John's canonical commitment to Rodney is part of the problem I'm having. But the main issue is that Gero and some of the other writers seem to be wanting to see Keller to separate Rodney from his team. I'd be a lot cooler with the McKeller if Keller had friendships with the rest of the team - "marrying into the family" as it were. But two of the major McKeller episodes physically separate Rodney from his team (Trio, Brainstorm) and then we have Keller vs the team in The Shrine, and Keller pitting Rodney & Ronon against one another in Tracker.
Doesn't help that this season has had a distinct dearth of team-y episodes - which isn't the fault of the McKeller, but it exacerbates the trend. Rather than creating a bigger family, the writers are writing it as if Rodney does have to choose between team and Keller, and he's choosing Keller. And in "Brainstorm" Rodney says outright he's thinking of leaving Atlantis; from that line, his team apparently doesn't mean much to him. I'd wish the writers would show us that Rodney hooking up with Keller wouldn't change his relationship with the team; instead the show's been showing us the opposite.
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Doesn't help that this season has had a distinct dearth of team-y episodes - which isn't the fault of the McKeller, but it exacerbates the trend. Rather than creating a bigger family, the writers are writing it as if Rodney does have to choose between team and Keller, and he's choosing Keller. And in "Brainstorm" Rodney says outright he's thinking of leaving Atlantis; from that line, his team apparently doesn't mean much to him. I'd wish the writers would show us that Rodney hooking up with Keller wouldn't change his relationship with the team; instead the show's been showing us the opposite.