I need to go read your other post! I like seperis, and she often makes good points about the show, but in this case? I hated her suggestion that the whole thing was a "gotcha!" on the part of the writers -- hated it with the power of a thousand ZPMs. :D
And ... shamefaced look ... I *am* kind of a gen-OTPer about John and Rodney myself, it's true! I think that's why the "best friend" comment at the end of "Sunday" rubbed me so totally the wrong way -- I found myself reacting to it in exactly the same way I always complain about when I see OTP slash people getting all bothered about something like this! Oh dear.
But still, if John's DEAD ... I mean, if Rodney had gone on, in this case, to get very close with Radek (which, by the way, you've got an excellent point about ... what DID happen to him? It couldn't have been good!) I don't think I would have minded. In fact, it would have been nice if he'd had Radek's support in recovering John! I certainly wouldn't have considered it a betrayal of John. John's dead at this point; even though Rodney didn't give up on him, he's still basically accepted the idea that John's gone beyond all hope of retrieval, at least until he has that little moment of epiphany that he might be able to bring him back.
Maybe that's why I'd rather have friendship OTPs -- because there's no jealousy there. (Well, with a few exceptions, like that comment in "Sunday".) You can have more than one friend. In fact, I'd much rather see a character with a healthy social circle rather than having their whole life revolve around one person!
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And ... shamefaced look ... I *am* kind of a gen-OTPer about John and Rodney myself, it's true! I think that's why the "best friend" comment at the end of "Sunday" rubbed me so totally the wrong way -- I found myself reacting to it in exactly the same way I always complain about when I see OTP slash people getting all bothered about something like this! Oh dear.
But still, if John's DEAD ... I mean, if Rodney had gone on, in this case, to get very close with Radek (which, by the way, you've got an excellent point about ... what DID happen to him? It couldn't have been good!) I don't think I would have minded. In fact, it would have been nice if he'd had Radek's support in recovering John! I certainly wouldn't have considered it a betrayal of John. John's dead at this point; even though Rodney didn't give up on him, he's still basically accepted the idea that John's gone beyond all hope of retrieval, at least until he has that little moment of epiphany that he might be able to bring him back.
Maybe that's why I'd rather have friendship OTPs -- because there's no jealousy there. (Well, with a few exceptions, like that comment in "Sunday".) You can have more than one friend. In fact, I'd much rather see a character with a healthy social circle rather than having their whole life revolve around one person!