Rodney McKay meta
Jul. 31st, 2017 07:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
popkin16I was rewatching 1.05 Suspicion. The one where there's a ~spy in Atlantis because the wraith keep showing up wherever AR1 goes. AR1, plus some miscellaneous military guys and an anthropologist are on a planet examining some ruins. They're attacked by the wraith and take cover behind some fallen columns, with Rodney and Anthropologist Guy furthest in the back, behind the military guys. John shouts, "Move out!" and Rodney & Anthropologist Guy take off running, surrounded by military men.
Rodney has a thigh holster, so presumably he's been trained to shoot a handgun (I refuse to believe John would take him offworld without even the most basic of training), but he doesn't even reach for it, too busy clutching his bag. Compare this to later seasons, when Rodney would have stood at John's side, firing his weapon, while the other scientist(s) retreat through the gate.
Of course, when John is stunned, Rodney freezes and turns back. One of the military guys yells for Rodney and a military guy to grab John, and Rodney does. So he's being my brave baby even if he isn't comfortable with a gun yet. There's also no sign of Anthropologist Guy - presumably he's still running, lolll. Also, I'd just like to point out Rodney is the one arguing that they need to go back for Ford and Teyla.
Later in the episode, John insists that Rodney be apart of the team that is laying a trap for the wraith using Teyla's necklace. It has the dialogue:
John: You seem nervous.
Rodney: No, I’m doing this.
John: Yes, you are. I just said you seem nervous.
Rodney: Oh, I thought you said, “Rodney, you don’t have to do this.”
He's so nervous, poor thing. When we do see Rodney later at the wraith trap, he's holding a P90. So he's not even comfortable with a handgun yet and they're bringing out the big guns, so to speak.
Later in the show, Rodney joins strike teams, which you would think would be made up of specially trained men. He sticks with his team and doesn't retreat through the gate until they do. He grows up so much.
Rodney has a thigh holster, so presumably he's been trained to shoot a handgun (I refuse to believe John would take him offworld without even the most basic of training), but he doesn't even reach for it, too busy clutching his bag. Compare this to later seasons, when Rodney would have stood at John's side, firing his weapon, while the other scientist(s) retreat through the gate.
Of course, when John is stunned, Rodney freezes and turns back. One of the military guys yells for Rodney and a military guy to grab John, and Rodney does. So he's being my brave baby even if he isn't comfortable with a gun yet. There's also no sign of Anthropologist Guy - presumably he's still running, lolll. Also, I'd just like to point out Rodney is the one arguing that they need to go back for Ford and Teyla.
Later in the episode, John insists that Rodney be apart of the team that is laying a trap for the wraith using Teyla's necklace. It has the dialogue:
John: You seem nervous.
Rodney: No, I’m doing this.
John: Yes, you are. I just said you seem nervous.
Rodney: Oh, I thought you said, “Rodney, you don’t have to do this.”
He's so nervous, poor thing. When we do see Rodney later at the wraith trap, he's holding a P90. So he's not even comfortable with a handgun yet and they're bringing out the big guns, so to speak.
Later in the show, Rodney joins strike teams, which you would think would be made up of specially trained men. He sticks with his team and doesn't retreat through the gate until they do. He grows up so much.
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Date: 2017-08-01 07:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-08-01 09:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-08-02 09:23 am (UTC)Rodney holding the P90 happens at the end of the episode, when they're about to spring the trap on the wraith. Rodney's joining a team of military men in their efforts to capture a wraith, so Rodney probably feels out of place, poor thing. But it's the beautiful start of his inclusion on military-only missions LOL
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Date: 2017-08-02 09:25 am (UTC)David DOES have this wonderful subtlety to his acting that a lot of people miss. I honestly don't get how people can hate Rodney - do they miss his vulnerability? Do they ignore the way he cares so deeply about his team and risks his life for the people of Atlantis?
But whatever. More Rodney for me, I guess ;)