Season Four Dilemma

[chaps1870]

As I attempted to write this evening it occurred to me that I can't get past Season Three. In my perfect world Carter does not exist in Atlantis and Carson didn't die.  There you have it. There is no way I could write Carter unless it was some evil demented story involving her death. And Keller is so boring that I wouldn't even know where to begin with her. A character has to have character in order to write him/her. It's almost to the point where I find it increasingly difficult to even read a story that involves Carter, unless she is the mean nasty bitch my mind has conjured up. 

I thought I might be overreacting to the whole Carter thing but I am increasingly incensed by her 'familiarity' with the characters. In my mind she has stepped into the role too easily and everyone is far too accepting. And if she calls Sheppard "John" one more time I might just puke. Would it be too much to ask that at least one of the characters find her less than wonderful? *gags* 

Comments

[misty4me.livejournal.com]

Well you know I agree with you. I wasn't a big SG1 fan, didn't watch the show so Atlantis is really all I've known of the Stargate 'verse. And even without all of that backstory, well, Carter has just totally changed the dynamic, the basic feel of the show. I see Rodney and John marginalized, see her walking in and being accepted without earning her chops, see her being dismissive of their experience.

Then there is Keller. Yeah, she is boring. That isn't anything against Jewel Stait. After all, unless it's Carter, the writers have pretty much shown they can't write women, and they pretty much only write Carter well situationally, when she's being a soldier or scientist, not herself. She certainly doesn't have any leadership presence.

So Keller, yeah flat, boring. Someone described her as not owning any of the scenes she's been in so far. I have to agree. The writers may not have given Carson a lot to work with, but PM really did well with it. I don't see Stait having the same luck. My only hope for Beckett is that apparently the writers are going to 'ship Keller and Ronon, so I'm thinking they'll kill her or something at the end of the season because having Ronon in a relationship with her would really be stupid and alienate fans.

[chaps1870.livejournal.com]

About as bad as shipping Carson with Cadman. Who thought that was a good idea? Ranks right up there with the idea that Rodney and Katie are a good match. WTF?

[misty4me.livejournal.com]

Honestly, do you think all the writers are divorced? At least once? Of course that assumes they've ever actually been in a relationship.

[chaps1870.livejournal.com]

They are married to meek, mild women that bend to their every whim. LOL