surprise at the gas station

[piranha]

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OMG! stargate: universe has a lesbian character! in a happy relationship! wow. 15 seasons of a universe completely devoid of non-heterosexuals finally come to an end.

i am so far liking SG:U best of the three. no real skanky colonialism yet, though of course they're fast on the trigger finger when coming upon alien life forms. but mmh, eli is a smart, chubby sex god instead of the requisite obnoxious geek; forgive me for drooling.

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[frobozz]

So far, I've been extremely happy with SG:U. Particularly with Eli, who as you noted, helps to break the strangely incomprehensible desire for shows to portray every single under-thirty genius as Sheldon Cooper.

What's really struck me with the character is how subtly they've played with the character in subverting Stargaterish expectations. One would have expected Rush to be our show's resident genius, and for the bulk of season 1.0 that's what we're led to believe; but over the course of 1.5, we not only get to see Eli's potential eclipsing Rush's, we're also treated to a very complicated character (Rush) trying to deal with the fact that he's not the Wunderkinder any longer... and what that says about all of the sacrifices he's made to get to where he is.

I could really watch an entire season of these people just growing and expanding as characters.

And forgiven. ;->