Mainly McShep

[bluespirit]

Woke up to snow this morning but it's melting already in the bright sun - but it was still pretty cold taking Rascal out!

I spent yesterday engrossed in naked John & Rodney. (g) Heh - I wish!
I was working on the manip that T'Pri asked me to make for the new McShep zine 'Military/Intelligence'.
I've made a couple of versions - one is the main illo of John & Rodney snuggling together in sleep & the other uses this snuggling image within it with a different background. I've sent them along to see what she thinks. I hope she likes them as I do actually feel pretty pleased with the main illo - they just look so natural in each other's arms. *dreamy sigh*

Watched 'Michael' last night.



Firstly I need to grump a bit - where was Rodney?! I'm suffering from NotEnoughSnarkyPhysicist-itus this morning. (g) Though his cute scene about the blue jello was adorable.
Secondly, some squeeing - mmm...soldier!John being all commanding & lickable. (Oh, yes - definitely lickable.)
And more squeeing for Trip!!! Okay - Connor Trineer. I though he was fabulous as Michael.

This ep was treading a really thin ethical line, I thought - a kind of ethnic cleansing of the Wraith. I really like that SGA can be dark & edgy like this, asking difficult questions & not always giving neatly packaged easy answers.

Mmmm....lickable...

Adorable...

It's Trip Michael!

Caps courtesy of oxoniensis.


Okay - off to run 5 miles but I'm wimping out & using the treadmill. It's too cold outside! ;-)

Comments

[lillyjk.livejournal.com]

Re Michael...I totally agree. I thought both Carson and Elizabeth were acting really OOC, but I remember seeing an interview with Paul McGillion saying that the show was definitely going to get darker next season...also Michael will be back for several episodes in S3! (another actor plays him in one episode - but otherwise I think it's Trip (who's awful freakin' hot!) and yeah, when I watched Michael the way John was acting definitely put me in mind of xanthelj's General Sheppard. I love the hints of Dark!John that the show gives us every once in a while - The Storm/The Eye, Critical Mass, etc. GUH and GUH. we really needed more Rodney, but I was very grateful for the little snippets we did have, because I thought he seemed really uncomfortable about the whole thing and it made me love him even more. plus now I really want to write a fic where Michael kidnaps Rodney instead of Teyla and John goes on a total rampage. *shivers*

[bluespirit-star.livejournal.com]

I honestly couldn't see Carson acting in such a cavalier fashion with a living creature (even a Wraith)& it was downright reckless for them to have Michael in Atlantis. I mean they had no way of knowing what would happen & there was always a risk that the Wraith could then find out that Atlantis hadn't been destroyed.
Don't get me wrong - I liked the ep a lot & they were really trying to tackle an intense moral/ethical issue but I do think there were a few plot holes. Blimey - if that was fanfic they'd never hear the end of it! ;-)

Mmmm...yeah, John definitely reminded me a little of the General - the way he was so self-assured & calm. Mmmm... *guh*
But we (& John) needed more Rodney in this ep!!!

I hope you do write that fic - it sounds wonderful!!
*guh*
*collapses at image of rampaging!John*

[lillyjk.livejournal.com]

yeah, I think Michael would have been much better as a two-parter...seemed like they tried to shove too much into the hour and some of the quality was lost. *coughs - The Hive*

[bluespirit-star.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'd have liked to see more of them deciding to actually go ahead with this plan. There must have been some really persuasive arguments to make someone like Elizabeth agree to this sort of thing.
But, hey - it was still a good ep & we love our shiny show. Though we definitely needed more McShep!!! :-)

Michael!

[flyingnorth.livejournal.com]

How fab was it to have another "genre favourite" in the lovely Trip? After Mitch, I'm hoping that eventually all my slashy faves will be on. Looking forward to Peter Wingfield next season as... an ancient? And James Marsters in Series 4 as ... an intergalactic vampire, I suspect ;-)

This and coup d'etat were seriously morally questionable, imo, and you're right that the darkness is giving the show a great edge.

xxx

Re: Michael!

[bluespirit-star.livejournal.com]

I know!!! We love our genre faves, don't we? *squee*
Ooh, James M would be fabulous as a Wraith wouldn't he? And Peter W would make a good wise old ancient... Hey! Wait a minute! Haven't they played something like that before? ;-)