In the context of Shep/Weir romantic involvement, it comes off as a woman forgiving her man anything he does purely because she loves him. I like Weir. I'd rather not see her in this kind of mentality - which is how she comes across if I read Shep/Weir as romantic.
That's what Shep/Weir seems like for me too. I ship both Shep/Weir and Shep/Teyla, but Shep/Weir is much more in fanon than canon for me. Sometimes I do like the idea of the Shep and Weir characters together, but the writers have yet to write a decent Shep/Weir scene that doesn't scream "OMG ANGST!", "They're acting like they're just friends", or "But that's not like Weir at all!". I'm a huge Weir fan, and though I do like Shep/Weir sometimes, I'd much prefer her with Ronon a person whose relationship with her would add to her character, not subtract from it.
The three relationships I have issues with in romantic development are (ironically) the most popular ones in fandom: Shep/McKay, Shep/Weir, and Teyla/Ronon.
This is still what I don't understand. I see how Shep/McKay and Teyla/Ronon are popular, but Shep/Weir always seems like the more subtle ship to me (in comparison to Shep/Teyla, which I've seen since the first episode).
On the Teyla/Ronon argument, I couldn't agree more.
Out of curiousity, did you see the ficathon delgaserasca is holding over here (http://delgaserasca.livejournal.com/430365.html)? I'm told we're supposed to pimp the ficathon, so here's my... pimpage. :)
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In the context of Shep/Weir romantic involvement, it comes off as a woman forgiving her man anything he does purely because she loves him. I like Weir. I'd rather not see her in this kind of mentality - which is how she comes across if I read Shep/Weir as romantic.
That's what Shep/Weir seems like for me too. I ship both Shep/Weir and Shep/Teyla, but Shep/Weir is much more in fanon than canon for me. Sometimes I do like the idea of the Shep and Weir characters together, but the writers have yet to write a decent Shep/Weir scene that doesn't scream "OMG ANGST!", "They're acting like they're just friends", or "But that's not like Weir at all!". I'm a huge Weir fan, and though I do like Shep/Weir sometimes, I'd much prefer her with
Ronona person whose relationship with her would add to her character, not subtract from it.The three relationships I have issues with in romantic development are (ironically) the most popular ones in fandom: Shep/McKay, Shep/Weir, and Teyla/Ronon.
This is still what I don't understand. I see how Shep/McKay and Teyla/Ronon are popular, but Shep/Weir always seems like the more subtle ship to me (in comparison to Shep/Teyla, which I've seen since the first episode).
On the Teyla/Ronon argument, I couldn't agree more.
Out of curiousity, did you see the ficathon