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fandomverse favorite character challenge:

♪ 5 reasons why one character is your favorite (of all times or right now doesn't matter). Your team name does not limit you to a certain genre.

☆ Number One:

→ He's sarcastic

I admit freely to being a fan of sarcasm. And Rodney wields sarcasm like a samurai would a sword: lethally and with talent. He even puts his body language into it, making it quite clear how he feels. People who say sarcasm is the lowest form of wit don't know what they're talking about. Sarcasm goes right over some people's heads, so how can it be the lowest form?

John: [the sensors have discovered a powerful energy field] You Think it's worth checking out?

Rodney: Any significant energy emission generally indicates technological civilization.
John: So...you think it's worth checking out?
Rodney: I'm sorry. Yes. Energy field good.

☆ Number Two
→ He cares about his team and his people
Rodney repeatedly risks his life for the people of Atlantis. In the first season, we learn that in an alternate timeline, Rodney spent the last moments of his life working desperately to get his people to safety. He stepped in front of a loaded weapon to protect Elizabeth Weir, has gone on rescue missions despite being a civilian scientist. He offered to accompany John to his father's funeral, despite social interaction being a weakness. In season five, Rodney spent years of his life dedicated to getting John Sheppard home, to alter the timeline and save his friends.

Rodney: You see, the thing is, Col. Sheppard and I have sorta gotten into this habit of saving each other’s lives and it's my turn.

☆ Number Three
→ He's brave.
In season one, Rodney steps into an energy creature with nothing but a personal shield to protect him. He had no idea how long the shield would last, but he knew that if he didn't do it, people would die. The fact that Rodney is frequently terrified -- about everything - but travels to alien worlds, meets strange people, risks his precious brain, shows that he's brave. As one version of a popular saying goes, "Bravery is not the absence of fear, but the will to overcome it." And Rodney so does.

Rodney: “Okay, you can take them out, easy. Just a few well-placed karate chops and, and, and, and down they go. Piece of cake.”

☆ Number Four
→ He's intelligent
That intelligence comes with arrogance, but a lot of the time he is one of the few things standing between his people and death. His arrogance is deserved, and you know what? Smart is sexy as hell. He's the self-proclaimed smartest man in two galaxies, and Sam Carter aside, he's most likely right. Rodney's the foremost expert in ancient technology; he was an expert on the Stargate before he had even had the chance to view one.

Rodney: "Okay, I've already worked out the basic plan. I mean, the details will be a bit more complicated. I'll probably have to create a whole new form of math just to do the calculations, but I know I can do it."

☆ Number Five
→ He's adorable
Rodney's a big geek. He loves Doctor Who and Batman, he argues with John over supervillains and superheroes. He has the best woobie face ever and makes geeky jokes that really only John understand. He has a hard time with social interaction, says the wrong thing at the wrong time, but he tries so hard for his team. He wears bright, eye-searing orange fleece, which is only a small part of his terrible fashion sense (plaid pants, Rodney? Really?).