would you like a little RAGE with your RAGE?

[xparrot]

So Martin Gero made some comments on the most recent episode of SGA.

"For five years, we didn’t even know it, but all [Rodney] wanted was for someone to tell him that they loved him in an unconditional way."

I want to...I want to kick Martin Gero's head in with a big spiky boot. OF LOVE.

So the love of friends and family (because doesn't Jeannie love him, too? or was she lying when she said "I love you" in "Miller's Crossing" and faking her tears in "The Shrine"?) counts for snot, because it's not romantic, sexual love.

And unconditional love is quoting a guy's own brain-damaged love confession back at him (six months later), and then offering him sex on a plane to make him shut up.

I have no boyfriend! I HAVE NO LOVE! What do I do??? My life is empty! Meaningless!

*cue total fucking mental breakdown*

Okay, now I'm going to do my best to forget this episode ever happened. There's been other eps I haven't enjoyed, but this is the first one that's seriously in danger of spoiling my fanning. It pretty much ruined Rodney's character for me even when I was ignoring the McKeller (I swear, I'd've been almost as outraged if the ep had gone the same way only with John instead of Keller, though at least then I'd have some McShep making out), and now that I am meant to think that banging Keller on the plane is the most significant and important event of Rodney's life in the past five years - yeah. Someone tell me how to hold onto my SGA love, because I don't want to lose this fandom, but the show seems pretty determined to use its dying breath to drive me away.

ETA: I gotta say, SGA these days is really making me appreciate NCIS. NCIS has one s5 ep that is explicitly the 100% opposite theme as this.

Comments

[distorquere.livejournal.com]

Well, nothing much to add here except I agree. Unconditional love? Keller has done nothing but try to change him! That is CANON! And I agree that for Rodney, being told someone loves you must be very important, but I just get the feeling that Keller wants something from him. That he's being played all along. Maybe she just wants him for sex? That's how it looks anyway.

And where was the rest of the team during this episode? They could at least have put two plotlines in there. Or a traditional save by the rest of the team. Or something.

Summary: as;dlfkaj;sdklfha;ghlksafjs Gero.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

The lack of team these days is killing me. The very beginning of the season did it so well! And now, nothing..."Remnants" is the only ep all season with a team tag (and it was the only screentime Ronon & Teyla got for the whole ep, save the teaser!)