I hope it didn't sound like I was being too hard on OTP'ers -- as noted in one of my other comments, I have definite tendencies in that direction myself, and I've caught myself being just as irrational in some situations as I accuse other fans of being!
But I agree with everything you've said here, and I think you're right that it is a very John-centric point of view -- it's one thing to laud Rodney for sacrificing everything to bring John back (because he does deserve praise for that!) but to castigate him for not doing it until he'd lost everything ... that's just ... *sigh*. And I really do agree with Xparrot that if there was ever an episode that demonstrated the depth of love and loyalty between John and Rodney, this is that episode -- which makes it all the more bizarre (to me) that it receives criticism for being supposedly all about the Rodney/Keller ... because it's so very NOT!
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Date: 2008-03-10 11:51 pm (UTC)But I agree with everything you've said here, and I think you're right that it is a very John-centric point of view -- it's one thing to laud Rodney for sacrificing everything to bring John back (because he does deserve praise for that!) but to castigate him for not doing it until he'd lost everything ... that's just ... *sigh*. And I really do agree with Xparrot that if there was ever an episode that demonstrated the depth of love and loyalty between John and Rodney, this is that episode -- which makes it all the more bizarre (to me) that it receives criticism for being supposedly all about the Rodney/Keller ... because it's so very NOT!