So, at long last I'm into the whole SGA thing (nestra dragged me in kicking and screaming, but then the endorphins kicked in and the pain just fell away . . . well, mostly: omg this show is so STUPID, but I digress), and I'm here, reading your post. You 'shipped Carson and McKay?? Huh!
I'm in the "don't really care for the guy" camp when it comes to Carson. I saw tons of potential, but man. The iffy ethics and the near-parody of a blended Scotty-and-McCoy-type character, as well as the inappropriate use of th character (more than once I've said, "Why is Carson there??") put me off.
What I liked about him was his almost prissy -- hm, no, I don't think that's the word, but it's close -- manners. He had many warm and amusing moments with his patients, check. I adored that he worried about his turtles, cheesy as that was. Oh, and when the others got cell phone calls and he was like, "I didn't bring my cell phone!", that was cute. So the gist of my rambling is that, much like the entire show, the character had potential, in my opinion, but he never quite made it there, and I'm not broken up that he's gone.
However, I completely empathize because many of my favorite characters have died. If the show had done better by him, and I sure wish they had, then I'd've wanted him to stick around. I would have cried when he died. I tell you, SGA had better not look at Zelenka, grrrrr!
I can't say that I saw much evidence for a strong McKay/Carson dynamic. It seemed to me that they were freindly, yes, which seemed to me to come about because they were peers of a sort, but had nothing to do with each other's departments. As for interactions with and chemistry, I see tons more with . . . just about everyone else. He spends a *lot* of time with John, plus the snappy back-and-forth all the time. He and Zelenka have a groove, something new for McKay, that he's got not only someone smart enough to give him a run for his money, but a fellow geek. I'd've put my money on either of them as being "best friends" with Rodney, not Carson.*
*I'm responding a bit to the comment thread as well as the initial post. ; )
Oh, hey! You're keeping the end of April free, still, I hope?!? My fingers are so crossed!
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Date: 2007-01-17 08:22 pm (UTC)I'm in the "don't really care for the guy" camp when it comes to Carson. I saw tons of potential, but man. The iffy ethics and the near-parody of a blended Scotty-and-McCoy-type character, as well as the inappropriate use of th character (more than once I've said, "Why is Carson there??") put me off.
What I liked about him was his almost prissy -- hm, no, I don't think that's the word, but it's close -- manners. He had many warm and amusing moments with his patients, check. I adored that he worried about his turtles, cheesy as that was. Oh, and when the others got cell phone calls and he was like, "I didn't bring my cell phone!", that was cute. So the gist of my rambling is that, much like the entire show, the character had potential, in my opinion, but he never quite made it there, and I'm not broken up that he's gone.
However, I completely empathize because many of my favorite characters have died. If the show had done better by him, and I sure wish they had, then I'd've wanted him to stick around. I would have cried when he died. I tell you, SGA had better not look at Zelenka, grrrrr!
I can't say that I saw much evidence for a strong McKay/Carson dynamic. It seemed to me that they were freindly, yes, which seemed to me to come about because they were peers of a sort, but had nothing to do with each other's departments. As for interactions with and chemistry, I see tons more with . . . just about everyone else. He spends a *lot* of time with John, plus the snappy back-and-forth all the time. He and Zelenka have a groove, something new for McKay, that he's got not only someone smart enough to give him a run for his money, but a fellow geek. I'd've put my money on either of them as being "best friends" with Rodney, not Carson.*
*I'm responding a bit to the comment thread as well as the initial post. ; )
Oh, hey! You're keeping the end of April free, still, I hope?!? My fingers are so crossed!