If Carter ends up in McKay's lab...I'll not be happy. Because I totally agree on the "she drops McKay's IQ" front, and he comes off as a buffoon.
HOWEVER (and this is a HUGE however related to a slim hope I have), if she does, in fact, "come with her own ship" (as has been noted in a couple of places), and she ends up staying up there...I'm actually pretty happy with the idea. Weir and Caldwell butted heads pretty nicely that way, without either ever really coming off poorly, and Caldwell eventually ended up in a very respectful role. If Carter comes in her own ship, say...the Odyssey?...as it's captain, she'll be butting heads with McKay the same way, I would imagine. I can see him, on the ground, needing to be rescued (and maybe not wanting to be?), or arguing about whether she's right about something she sees up there but he's looking at down below, or arguing about whether to risk the ship to help Atlantis, and so on. I think, so long as they stay ostensibly "apart" that it could work out really, really well. I like the idea of Carter in a Caldwell like role, and I think there's a lot of potential there...
But, and here's the kicker, we don't know if that will be the case. Carter can't and won't be as easily pushed to the back as Caldwell was, and there's no clear answer on the part of the writers about who is "in charge" or "the lead", so...it's a real curiosity. And Carter's heavy Mary Sue-ism has reached scary levels.
So, I'm not going to pass judgment yet, just because I *think* there is a way to do this which would be awesome. But, there's also a way to do this which would be terrible.
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Date: 2007-01-25 05:34 pm (UTC)HOWEVER (and this is a HUGE however related to a slim hope I have), if she does, in fact, "come with her own ship" (as has been noted in a couple of places), and she ends up staying up there...I'm actually pretty happy with the idea. Weir and Caldwell butted heads pretty nicely that way, without either ever really coming off poorly, and Caldwell eventually ended up in a very respectful role. If Carter comes in her own ship, say...the Odyssey?...as it's captain, she'll be butting heads with McKay the same way, I would imagine. I can see him, on the ground, needing to be rescued (and maybe not wanting to be?), or arguing about whether she's right about something she sees up there but he's looking at down below, or arguing about whether to risk the ship to help Atlantis, and so on. I think, so long as they stay ostensibly "apart" that it could work out really, really well. I like the idea of Carter in a Caldwell like role, and I think there's a lot of potential there...
But, and here's the kicker, we don't know if that will be the case. Carter can't and won't be as easily pushed to the back as Caldwell was, and there's no clear answer on the part of the writers about who is "in charge" or "the lead", so...it's a real curiosity. And Carter's heavy Mary Sue-ism has reached scary levels.
So, I'm not going to pass judgment yet, just because I *think* there is a way to do this which would be awesome. But, there's also a way to do this which would be terrible.
Fingers crossed, eh?