That last post got a little screwed up, so here's the readable version.
I was onboard with the political alliance. I really liked the idea of it. In fact, while I completely sympathized with Rodney and wasn't angry at him, I did think he needed to grow up a little and realize that this was something that needed to be done and was not all about him. Yes, he agreed to it, but considering that both John and Teyla were making a not-small sacrifice here by giving up a big chunk of their personal lives in order to take on these fairly oppressive life-long roles, I did want him to realize he wasn't the only one paying for this. And for him to have more faith in his friends who deserved to be trusted because they'd never betray him like that, except, oh, they did. So instead of Rodney realizing that they'd taken on something huge here and having to let go of some his earlier hurt over past relationships, he got to play the noble and ultimately forgiving victim.
I agree with you that the whole political alliance thing was rushed, but I found the whole story part rushed.
And if Atlantis really was influencing the whole John/Teyla hook-up then the both of them were just arguably date raped and I am a little horrified that they then had to apologize for that.
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I was onboard with the political alliance. I really liked the idea of it. In fact, while I completely sympathized with Rodney and wasn't angry at him, I did think he needed to grow up a little and realize that this was something that needed to be done and was not all about him. Yes, he agreed to it, but considering that both John and Teyla were making a not-small sacrifice here by giving up a big chunk of their personal lives in order to take on these fairly oppressive life-long roles, I did want him to realize he wasn't the only one paying for this. And for him to have more faith in his friends who deserved to be trusted because they'd never betray him like that, except, oh, they did. So instead of Rodney realizing that they'd taken on something huge here and having to let go of some his earlier hurt over past relationships, he got to play the noble and ultimately forgiving victim.
I agree with you that the whole political alliance thing was rushed, but I found the whole story part rushed.
And if Atlantis really was influencing the whole John/Teyla hook-up then the both of them were just arguably date raped and I am a little horrified that they then had to apologize for that.