Originally posted by Royal_Nonesuch
I love your thoughts on this stuff! Wonderful post!
What you pointed out about him being alone in the park goes along with 'LFP' where he had no one to send a message to and then, we have the crazy party at his 'pad' in 'Home' that he wasn't truly comfortable with but just keeps being drawn to Elizabeth...(BTW, I think that scene alone shows how tired he is of 'pretending' and how close he is to being emotionally READY for a real relationship with Elizabeth) But I regress...
Those scenes are all just terrific hinter pointers that the John of the 'inside' isn't the John we get on the outside. I think Southern makes a great point about his almost programmed reaction to a good-looking woman. Like Southern said, he even does it with Teyla when he first meets her. He's all charm and male appreciation and the like and I think that is what makes his interaction with Elizabeth all the more emphasized. People can say "oh, well, he doesn't act that way with her because he thinks she's an ugly dog" or he's different with her because "she's his commander" and all that but it's more than that and I think most people with any sense of how people react know better. Your allusion to their individual behavior in 'Conversion' and '38 mins' is a great example of 'how' the interaction is so very different and extra important for them both. There is such a *will* and a deep *want* between them to reach out to the other and ask for more and give more but something is holding each of them back. As we suspect, it may just be that they're afraid to lay their heart on the line with the other for fear of doing something personally that would hurt their professional relationship BUT-the very fact that those eps highlight just how much each of them has *thought* about it and deeply *wants* it in regard to the other is a really big ANVIL imo.
And yeah, you watch what happens with Ephiphany.
Spoiler:
Look forward to your post about 'home' and 'war and peace'. (Maybe I'm reading too deeply into the symbolism but that title and book itself to me is just a big ol' 'symbol' of THEM and their intertwined relationship.
John = war/ Elizabeth =Peace) but I'll wait on your comments to comment any further.
-B
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