And then I said, “Wait–no! I don’t like this! What?!”
Spoilers for Trio below:
To go ahead and get it out of the way, I loved the episode entirely until the last 25 seconds.
What the hell was that? Maybe I’m interpreting that wrong? Maybe she meant, “Wow, you’re really bad at this,” in the “Wow, you suck at having friends,” thing? Maybe Keller is secretly kind of a skank? (She did seem pretty eager about taking off her shirt earlier.) I just — I’m SO FUCKING CONFUSED. GUYS COME ON WTF. RONON DOESN’T DESERVE THIS. HE LIKES HER SO MUCH. I haven’t been upset at SGA in SO GODDAMN LONG, folks, WHY START NOW, WHY START NOW?!
I’m interpreting it as a ‘Thanks for saving my life. Now shut up and lets be friends’ kind of thing.
Because dude. Neither Ronon nor John deserve this! Because if they find out then pregnant!Teyla (who already has more than enough to deal with!) is going to have to put up with two very heartbroken people. John finally thought that since Katie was gone it was all good and Ronon was happily crushing and they will be so upset and will spend long hours bemoaning their fates in Teyla’s room while Teyla meditates for patience.
And Rodney and Keller will be making jokes in the cafeteria and Keller will show him beer tricks while Sam is visited by Radek in the infirmary and there is just no way it will end well!!
…Not like I’ve thought about this or anything though. I’m sure it will be fine.
I kinda love the idea that Keller is a little bit slutty (or maybe just has a special thing for guys who get trapped with her and come up with crazy escape plans involving explosive force).
I mean, what if she and Ronon hooked up after the quarantine, but they both decided it’s on a strictly casual basis for now? And then she’s all locked up with Rodney, and she’s like…hey, McKay’s actually kinda hot when he’s all dirty and sweaty. Plus he answered a question about Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell by saying he’d fuck Jon Stewart. Since he’s clearly not getting the sex he deserves, why don’t I have a go? And then maybe I can have both Ronon and Rodney over for drinks one night and see what happens. Of course if I invite them over together, I should probably invite Sheppard’s whole team. Hmmm….
But as I’m pretty sure this is not where the show is going with the Keller/Rodney thing, yeah, I don’t get it. Because if it’s meant to be a friendship drink, she should tone down the flirting by at least 80%. You already know that Rodney can’t tell when he’s broken up with a girl; don’t confuse him any further.
I KNOW. I was so confused. I was like “…but…Ronon! What about Ronon!” Maybe he never called. Or maybe it’s just a really oddly written “let’s be BFF” scene. So confusing! Gero, why you gotta hurt me like that?
And see, I went in a completely different direction, which was, “Score! Brand new OT4!” Because Teyla always did strike me as too much woman for those boys. But Keller would be a good match! Their love is so beer-dependent.
In my mind, the last scene had a *tiny* rewrite;
“I don’t ever remember agreeing to the beer.”
::look:: “You’re really bad at this aren’t you?”
::Lost, confused, but Yes look:: “Um-”
“Let’s go have a beer McKay.”
And then Rodney realizes he’s MADE A NEW FRIEND!
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And Scene.
I think Keller’s just attempting to teach him “this is how you should act around women” as a good friend because obviously John’s lessons are always “forget women, you’ve got me!”
I HAD EXACTLY THE SAME REACTION, SEE EP REVIEW.
what happened to your valentines?
I took it more as her saying, “You are so painfully bad with women, and people in general, that maybe you need to get drunk to lighten up. At the very least, I’ll have a chance to school you in the ways of ‘normal’ so Sheppard doesn’t kill us all.”
It was very confusing, I agree, and I was all WTF, mate?!
But then I reconsidered, and I think maybe Keller wants a gay buddy. I would totally want to sit around with Rodney and gossip about John.
Or, read in a straight sense, I think it was a friendly drink. She may not be interested, but she’s pulling that whole, “you’re totally cool enough to go out to drinks with.”
Or MAYBE! She wants Rodney to give her the inside scoop on Ronan! Yes! This is my new plan. We shall see how it pans out in the end.
I must admit, I was a bit, WTF?! at that point, but then I figured, Keller just imprints on the latest person who’s saved her life…first Teyla, then Ronon, now Rodney, and nothing ever seems to come of it.
Remember, she’s just more normal than some of the people on the expedition, not actually normal, per se. And that is how I make myself happy.
And smile, at least they got rid of *afterthought* Katie Brown…
My thought was that Rodney and Keller would go off and get shitfaced together, and she’d rant to him about how Ronon refuses to put out until they’re married in the Satedan fashion (and are there even any Satedan naval captains left any more, is what she wants to know), and Rodney bitches about how, yes, John puts out all the god-damned time, regardless of if Rodney actually is in the mood or not, but can they ever have an actual conversation and discuss this ‘relationship’? Noooooooo.
Later John finds them collapsed in a heap in the hallway together and sulks a lot and refuses to go to the infirmary even when he’s in desperate need of medical attention, and Rodney is oblivious and baffled and finds himself on the receiving end of a lot of angry, silent sex, and sporting a lot of very large and obvious hickeys.
And that’s where my brain went with THAT little scene.