Since trust issues are one of my bulletproof fictional themes, I have mixed feelings about the conclusion as laid out, but I am enjoy the ride. Especially moments like the time loop chapter, where Rush goes into dramatic monologue about how our heroes protagonists will Never Trust Each Other Ever... right before acts of mutual trust and nonaggression fix the time loop. Oh, boys.
Oh, Telford.
*cackles* "Oh, [name]" is a pretty standard feeling in Stargate fandom. "Subversion" looks like a trainwreck and I will give it a shot once I find a copy. Or break down and join Netflix or something.
Um. I'm kind of a sucker for plot?
Really not surprised here. :-) The Rush/Telford backstory was a nice retcon/spackle job for why Rush is the way he is, although without seeing more of the show I can't vouch for Telford's characterization.
Speaking of not surprising, it almost feels expected that FOD dialed up characterization angst. It's sort of what fanfic likes to do. (I talked one of my fannish buddies into reading FOD; she argued that it's not really slash (!) because there's too much plot relative to sex &/or romantic payoff. There's an argument about genre tropes I want to invoke around here.) Specific character notes: FOD!Young does get over the top, but it sort of makes sense in the (usually escalating) Young-Rush tug-of-autonomy. Canon Young/TJ makes zero sense to me - seriously, TJ can do better, Young can do something less career-damaging - not sure how much of that is because the writers were shoehorning in the actress' real-life pregnancy. FOD!Rush is crazier than a bag of cats, and for some reason this bothers me less. I blame fannish conditioning, as well as approaching this as 50% original characters.
And the AI. How have I not even touched on the AI? Clearly Young's experiences at the SGC have not expanded his definition of "people". Ouch.
The history of Arlington Cemetery is actually somewhat interesting in its own right. Formerly the property of Robert E. Lee, the Union Army started burying its dead on the Confederate general's property in 1864. Now, it's one of the more well-known and well-filled military cemeteries, so there's a few extra hoops to jump for burial there.
I have to admit to being awfully relieved that Rush went back for Young, because he'd gotten himself so screwed up by that time.
Oh yes he did. Oh, Everett, what were you - oh, right, you weren't thinking very clearly, were you. I'd sort of been rooting for Young to pull himself together post-Destiny, but it's not that sort of story.
I really like watching McKay, I must admit, at least based on his guest appearance on SGU - so slimy!
Oh boy. McKay has been an insufferable genius since his first appearance in S6 SG-1, leavened by David Hewlett's comedic timing. I picked up that SGU S2 ep he was in, and I've got to say, when Rodney McKay of all people tells you that your plan isn't working, you dug a hole and jumped in it? Stop digging. Rodney's inability to assess when forward momentum is fixing nothing, but is only raising the catastrophe index, is fairly solid canon.
Okay, I think I'm missing things, but this comment has gone on long enough.
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Re: Force Over Distance
Date: 2012-08-04 09:59 pm (UTC)heroesprotagonists will Never Trust Each Other Ever... right before acts of mutual trust and nonaggression fix the time loop. Oh, boys.Oh, Telford.
*cackles* "Oh, [name]" is a pretty standard feeling in Stargate fandom. "Subversion" looks like a trainwreck and I will give it a shot once I find a copy. Or break down and join Netflix or something.
Um. I'm kind of a sucker for plot?
Really not surprised here. :-) The Rush/Telford backstory was a nice retcon/spackle job for why Rush is the way he is, although without seeing more of the show I can't vouch for Telford's characterization.
Speaking of not surprising, it almost feels expected that FOD dialed up characterization angst. It's sort of what fanfic likes to do. (I talked one of my fannish buddies into reading FOD; she argued that it's not really slash (!) because there's too much plot relative to sex &/or romantic payoff. There's an argument about genre tropes I want to invoke around here.) Specific character notes: FOD!Young does get over the top, but it sort of makes sense in the (usually escalating) Young-Rush tug-of-autonomy. Canon Young/TJ makes zero sense to me - seriously, TJ can do better, Young can do something less career-damaging - not sure how much of that is because the writers were shoehorning in the actress' real-life pregnancy. FOD!Rush is crazier than a bag of cats, and for some reason this bothers me less. I blame fannish conditioning, as well as approaching this as 50% original characters.
And the AI. How have I not even touched on the AI? Clearly Young's experiences at the SGC have not expanded his definition of "people". Ouch.
The history of Arlington Cemetery is actually somewhat interesting in its own right. Formerly the property of Robert E. Lee, the Union Army started burying its dead on the Confederate general's property in 1864. Now, it's one of the more well-known and well-filled military cemeteries, so there's a few extra hoops to jump for burial there.
I have to admit to being awfully relieved that Rush went back for Young, because he'd gotten himself so screwed up by that time.
Oh yes he did. Oh, Everett, what were you - oh, right, you weren't thinking very clearly, were you. I'd sort of been rooting for Young to pull himself together post-Destiny, but it's not that sort of story.
I really like watching McKay, I must admit, at least based on his guest appearance on SGU - so slimy!
Oh boy. McKay has been an insufferable genius since his first appearance in S6 SG-1, leavened by David Hewlett's comedic timing. I picked up that SGU S2 ep he was in, and I've got to say, when Rodney McKay of all people tells you that your plan isn't working, you dug a hole and jumped in it? Stop digging. Rodney's inability to assess when forward momentum is fixing nothing, but is only raising the catastrophe index, is fairly solid canon.
Okay, I think I'm missing things, but this comment has gone on long enough.