I think if there'd been more team/McShep stuff as well as the McKeller, most fans wouldn't be as bothered by the McKeller.
I think you've pretty much summed things up right there.
I'm not really part of the SGA fandom. Or, I should say, not active in the fen portion of things. I watched the entirety of seasons 1-4 between October and December of 2008. That's... a lot to assimilate in that amount of time. I didn't even bother starting on season five until I'd finished the first four and to be honest, when I finally got there, I was disappointed. The team element is what made the show work for me in the first place (I'm a One Piece fan, it's that feeling of nakama, you know?) and once a show's writers throw a developing romance between prominent characters into the works, team dynamics are going to change.
The McKay/Keller aspect--I wish the writers hadn't gone there. If I wanted romance, I'd watch soaps or some such. Unless it's there for comic relief (run-ins with attractive aliens by various and sundry team members, etc.) adding romance to a sci-fi/drama/action continuity is just a bad, bad idea. And in this case boring, cheesy and cringe-worthy. I skimmed through a good half of my season five downloads. If there's anything more embarrassing than McKay and romance in the same context, I have yet to see it. Don't get me wrong, I like McKay, get a real kick out of him, but--no. Just no. In any case, I'm predominantly a Sheppard and/or team fan. As for Keller, she's just sort of there, not really worthy of intense feeling one way or the other. Or she wasn't until the writers decided on their present course. I think maybe even McShep fans would have less of a problem with McKeller if it wasn't so badly executed in canon.
Fissures in the fandom, I haven't been around long enough to notice. I probably wouldn't have even if I had been. I truly believe in letting those who want to be excited over whatever excites them be excited. And doing my own thing far away from possible explosions. There's a lot in the SGA fandom that I don't care for; many entrenched views on characters that I don't agree with. I figure it's better for my health if I just let the annoyance go. I mean, it's a TV show. In a few months I'll find a new shiny, maul it a bit then let it escape mostly intact. Maybe the SGA fandom in general needs to take a step back and remember that this ending is not the end of the world or any ship, really, and could be seen as a good thing. Once canon is set, fic writers of het, slash or gen can take the plot wherever they like.
Seriously, the season five story line being what it is, I think ending the show with Enemy at the Gate is very possibly a damn good thing. And having watched the entire series in just over two months, I think I can say that without a whole lot of bias. Whether you ship McShep, McKeller or what-have-you, bad writing is still bad writing and in 2008 SGA plot sucked. There's common ground if I've ever seen it. Pity the various SGA fandom factions haven't.
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I think you've pretty much summed things up right there.
I'm not really part of the SGA fandom. Or, I should say, not active in the fen portion of things. I watched the entirety of seasons 1-4 between October and December of 2008. That's... a lot to assimilate in that amount of time. I didn't even bother starting on season five until I'd finished the first four and to be honest, when I finally got there, I was disappointed. The team element is what made the show work for me in the first place (I'm a One Piece fan, it's that feeling of nakama, you know?) and once a show's writers throw a developing romance between prominent characters into the works, team dynamics are going to change.
The McKay/Keller aspect--I wish the writers hadn't gone there. If I wanted romance, I'd watch soaps or some such. Unless it's there for comic relief (run-ins with attractive aliens by various and sundry team members, etc.) adding romance to a sci-fi/drama/action continuity is just a bad, bad idea. And in this case boring, cheesy and cringe-worthy. I skimmed through a good half of my season five downloads. If there's anything more embarrassing than McKay and romance in the same context, I have yet to see it. Don't get me wrong, I like McKay, get a real kick out of him, but--no. Just no. In any case, I'm predominantly a Sheppard and/or team fan. As for Keller, she's just sort of there, not really worthy of intense feeling one way or the other. Or she wasn't until the writers decided on their present course. I think maybe even McShep fans would have less of a problem with McKeller if it wasn't so badly executed in canon.
Fissures in the fandom, I haven't been around long enough to notice. I probably wouldn't have even if I had been. I truly believe in letting those who want to be excited over whatever excites them be excited. And doing my own thing far away from possible explosions. There's a lot in the SGA fandom that I don't care for; many entrenched views on characters that I don't agree with. I figure it's better for my health if I just let the annoyance go. I mean, it's a TV show. In a few months I'll find a new shiny, maul it a bit then let it escape mostly intact. Maybe the SGA fandom in general needs to take a step back and remember that this ending is not the end of the world or any ship, really, and could be seen as a good thing. Once canon is set, fic writers of het, slash or gen can take the plot wherever they like.
Seriously, the season five story line being what it is, I think ending the show with Enemy at the Gate is very possibly a damn good thing. And having watched the entire series in just over two months, I think I can say that without a whole lot of bias. Whether you ship McShep, McKeller or what-have-you, bad writing is still bad writing and in 2008 SGA plot sucked. There's common ground if I've ever seen it. Pity the various SGA fandom factions haven't.