Hmm... well I've read through your post and the other one you linked to a couple times and I'm not really sure I'm seeing the "problem" - I can understand the concerns but it doesn't seem to be that big of a deal to me.
Also for every complaint against Keller there's an equal number for every other character - people don't like John or Rodney or Carson or Teyla or Ronon for the exact same reasons - they don't GET them or understand why they're there. They think John is to immature to be a military leader. They think Rodney is to much of an ass to be an acceptable head of the Science Department. They think Carson's ethics are horrible and so on and so forth. So it's not like Keller is the ONLY character with problems that people don't like. Or that she's the only character people don't get and wish she wasn't around as much.
So really I'm not seeing why she is more of a problem than the other characters except for what you said near the end - that she's taking time away from the Team and interfering with the team dynamic. THAT's the only truth that makes sense to me to be honest. I think they've made the same mistakes with her that they did with Carson in season 2 - I love Carson dearly just like I love all of the characters, but he never should have been made a main character because he got stuffed into too many episodes and ended up being in the way a lot. I
That said I still love the show and I can accept Keller as a character simply because I don't think she's any better or worse than the other characters. To be honest I think she fits right in with the rest of them - yeah I think she's over used at times but still - I like her enough that I can accept it. Just like I loved Carson even when I thought he as there to much or he had bad ethics. Just like I love Rodney when he's being an obnoxious pain in the ass. Just like I love John when he's being overly "kirkish" and so on and so forth.
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Date: 2008-09-24 03:07 pm (UTC)Also for every complaint against Keller there's an equal number for every other character - people don't like John or Rodney or Carson or Teyla or Ronon for the exact same reasons - they don't GET them or understand why they're there. They think John is to immature to be a military leader. They think Rodney is to much of an ass to be an acceptable head of the Science Department. They think Carson's ethics are horrible and so on and so forth. So it's not like Keller is the ONLY character with problems that people don't like. Or that she's the only character people don't get and wish she wasn't around as much.
So really I'm not seeing why she is more of a problem than the other characters except for what you said near the end - that she's taking time away from the Team and interfering with the team dynamic. THAT's the only truth that makes sense to me to be honest. I think they've made the same mistakes with her that they did with Carson in season 2 - I love Carson dearly just like I love all of the characters, but he never should have been made a main character because he got stuffed into too many episodes and ended up being in the way a lot. I
That said I still love the show and I can accept Keller as a character simply because I don't think she's any better or worse than the other characters. To be honest I think she fits right in with the rest of them - yeah I think she's over used at times but still - I like her enough that I can accept it. Just like I loved Carson even when I thought he as there to much or he had bad ethics. Just like I love Rodney when he's being an obnoxious pain in the ass. Just like I love John when he's being overly "kirkish" and so on and so forth.
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