but most of the people I knew, who were pretty adamantly anti- Sam/Jack, were at least accepting if not enthusiastic about Jack/Janet. I'd love to hear from tielan on this, because I'm not sure if pairing Jack with another female character supports or counters her argument that (parts of) fandom rejects the female lead being romantically paired with the male lead. Because yeah, I adore Jack/Sara, I've got every fic for that pairing saved on my hard drive. But I 'ship it at the expense of Jack/Sam, the main het "canon" pairing.
With SGA, it's not that I rejected John/Elizabeth (which was never canon anyway) in favour of McShep; I also rejected J/E in favour of John/Teyla. And later John/Ronon, John/Cam, John/Sam, John/Todd, John/Jeannie.1 So it's not really as cut-and-dried as all that.
1 I gave up on John/Rodney long before Keller came along, and yeah, I do see John as bi or gay so I'm happy pairing him with men and women. He's my little black dress. *g*
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With SGA, it's not that I rejected John/Elizabeth (which was never canon anyway) in favour of McShep; I also rejected J/E in favour of John/Teyla. And later John/Ronon, John/Cam, John/Sam, John/Todd, John/Jeannie.1 So it's not really as cut-and-dried as all that.
1 I gave up on John/Rodney long before Keller came along, and yeah, I do see John as bi or gay so I'm happy pairing him with men and women. He's my little black dress. *g*