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[castalia]

Well, with one episode they managed to both validate my pairing and kill one half of it. Bastards.

I knew the rumors that Carson would be "disappearing" at some point, but as Jewel Staite is only drafted for 14 episodes next season I had assumed it would be a temporary disappearance. I was in denial up until the point where they showed the flag-draped casket.

I'd ask why my shows always kill off my favorite characters, but that would be rhetorical.

I'm going to miss Carson and his interaction with Rodney, Elizabeth, Teyla, Ronon, and Radek. So many cute moments over the past few seasons. I'm going to miss the humor and the accent that reminds me of university friends.

One thing that did make me happy was the ending. Some emotional honesty from Rodney, a reassuring Carson who already knew those things but was glad to hear them anyway, and some not so subtle hints that we may be seeing Carson again in one form or another. I know an alternate universe Carson would be hitting the reset button, but I don't care. I don't want to lose my pairing, and Rodney doesn't need to lose his best friend. McGillion is still listed as being cast in future eps, so I assume we'll get him back in some form or another.

*reaches for another tissue*

A solid ep, though, except for the stupidity of the "explosive tumors" plot. WTF was Gero smoking when he came up with that one? The contrast b/w the memorial service, with Weir saying how much everyone loved him, and the rest of the ep, with everyone not wanting to spend downtime with him, made me sad, though.

Comments

[ophidiae.livejournal.com]

D'Argo's death broke me.

To be fair, I never saw any slash between Rodney and Carson. Otoh, I don't particularly see slash between John and Rodney, either. Which doesn't mean I don't think Sheppard is gay as a tree full of monkeys (because I totally do) but that's a whole 'nother issue.

I did, however, see Rodney and Carson as being genuinely close friends, probably an offshoot of the fact that Paul McG. and David H. are very close friends in Real Life. I know some people are baffled by Rodney's comment about Carson being the closest thing to a best friend he ever had. I wasn't, not in the slightest. No, they didn't get the screen time together that Rodney has with Sheppard, but when they did, you always had the sense that the two were close and genuinely cared about each other.

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

God, me too. I've never cried at much of anything the way I did when that aired. *hugs*

I do agree about the close friendship, and I can't believe people are actually baffled by Rodney's confession. Paul and David's friendship reminds me so much of another Paul and David pair - Glaser and Soul from S&H - and I loved seeing that translate to their characters on screen.

[gritkitty.livejournal.com]

I can see Rodney and Carson as being genuinely close friends, but no, I didn't quite see the "best friend" concept. I posted about it below, just a few thoughts about it. We've all got our own way of encountering a text (or show), and it's all good.

Also, I really wanted to say how much I like your icon! Hee!