB have (recently) started saying that they aren't planning to "add" ship to Atlantis because the issue has become so tense in SG-1 fandom.
So are we just supposed to ignore the "moments" between Teyla and Sheppard? Are they gonna be filtered out, eventually? Or do they mean that they aren't adding anything more than what's already there? Because I'm sorry, but if there's "something" there now, there will ALWAYS be "something" there no matter how hard you try to pretend it doesn't exist.
I, for one, hope there is NO SHIP whatsoever. Ship helped to ruin SG-1 for me and I'm sorry, but while some people might enjoy that sort of thing, I want to watch Stargate (be it SG-1 or Atlantis) for the PLOT, not the romance! I know that I really have to see the show before I can decide one way or another, but if ship has been built in to the characters right from the start, I'm not exactly being given any choice in the matter, am I? Shouldn't they wait to see if the two characters have any natural chemistry, first? Ship for ship's sake is, IMO, utterly pointless. And for pity's sake, does it always have to be such a cliched pairing?
I can also tell from the pics that there is something going on between Weir and Robert Patrick's character. Excuse me while I roll my eyes at THAT, too.
Bah. Whatever. The only ship on Atlantis I'm gonna support is between McKay and Princess Bloodfang. And that's a hopeless tragedy just waiting to happen, so no worries there. hehe
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