Arctic Light

Others have squeed about SGA's The Prodigal, already. I appear to have gotten distracted with meta.

... specifically, this meta linked from the noticeboard (warning: spoilers for Prodigal and potential squee-harshing). I think that the post's author has a good point as regards writing in general (being true to the integrity of your characters) -- I just disagree strenuously over the specific example that s/he used from the episode, to the point where it makes me wonder if we're even watching the same show! Rather than responding with a comment, since I don't know how this person would feel about some random stranger jumping in with wildly divergent thoughts, I ended up soapboxing over here. (At quite a bit of length, too.)

( Raaaaaambling, with spoilers for Prodigal and quotes from the squee-harshing post in question )

... and, totally unrelated to the above, I just realized that the "Athosians are matriarchal" theory got another strong bit of support back in Search & Rescue -- babies take their mother's last names! I'm not sure if I can really give the writers credit for doing this on purpose; it may simply have happened by serendipitous accident because they were thinking in "Teyla as single mother" mode and/or had completely forgotten about Kanaan. But when she said her son's full name, his last name was Emmagan ...!

Why must both my shows be horribly squick-inducing this week?

I already basically said my piece about this week's SGA at Tipper's journal, and I agree with what she said, so I won't bother complaining about it here.

And then I watched Supernatural to get the taste of that out of my mouth. ( OH ERIC KRIPKE NO )

I have houseguests right now, so ... just a few brief observations.

( Spoilers )

Okay, back to houseguests now.

I ... um ... oh, SHOW.

( Do not read if you're in a squee-harshing sort of mood! Seriously! Do not read! )

You know, last year, when episodes leaked ahead of time, I tried to be the best I could possibly be (aside from not watching them, which would clearly have been beyond my willpower). I didn't post about them, didn't pass around links -- clamped down on all my fannish impulses, squeed quietly by myself and waited for the rest of the world to see them.

This year ... feh. I try to be a good fan, I really do; I buy the episodes on iTunes *and* on DVD; but I've been waiting months and it's not MY fault if they keep tempting me beyond endurance and ... I want to post about it, darn it!

( Needless to say, YOU WILL BE MASSIVELY SPOILED for SGA 5x01, Search & Rescue )

Aaaaah, the season's over! *snivel*

( spoiler spoiler spoiler )

Um. Not so happy here. About one specific thing in the episode, at least.

( Ahem )

I can't even read episode reactions without being spoiled for next season! I already knew to avoid the comments ... XD Well, I promise no spoilers here -- except for the episode, of course! I'm not even watching next week's preview, 'cause I don't wanna know.

( Kindred in brief )