GW: You and Rodney have been very close. MG: Yes, we've been very close. For me this episode brings closure to the series for that character, in a sense that that's really all he's wanted for five years. For someone to say, "I love you," and mean it. That's really all that we want. And a lot of his narcissism and arrogance and general unpleasantness has really come from the fact that he's never really, truly, been unconditionally loved in that way. I kind of had a closure moment with that character. I was like, "OK, we've left you a better character than you were when we started."
This statement bothers me most of all. Rodney was a better character without adding an unnecessary, last minute romance.
His team loves him. They're his family, but TPTB didn't want to outright express that, because with John and Ronon around it might be perceived as "too gay".
He's reconciled with his sister, and even when they weren't speaking to each other, there were still signs of a sibling's unconditional love.
His arrogance has always seemed to me to be less about not being loved, but more about not giving a damn if he is, because 99.9% of the time he's the smartest person in the room. Love is a nice thing, but it's not something that should be handed out blindly to someone who looks pretty but has absolutely nothing in common with you.
Rodney has no tolerance for bullshit and no problems with pointing it out if he sees or hears it. He's not a "jerk with a heart of gold once he finds the woman to fix him" cliche. He's a cliche breaker as a Rude Canadian. *g*
I think Rodney's Bullshit Detector hits an eleventy whenever one of TPTB gives an interview. Whenever they express their undying love of McKeller, smoke starts pouring out, but there's definitely no sparks.
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Date: 2008-12-11 03:32 am (UTC)MG: Yes, we've been very close. For me this episode brings closure to the series for that character, in a sense that that's really all he's wanted for five years. For someone to say, "I love you," and mean it. That's really all that we want. And a lot of his narcissism and arrogance and general unpleasantness has really come from the fact that he's never really, truly, been unconditionally loved in that way. I kind of had a closure moment with that character. I was like, "OK, we've left you a better character than you were when we started."
This statement bothers me most of all. Rodney was a better character without adding an unnecessary, last minute romance.
His team loves him. They're his family, but TPTB didn't want to outright express that, because with John and Ronon around it might be perceived as "too gay".
He's reconciled with his sister, and even when they weren't speaking to each other, there were still signs of a sibling's unconditional love.
His arrogance has always seemed to me to be less about not being loved, but more about not giving a damn if he is, because 99.9% of the time he's the smartest person in the room. Love is a nice thing, but it's not something that should be handed out blindly to someone who looks pretty but has absolutely nothing in common with you.
Rodney has no tolerance for bullshit and no problems with pointing it out if he sees or hears it. He's not a "jerk with a heart of gold once he finds the woman to fix him" cliche. He's a cliche breaker as a Rude Canadian. *g*
I think Rodney's Bullshit Detector hits an eleventy whenever one of TPTB gives an interview. Whenever they express their undying love of McKeller, smoke starts pouring out, but there's definitely no sparks.