Several things I've been thinking about.

[chase_acow]

1. Thanks so much to spock74! I really appreciate the vgift, it just made my day! You just gotta love hugging teddie bears. : )

2. GIP

2a. Is a civil war in the SGA fandom inevitable? I mean, I still consider myself a n00b in the tortuous (GRE vocab) ways of fandom. I've been around Stargate for a little over a year and a half. Before that I flirted with Star Wars RotS but didn't really get involved in online politics. I'm just fascinated by all the goings on since we found out Sam was moving over to SGA. I'm pretty much a live and let live gal, but I'm just wondering if f-lists will be torn asunder over whether a person likes or dislikes Sam/Tapping.

Honestly, I've always preferred SG-1 to SGA even though I do enjoy SGA. On the other hand, I know that a lot of SGA fans don't like SG-1. I'm just curious if how a person came into the SGA fandom will predetermine some level of craziness in the OMG! SAM CARTER RUINED MY SHOW vs WTF? SHE'S WAY TOO GOOD FOR THAT DRIVEL fight.

This is a Sam friendly zone, but if Rodney doesn't stop being an idiot soon I'm gonna have to watch the show by peeking through my fingers while yelling "La, la, la, McKay's just in denial over how much in lust he is with Sheppard!"

3. I realized I'm going to miss Doppelganger on Friday and all the squee!again until I get home on Sunday. Geeze, why didn't I consult the SGA episode schedule before making my GRE appointment? I am obviously the dumbest human being in the world. : (

4. Did I tell y'all how much I enjoyed the movie The Game Plan? Cause I did. The Rock Dwayne Johnson is made of awesome, I don't care if the plotline is the most over-used ever. He did ballet, that's all I need to know.



5. Have any of you ever had an online arch-nemesis? Of course, it's actually all in my head - I'm nearly sure. I know how hard it is to get over a bad first impression in person let alone online, but I can't help me teeth going on edge every time I see a certain person post/comment. It's like no matter what it is, I always assume the worst of them. I was just wondering if I'm a freak or if this happens to other people too.

Comments

[kymscrazy.livejournal.com]

Oh, the civil war has been happening for MONTHS now. Most of it has revolved around the 'Sam means no Elizabeth' (or the 'Amanda means no Torri') shit. And believe me when I say that the battles have been UGLY.

My issue is, after the initial first eps, why will Sam still be there? Especially as Atlantis was DANIEL'S deal, not hers. If anyone should be replacing the civilian leader of Atlantis, it should be Daniel. Can they really spare Sam that much from the Ori battle? I mean, where is she going to fit in? Rodney is the brains and John is the military golden boy of Atlantis. Sam doesn't fit.

Just, shove Daniel at Atlantis and let Sam play at blowing up the Ori.

[chase-acow.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I guess I just didn't realize that it would be affecting my through other people's episode reviews.

As I understood it, timeline wise, Season 4 SGA happens after the SG-1 movies. So, I'm assuming that the Ori have been dealt with and there's no, to use a Buffy term - Big Bad to fight anymore in the Milky Way. There's nothing really keeping Sam there when she could, in fact, make a difference in the Pegasus battle against Wraith, Replicators, and whatever else. I honestly do think that Sam is the best of both worlds for the post.

I don't think either side, military or civilian would have shouldered the risk of putting Daniel Jackson in charge of Atlantis. He's clearly too unpredictable and intractable to both sides. Civilians would have assumed Jack could have influenced him and the military would have known that he sucks at thinking about anything past his own research.

Let me just disclaim all that by saying that I am completely willing to be called a stupid head for saying that. I've never really understood Jackson's motivations and his understanding/methods/etc role in SG-1. I love him to pieces (mostly), but I do not get him.

Daniel would totally be there in Atlantis, circumstances willing having orgasms over all the knowledge now at his fingertips, but I think he would have made just as bad of a leader as McKay would have.

[kymscrazy.livejournal.com]

That's the part that confuses me, because I can't find a definate answer on the timeline, just that Joe said that there was no timeline between the two. EXCEPT, Sam gets promoted in Continuum and in SGA she's a full Colonel, which means that at least one happened between the two, but not sure about the other movie. *sighs* This is as bad as figuring out the Star Trek timelines.

I'm not sure about anything on Daniel anymore. There was flashes of him being more military in the last two seasons, but then he finally had a real puzzle to wrok on so there were flashes of the old Daniel too.

Not going to call you a stupid head, because of the last paragraph. I just... Sam seemed so happy to be going back to R&D at the beginning of season 9. I just can't see her accepting Atlantis, not with all the crap that comes with it. When is she ever going to get to do the things she loves?

Yeah, he would have been a pushover for McKay. He's just too use to giving over for Sam to do her thing and John would have to work even harder at telling Rodney no.