Something I noticed in "Tao of Rodney"

[thegrrrl2002]

Oh, John. ::giggles::

I was looking at my screencaps from "Tao of Rodney" the other day, and saw something I hadn't noticed before:





Curtains? Sparkly sheer floor-to-ceiling curtains?



Yes, curtains. (ignoring the dangerously placed candle for the moment) Sheer curtains with a lacy shiny gold pattern and matching tie-backs. Seriously, they're lovely and add that touch of sparkly magic to an otherwise boring and institutional room. John wanted to dress up the place a little, make it his own, you know? After a hard day out in the field, he wants to be able to come back to someplace special where he can relax and feel pretty.

So, did he and Rodney go shopping together for these during their six week exile back on Earth? (John wanted to fix up his office at SGC?) Or were the curtains dropped off as part of a regular Daedalus supply run? John sorting through the boxes, snatching them up and clutching them to his chest with joy. "Oh, Rodney! Look! These will be perfect!"

Come on, there's a fic in all this somewhere!!

Yes, I'm easily amused. *g*

Comments

[glammetalkitten.livejournal.com]

Oh, John, indeed! He is such a princess ;)

[nymphaea1.livejournal.com]

Maybe he asked Lorne for some decorating advice. Lorne is the artistic one, after all.

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

A very pretty princess. ::nods::

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

It's entirely possible! Maybe Lorne brought them and decided they didn't work with his room, and gave them to John. John seems more the sparkly type, after all.

[yin-again.livejournal.com]

He totally fought Cadman for them. "Back off, bitch - these match my candleholders!"

[inthekeyofd.livejournal.com]

Frilly curtains..candles burning everywhere..Oh..oh..John, I'm not saying a word..but if he didn't want people to speculate he shouldn't decorate himself. *smile*

[tharaist.livejournal.com]

Oh, John, you're so gay! *giggles at lacy curtains*

[glammetalkitten.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, so very pretty.

*mesmerised by the animated pout icon*

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

Totally!

::dies::

And that icon is LOVE.

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

He tries to fool people with that moody black t-shirt thing, but deep down inside, he's all about the sparkles. *g*

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

He likes pretty things.

Like Rodney. *g*

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

Hee! That's my one and only animated icon success. I'm not sure how I managed it, but the pout is too cute, isn't it?

[nialla]

I noticed the curtains when I first watched the episode, and was left wondering why TPTB insist on trying to write John as a Kirkian totally 100% straight guy, because... curtains. Sheer, sparkly curtains. No straight man living on his own would have those curtains.

But yeah, he's just setting the mood with all those candles, showing his love of danger by placing the candles too close to his sparkly curtains.

[yin-again.livejournal.com]

Thanks - it's shareable; credit goes to everlyn.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

They're obviously from the same place as all the candles (incl. holders), which he had waited years and years for to use. You didn't see the throw-cushions in the corner?

[glammetalkitten.livejournal.com]

the pout is too cute, isn't it?

I've actually left my notification email open in my taskbar so that when my afternoon gets too much (and I'm sure plenty will stress me out in my last hour and forty-five before the weekend) I can look at The Pout. I just makes it all better ;)

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

It's so cute when they pretend he's straight!

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

LOL! Pouty John makes everything better, doesn't he?

[ladycat777.livejournal.com]

I am torn between patting him on the head and going 'that's good, you incredibly not-straight boy, you own your princesshood' and going wtf to the set-designers. Are they here on lj and we don't know about it? Cause that would make a suspicious amount of sense.

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

LOL, yes! That's the macho touch--putting the candles close to the fabric. ::giggles::

And what is that, the tail end of a model airplane sticking out behind in the first pic? Model airplanes and sparkly curtains.

John is a man of contrasts.

!!

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

No, were there really throw cushions? Please tell me there are.

John really knows how to set a mood, doesn't he?

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

I know, isn't it? He's so utterly precious. *g*

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

you own your princesshood

::dies::

Oh, absolutely. I know what you mean. Whose idea where those curtains? I'd really like to thank them.

[dvswraatins.livejournal.com]

I found the whole set up funny because TPTB could have made it looked pathetic with John using one sad little candle he stole from someone and his room looking all John-like. Instead, it was so pretty and warm and intimate and we're not supposed to wonder about him making it look that way to help Rodney? Rodney who seems incredibly at ease in this room. Jeez, just let them wear their wedding rings already ;-)

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Seriously, I watch some of these bits now like I'm watching an elementary school play. And the kid I know is trying really hard as he pretends to be, like, a tree, and all you can do is go, "Awww..."