Sometimes I do like the idea of the Shep and Weir characters together
Now this is something that nobody will believe of me: sometimes, I do, too.
And then I remember all the Mary Sue Weir stories I've read, the abject annoyances that certain fangirl Shweirs inspire in me, and the fact that the relationship reduces Weir to 'faithful little woman waiting for her man to come home *swoon*', and it passes. *g*
but Shep/Weir always seems like the more subtle ship to me
I pretty much said this on miera_c's LJ the other day.
In the absence of writers capable or willing to write consistent romantic relational development into a show, fans will popularise the relationships that have the most interaction, whether or not there is romantic subtext depicted between the characters.
On the other hand, one of my friends thinks that a lot of het fans over-identify with Elizabeth as the white, educated, thirty-something, middle-class Western woman, and so project themselves into her and want her (themselves) to end up with the 'hero' - in this case, Sheppard.
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Now this is something that nobody will believe of me: sometimes, I do, too.
And then I remember all the Mary Sue Weir stories I've read, the abject annoyances that certain fangirl Shweirs inspire in me, and the fact that the relationship reduces Weir to 'faithful little woman waiting for her man to come home *swoon*', and it passes. *g*
but Shep/Weir always seems like the more subtle ship to me
I pretty much said this on
In the absence of writers capable or willing to write consistent romantic relational development into a show, fans will popularise the relationships that have the most interaction, whether or not there is romantic subtext depicted between the characters.
On the other hand, one of my friends thinks that a lot of het fans over-identify with Elizabeth as the white, educated, thirty-something, middle-class Western woman, and so project themselves into her and want her (themselves) to end up with the 'hero' - in this case, Sheppard.