Unfortunately I'm not sure how to articulate some of the issues I have because mostly I'd be tempted to point to specific stories (mostly gen, not slash) and say "I don't understand how the writer came to this extrapolation" which is really what it comes down to because the stories I've had the most WTF response to are not badly written stories at all-- they just didn't work for me so well. And I don't feel comfortable doing that in public.
So yeah, sorry I'm next to useless. *g*
I'd really like to be able to define him as a person without using McKay as a reference point. Understandable. Since most of his airtime is shared with either McKay or Weir, it's easiest to see him in relation to his reactions to and interactions with them. I'd personally love to see him in some substantial scenes with Sheppard or Bates or some of the other military, like we got that little peek of him and Ford in Hot Zone. That would be very interesting.
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Date: 2005-05-05 07:46 pm (UTC)So yeah, sorry I'm next to useless. *g*
I'd really like to be able to define him as a person without using McKay as a reference point.
Understandable. Since most of his airtime is shared with either McKay or Weir, it's easiest to see him in relation to his reactions to and interactions with them. I'd personally love to see him in some substantial scenes with Sheppard or Bates or some of the other military, like we got that little peek of him and Ford in Hot Zone. That would be very interesting.