Put me on the Vonnie and Katie bench as well.
Giles: I'm sure we're all perfectly safe. Dawn: We're safe. Right. And Spike built a robot Buffy to play checkers with. Tara: It sounded convincing when I thought it.
'Dirty Girls'
Fan Fiction II: Great story! Where's the sequel?
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Anne W. - Mar 13, 2006 12:47:02 pm PST #1951 of 10434
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Dana - Mar 13, 2006 1:09:56 pm PST #1952 of 10434
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
My bench is lonely.
Betsy HP - Mar 13, 2006 1:46:44 pm PST #1953 of 10434
If I only had a brain...
::plants an Athosian mourning-flower on Dana's bench::
Betsy HP - Mar 13, 2006 1:49:31 pm PST #1954 of 10434
If I only had a brain...
But, Suela, it isn't that he doesn't trust Sam. It's that he can never again trust the military/political establishment. He knows that it doesn't matter if honorable people hold the reins *now*; the question is can they ever be replaced by the dishonorable, and he knows the answer to that.
Consuela - Mar 13, 2006 2:19:04 pm PST #1955 of 10434
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
True, Betsy. But my response is entirely felt as opposed to reasoned. Clearly the SGC would be a bad place under the control of the NID. Except I'm all, "but it's Sam, and she's apologizing and fixing things!" and I'm well-trained to trust Sam's good intentions (if not her execution of them, so much).
On the other hand, one could say that Rodney has taken his own lessons to heart: he knows precisely how far he is willing to go in protecting the human race. This far, and no farther. So, I can't fault the writing there, really.
Betsy HP - Mar 13, 2006 2:31:55 pm PST #1956 of 10434
If I only had a brain...
Also also, he explicitly gave himself no out. He told Atlantis not to listen to any of them, no matter what; if she takes him seriously, she won't talk to him either.
Emily - Mar 13, 2006 3:35:57 pm PST #1957 of 10434
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Dana, I'll sit on your bench with you.
Consuela - Mar 13, 2006 3:44:29 pm PST #1958 of 10434
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
The thing is, the story isn't about that. It's not about John and Rodney. It's about Rodney and Atlantis, and the time he spent there, and what he does with everything he learned: from the city herself, from his team, and from John.
So, yeah, you know, sad, but not Willamakee sad.
Dana - Mar 13, 2006 3:58:47 pm PST #1959 of 10434
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
The thing is, the story isn't about that.
That's a perfectly rational viewpoint. I am not coming from a rational place. I am coming from a DON'T HURT MY WOOBIES place.
Dana - Mar 13, 2006 4:13:33 pm PST #1960 of 10434
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Also, Emily's on my bench!