Buffistas

I would be there right now.

Simon ,'Objects In Space'

Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon

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Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 21, 2008 10:50:53 am PDT #4786 of 30001

"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Jewel Staite insisted at DragonCon that it made perfect sense. I think most of the audience disagreed.

I can see how Rodney's good nerdy qualities could appeal to someone more than Ronon's good laconic he-man qualities, despite the obvious inequity in physical appeal. However, since the former are bundled with egotism, hypochondria, and enough whinging to put an Emo 14-year-old girl to shame, there's no way in hell.

Consuela - Sep 21, 2008 11:01:32 am PDT #4787 of 30001

We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Rodney gives me more WFTH moments than any protagonist on any show I've watched in ten years. How do the writers not see this?

Polter-Cow - Sep 21, 2008 11:32:52 am PDT #4788 of 30001

What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

What...fucking the hell?

amych - Sep 21, 2008 11:35:29 am PDT #4789 of 30001

Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Watch from the hall?

Polter-Cow - Sep 21, 2008 11:50:22 am PDT #4790 of 30001

What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Ooooh.

Consuela - Sep 21, 2008 11:51:40 am PDT #4791 of 30001

We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

amych got it. Rodney makes me squirm with sympathetic embarrassment.

amych - Sep 21, 2008 11:55:14 am PDT #4792 of 30001

Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

sympathetic embarrassment.

I hate that. Which is probably how I managed to dig up the phrase from the acronym.

§ ita § - Sep 21, 2008 11:57:58 am PDT #4793 of 30001

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'm not entirely sympathetic. Even when I agree with his point, he phrases it so badly...like his "we're all on the same team" speech to Ronon. Eager Beavers? What an intense lack of self-knowledge.

Consuela - Sep 21, 2008 11:59:20 am PDT #4794 of 30001

We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Well, yeah, in that sense, you're right. I don't sympathize with Rodney, but I am embarrassed for him, because he's not emotionally-intelligent enough to be embarrassed on his own behalf.

Calli - Sep 21, 2008 1:26:22 pm PDT #4795 of 30001

I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I can't see putting up with Rodney's personality in a romantic relationship, but he'd be fun to talk to. Ronon's a lot less grating, but I'd miss being able to bat around pop culture stuff.

I'd prefer John over either of them. I'm not much into talking about emotions myself, and he's good on other topics. Also, pretty.

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