See, for me, I don't think we've even been shown the friendship potential of Rodney & Keller. We haven't seen them having much of anything in common; we haven't seen them spend any time together, except either when forced by circumstance (medical or trapped in a box) or awkwardly flirting over meals. I don't know how a friendship between Rodney & Keller would work, much less a marriage (which kinda seems to be where the writers want to go...)
I also admit that I don't see what Keller sees in Rodney. I find Rodney incredibly attractive myself on a number of levels, but I don't know what she likes in him. Apparently not his intelligence or his arrogance (which are big turn-ons for me) the way she was shooting him down - and she doesn't act that physically attracted. She liked him when he was sweet when he was brain-damaged - but if you like sweet guys, how the hell do you end up crushing on Rodney? I mean, he can be sweet, but it's not his default setting. Ronon can be sweeter than Rodney, so if that's what she likes why didn't she pursue that?
The "I love you" bugged me more than the sex. They're both adults, it's been a while since either of them have dated as far as we know; after the adrenaline-fueled day, diving into bed together doesn't seem unreasonable to me. But to imply that it's all important, to say that it matters more than the years of friendship Rodney's shared with John and the team, that stung.
Definitely the subtextual nature is one of the major draws of slash for me...my favorite romances are those with a firm foundation in friendship; in most slash, all we ever are shown canonically is the friendship, so it's great fun to build on. While as in too much textual romance, we get big romantic gestures and confessions, but not much of the subtle displays of mutual affection that are my biggest kink.
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Date: 2008-11-25 03:32 pm (UTC)I also admit that I don't see what Keller sees in Rodney. I find Rodney incredibly attractive myself on a number of levels, but I don't know what she likes in him. Apparently not his intelligence or his arrogance (which are big turn-ons for me) the way she was shooting him down - and she doesn't act that physically attracted. She liked him when he was sweet when he was brain-damaged - but if you like sweet guys, how the hell do you end up crushing on Rodney? I mean, he can be sweet, but it's not his default setting. Ronon can be sweeter than Rodney, so if that's what she likes why didn't she pursue that?
The "I love you" bugged me more than the sex. They're both adults, it's been a while since either of them have dated as far as we know; after the adrenaline-fueled day, diving into bed together doesn't seem unreasonable to me. But to imply that it's all important, to say that it matters more than the years of friendship Rodney's shared with John and the team, that stung.
Definitely the subtextual nature is one of the major draws of slash for me...my favorite romances are those with a firm foundation in friendship; in most slash, all we ever are shown canonically is the friendship, so it's great fun to build on. While as in too much textual romance, we get big romantic gestures and confessions, but not much of the subtle displays of mutual affection that are my biggest kink.