Claire Rankin/Kate Heightmeyer WOW thread

[mandogater]

Was listening to music while driving around today and I heard a song that made my think of Kate. Dean Martin was singing Sway and I imediately thought of her first appearence and the brief moment we saw her walking away from the camera. Fitting, yes?

[Falcon Horus]

Hahaha! Now that's a fic in the making.

Maybe...

Was listening to music while driving around today and I heard a song that made my think of Kate. Dean Martin was singing Sway and I imediately thought of her first appearence and the brief moment we saw her walking away from the camera. Fitting, yes?

Mmm... yeah...

[JT-2]

Was listening to music while driving around today and I heard a song that made my think of Kate. Dean Martin was singing Sway and I imediately thought of her first appearence and the brief moment we saw her walking away from the camera. Fitting, yes?

New plot bunny: Kate teaching Teyla the way we Earthlings dance. And then Teyla returning the favor.

Another bunny: Dance night on Atlantis! BYOS - Bring Your Own Ship.

[Falcon Horus]

Sorry, the dance lessons are already reserved for another ship, however Kate and Teyla will be able to share in the fun.

[mandogater]

New plot bunny: Kate teaching Teyla the way we Earthlings dance. And then Teyla returning the favor.

Another bunny: Dance night on Atlantis! BYOS - Bring Your Own Ship.

Darn you JT-2 and your tempting plot bunnies! Now if I only knew anything about dancing, I'd take a crack at one of those.

[Falcon Horus]

Don't know how to walz?

I do, but solo only... ...and then I watch Strictly Come Dancing some more.

[JT-2]

Don't know how to walz?

I do, but solo only... ...and then I watch Strictly Come Dancing some more.

I don't either. Have 2 left feet.

But I'm not sorry for the plot bunny, mandogater. I'll happily beta it for you.

[mandogater]

I don't either. Have 2 left feet.

But I'm not sorry for the plot bunny, mandogater. I'll happily beta it for you.

Maybe turkey day will inspire me.

[Falcon Horus]

I made a music-vid which has been a while since I last did one. It was supposed to be an entry to a challenge on LiveJournal but due to unforeseen circumstances I missed my deadline... nevertheless it got finished and here be the result:

Spoiler:

[JT-2]

WOW!! That was AWESOME!!!!!



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Her death still pisses me off. Especially after they'd just gotten rid of Carson and Elizabeth. Yeah, way to keep your audience happy - keep killing off wonderful characters. Killing off characters can be done well and with purpose - Grodin comes to mind - but this was pointless. According to TPTW, it was supposed to make you feel something could really happen to John or Rodney. Yeah, right. Everyone knows if your name is Sheppard, McKay, O'Neill, or Carter you will never die a permanent death.

Oops, sorry. I ranted a bit there.

Love your video, Falcon!!

[Falcon Horus]

Thank you.

Yeah, killing off (secondary) characters that are supposed to be rather safe-ish within the city, is really going to give me the sense of danger for the regulars. NOT!

Then again, nobody really cares when the red shirts die... look at the amount of love the secondary characters get, the female characters in general are sadly not so very well represented in fanfic, fanart or whatever else. Try being a secondary female character - that's even worse.

[gateraid]

That was an awesome vid. Great clips, and when that music started I immediately got the "uh oh" feeling You've even made me want to watch Duet again, even though I don't particularly care for it. I'll just stick to the Kate bits. And the Shep/Weir bits. Anything that doesn't have Rodney and Cadman in it

Thank you.

Yeah, killing off (secondary) characters that are supposed to be rather safe-ish within the city, is really going to give me the sense of danger for the regulars. NOT!

Then again, nobody really cares when the red shirts die... look at the amount of love the secondary characters get, the female characters in general are sadly not so very well represented in fanfic, fanart or whatever else. Try being a secondary female character - that's even worse.

Grodin's death served a purpose. That ep wouldn't have been as dramatic if nobody died IMO, the same with Sumner in Rising. They ratcheted up the stakes simply by occuring. Kate's death didn't do that - it added nothing to the story. If anything, it detracted from it by being so stuuuupid. If, at the end of the ep they said that everything from the point where Shep touched the crystal until they 'killed' the entity was a dream, then it wouldn't really have changed anything. I would argue that it would've been a deeper insight into Shep's character if they'd gone down that path. Kate's fake!death could symbolise him repressing emotion.

[Falcon Horus]

Thank you.

Grodin's death served a purpose. That ep wouldn't have been as dramatic if nobody died IMO, the same with Sumner in Rising. They ratcheted up the stakes simply by occuring. Kate's death didn't do that - it added nothing to the story. If anything, it detracted from it by being so stuuuupid. If, at the end of the ep they said that everything from the point where Shep touched the crystal until they 'killed' the entity was a dream, then it wouldn't really have changed anything. I would argue that it would've been a deeper insight into Shep's character if they'd gone down that path. Kate's fake!death could symbolise him repressing emotion.

Mmm... good point. Possibly also a good fic idea, a deeper insight into Sheppard.

[mandogater]

I made a music-vid which has been a while since I last did one. It was supposed to be an entry to a challenge on LiveJournal but due to unforeseen circumstances I missed my deadline... nevertheless it got finished and here be the result:

Spoiler:

Wonderful video, FH!!!

Now I'm tempted to watch all of Kate's episodes again.

[gateraid]

Thank you.

No worries. We need more people (and more vids) to champion Kate. Every ep she was in (admittedly there were only a handful) she played a pivotal role in. When you look at, say, Michael, the main characters listened to what she had to say and took it on board. She was considered part of the wider 'team'. Her advice actually meant something.

This may be because I don't watch a huge amount of mainstream tv, but it's the first time I've seen a psychologist taken seriously on tv.

Mmm... good point. Possibly also a good fic idea, a deeper insight into Sheppard.

Maybe, maybe not. I doubt it's an idea they ever considered

Wonderful video, FH!!!

Now I'm tempted to watch all of Kate's episodes again.

Especially the bits where she is running