John Sheppard isn't the only one who never sees it coming
I'm kinda stunned to be honest. I can't believe it. I don't understand why. I thought you cancelled shows with bad ratings, not ones that were actually doing really well. I don't want a two hour movie. I don't want another freaking spin off. I just don't. And yeah, okay, I was skeptical as hell about SGA when it started and didn't watch it for a year, but I was stupid and SGA is awesome. The new show won't be the John and Rodney show. There'll be no Teyla! No Ronon! No Zelenka and Lorne and Chuck and Carson and EVERYONE.
I feel kinda guilty, how I've neglected SGA. It's still pretty much the only show I watch these days, and I get this surge of excitement every Saturday when I wake up and go and dl it, and then save it as long as I can, until I can't bear not watching it anymore, which usually coincides with about 2am on Sunday morning.
SGA has been a big part of my life- I've only had four proper online fandoms. HP, LotR/LotRPS, SGA and Bandom. I've dabbled in others, but not to the extent of those four. I think I outgrew HP- the crazy and the bitchy and the stupidity got too much for me and I distanced myself. LotRPS fizzled out when the movies ended and the actors went off to live their own lives and...idk, that was a part of my life that brought me awesome friends, but also marks a time I don't really want to remember all that much. Bandom is. Well. You guys know already.
But SGA. It's something I don't talk about much anymore, but it was my lifeline in my final year of undergrad, in that first hellish year of my PhD where I had no internet access and shitty flatmates and whatnot. I found SGA through kueble who's also part of the reason I got into Bandom.
And if I hadn't been part of SGA fandom, I would never have met rain_dances and the very idea of that possibility boggles my mind because, well, she's my Liz. And she really did drag me into Bandom and introduced me to loveyouallwrong and just. So much awesome is in my life because of SGA and now it's going.
And sure, I've neglected it, but the idea of it fizzling out, as TV fandoms seem to do when shows end, makes me so sad. A world without Rodney. A world without Shep. A world without ridiculousness and snark and amazing actors and actresses portraying these amazing characters that you found yourself relating to even though they were in a different galaxy and aliens or mensa material or whatever.
The fact that the show remained awesome for so long despite TPTB sucking major balls and making stupid decisions and generally being a bit dickish, is kinda impressive I think. I hate to think what the actors will do now it's ending. I don't even want to look at David's blog tbh, because that's probably when I'll cry about this, when I read his thoughts on it.
Something that's struck me is, looking back over my flist, over posts like this one, I forgot how many people I knew through SGA, and how much of a crossover there is between SGA and bandom.
Seriously though. This movie? Better be fucking AMAZING. Like, Rodney better go 'Fuck this' and grab John when they're in the puddlejumper on their way back from a mission where they almost died (again) and kiss him really hot and dirty and for John to go 'Oh thank god, FINALLY' and them to disappear into the back of the jumper and close the door. And Teyla and Ronon both sit there and try not to listen to the noises coming from the back and Ronon is all 'So, how's the kid? Can I teach him to fight yet?' and Teyla is all 'No, he's 2. How's your boyfriend Ryan Ross?' and so on. And they only disturb John and Rodney when they realise they're veering a little too close to the planet's moon and neither of them can operate the jumper and then John comes out wearing Rodney's shirt and his hair is even more ridic than usual and he's grinning like a loon and THEY ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER AND HAVE BABIES AND SHIT.
That's what I expect, TPTB, in return for you sucking super hard and cancelling the best show on TV.
I feel kinda guilty, how I've neglected SGA. It's still pretty much the only show I watch these days, and I get this surge of excitement every Saturday when I wake up and go and dl it, and then save it as long as I can, until I can't bear not watching it anymore, which usually coincides with about 2am on Sunday morning.
SGA has been a big part of my life- I've only had four proper online fandoms. HP, LotR/LotRPS, SGA and Bandom. I've dabbled in others, but not to the extent of those four. I think I outgrew HP- the crazy and the bitchy and the stupidity got too much for me and I distanced myself. LotRPS fizzled out when the movies ended and the actors went off to live their own lives and...idk, that was a part of my life that brought me awesome friends, but also marks a time I don't really want to remember all that much. Bandom is. Well. You guys know already.
But SGA. It's something I don't talk about much anymore, but it was my lifeline in my final year of undergrad, in that first hellish year of my PhD where I had no internet access and shitty flatmates and whatnot. I found SGA through kueble who's also part of the reason I got into Bandom.
And if I hadn't been part of SGA fandom, I would never have met rain_dances and the very idea of that possibility boggles my mind because, well, she's my Liz. And she really did drag me into Bandom and introduced me to loveyouallwrong and just. So much awesome is in my life because of SGA and now it's going.
And sure, I've neglected it, but the idea of it fizzling out, as TV fandoms seem to do when shows end, makes me so sad. A world without Rodney. A world without Shep. A world without ridiculousness and snark and amazing actors and actresses portraying these amazing characters that you found yourself relating to even though they were in a different galaxy and aliens or mensa material or whatever.
The fact that the show remained awesome for so long despite TPTB sucking major balls and making stupid decisions and generally being a bit dickish, is kinda impressive I think. I hate to think what the actors will do now it's ending. I don't even want to look at David's blog tbh, because that's probably when I'll cry about this, when I read his thoughts on it.
Something that's struck me is, looking back over my flist, over posts like this one, I forgot how many people I knew through SGA, and how much of a crossover there is between SGA and bandom.
Seriously though. This movie? Better be fucking AMAZING. Like, Rodney better go 'Fuck this' and grab John when they're in the puddlejumper on their way back from a mission where they almost died (again) and kiss him really hot and dirty and for John to go 'Oh thank god, FINALLY' and them to disappear into the back of the jumper and close the door. And Teyla and Ronon both sit there and try not to listen to the noises coming from the back and Ronon is all 'So, how's the kid? Can I teach him to fight yet?' and Teyla is all 'No, he's 2. How's your boyfriend Ryan Ross?' and so on. And they only disturb John and Rodney when they realise they're veering a little too close to the planet's moon and neither of them can operate the jumper and then John comes out wearing Rodney's shirt and his hair is even more ridic than usual and he's grinning like a loon and THEY ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER AND HAVE BABIES AND SHIT.
That's what I expect, TPTB, in return for you sucking super hard and cancelling the best show on TV.