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Stargate Season 7 "Heroes Part 2"
This entry is highly spoilerish for the episode "Heroes". Consider yourself warned.
So. This is it.
Janet is dead.
I didn't cry, but i would have if they had shown Cassie and if they had shown more of the memorial service.
I thought it was a good ep. I liked the lack of background music in both parts, but it isn't a new concept for a death episode.
I loved the documentary guy. He was absolutely fabulous, one of the best guest stars they ever had.
When he told Daniel that story about the war fotographer, I really believed that he believed he was doing the right thing. He didn't convince me, but I knew that he was doing what was right for him, and I think that's what they intended to do. And then they give us some time and a glimpse of the tape, and let us make up our own minds. It worked.
I loved Daniel when he was crying in the infirmary. Cause that's what he was doing in that dark corner, right?
I knew who was going to die, but nonetheless it was very dramatic when Jack got shot, and I can see how people who aren't such utter spoilerwhores as I am would be worried, especially since the end of the season is close. Nicely done.
I was relieved that Jack wasn't hurt any worse, because that would have meant no Jack for the next episode, and I was afraid they would use that as a cheap excuse for his absence. Also, he wouldn't have been able to go home and have comfort sex with Daniel, and that would have been bad for all of us.
I am so in love with Teal'c that it is scaring me, because I never cared much about him. But lately it seems as if he is the only sane person on the team. And I am very impressed with Christopher Judge's acting in the scene with Sam. It can't be easy to show emotions in a character who half of the time shows emotion only by raising eyebrows. But in that scene Teal'c's hurt was so real that it almost made me cry. For me, that short scene was the most emotional of the whole episode.
What undid me was Carter hugging Teal'c, the fact that Teal'c needed someone to comfort him, however subtle it was played.
And this is where the problems start. My problems with the ep.
So Teal'c needs a hug, and Carter is there to provide it.
And when Carter needs a hug, Jack is eager to provide it, burying his face in her neck and saying "Come here" in that comforting voice of his.
And when Daniel needs a hug, he hides in a dark corner of the infirmary and cries.
That is canon.
Fortunately, I have a vivid and very slashy imagination. I know that Daniel and Jack went home and had sex, and held each other the whole night. They didn't talk about it, but there are things that don't need to be said. I know that Daniel cried in that corner because he didn't want to burden Jack with his feelings, because that is what Daniel does. I know that Jack knows that Daniel was crying in the infirmary. He knows, and he knows that Daniel wants to be left alone, and later, when they get home, he lets Daniel fuck him and holds him when he comes and pretends that it is the sex that makes Daniel shake, and that the moisture on his neck is from the sweat, and not from Daniel's sobbing.
I know all these things, and they make me feel a bit better.
But I also know that they are NOT canon, and that no matter how aware of slash anyone on this show is, they didn't think about that kind of backstory.
I also know that Sam and Janet are unofficially living together, and that the rest of the team knows (unofficially or officially, it doesn't matter). I know that Jack comforted Sam because of that, because Sam had just lost her lover.
Again, that is NOT what the producers of the show intended.
What they intended was to THROW their stupid Jack/Sam at us AGAIN, and it makes me want to THROW things around and SCREAM. Denial isn't helping anymore.
WHY?
Didn't we have enough of that? They kill Janet, and what the "fans" will talk about is Jack/Sam???? Cause that's what will happen on all these Jack/Sam friendly fucking forums.
I HATE them for that.
See, I have nothing against shippers. I don't necessarily want to look at Jack and Sam kissing, but if you like it? Hell, whatever floats your boat.
And it isn't the shippers fault that they get all this Jack/Sam action. I'd be thrilled if I were a shipper, and judging by the way I scream "Touchies, touchies" whenever Jack barely lays a finger on Daniel, I'm almost happy for the shippers. It must be nice if your pairing becomes a bit more canon every week, I can't blame them for wanting to talk about it.
But I'm not a shipper, and so I'm NOT happy. Unhappy, so to speak. Very unhappy. Fucking angry. So angry that I find myself cursing, and I never curse.
This show doesn't need a canon pairing. It is about the action, and about the team and their friendship. It isn't about the only woman (and now she really is the only woman) getting the team leader. It's about the team.
And I am so afraid that it is going to destroy the show.
It wouldn't be the first show that is ruined by a canon relationship that no one wants. It won't be the last. When writers don't know what to do with their characters anymore, when everything's been said and done, they let them have sex. Nothing new.
But I don't want it to happen in Stargate.
At the moment I'm thinking worst case scenarios for Season 8, but I just looked at the spoilers and maybe it won't be that bad. (Beware, a small season 8 spoiler follows.)
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Apparently Pete is going to come back in Season 8 as Sam's boyfriend. Well, they gotta do something with him now that they told him everything.
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I wasn't in a good mood when I started watching "Heroes", so maybe I'm a bit emotional right now. But the possibilty that they continue with that Jack/Sam stuff really scares me, and what is worse: it makes me hate Sam. Sam, hysterically crying in the halls of the SGC? I don't think so! What are they doing to her? I love Sam, and they turn her into a weak woman who needs to lean on her CO all the time!
At least I got a perverse pleasure from the scene in the end, when Jack is about to be interviewed. I imagine that he comes straight from a night with Daniel, that they had breakfast together, and a quickie in the shower.
And yet, there he sits, the second in command of the world's best kept secret, representing everything the military stands for. Coming from a night with his very male lover. Shows how fucked up don't ask don't tell really is, and I love Jack and Daniel for not caring about it.
As Hammond said: Some people will always be closer to you than others, so screw the regulations.
And maybe, by the time the world is ready to hear the truth about the Stargate project, it will be ready to face that men do love men, and that they act upon that love. Even soldiers.
So. This is it.
Janet is dead.
I didn't cry, but i would have if they had shown Cassie and if they had shown more of the memorial service.
I thought it was a good ep. I liked the lack of background music in both parts, but it isn't a new concept for a death episode.
I loved the documentary guy. He was absolutely fabulous, one of the best guest stars they ever had.
When he told Daniel that story about the war fotographer, I really believed that he believed he was doing the right thing. He didn't convince me, but I knew that he was doing what was right for him, and I think that's what they intended to do. And then they give us some time and a glimpse of the tape, and let us make up our own minds. It worked.
I loved Daniel when he was crying in the infirmary. Cause that's what he was doing in that dark corner, right?
I knew who was going to die, but nonetheless it was very dramatic when Jack got shot, and I can see how people who aren't such utter spoilerwhores as I am would be worried, especially since the end of the season is close. Nicely done.
I was relieved that Jack wasn't hurt any worse, because that would have meant no Jack for the next episode, and I was afraid they would use that as a cheap excuse for his absence. Also, he wouldn't have been able to go home and have comfort sex with Daniel, and that would have been bad for all of us.
I am so in love with Teal'c that it is scaring me, because I never cared much about him. But lately it seems as if he is the only sane person on the team. And I am very impressed with Christopher Judge's acting in the scene with Sam. It can't be easy to show emotions in a character who half of the time shows emotion only by raising eyebrows. But in that scene Teal'c's hurt was so real that it almost made me cry. For me, that short scene was the most emotional of the whole episode.
What undid me was Carter hugging Teal'c, the fact that Teal'c needed someone to comfort him, however subtle it was played.
And this is where the problems start. My problems with the ep.
So Teal'c needs a hug, and Carter is there to provide it.
And when Carter needs a hug, Jack is eager to provide it, burying his face in her neck and saying "Come here" in that comforting voice of his.
And when Daniel needs a hug, he hides in a dark corner of the infirmary and cries.
That is canon.
Fortunately, I have a vivid and very slashy imagination. I know that Daniel and Jack went home and had sex, and held each other the whole night. They didn't talk about it, but there are things that don't need to be said. I know that Daniel cried in that corner because he didn't want to burden Jack with his feelings, because that is what Daniel does. I know that Jack knows that Daniel was crying in the infirmary. He knows, and he knows that Daniel wants to be left alone, and later, when they get home, he lets Daniel fuck him and holds him when he comes and pretends that it is the sex that makes Daniel shake, and that the moisture on his neck is from the sweat, and not from Daniel's sobbing.
I know all these things, and they make me feel a bit better.
But I also know that they are NOT canon, and that no matter how aware of slash anyone on this show is, they didn't think about that kind of backstory.
I also know that Sam and Janet are unofficially living together, and that the rest of the team knows (unofficially or officially, it doesn't matter). I know that Jack comforted Sam because of that, because Sam had just lost her lover.
Again, that is NOT what the producers of the show intended.
What they intended was to THROW their stupid Jack/Sam at us AGAIN, and it makes me want to THROW things around and SCREAM. Denial isn't helping anymore.
WHY?
Didn't we have enough of that? They kill Janet, and what the "fans" will talk about is Jack/Sam???? Cause that's what will happen on all these Jack/Sam friendly fucking forums.
I HATE them for that.
See, I have nothing against shippers. I don't necessarily want to look at Jack and Sam kissing, but if you like it? Hell, whatever floats your boat.
And it isn't the shippers fault that they get all this Jack/Sam action. I'd be thrilled if I were a shipper, and judging by the way I scream "Touchies, touchies" whenever Jack barely lays a finger on Daniel, I'm almost happy for the shippers. It must be nice if your pairing becomes a bit more canon every week, I can't blame them for wanting to talk about it.
But I'm not a shipper, and so I'm NOT happy. Unhappy, so to speak. Very unhappy. Fucking angry. So angry that I find myself cursing, and I never curse.
This show doesn't need a canon pairing. It is about the action, and about the team and their friendship. It isn't about the only woman (and now she really is the only woman) getting the team leader. It's about the team.
And I am so afraid that it is going to destroy the show.
It wouldn't be the first show that is ruined by a canon relationship that no one wants. It won't be the last. When writers don't know what to do with their characters anymore, when everything's been said and done, they let them have sex. Nothing new.
But I don't want it to happen in Stargate.
At the moment I'm thinking worst case scenarios for Season 8, but I just looked at the spoilers and maybe it won't be that bad. (Beware, a small season 8 spoiler follows.)
S
E
A
S
O
N
8
S
P
O
I
L
E
R
S
Apparently Pete is going to come back in Season 8 as Sam's boyfriend. Well, they gotta do something with him now that they told him everything.
E
N
D
O
F
S
P
O
I
L
E
R
S
I wasn't in a good mood when I started watching "Heroes", so maybe I'm a bit emotional right now. But the possibilty that they continue with that Jack/Sam stuff really scares me, and what is worse: it makes me hate Sam. Sam, hysterically crying in the halls of the SGC? I don't think so! What are they doing to her? I love Sam, and they turn her into a weak woman who needs to lean on her CO all the time!
At least I got a perverse pleasure from the scene in the end, when Jack is about to be interviewed. I imagine that he comes straight from a night with Daniel, that they had breakfast together, and a quickie in the shower.
And yet, there he sits, the second in command of the world's best kept secret, representing everything the military stands for. Coming from a night with his very male lover. Shows how fucked up don't ask don't tell really is, and I love Jack and Daniel for not caring about it.
As Hammond said: Some people will always be closer to you than others, so screw the regulations.
And maybe, by the time the world is ready to hear the truth about the Stargate project, it will be ready to face that men do love men, and that they act upon that love. Even soldiers.