1. I like John. He's an archetype that I particularly like - the honourable soldier - and yet he's a little bit left of centre (not politically, character-wise). He's got an open mind - and, more importantly, he's willing to have an open heart. Considering everything he's been through in his life, that's a pretty big thing.
2. Obviously pretty much central to the plot of SGA.
3. I think that the way I relate to John is that he's getting his horizons expanded, and he copes with that pretty well. He's a little fucked up on the relating aspect of things (which is why he gets on so well with Rodney for similarly fucked-up relating, and Teyla and Ronon because both of them meet people where they are and not where T & R would like them to be) but I know how that goes. And he drinks tea with the natives.
4. (this is the same answer I gave for my response for 'Teyla' over on LJ) Stargate Atlantis had a lot of great ideas and concepts and opportunities. It was hampered by major racist, sexist, and western supremacist mentalities that were brought to it by the writers and the fanwriters, the vast majority of whom could only parrot back the hegemonic patterns of Earth.
IMO, the SGA series reached its true potential in the SGA Legacy book series, which was a kind of 'Virtual Season Six' written by three fans of the series and published by MGM.
5. John/Teyla all the way. He's willing to sit down and drink tea with her and her people - an open mind, and an open heart - and Teyla accepts him where he's at emotionally, fucked-up and all. Plus, there's the bonus angles of his Ancient-gene and her Wraith-gene: they're both utterly human but they carry the genetic past within them. And the angle of Earth-meets-Pegasus and shared blood, shared fate, which I feel that the show disdained and the fandom pooh-poohed.
6. Not really. I'd probably have developed his relationships more with anyone except Rodney, and given him more roles to play other than military-action-hero, but SGA was what it was.
7. Friendly, I think. Not best buddies, but good for meta discussions (at least until his eyes glazed over and he made a quick escape).
8. Definitely on the list of preferred characters to write - although that's largely due to the archetype John represents, he's not one of my absolute favourites.
9. I'd be positive about John, but tell them to go watch the show and draw their own conclusions.
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1. I like John. He's an archetype that I particularly like - the honourable soldier - and yet he's a little bit left of centre (not politically, character-wise). He's got an open mind - and, more importantly, he's willing to have an open heart. Considering everything he's been through in his life, that's a pretty big thing.
2. Obviously pretty much central to the plot of SGA.
3. I think that the way I relate to John is that he's getting his horizons expanded, and he copes with that pretty well. He's a little fucked up on the relating aspect of things (which is why he gets on so well with Rodney for similarly fucked-up relating, and Teyla and Ronon because both of them meet people where they are and not where T & R would like them to be) but I know how that goes. And he drinks tea with the natives.
4. (this is the same answer I gave for my response for 'Teyla' over on LJ) Stargate Atlantis had a lot of great ideas and concepts and opportunities. It was hampered by major racist, sexist, and western supremacist mentalities that were brought to it by the writers and the fanwriters, the vast majority of whom could only parrot back the hegemonic patterns of Earth.
IMO, the SGA series reached its true potential in the SGA Legacy book series, which was a kind of 'Virtual Season Six' written by three fans of the series and published by MGM.
5. John/Teyla all the way. He's willing to sit down and drink tea with her and her people - an open mind, and an open heart - and Teyla accepts him where he's at emotionally, fucked-up and all. Plus, there's the bonus angles of his Ancient-gene and her Wraith-gene: they're both utterly human but they carry the genetic past within them. And the angle of Earth-meets-Pegasus and shared blood, shared fate, which I feel that the show disdained and the fandom pooh-poohed.
6. Not really. I'd probably have developed his relationships more with anyone except Rodney, and given him more roles to play other than military-action-hero, but SGA was what it was.
7. Friendly, I think. Not best buddies, but good for meta discussions (at least until his eyes glazed over and he made a quick escape).
8. Definitely on the list of preferred characters to write - although that's largely due to the archetype John represents, he's not one of my absolute favourites.
9. I'd be positive about John, but tell them to go watch the show and draw their own conclusions.