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OOOOHHHH this is my 1,000th post!!! woowhooo!
(but is this an indication I waste too much time here?
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Yay! It's like christmas! We have a sort of Jennifer episode this week and then a Ronon episode next weekOriginally posted by DoodleyDog View Post
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Lah, good point. I can't whine about the anti viewpoint in here unless I'm willing to bring the pro point of view.
Admittedly, I find myself forced to wonder if I truly am an RK shipper - or if I am in fact, a Ronon shipper.....regardless of who he's interested in. Truth be told, I'd ship him with a Snickers bar if one made eyes at him.
I will go on record as saying that jury is still out for me on Keller. Let's face it - Missing was not her finest hour. While I think that her reaction is consistent with the way 95% of pampered, coddled earthlings would react - it's definitely out of place on the team. I am willing to see where the writers go with her character - there's lots of potential for growth there, and the journey could be interesting. Maybe with Ronon's influence, she'll turn into a kick-ass chick....maybe she'll stay whiney and snively.
Was Quarantine OOC for Ronon? I don't think so.
Reason: love/crushes/infatuation/flings make us all do and say things that we wouldn't otherwise. I'll bet there isn't a single person on this thread who hasn't done something completely dorky and goofy in front of their crush. Love can make the coolest, most controlled person a complete doofus. We've never seen this side of Ronon before - so we don't really know what's OOC for him on the love front.
What makes this pairing interesting for me is the counterpoint of Warrior and Wimp. There's a lot that the two can learn from each other. From a writer's perspective, there's a lot of potential here: angst, misunderstanding, comic foil, etc.
Marriage? Bleck....don't get me started. That was one over-zealous shipper. The fanbase as whole seems to be against that idea as it would domestic Ronon too much - and I think we can all agree: we like him wild.Comment
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It was great! I posted a comment. I also found out that I haven't read some of your stuff, so I'll read that later. Dog is going crazy right now and I may nap before Atlantis is onOriginally posted by starg8fans View Post
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Hey, was Rodney flirting with our favorite doctor tonight? Was she flirting with him? Where was Ronon?
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Naaah rodney wouldn't dare!Originally posted by authorfan View Post
Keller was just being nice Spoiler:
besides Rodney was too stupid to realize that he and Katie were over.Comment
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I think our girl was kinda flirting with Rodney! In a funny adorable kinda way.Originally posted by authorfan View Post
Great episode! Even with no Ronon.
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Originally posted by authorfan View Post
Thank you! That's what I was thinking through the whole episode. Not that I don't absolutely love the writers and everything, but I can't help but feel a little jerked around. I was all happy about the Ronon/Keller relationship that I thought they had really introduced with Quarantine, and then they've had these episodes lately with no interraction whatsoever between the two, and then tonight with Keller asking McKay out for a drink? Come on! Not that I don't love McKay, but...I just feel so disappointed.Comment
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Yeah, but Jewel said Keller flirts with Rodney sometimes just to screw with his head a bit.Originally posted by Yvie_Faerie View PostsigpicComment
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I hope that this is okay to put here...
Just in case anyone's interested...
http://community.livejournal.com/ron...88.html#cutid1Comment
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R/K developments
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That being said, tonight on JM's blog, this Q&A was posted:
"Taz writes: “I thought Ronon and Keller were dating since Quarantine.”
Answer: There has been no development on the Ronon-Keller front since the events of Quarantine. She’s still single."
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Good episode?
i havn't seen it yet...Comment
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At least the ship is NOT playing out off-screen.Originally posted by DoodleyDog View PostR/K developments
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That being said, tonight on JM's blog, this Q&A was posted:
"Taz writes: “I thought Ronon and Keller were dating since Quarantine.”
Answer: There has been no development on the Ronon-Keller front since the events of Quarantine. She’s still single."
!!PTB please heave a smidge more "development" on screen!!!
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Whoa. Guess I killed the thread.
Thought this was worth sharing....
Tonight on JM's blog, this Q&A was posted:
"Taz writes: “I thought Ronon and Keller were dating since Quarantine.”
Answer: There has been no development on the Ronon-Keller front since the events of Quarantine. She’s still single."
Interesting.Comment
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No, you didn't, and it was! We just all went to bed (or ran off to write another chapter - but you know that...). The joy of different time zones.Originally posted by DoodleyDog View Post
And I agree with pretty much everything you say. There were moments at the beginning of the season when they portrayed Keller in the way I want her character to be - professional, no-nonsense, with a backbone and a sense of humor. Okay, I'm overdoing it here, but that's how I write her in my fics. And she's infatuated with Ronon (right, what woman in her right mind wouldn't be?) and yes, she wants him, but on a physical rather than an emotional level. That's why Quarantine was such a disappointment to me.
As for Ronon acting OC, you are right, people act doofy when they're in love, but I don't want to see Ronon act that way. Such things - as Lah said - belong off screen. I really enjoy the soft, caring side of him they have been showing lately, but there's a limit.
Forgive me if I'm rambling here, but have hardly slept in four nights, and it's beginning to tell... But what the heck, here's how I would have tweaked Quarantine.
Spoiler:
You're also right that the pairing is interesting because they are so different. Which is one of the reasons Ronon/Teyla doesn't work for me. As Jason said at some con, it would be basically incest. So no room for character development.
And after reading the comment Doodley just posted, I must agree that TOTB have no clue how to write ship. They go way too far too fast in one ep, and then they drop it completely? *sound of forehead slap*
Now, how's that for a discussion thread? Thanks for starting us off here, Doodley, you really got us going.Comment
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