I honestly don't remember much about the Larrin episode and I'm not really in the place where I'm going to have time to watch in the next few days so, you'll have to forgive me to that one. The Chaya romance seemed supremely awkward to me, with the glowy whatever at the end and I honestly don't know how I would even quantitated that.
plus the fact if he and Nancy are ACE and then she goes and marries another ACE right after...it all really strains the bounds of credulity.
You're going to have to clarify this one for me, because my headcanon works with Nancy not being ace and her new guy also not being ace. Then you've got John taking more covert missions because there are problems at home because even though he's really trying, the attraction's just not there.
It all goes down to the feel you get from a character I suppose. I read surprised, slightly uncomfortable stares when you read lust (and admittedly I am bad at picking up this). I will tell you though, that body language, passivity, attitude, lack of significant romantic thread through the story, group being a driving force, Sheppard mostly codes ace to me. And that's not something I say about a lot of characters. And it feels true to me in part because he does have the canon passes and the attempt at marriage. Because a lot of time society tends to tell you that you're broken if you don't want romance, so you try to fake it instead.
But seriously, there's no way the SGA writers sat down and said 'I know, let's make Sheppard asexual.' It just wound up being how I read it. And for the record, this is not something I say about a lot of characters Sheppard's the only one pretty much any sci-fi universe I've kept up with that gives be these vibes. And that's cool in itself.
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plus the fact if he and Nancy are ACE and then she goes and marries another ACE right after...it all really strains the bounds of credulity.
You're going to have to clarify this one for me, because my headcanon works with Nancy not being ace and her new guy also not being ace. Then you've got John taking more covert missions because there are problems at home because even though he's really trying, the attraction's just not there.
It all goes down to the feel you get from a character I suppose. I read surprised, slightly uncomfortable stares when you read lust (and admittedly I am bad at picking up this). I will tell you though, that body language, passivity, attitude, lack of significant romantic thread through the story, group being a driving force, Sheppard mostly codes ace to me. And that's not something I say about a lot of characters. And it feels true to me in part because he does have the canon passes and the attempt at marriage. Because a lot of time society tends to tell you that you're broken if you don't want romance, so you try to fake it instead.
But seriously, there's no way the SGA writers sat down and said 'I know, let's make Sheppard asexual.' It just wound up being how I read it. And for the record, this is not something I say about a lot of characters Sheppard's the only one pretty much any sci-fi universe I've kept up with that gives be these vibes. And that's cool in itself.