Originally posted by SaraBahama
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Most of us are around somewhere, and still loving the ship 
I think you just get to a point where you've discussed everything and squee'd over everything to the point where you have to step back for a bit. For me, S/J is now like a pair of really comfy old pyjamas that I love to pieces and couldn't ever let go of, even if my attention/enthusiasm is more drawn to shiny new things 
I want you to be proud of the newbies: meredithe and others had the idea and organized this newest rewatch! It gives late comers to the franchise the opportunity to participate and share ideas and thoughts. I actually only watched the series in full in 2011 -only previously catching the occasional rerun of season 3 or 4.
It's so good that new people are coming to SG1 all the time
I understand what you are saying about the clumsiness of the early seasons, but even though it's there, I tend to zone out to the actors and the crew and I see what they were intending. It seems like a very Pollyana way of looking at it, but the awkwardness fades into the background for me. I am glad they improved, and the subtlety was perfected -if it hadn't been, perhaps I would be less willing to look at the early seasons this way.
Even with the Broca kiss -I never saw it as TPTB having their two leads kiss and introducing the idea of sexual tension. Stuff I've read indicates that they didn't put too much thought into a S/J 'thing' until Solitudes. I just saw it as team members, under the influence of an alien virus, falling into a rather awkward situation. I saw the characters rather than the RL behind the scenes motivations.
The whole thing is new and shiny at this point and I was holding my breath to see what the next mission would be -what culture, planet, history would they encounter, and what aspect of the character would emerge and what would happen to deepen and broaden their interpersonal relationships in general. *realizes I'm gushing...stopping now. Awkwardly looks around.*
Even with the Broca kiss -I never saw it as TPTB having their two leads kiss and introducing the idea of sexual tension. Stuff I've read indicates that they didn't put too much thought into a S/J 'thing' until Solitudes. I just saw it as team members, under the influence of an alien virus, falling into a rather awkward situation. I saw the characters rather than the RL behind the scenes motivations.
The whole thing is new and shiny at this point and I was holding my breath to see what the next mission would be -what culture, planet, history would they encounter, and what aspect of the character would emerge and what would happen to deepen and broaden their interpersonal relationships in general. *realizes I'm gushing...stopping now. Awkwardly looks around.*
Most series take a certain number of episodes or even a season or so to settle in, and are always somewhat rough around the edges at first. I don't really see it as a criticism, it's entirely to be expected, but it still does make me cringe on occasion 
On the other point above, I think it's perfectly possible to reconcile the Broca Divide kiss as being a kind of floating the idea of the attraction with starting to see the ship really in Solitudes. Solitudes is I think where we start to see the ship proper emerge; as Ramona just said, the Broca Divide kiss is pure animal instinct, not emotional. Solitudes is where the emotional connection starts to come out
and of course it makes for great fanfics 
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