Crazy-passionate or passionate-crazy?

[horridporrid]

So after picking up a couple of shifts and working, working, working, I got sick. :( Nothing dramatic, I'm pleased to say. Just the sort of thing where you have to haul a kleenex box around everywhere you go. But it was annoying and a bit exhausting

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[ariadne83]

*sigh* On the one hand, it would be way cool. On the other, I shudder to think how George W. Bush would responded to having that type of power. To wipe out planets and such.

[horridporrid]

Eep! Too much messy reality! ;D Though thinking about it semi-seriously... the US has such a pretty formidable nuclear arsenal and hasn't used it to destroy anything. Lately. So maybe access to a wormhole wouldn't be too much power? Maybe?

[ariadne83]

It's not so much the destruction thing as what he might try to strong-arm other planets into doing with the threat of their power. Or how he'd misappropriate resources. Like, would he screw up the naquadah treaty they have with the Unas?

[horridporrid]

Would the Earth (or the US I suppose, assuming that the US had total control of 'gate access, which... I think for much of SG-1 it did?) have such a preponderance of power they'd be able to strong-arm anyone?

The way I'm imagining it, when we (the Earth) first head out into the stars we're going to be weaker guys, what with the tech being so new and all. Or at least, even if there are weaker groups, I'd expect a stronger group (or several stronger groups) either running things or with enough influence for us to be weary of them. Not necessarily a full on Federation (though, how cool would that be?) but at least an understood system in place. Not a place where we newbies could just start throwing our weight (such as it is) around.

[omglawdork]

"Thoughtcrimes" should have become a series. That it didn't makes me sad. Ish. Because I do like Flanigan as John Sheppard and I doubt he'd have done both series.

I completely agree with you on this one. I watched TC not expecting much, and after watching it, I found myself thinking about it. A lot. And then I watched it again, and realized that I actually liked it. I really liked it, and I think if it had been a show, I would've made an effort to watch it every week. As much I love John Sheppard, I feel like I could have loved Brendan Dean, too. Actually, to be honest, I did love Brendan Dean a little - he's smart, and he's goofy, and he's a good guy, and he's a little damaged, and I loved it. I think JFlans is amazing at that crime-drama-special-agent thing. I loved him in Women's Murder Club, too, and was heartbroken when the writers' strike killed the rest of his guest appearances there

[horridporrid]

I think JFlans is amazing at that crime-drama-special-agent thing.

Agreed! I'd love to see him in that sort of role in the future. As a Brandon Dean type character would be extra cool. :) (Though if the character also carried around a pocket pepper-grinder? \o/)

(I have to admit, though, Freya on TC needed a massive wardrobe overhaul. NSA agents do not wear belly-exposing shirts, no matter how lovely the belly).

Ha! Yeah, I noted that myself. Though I was more laughing at the mid (or was it late?) 90's fashion dating. IIRC, everyone (on TV, anyway) was running around in not-quite-long-enough shirts. I didn't question it too much at the time, but seeing it again? It's a tiny bit silly. (Oh, rules of fashion... you just stay as spazy as you are. *g*)

Oh! I did notice that last scene had her in a completely different sort of outfit. Much more adult and professional (though also quite sexy). That's one of the things I wondered about, actually. Where was her character, now that she was more at peace with her abilities, going

[omglawdork]

You know, there's actually some really good TC fic out there that deals with what happens to a woman in her twenties who pretty much just stopped developing emotionally when she was in her late teens. How does she catch up? Does she catch up? What kind of mark does that leave? Really interesting stuff. (plus, some really cute brendan/freya stuff, i will not lie to you). Let me know if you want the hookup.

[horridporrid]

Ooh, yes, please! :)