The example that comes to mind is "ER". The show's one black doctor was involved with the white British surgeon. He actually talked to the writers and they eventually hooked him up with a black woman; he didn't want to contribute to the sterotype that the ultimate prize for a successful black man is a white girlfriend or wife.
I'm not saying that I buy that argument--it would be pretty silly of me to say that--but I have heard it applied to SGA in particular. I've also had someone outside of SGA fandom who watches the show mention the "native princess" trope with the John and Teyla dynamic, and I think there's definitely some stuff going on there that can be legitimately viewed as more of the writers' skeevy race and gender issues.
I don't want to see John and Teyla in the show. I don't want to see John and Rodney, or Rodney and Keller, or anyone else, because no matter who the pairing is, the SGA writing team will fuck it up. These are the guys who think that date rape drugs and sexual harrassment are funny, and who don't understand why Torri would be pissed at the way she was treated. They can't even be consistent with their own canon. No--if I want John/Teyla, I'll read your fic, because I know it'll be done well and respectfully to both characters.
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I'm not saying that I buy that argument--it would be pretty silly of me to say that--but I have heard it applied to SGA in particular. I've also had someone outside of SGA fandom who watches the show mention the "native princess" trope with the John and Teyla dynamic, and I think there's definitely some stuff going on there that can be legitimately viewed as more of the writers' skeevy race and gender issues.
I don't want to see John and Teyla in the show. I don't want to see John and Rodney, or Rodney and Keller, or anyone else, because no matter who the pairing is, the SGA writing team will fuck it up. These are the guys who think that date rape drugs and sexual harrassment are funny, and who don't understand why Torri would be pissed at the way she was treated. They can't even be consistent with their own canon. No--if I want John/Teyla, I'll read your fic, because I know it'll be done well and respectfully to both characters.