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[I slept on my chair again. Am now a little more awake. Lalala.]
Today in posts that I've been meaning to make for a while but kept forgetting about: WEIRD STARGATE FEELINGS.
Okay, I realise that like ... absolutely nobody who reads this is really a Stargate fan and I have no idea if any of you have even watched SG-1, ever (all I know is that one person has seen Atlantis), but I promise I'm not going to talk about anything specific from the shows, just ... well, my feelings. o.O
The thing is, I've been jumping from one fandom to the next very quickly since I started downloading TV shows, always almost completely abandoning the previous one when I got into something new. Yes, I keep up with the ones that are currently running and sometimes even get quite excited about a new episode, but ... that's it, then. I watch it, I do some incoherent babbling about it, I relive it once more through Tumblr because everyone's posting gifs and screencaps, and then I'm done.
Stargate is different. It feels special to me. I made it through ten seasons in a single month, and if I had a better computer, I probably would have started rewatching episodes already. Being a Stargate fan reminds me of being an X-Files fan, which is very odd because the shows themselves don't have much in common. There's the "we're clearly in love but cannot be together because of our work" Official Canon Couple, I suppose, and maybe grey aliens. I suspect that the humourous aspects are similar as well, but it's been so long since I last watched The X-Files that I can't be sure. (Note to self: I should do something about that.)
What I've noticed about both Stargate SG-1 and Stargate: Atlantis is that they make me feel good almost all of the time. There are some very sad episodes, but not too many. The amount of gore is just how I like it, i.e. very little but not obviously left out on purpose, either. (Merlin tends to be unintentionally comical about this.) I've never had to pause an episode because I was too scared (Sherlock, I am looking at you), although once or twice it was close. Everything is generally very balanced. Also, the humour is perfect.
I'm certainly not saying that I've found a flawless franchise, but in a way it's like it was made for me. Well, I could have done with a little less ... heterosexuality. Not that I want everyone to be gay instead, there was just so much of it that I felt like it was being shoved in my face. Especially during the first few seasons of SG-1, which kind of makes sense because it started in the 90s. I was relieved when I finally saw a non-offensive "gay joke" (sort of) in a late episode of Atlantis, and SG-1 at least started to have, er ... better subtext? -_- Also, I came up with this theory of Daniel Jackson being demisexual, but I'd really need to do a rewatch to see if it already looked that way in earlier seasons or not.
In any case I'm sad that I never got into SG-1 while it was still on TV; if I had discovered it around the same time that I discovered The X-Files, I could have had two favourite shows at once and continued watching Stargate when The X-Files was over. Then again, my mother would have been horrified by the idea of me being this enthusiastic about TV twice a week. e_e
I could go on for a while, but I know: nobody cares. My point is that I feel like I've unexpectedly stumbled upon something magical. I want more of it. I wish I had friends who were only discovering it now as well because then I'd have someone to discuss all the things with that are old news to everyone else. I want to list my favourite pairings to read fanfic about and actually get a response. THIS IS FRUSTRATING.
Today in posts that I've been meaning to make for a while but kept forgetting about: WEIRD STARGATE FEELINGS.
Okay, I realise that like ... absolutely nobody who reads this is really a Stargate fan and I have no idea if any of you have even watched SG-1, ever (all I know is that one person has seen Atlantis), but I promise I'm not going to talk about anything specific from the shows, just ... well, my feelings. o.O
The thing is, I've been jumping from one fandom to the next very quickly since I started downloading TV shows, always almost completely abandoning the previous one when I got into something new. Yes, I keep up with the ones that are currently running and sometimes even get quite excited about a new episode, but ... that's it, then. I watch it, I do some incoherent babbling about it, I relive it once more through Tumblr because everyone's posting gifs and screencaps, and then I'm done.
Stargate is different. It feels special to me. I made it through ten seasons in a single month, and if I had a better computer, I probably would have started rewatching episodes already. Being a Stargate fan reminds me of being an X-Files fan, which is very odd because the shows themselves don't have much in common. There's the "we're clearly in love but cannot be together because of our work" Official Canon Couple, I suppose, and maybe grey aliens. I suspect that the humourous aspects are similar as well, but it's been so long since I last watched The X-Files that I can't be sure. (Note to self: I should do something about that.)
What I've noticed about both Stargate SG-1 and Stargate: Atlantis is that they make me feel good almost all of the time. There are some very sad episodes, but not too many. The amount of gore is just how I like it, i.e. very little but not obviously left out on purpose, either. (Merlin tends to be unintentionally comical about this.) I've never had to pause an episode because I was too scared (Sherlock, I am looking at you), although once or twice it was close. Everything is generally very balanced. Also, the humour is perfect.
I'm certainly not saying that I've found a flawless franchise, but in a way it's like it was made for me. Well, I could have done with a little less ... heterosexuality. Not that I want everyone to be gay instead, there was just so much of it that I felt like it was being shoved in my face. Especially during the first few seasons of SG-1, which kind of makes sense because it started in the 90s. I was relieved when I finally saw a non-offensive "gay joke" (sort of) in a late episode of Atlantis, and SG-1 at least started to have, er ... better subtext? -_- Also, I came up with this theory of Daniel Jackson being demisexual, but I'd really need to do a rewatch to see if it already looked that way in earlier seasons or not.
In any case I'm sad that I never got into SG-1 while it was still on TV; if I had discovered it around the same time that I discovered The X-Files, I could have had two favourite shows at once and continued watching Stargate when The X-Files was over. Then again, my mother would have been horrified by the idea of me being this enthusiastic about TV twice a week. e_e
I could go on for a while, but I know: nobody cares. My point is that I feel like I've unexpectedly stumbled upon something magical. I want more of it. I wish I had friends who were only discovering it now as well because then I'd have someone to discuss all the things with that are old news to everyone else. I want to list my favourite pairings to read fanfic about and actually get a response. THIS IS FRUSTRATING.
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