I saw a couple comments to a review of this ep, saying that they didn't like s4 because it was less McSheppy, and that they hated Last Man because it was 'all about the romance between Rodney and Keller', and I could only think, what show were you watching?
I KNOW! I ran into this at seperis's LJ, and then started seeing it elsewhere, and all I can say is WTF, people?
I get the idea that some hardcore OTP'ers think Rodney should have dropped everything at the time that John vanished and poured all his resources into getting him back, because true love conquers all or some such malarkey. Never mind that they were in the middle of a WAR and trying to find TEYLA! I mean, how much of an asshole would you have to be to tell your friends, "Later guys, sorry I can't help with the war and saving people and all; I have to get my boyfriend back from the future; hope you don't get killed"?!!! I was incredibly impressed with Rodney's resilience; he went on trying to help win the war, through the loss of all of his friends, and after losing Atlantis too, he tried to put a life together for himself on Earth and be happy. I mean, that's admirable! We should all be that strong! Only after his second chance blew up in his face did he sacrifice any chance of having a normal, happy life to try the INCREDIBLE LONG SHOT of bringing John back -- which in all likelihood shouldn't have worked, which apparently Jeannie thought he was nuts for even trying? And it was OBVIOUSLY not to resurrect his relationship with Keller; they specifically addressed that in the episode, when John brings up the topic and Rodney clearly knows that there's a very good chance he won't end up with Keller if he changes the timeline.
This is precisely the aspect of the OTP mentality that really bugs me -- the idea that it's some kind of betrayal of your sweetheart if you aren't willing to screw over everybody else (including yourself) for their sake. The idea is utterly ridiculous to me that it's better to have a Rodney who is unhappy and obsessed and pining for John rather than a Rodney trying to build a happy life for himself -- especially since the very BEST outcome he can possibly hope for is to recover John for some OTHER version of himself; this particular timeline is hopelessly screwed up and he's not going to get back what he's lost no matter what. Don't get me wrong, I'm all heart-fluttery that he did end up making that sacrifice -- but I'm just floored at fans who castigate Rodney for trying to make a place for himself on Earth with Jennifer rather than immediately sacrificing his own life and happiness (and hers as well) for the outside chance that he might be able to recover John.
Ahem. Yes, I'm quite opinionated on the topic! ^_^
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I get the idea that some hardcore OTP'ers think Rodney should have dropped everything at the time that John vanished and poured all his resources into getting him back, because true love conquers all or some such malarkey. Never mind that they were in the middle of a WAR and trying to find TEYLA! I mean, how much of an asshole would you have to be to tell your friends, "Later guys, sorry I can't help with the war and saving people and all; I have to get my boyfriend back from the future; hope you don't get killed"?!!! I was incredibly impressed with Rodney's resilience; he went on trying to help win the war, through the loss of all of his friends, and after losing Atlantis too, he tried to put a life together for himself on Earth and be happy. I mean, that's admirable! We should all be that strong! Only after his second chance blew up in his face did he sacrifice any chance of having a normal, happy life to try the INCREDIBLE LONG SHOT of bringing John back -- which in all likelihood shouldn't have worked, which apparently Jeannie thought he was nuts for even trying? And it was OBVIOUSLY not to resurrect his relationship with Keller; they specifically addressed that in the episode, when John brings up the topic and Rodney clearly knows that there's a very good chance he won't end up with Keller if he changes the timeline.
This is precisely the aspect of the OTP mentality that really bugs me -- the idea that it's some kind of betrayal of your sweetheart if you aren't willing to screw over everybody else (including yourself) for their sake. The idea is utterly ridiculous to me that it's better to have a Rodney who is unhappy and obsessed and pining for John rather than a Rodney trying to build a happy life for himself -- especially since the very BEST outcome he can possibly hope for is to recover John for some OTHER version of himself; this particular timeline is hopelessly screwed up and he's not going to get back what he's lost no matter what. Don't get me wrong, I'm all heart-fluttery that he did end up making that sacrifice -- but I'm just floored at fans who castigate Rodney for trying to make a place for himself on Earth with Jennifer rather than immediately sacrificing his own life and happiness (and hers as well) for the outside chance that he might be able to recover John.
Ahem. Yes, I'm quite opinionated on the topic! ^_^