Various things...
Jul. 4th, 2006 03:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thegrrrl2002I dragged myself out of the apartment today, for the first time since Friday. I've been suffering from the Most Horrible Cold Ever. I'm finally starting to feel better, even though I have a lingering cough that makes me sound like a 70-year-old man with a two-pack-a-day habit. It's truly lovely. I made the mistake of stopping for a sandwich while I was out (when my walking slowed down to a stagger) only to get a crumb of bread stuck in my throat. I came very close to coughing my entire sandwich up, right there in the sandwich shop. Really would have been embarrassing.
But it was very nice to get out into the sunshine and see the sky again. The walls of the apartment were closing in on me, in a big way.
There really is a point to this post. Two points:
One, go and read![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mmmchelle's new fic: That Pon Farr Thing. It's lovely and romantic and funny and there's cuddling and vulnerable John and general all-round hotness. I love it.
And two -I watched the SGA S2 DVD feature "Introducing Ronon Dex" (thanks tobluespirit_star) and I was highly amused by Rob Cooper and Martin Wood going on and on about how tough Ronon is. Oooh, so big and scary! Unpredictable! Big tough guy! A fighter, so big and strong and imposing, you never know what he's going to do next! Warrior! Soldier! Wild man! Oh, yeah, background--we'll give him some of that next season. But big and scary! A fighter! He can beat people/wraith/everyone up!! He kicks ass!
(Okay, Rob, did you get picked on a lot as a child?)
Not one mention of the depth the character has, his puppyish loyalty to Sheppard, his humor, intelligence or gentleness or anything else that makes the character so appealing. All I can say is thank god for JM, who plays Ronon with all of the above nuances. And for those writers who have given him a chance to do something other than fight and be intimating. Sheesh.
A happy fourth to everyone out there who is celebrating! Have a drink for me.
And now, I shall nap.
But it was very nice to get out into the sunshine and see the sky again. The walls of the apartment were closing in on me, in a big way.
There really is a point to this post. Two points:
One, go and read
mmmchelle's new fic: That Pon Farr Thing. It's lovely and romantic and funny and there's cuddling and vulnerable John and general all-round hotness. I love it. And two -I watched the SGA S2 DVD feature "Introducing Ronon Dex" (thanks to
bluespirit_star) and I was highly amused by Rob Cooper and Martin Wood going on and on about how tough Ronon is. Oooh, so big and scary! Unpredictable! Big tough guy! A fighter, so big and strong and imposing, you never know what he's going to do next! Warrior! Soldier! Wild man! Oh, yeah, background--we'll give him some of that next season. But big and scary! A fighter! He can beat people/wraith/everyone up!! He kicks ass!(Okay, Rob, did you get picked on a lot as a child?)
Not one mention of the depth the character has, his puppyish loyalty to Sheppard, his humor, intelligence or gentleness or anything else that makes the character so appealing. All I can say is thank god for JM, who plays Ronon with all of the above nuances. And for those writers who have given him a chance to do something other than fight and be intimating. Sheesh.
A happy fourth to everyone out there who is celebrating! Have a drink for me.
And now, I shall nap.
