Oh, tumblr. You really get me going sometimes.

[popkin16]

I know last time people told me to leave the trolls alone. But when it comes to SGA, when it comes to my ship, I can't. I am protective of my OTP and if people want to question it, then let them. I have no problems going on and on and on about them. Just ask my online friends - you cannot get me to stop talking about McShep. So I say bring it on - let me tell you my feels for McShep. let me make you regret opening that can of worms

Because when they’re together, they can let their geeky 12 year old selves out. By the third episode, Hide and Seek, they’re already playing together. They race cars and debate super heroes. They can bicker and be sarcastic and it’s never taken seriously by the other. If you look at them honestly, both men are assholes, and everyone else is too nice to deal with that side of them. Because they fit together - they work well together, they play well together.

When Jeannie and Rodney weren’t getting along in McKay & Mrs Miller, it was John that showed Jeannie the goodbye tape Rodney made in season one. Rodney said he’d go with John to his father’s funeral if he could - they have each other’s backs. Because John couldn’t let Rodney kill himself, wouldn’t let him say goodbye when Rodney was slowly losing his mind to Second Childhood. And on the opposite side, Rodney gave up his entire life to bring John home in one timeline, and when he was sick with Second Childhood, all he yelled for was John. And you know what? John came every time. He was always there.

They annoy each other, yes, but they also accept each other as they are. When they were kicked off Atlantis, they stayed in contact. When Rodney died in John’s dreams in Doppelganger, John was devastated. When John was being fed on by the wraith, Rodney was worried and terrified.

I get not shipping it. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea for whatever reason. You don’t like their chemistry, or you like their chemistry with someone else.

But to deny they have a friendship, a connection - that I don’t get. We see they’re friends. We see they care.

If you question why two people who are friends are shipped together, then you question more than just McShep, but every ship built on the foundation of friendship.

John and Rodney were friends. They watched whales together. Their dynamic was fascinating and fun.

And it was good.

Comments

[aadarshinah.livejournal.com]

so very true, bb. As much as it pains me to say, they don't have to ship McShep, but there's no question about their friendship. I mean, their friendship is such a fundamntal part of the show that it sort of makes me wonder if this guy has only seen the one or two episodes wherein there's pretty much "just" John or "just" Rodney and is basing all this off of that.

[popkin16]

I confess I don't understand how people can watch SGA and not ship McShep, but I realize it's not everyone's cup of tea :P

I mean, their friendship is such a fundamntal part of the show that it sort of makes me wonder if this guy has only seen the one or two episodes wherein there's pretty much "just" John or "just" Rodney and is basing all this off of that.

YES. THIS. How did they miss all the little things, all the big things? You don't race cars and play Ancient Sims with someone you don't like. The show makes it clear how far they're willing to go for each other.

[aadarshinah.livejournal.com]

It's like my mom and her erronious comment that SGA wasn't "funny" - well, if you'd only seen the 1.5 five episodes she has, you'd probably believe that too. But still. When I watch TOS I don't ship Jim/Spock, but I can't deny they are friends.

[popkin16]

*nod* when you only watch a few episodes, you don't get the full scope of a show.

Yes, exactly. Shipping something doesn't mean you can't acknowledge a bond between half of your ship and someone else.

[aadarshinah.livejournal.com]

I was just reading this article on shipping wars and am thinking how very sad this poor person must be to have posted this in the first place. She had to have no idea what can of worms she was opening....

I almost feel sorry for her.

Almost.

[popkin16]

Ooo, I'm going to read that article as soon as I finish answering this comment. If it had been back in its heyday, the person probably would have been buried under comments about why people didn't ship it and why people did.

[aadarshinah.livejournal.com]

she's probably still getting enough now to be sincerly regretful. As the article says, it's very much "McKeller vs the Internet" at this point

[popkin16]

I loved that part :D I had no idea there was fighting between John/Elizabeth and John/Teyla shippers though - not that I particularly care. But yeah, McKeller vs The Internet

[aadarshinah.livejournal.com]

To be honest? I could probably ship Elizabeth/Teyla more than I could John with either one of them, 'cause I just don't see it that much. Specially in light of all the McShep evidence.

[popkin16]

With Elizabeth I get unrequited emotion for John, but with Teyla, I could see where fans see some return interest. Not a lot, and it's pretty subtle, but I could see where some moments appear shippy.

[aadarshinah.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Elizabeth has some definiate unrequited emotion for John ("Conversion" is like dripping with this, don't you think? As well as Caldwell's for Elizabeth) but that's just my point.

It's aadarshinah law of shipping: the ship with the most evidence is the OTP. Evidence for John + Rodney > John + Teyla > John + Elizabeth, ergo John + Rodney = OTP. (though I suppose the positions of the last two could be reversed.)

[popkin16]

Conversion, yes! That entire arc. I agree about Caldwell's for Elizabeth too, that's always seemed pretty obvious to me. I really like your law of shipping XD I don't always follow it - sometimes I ship something based on chemistry alone. But I like it XD

[aadarshinah.livejournal.com]

Ah, but chemistry is included in my evidence. Just because travesties like Rodney/Katie Brown (and I totally blankedout on her name there for a moment, which should say something) and Rodney/Jennifer are "canon" doesn't mean that the evidence for them outways that for John/Rodney.

I like my law of shipping too. I shall have to find someone to make a pretty graphic for it and try to start my own own internet meme. *facepalms*

[popkin16]

Just because travesties like Rodney/Katie Brown and Rodney/Jennifer are "canon" doesn't mean that the evidence for them outways that for John/Rodney.

Especially in the case of Katie Brown, whom we saw, what, once or twice a season?

[aadarshinah.livejournal.com]

something like that.
::shakes head::