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The very first appearance of Doctor Rodney McKay. You know I had to see it.

God, he's so young. Young and thin -- the hypoglycemia is completely believable at this point, although obviously he's not as mortally allergic to citrus as he said or he wouldn't be eating the slop that the inexplicably surly and malevolent KP goon made a point of depositing on his plate with the same utensil he'd just used on the lemon chicken. I'm glad Carter looks a little stunned by that. Seriously, what was that guy's problem?

You can also see where this episode sort of laid the groundwork for Rodney's envy of Carter's intuitive work with the 'gate. He's got to be younger than her. His voice is higher. He's probably in his very early twenties -- I'm guessing at least 5 years in the difference, maybe closer to 8.

He talks about Russia like he's been there, or knows someone who has and had a bad experience of it. "This sucks!" He practically runs from the room crying. He's such a kid.

This episode also had lots of "awwww, Jack" moments. Like when he's found with his head in his arms in the officer's mess, looking dejected and asleep. Or his O.O "YOU RAT BASTARD!" and lunging at the NID guy. (and subsequent X-Men joke, seriously Jack, ilu <3) Daniel also rocks hard core as the sensitive dude who punctures the stalemate between America and Russia by appealing to the Russian General's heart. I liked this episode.

I kind of wonder how much time canonically passes over the seasons. I mean, the next time we see (this reality's) Rodney, he says his parents hate him. In McKay and Mrs. Miller and then again in The Tao of Rodney to a lesser extent, he speaks of his father in the past tense. "Dad would have wanted us to work together." In fact, he never once mentions his mother -- it's always his father. He hadn't seen his sister in four years about two and a half to three years after leaving for Atlantis. When did his father pass, and how did things stand between them when he did? Oh, and hypochondria is a learned behaviour both McKay siblings exhibit, Jeanie (or Jeannie -- they seem to use both on the official site) had a very similar reaction to Asgard beaming technology. "Oh, that can't be good for you!"

Hmmm.

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Date: 2007-11-21 05:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kiffie.livejournal.com
I'm sure there are tons of fanon explainations for the timeframe, but I would none-the-less like to request a ficlet about Rodney and his family issues.

Because, while it would not be happy, it has the potential to be GOOD. :D

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Date: 2007-11-21 05:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eliyes.livejournal.com
...Actually, I've been toying with that idea... Maybe even some scenes from Rodney's childhood.

I've also been toying with writing a story where he gets kidnapped by The Trust on his way back to the SGC from visiting his sister and her family for Christmas, and they turn him into a kid and by sheer dumb luck are holding him in a safe house in the same neighbourhood where young-Jack lives and there are shenanigans. I have no idea why I want to write this.

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Date: 2007-11-21 05:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kiffie.livejournal.com
Because wee-Rodney and wee-Jack together equals AWESOME?

:D ?

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Date: 2007-11-21 06:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eliyes.livejournal.com
And they'll both have all their memories of their lives prior to being childified, but Jack will have been a kid longer, and also be an older kid, and will be surprised by how different Rodney is from when last they met? :D

If Jack was budded after they'd met. I'll have to check that. Yep, McKay first appeared in season five, and then was in at least 2 episodes at the beginning of season six, and Young Jack appeared in early season seven. IT WILL WORK! >D

I really wouldn't be surprised if Rodney was kidnapped as a child. I mean, besides that time the CIA visited his house when he was like 14. I mean, people tried to kidnap me when I was a kid, and I wasn't even a supergenius.
Edited Date: 2007-11-24 10:22 pm (UTC)

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Date: 2007-11-24 10:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eliyes.livejournal.com
Apparently in the very next episode, Jeannie gets kidnapped by The Trust.

o_o

*psychic*

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Date: 2007-11-21 02:24 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] kimberlyfdr.livejournal.com
Many SG1 fans only know Rodney from SG1 and can't understand why SGA fans are gushing over him, but the thing is...Rodney has changed ALOT since he got to Pegasus. He learned about team commitments, life and death situations, larger issues of impacting a whole galaxy with his choices. This is the not the Rodney McKay we met at beginning.

And I'm hoping that we get more exposition on the McKay family in Miller's Crossing next week...you know, in between the whole other plotline :)

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Date: 2007-11-21 04:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eliyes.livejournal.com
Yeah, I can see SG-1 fans being a bit perplexed. They've seen him as the young punk who wasn't really that helpful with saving Teal'c at all, the dude who came to help out when the world was going to end and tried to "bond" with Carter because he thought hospital gowns were hot, the AU where he's the confident head scientist of the SGC and pats Sam's ass whilst denigrating Daniel, and the AU beaten, paranoid dot-com millionaire ex-husband of that universe's Sam. Oh, and when he shows up in The Pegasus Project, I think it was, and Cameron Mitchell is a total dick to him, with helpful tips from John.

Seriously, John has some jealousy issues.

You're right, he's not the McKay we met at the beginning, and I think watching him grow is exactly what makes so many people adore him.

I'm looking forward to seeing what we'll find out in Miller's Crossing. :3

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