stargate universe; or, wtf was that all-nighter?

[intrikate88]

Last week I was terribly sick, and am still not quite sure how I got that way though I have a few ideas, but after spending several days in bed with a 104-degree (40C) fever and collapsing every time I stumbled to the bathroom or the kitchen, I managed to make it to the couch and finally do something with the last few days of my Netflix trial,

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[cranmers]

I don't know the first thing about these fandoms but I hope you're feeling better <3

[intrikate88]

I am feeling better! Just haven't gotten all my energy back so I'm in that awkward place of feeling like I can do everything except nooooo, I really can't. But that'll be past soon.

[jebbypal]

love your head canon contiuation

[intrikate88]

Thanks! Also: Dr. Rush lived a really long time, but a couple decades later when he knew it was his time to go, he uploaded his mind to the computer to be with Mandy and also to haunt the ship forever. The residents of Destiny were not particularly a fan of this, but Rush gave as many fucks about their preferences as he ever had, and so everybody just had to live with him materializing at odd times and spouting insults for all time.

[redbrunja]

I couldn't get into Stargate: Universe for several reasons, but I found Rush a FASCINATING character. One thing that really sold me on him was that, as you said, he is the one doing the algebra of survival and being unpleasant and people react to him the way that most people WOULD react to someone acting like that.

He lets himself love Amanda Perry, even though there are always barriers between them. He is always the first to calculate the dreadful algebra of survival, but he will put himself on the line again and again to save the people on the ship even though he knows they all hate him.

Which episodes is Amanda Perry in? Because I am intrigued.

Also, my and my inappropriate shipping tendencies totally approve of Chloe/Rush. Are there one or two eps that have great interaction between them? Or is it snippets throughout the series.

[intrikate88]

Rush was definitely the best character by far. He's so, so complicated and all the other characters see him as rather heartless but he completely isn't, and seeing those onion layers being peeled away is just amazing. Everyone else's appeal was in the way they grew and evolved, but as one bit of dialogue in the final episode goes, Rush tells Eli that he's come quite a ways from being the slacker dropout, and Eli responds, "Thanks! You... have been pretty consistent, actually."

Amanda switches bodies to get on the Destiny in several episodes, and then ends up as a consciousness living entirely in the ship's computer. She's in 1x16, 2x07, 2x14, and 2x15. She and Rush are just ridiculously adorable together

[redbrunja]

Everyone else's appeal was in the way they grew and evolved, but as one bit of dialogue in the final episode goes, Rush tells Eli that he's come quite a ways from being the slacker dropout, and Eli responds, "Thanks! You... have been pretty consistent, actually."

Ha!

Thanks for the tips about which episodes to check out.

[trickseybird]

Hello, I've added you :) I loved your recent fic.

I've been on a Carlyle binge since watching OUAT. I've downloaded a bunch of films, and I', just up to ep 5 in SGU. He makes it, lol so unpredictable and sarky. I will therefore read this entry in a skimmy, avoiding spoilers way

[trickseybird]

I do like the drama. And the rustbucket with its ragtag crew puts me in mind of Serenity a wee bit.
My friend didn't like it in comparason with the others bc of the drama. But that's what is part of its attraction - the human element, rather than the shiny military people, like you said.
I've heard of the cliff hanger at the end, so I shall return to this entry for comfort soon I'm sure ha. Any fic recs?

[intrikate88]

lol, glad I'm not the only one marathoning Carlyle's face. From what I'm seeing, most people think that he's the redeeming factor about the series, but I really do just like the whole setup of a ragtag group of survivors having drama and interacting while trying to keep a POS ship from breaking down, and even creating a life for themselves out of it.

I don't have any fic recs, though I did go through AO3's 131 fics and read anything that wasn't Rush/Young (which was most fics), but I don't know that any really seemed memorable. There were some decent ones, though. I'm still pondering writing a Rush/Chloe fic, but I think I'd have to rewatch certain episodes to get the voice right, and I haven't done that yet.

Thanks for the add!