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[gategrrl]

I don't know WHY I did this, but I went to GW, after a long absence, and noticed a very lively "Sam Carter is the Bestest Character" Thread, so I figured, what the hell, why not. So I clicked on it. There was a lot of extraneous chatter, no biggie.

And then.

I saw the animated flashcard sig of someone who took the final scene of Sam and Jack sitting at the dock, by themselves, "fishing", without Daniel and Teal'c anywhere in the picture. Of course. Just like TPTB on that show *wanted* the smarmy J&S fans to do. It's just so...no wonder why I'm so happy RDA is not a regular on that show anymore, and so fucking happy AT won't be on for the start of the season. Good grief.

Comments

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

Yes, I saw, and *thank you*. Yeah, there ARE some shippers there who DO like Daniel, but I tend to think they're few and far between. Or they're afraid to say anything. Who knows. I don't go over there much. The OSers who do post at GW tend to stick to the Daniel threads (where you can find them).

Dani also posted a lot on GW. Pugnacious poster. I stopped after a while because I got tired of the constant defensive stance I had to put on. That, or I was extremist in my opinion, (ie different).

Yeah, on an opinion thread which I think is rather mean anyway, I can't see how they could be upset if pwecious Carter is given a boot, too. I didn't say anything about Jack, cuz he's pretty much gone anyway.

[betacandy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Dani is who's inspired me to go over there a bit, though I do stick to Daniel and anti-shipper type threads.

Maybe I shouldn't, though. Maybe I should march right into some shipper threads and ask how they feel about the end of S8, and how they rationalize that S&J aren't a disgrace to the Air Force, or why that doesn't matter.

A few shippers came into the anti-shipper thread and said they weren't happy with the end of 8. They didn't want to wreck the characters to get the ship. That is a point of view I can totally dig and respect, even though I loathe the idea of them as a couple under any circumstances.

I have nothing against people shipping. I have everything against people putting the hook-up ahead of the characters' integrity. That's the same thing people often do in real life when it comes to relationships, and it sucks there, too.

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't recommend going into any of the J/S Shipper Threads and asking anything that would sound remotely like criticism. They're protected vigorously if you dare go in and question their POV.

The HardCases post in the J/S shipper threads. :-)

[betacandy.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the warning. Maybe I'll lurk a bit.