My reason for being happy to watch shippiness in Farscape or BSG is that the ships are fluid. You truly never know whether a relationship will go well or sour or explode. There are enough characters (and in Farscape the characters leave and new ones join at quite a rate) that no relationship is ever The Only Relationship in which all shippiness is invested. S/J was hamstrung in the way that Moonlighting was hamstrung. Will-they-won't-they isn't something that can sensibly be dragged out for years and years.
BSG isn't about the exploring exploits of explorers, like Stargate SG-1 has generally been. It's about the survival of a race of people with limited resources, a closed population and a murderous pursuer. You expect it to have a more introspective feel than Stargate; the 'people fall in love in RL so shippiness is 100% inevitable' thing that never made sense for me for SG-1 is pretty much true for BSG, with the larger cast and the claustrophobic feel of these people having their home, work and recreational facilities all confined to a few thousand cubic yards. And since none of BSG's PTB have ever told me that Helo and Boomer are soulmates who should and will end up together I can watch not knowing whether it'll go in the direction of choosing cushions or of manslaughter. There's drama there. S/J has been hanging around not really going anywhere for so long that it's lost all its dramatic potential for anyone not actually invested in S/J for its own sake.
The will-they-won't-they is irritating. If nothing comes of it then it's both irritating and stupid. Jack's had his cameo with Daniel, he's had his cameo with Cam, let him have a little scene where he calls Sam 'sweetie' or asks where she put his pyjamas, and a nice scene with Teal'c too, and leave it there.
BSG isn't about the exploring exploits of explorers, like Stargate SG-1 has generally been. It's about the survival of a race of people with limited resources, a closed population and a murderous pursuer. You expect it to have a more introspective feel than Stargate; the 'people fall in love in RL so shippiness is 100% inevitable' thing that never made sense for me for SG-1 is pretty much true for BSG, with the larger cast and the claustrophobic feel of these people having their home, work and recreational facilities all confined to a few thousand cubic yards. And since none of BSG's PTB have ever told me that Helo and Boomer are soulmates who should and will end up together I can watch not knowing whether it'll go in the direction of choosing cushions or of manslaughter. There's drama there. S/J has been hanging around not really going anywhere for so long that it's lost all its dramatic potential for anyone not actually invested in S/J for its own sake.
The will-they-won't-they is irritating. If nothing comes of it then it's both irritating and stupid. Jack's had his cameo with Daniel, he's had his cameo with Cam, let him have a little scene where he calls Sam 'sweetie' or asks where she put his pyjamas, and a nice scene with Teal'c too, and leave it there.
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