SGA fanon... in fairness, I'm not sure if this is just me being bitter, but I really think 'Rodney's a soft, woobie under his hard exterior, whom no-one understands.' It affects so many other things, like perceptions of John and the way people write him, the way people write Teyla's relationship with both of them (I hate fic where she tells John to be nicer to Rodney), the way people interpret Rodney's bad behaviour in episodes, the way they write him, the way they write Cam and Sam, the number of fics where John and the others have to apologise to Rodney for not appreciating him... I could go on, but I probably shouldn't :o)
John Sheppard fanon... oh, there's so many things I hate to choose from. 'John's only gay for Rodney,' possibly. It nicely combines my hatred for the 'I wasn't gay until I met you' and the 'Rodney's so wonderful' tropes. Or 'John never loved his wife, he was just trying to be normal' - it makes him a horrible person, and he tries not to hurt people, he wouldn't do that. Or 'John doesn't understand his own feelings/have any feelings' - he might not like/be good at talking about them, but the odd times that he does, it's pretty clear that he knows what he's thinking and feeling for himself. Being a private person doesn't mean he's a robot.
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John Sheppard fanon... oh, there's so many things I hate to choose from. 'John's only gay for Rodney,' possibly. It nicely combines my hatred for the 'I wasn't gay until I met you' and the 'Rodney's so wonderful' tropes. Or 'John never loved his wife, he was just trying to be normal' - it makes him a horrible person, and he tries not to hurt people, he wouldn't do that. Or 'John doesn't understand his own feelings/have any feelings' - he might not like/be good at talking about them, but the odd times that he does, it's pretty clear that he knows what he's thinking and feeling for himself. Being a private person doesn't mean he's a robot.