Pictoral Worst Fears (and more Kindred II thoughts)

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First up, for a little humor, is a picture I took at lunch on Friday. Sad thing was my first thought, "Rodney would freak!"

And here's one I took  about two weeks ago. It's an inside joke.

And now that I've had some time to sleep on it, here are some more Kindred II thoughts:

I probably should have prefaced my last post with that I am happy they've brought Carson back. This guy is, like Rodney (and I think Leesa) said, Carson "in every way that counts".

A caveat: The only thing I'm a little disgruntled about is they made such a big deal in "This Mortal Coil" about what it is to be human, and self, and that the knowledge that you're a copy, a duplicate changes who you are. It marks you. So in that way, means we did not get the same Carson back, and that is what I'm upset about. We have Carson back (yay!), but at the same time, we have a new character, not a return of an old one. And that we were promised our Carson back, I think that's probably what gives me that feeling.

But I love Carson, and to be confusing, this Carson is Carson. He just so happens to be a Carson that did not participate in the events of Season 3. He's probably got a multitude of emotions to sort out, starting off with, if/when he comes out of stasis, he is very much stranded in the Pegasus. He'll never get to see his mother or the rest of his family, which is so sad, because I think of all the SGA characters, Carson has the closest ties to home.

And there's still so much that happened in this episode that I haven't addressed (Teyla refusing rescue; that horrible horrible scene with Michael injecting something into the baby, something that greatly disturbed my mother; Ronon and John trying to distance themselves from Carson; etc, etc etc). I think I'll have to try and address it in comments on other posts.

(And I refuse to give into the Rodney whump bunny that wants to try and whumpify that warehouse scene, and thus steal spotlight from poor Carson and Teyla. Go to bed bunny, it's not happening!) Srsly, no. Bad bunny. Not gonna happen. I mean it.

Comments

[leesa_perrie]

Oh boy, that's a big slice of lemon there...freaked-out Rodney time indeed if he'd been there! But I'm sure you would have protected him from the Lemon of Doom (unless you wanted him all whumped and needing lots of comfort...! *smirk*)

OTTERS!!!!! Cute, cute, cute (not like the ones Carson fears!) OTTERS!!

I can see what you mean, it does seem inconsistant when compared to This Mortal Coil...and that scene with Teyla and the injection was pretty scary. I couldn't tell for certain, was he injecting the baby or was it in her arm? Must watch it again to check (watching it on veoh isn't ideal for spotting details sometimes).

Anyway, I guess we'll just have to see how things work out with baby and such like (and hope it's not cliche or icky).

Oh, and I think you're in denial about the plot bunny...do you not know how difficult they are to refuse?! Me thinks one of your next fics might be a whumped up AU...! *grins*

[dovil.livejournal.com]

Thank god they gave you a straw or you wouldn't have had a chance in hell to get to the tea over the bag of lemons they've got hanging off there.

[aelfgyfu_mead]

See, I simply thought they were wrong in "This Mortal Coil," so I'm not bothered by the inconsistency. It must be quite upsetting to find out you're not actually the person featured in the vast majority of your memories! It may cause you to reassess yourself! The RepliTeam decided they weren't the originals and that it mattered, so to them, it mattered. Rodney, however, quickly convinces Carson that it doesn't matter, and if Carson then bases his self-understanding on that belief, then it really doesn't matter. He lived two years in hope of rescue, not knowing that he's not the only Carson; he gets this terrible shock, but he's immediately thrown back into action again. RepliTeam gets to spend some time moping. Carson's trying to help them find Teyla and doesn't get time to mope.

I do think that if they can find a treatment that will keep him alive, they may be able to say, "The Air Force made a mistake!" and let him go home for a time. Maybe not, but that's what I want to think. Let the man see his poor Mum!

I thought Ronon and John trying to deny that this Carson was Carson was beautifully done. It's absolutely in keeping with their characters. They've lost too much, they feel too deeply, and they're darned if they're gonna get sucked in again. And yet they do; by the end, they've totally abandoned any pretense that this isn't Carson and that they don't care.

You can whump Rodney somewhere else, after Carson's in stasis, and then he can feel miserable once again that Carson's not there to treat him, and everyone can offer him comfort for his injuries that he won't accept for the loss (again) of Carson because he's so busy telling everyone Carson's not gone, they're getting him back Real Soon Now.... Rodney got enough emotional whumpage in this episode that you can set the physical stuff afterwards. Go ahead. Do it now. You'll feel better.