I as well am usually turned off by... well, this type of story. My original intent was to try and tear everything apart and then put it back together so it was "Voila! Still canon!". That lasted about one day, because I realized that you can't just forget something, especially something this big, without there being some serious consequences and fallout.
The snark was my absolute favorite part of this to write, because I literally just let them go at each other before I got tired of it (I did not know that point existed, but apparently it does)
The ending hurt -- and yet I thought it was in character for both boys, that Rodney is afraid of losing his friendship with John if he accepts the brother relationship, while John feels like Rodney's rejecting him just like his family did (maybe I'm reading too much into it, but that's how it looked to me?)
Not reading too much, because that is exactly what I was going for! Rodney the pessimist only seeing how this could hurt him (and desperate to not lose John like he's lost Jeannie... even if the reasoning makes no sense to someone not on painkillers or with Rodney's past), and John the optimist -- seeing the potential for this up to the point where Rodney verbally sucker punches him.
I see Jeannie and Dave having a very big role in the future, Jeannie especially (and much sooner than M&MM... in a way). I waffled on Dave for a while, mostly because I was bitter on how his presence Jossed my plan for John's development on this, but I've come around to the idea of him. I can see him being very guarded at first about an "interloper" trying to assert himself into the family, wondering if Rodney's just in it for the money. And John being caught in between his "old" brother and his "new" one.
(And I just had to snip a few rambles of my own, heh). The boys have so many issues, but I see them eventually working through them to establish a stronger working and personal relationship (and hopefully doing it in a way that doesn't seem to marginalize Teyla and Ronon's impact on the team). Can you imagine how "Irresponsible" would play out if Kolya found out that John and Rodney were brothers?
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The snark was my absolute favorite part of this to write, because I literally just let them go at each other before I got tired of it (I did not know that point existed, but apparently it does)
The ending hurt -- and yet I thought it was in character for both boys, that Rodney is afraid of losing his friendship with John if he accepts the brother relationship, while John feels like Rodney's rejecting him just like his family did (maybe I'm reading too much into it, but that's how it looked to me?)
Not reading too much, because that is exactly what I was going for! Rodney the pessimist only seeing how this could hurt him (and desperate to not lose John like he's lost Jeannie... even if the reasoning makes no sense to someone not on painkillers or with Rodney's past), and John the optimist -- seeing the potential for this up to the point where Rodney verbally sucker punches him.
I see Jeannie and Dave having a very big role in the future, Jeannie especially (and much sooner than M&MM... in a way). I waffled on Dave for a while, mostly because I was bitter on how his presence Jossed my plan for John's development on this, but I've come around to the idea of him. I can see him being very guarded at first about an "interloper" trying to assert himself into the family, wondering if Rodney's just in it for the money. And John being caught in between his "old" brother and his "new" one.
(And I just had to snip a few rambles of my own, heh). The boys have so many issues, but I see them eventually working through them to establish a stronger working and personal relationship (and hopefully doing it in a way that doesn't seem to marginalize Teyla and Ronon's impact on the team). Can you imagine how "Irresponsible" would play out if Kolya found out that John and Rodney were brothers?