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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.

Date: 2008-11-25 07:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_la_la_la/
Ugh - yeah, the entire thing about how unconditional romantic love is the only worthwhile kind of love, forgetting about all the other instances where the team demonstrated their love for him, and how he demonstrated his love for them. Does Rodney really need to hear "I love you" from Keller in order to get that he's loved? Does none of what happened in the past 5 years matter? GAH!

I'm focusing on reading fic, because I get the feeling S5 is not going to end well for my fannish love of the show.

Date: 2008-11-25 03:15 pm (UTC)
ext_3572: (sga mcshep pier 2)
From: [identity profile] xparrot.livejournal.com
It's not like no one's ever told Rodney he's loved before! Elizabeth said "We love you"! Jeannie said "I love you"! But Keller can give him booty, so who cares if she doesn't show her love any other way.

Argh. Yeah. I need to find some good fic, because s5 is systematically destroying my love for the show...

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