Fair enough. I don't know much about the author's leanings in that direction myself; I skimmed the first few comments, found them very offputting (in a way that the fic itself wasn't) and moved on. Anyway, if the author's okay with it, I'm not one to butt in. *shrugs*
I think the fic also made a pretty compelling argument against McKay/Sheppard, or, really, McKay/anybody -- pointing out as it does that Rodney's lack of emotional sensitivity extends to his friends as well as lovers. Which was something I liked about it, really; that it wasn't just that he's emotionally obtuse with Jennifer because they're "not made for each other", but that he doesn't do people in general. His lack of ability to supply emotional support is acceptable on the more casual level of a friendship, as least with people who are willing to put up with his self-absorption, but falls flat in a relationship, where a certain amount of selflessness is necessary. I think that my own love for Rodney makes it occasionally hard for me to write him in a way that's consistent with some of his behavior in canon, as this fic did.
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I think the fic also made a pretty compelling argument against McKay/Sheppard, or, really, McKay/anybody -- pointing out as it does that Rodney's lack of emotional sensitivity extends to his friends as well as lovers. Which was something I liked about it, really; that it wasn't just that he's emotionally obtuse with Jennifer because they're "not made for each other", but that he doesn't do people in general. His lack of ability to supply emotional support is acceptable on the more casual level of a friendship, as least with people who are willing to put up with his self-absorption, but falls flat in a relationship, where a certain amount of selflessness is necessary. I think that my own love for Rodney makes it occasionally hard for me to write him in a way that's consistent with some of his behavior in canon, as this fic did.