Hey, Lex. :) Thanks for dropping by. There are no words for how much I love your icon. I want to lick it all over and have its babies.
I'm sorry you don't like Weir, just because it sucks to have a character in a show that undermines your enjoyment of it. I feel very lucky that I love her, the way she's written, and the actress who plays her so much and so can honestly say that at the moment there is no one in Atlantis I don't like. I've had to FF through a few scenes in different shows because of characters who are irking me beyond all bearing; found Cameron incredibly irritating in S1 of House - thank goodness she didn't annoy me at all in S2 and I really liked her by the time she was angsting over Foreman - and ended up bailing on Veronica Mars after one season because of my uncontrollable loathing of Logan Echolls. So, I do sympathize.
I've seen DH in a few things now, when I wasn't even looking for him; he just turned up in Cypher, Cube, and an episode of WaT when I was minding my own business and not even indulging my McKay crush and he was wonderful in all of them. It did take me a long time to get over my annoyance that they brought in this wonderful character to Stargate SG-1, showed that he had the best chemistry with Sam that anyone has ever had (except Teal'c) and then whisked him off to Atlantis, a show I wasn't even watching at the time. I was a little miffed about that, but can now see that it was the best possible place for them to give the character the screentime and attention he deserves, although I do feel a little cheated out of the Sam-McKay interaction I was enjoying and the Daniel-McKay interaction I really wanted to see. He was originally the only reason I was intending to watch Atlantis and why I was careful to avoid spoilers, but I hadn't expected to like the rest of the show as much as I did, until I saw a music vid that completely won me over and I had to order the S1 boxset at once.
I do prefer getting to see shows a season or a few seasons at a time. I never feel I'm giving them the best possible shot when I'm watching them week by week.
I haven't seen enough of S2 to really compare it with S1 but I know a few other people have said they felt that some of the other characters were not given the development they deserved. I'm hoping to see the final twelve next week when bka0711 comes to visit me. (Yay!) Bringing me McKay goodness when she does. So far I've liked all the episodes but I've only seen the first eight and second seasons can often be a bit wobbly.
Can't see McShep at all. Would love to be able to, as then I could read the fic, which seems to be excellent, just can't. Like their friendship very much though, but can't see anything romantic at all as yet, despite the wonderful hissy fit of jealousy McKay pitched in Sanctuary, I'm just not feeling any buzz of attraction. Doesn't mean I won't in the future though. I couldn't really see Jack/Daniel as a romantic pairing until Jolinar's Memories; the equality wasn't there enough for me until then. What I am enjoying is all the interaction between all of the characters at the moment and particularly enjoying the friendship moments. There is the same sense of how much they all mean to one another that there was in the early seasons of Stargate and I'm enjoying that immensely.
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I'm sorry you don't like Weir, just because it sucks to have a character in a show that undermines your enjoyment of it. I feel very lucky that I love her, the way she's written, and the actress who plays her so much and so can honestly say that at the moment there is no one in Atlantis I don't like. I've had to FF through a few scenes in different shows because of characters who are irking me beyond all bearing; found Cameron incredibly irritating in S1 of House - thank goodness she didn't annoy me at all in S2 and I really liked her by the time she was angsting over Foreman - and ended up bailing on Veronica Mars after one season because of my uncontrollable loathing of Logan Echolls. So, I do sympathize.
I've seen DH in a few things now, when I wasn't even looking for him; he just turned up in Cypher, Cube, and an episode of WaT when I was minding my own business and not even indulging my McKay crush and he was wonderful in all of them. It did take me a long time to get over my annoyance that they brought in this wonderful character to Stargate SG-1, showed that he had the best chemistry with Sam that anyone has ever had (except Teal'c) and then whisked him off to Atlantis, a show I wasn't even watching at the time. I was a little miffed about that, but can now see that it was the best possible place for them to give the character the screentime and attention he deserves, although I do feel a little cheated out of the Sam-McKay interaction I was enjoying and the Daniel-McKay interaction I really wanted to see. He was originally the only reason I was intending to watch Atlantis and why I was careful to avoid spoilers, but I hadn't expected to like the rest of the show as much as I did, until I saw a music vid that completely won me over and I had to order the S1 boxset at once.
I do prefer getting to see shows a season or a few seasons at a time. I never feel I'm giving them the best possible shot when I'm watching them week by week.
I haven't seen enough of S2 to really compare it with S1 but I know a few other people have said they felt that some of the other characters were not given the development they deserved. I'm hoping to see the final twelve next week when
Can't see McShep at all. Would love to be able to, as then I could read the fic, which seems to be excellent, just can't. Like their friendship very much though, but can't see anything romantic at all as yet, despite the wonderful hissy fit of jealousy McKay pitched in Sanctuary, I'm just not feeling any buzz of attraction. Doesn't mean I won't in the future though. I couldn't really see Jack/Daniel as a romantic pairing until Jolinar's Memories; the equality wasn't there enough for me until then. What I am enjoying is all the interaction between all of the characters at the moment and particularly enjoying the friendship moments. There is the same sense of how much they all mean to one another that there was in the early seasons of Stargate and I'm enjoying that immensely.