Well, apparently, from looking at other people's comments, that's just a conclusion that *I* jumped to, based on ... nothing, apparently. The thought hadn't even occurred to me that he wasn't the older brother. It could go either way, really.
I was also very, very amused by how most people at the funeral must have gotten the impression that John had brought his boyfriend. XD I mean, seriously - "civilian contractor"? Suuuuure.
AHAHAHAHAHA! Would you believe I hadn't even thought of that?
But the thought did occur to me that, if you wanted to make a case for canon John being gay, it would actually fit perfectly with the details of his life as revealed in this episode. We don't know what his big fight with his father was about, although it's inferred that it had to do with not living his life as his father would have wanted. We don't really know why he broke up with Nancy; it appears to have to do with personality differences, but one interesting wrinkle is that he appears to have kept in touch with her until leaving for Atlantis (with her comment about not having heard from him for four years -- surely their divorce had to have been earlier than that!). I don't think the episode implies that he's gay (though I'm sure some will disagree XD), but, like I've said before, they really could have him come out of the closet without it being a total bolt from the blue, and that's as true after the big "John backstory episode" as it was before.
At the point he's at with his friends in Atlantis, I don't think you could PULL them away from him, and the whole thing just makes me happy. ♥
Eeeee, so much love for that. ^_^ And, yeah, I agree with you; it makes it even better to know that he's walked away before, but here, he's found something worth staying for. I've always felt that one of the things I really like about SGA is how the characters aren't joined at the hip -- the team is close, but they aren't the only important things in each other's world; they've all got a social circle that extends beyond the team. And for me, this just adds to that and deepens it. If John ever did lose the team, he's kinda got a place to go; it would break him in all sorts of ways, but he wouldn't be completely alone, just like Rodney's got Jeannie, Zelenka and others to get his back, and Teyla, er, used to have the Athosians, and now her baby. It makes their world feel a little more real that they aren't the only important thing in each other's universe.
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Well, apparently, from looking at other people's comments, that's just a conclusion that *I* jumped to, based on ... nothing, apparently. The thought hadn't even occurred to me that he wasn't the older brother. It could go either way, really.
I was also very, very amused by how most people at the funeral must have gotten the impression that John had brought his boyfriend. XD I mean, seriously - "civilian contractor"? Suuuuure.
AHAHAHAHAHA! Would you believe I hadn't even thought of that?
But the thought did occur to me that, if you wanted to make a case for canon John being gay, it would actually fit perfectly with the details of his life as revealed in this episode. We don't know what his big fight with his father was about, although it's inferred that it had to do with not living his life as his father would have wanted. We don't really know why he broke up with Nancy; it appears to have to do with personality differences, but one interesting wrinkle is that he appears to have kept in touch with her until leaving for Atlantis (with her comment about not having heard from him for four years -- surely their divorce had to have been earlier than that!). I don't think the episode implies that he's gay (though I'm sure some will disagree XD), but, like I've said before, they really could have him come out of the closet without it being a total bolt from the blue, and that's as true after the big "John backstory episode" as it was before.
At the point he's at with his friends in Atlantis, I don't think you could PULL them away from him, and the whole thing just makes me happy. ♥
Eeeee, so much love for that. ^_^ And, yeah, I agree with you; it makes it even better to know that he's walked away before, but here, he's found something worth staying for. I've always felt that one of the things I really like about SGA is how the characters aren't joined at the hip -- the team is close, but they aren't the only important things in each other's world; they've all got a social circle that extends beyond the team. And for me, this just adds to that and deepens it. If John ever did lose the team, he's kinda got a place to go; it would break him in all sorts of ways, but he wouldn't be completely alone, just like Rodney's got Jeannie, Zelenka and others to get his back, and Teyla, er, used to have the Athosians, and now her baby. It makes their world feel a little more real that they aren't the only important thing in each other's universe.