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cesperanza quotes Sam Carter as saying, "He was a theoretician, first and foremost, when I met him. [...] But that was before Atlantis; he changed so much in Atlantis. I think for Rodney, Atlantis was where the rubber finally hit the road."
This, I think, is that first moment, the first step from theory to action for Rodney McKay, where it became real. He wasn't a coward -- he was never a coward -- but until this point, his courage had been intellectual, abstract, personal. For quite possibly the first time in his life, McKay had to translate that courage into the physical, the tangible; from self-interest to the greater good. How frightening that must have been, to learn to think outside himself.
Grodin -- with tongue...
Dear Diary,
Starting to get used to the daily weird around here. Tried story hour with the Athosian kids but that didn't go over well. May need to talk to the anthropologists about cultural differences but when I asked McKay about it, he just chanted "soft sciences" until I whacked him one. (Yelped like a ten year old kid. Didn't know a grown man could hit a note that high.) Anyway, Teyla seemed to like my Flutie vid -- maybe she was just being polite -- and she really liked the popcorn. That could be a problem.
McKay might not be so bad after all. He found some kind of shield and got the gene therapy. (Is it just me or is Beckett a little bit of a ghoul?) Then he asked me to shoot him -- McKay, not Beckett. Ricocheted like a mother -- won't do that again. Then I threw him off the balcony onto the gateroom deck. I swear the guy bounced! Seriously awesome -- well, right up 'til Weir saw it and yelled at us. That could be a problem too. Wouldn't want it to become a pattern, you know.
Then McKay couldn't get the shield off. Weir figured it might be "the mental component", like the guy has some issues or something. No shit. This place is giving everyone issues. Note: do not mention zombies to Bates ever again.
Lost Jinto, Halling's kid. Like lost him, somewhere in the city. Found transporters! Not Trek-type transporters but still cool. Found an energy creature thing that almost ate Ford and tried to suck the life out of our generators. Finally figured out how to get rid of it -- why does Teyla keep rolling her eyes? -- but it took McKay and his shield to make it work.
Scared the crap out of me when he walked right into it. (Honestly didn't think he had it in him.) But he got it to leave and saved the whole city. Very impressed, not that I would tell him that. Guy needs a sidecar just for his ego. Still, might just ask him to join my gate team.
Yeah, starting to get used to the weird around here. Not freaking out at all.
"Hide and Seek" 1x03
cesperanza quotes Sam Carter as saying, "He was a theoretician, first and foremost, when I met him. [...] But that was before Atlantis; he changed so much in Atlantis. I think for Rodney, Atlantis was where the rubber finally hit the road."This, I think, is that first moment, the first step from theory to action for Rodney McKay, where it became real. He wasn't a coward -- he was never a coward -- but until this point, his courage had been intellectual, abstract, personal. For quite possibly the first time in his life, McKay had to translate that courage into the physical, the tangible; from self-interest to the greater good. How frightening that must have been, to learn to think outside himself.
Grodin -- with tongue...
Dear Diary,
Starting to get used to the daily weird around here. Tried story hour with the Athosian kids but that didn't go over well. May need to talk to the anthropologists about cultural differences but when I asked McKay about it, he just chanted "soft sciences" until I whacked him one. (Yelped like a ten year old kid. Didn't know a grown man could hit a note that high.) Anyway, Teyla seemed to like my Flutie vid -- maybe she was just being polite -- and she really liked the popcorn. That could be a problem.
McKay might not be so bad after all. He found some kind of shield and got the gene therapy. (Is it just me or is Beckett a little bit of a ghoul?) Then he asked me to shoot him -- McKay, not Beckett. Ricocheted like a mother -- won't do that again. Then I threw him off the balcony onto the gateroom deck. I swear the guy bounced! Seriously awesome -- well, right up 'til Weir saw it and yelled at us. That could be a problem too. Wouldn't want it to become a pattern, you know.
Then McKay couldn't get the shield off. Weir figured it might be "the mental component", like the guy has some issues or something. No shit. This place is giving everyone issues. Note: do not mention zombies to Bates ever again.
Lost Jinto, Halling's kid. Like lost him, somewhere in the city. Found transporters! Not Trek-type transporters but still cool. Found an energy creature thing that almost ate Ford and tried to suck the life out of our generators. Finally figured out how to get rid of it -- why does Teyla keep rolling her eyes? -- but it took McKay and his shield to make it work.
Scared the crap out of me when he walked right into it. (Honestly didn't think he had it in him.) But he got it to leave and saved the whole city. Very impressed, not that I would tell him that. Guy needs a sidecar just for his ego. Still, might just ask him to join my gate team.
Yeah, starting to get used to the weird around here. Not freaking out at all.
"Hide and Seek" 1x03
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Date: 2012-06-03 06:43 pm (UTC)Yes, absolutely this!
John's smile, the one he saves for Rodney but we don't realize that just yet.
Peter Grodin's Tongue. Oh my.
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Date: 2012-06-04 02:42 am (UTC)