Judicial "Indiscretion"

[superbadgirl]

Ran out of deodorant, band aids, hair spray and pain medication all on the same morning.

Ugh.

And betacandy, you were so right about not watching something just for an actor. I just cannot believe that Lifetime movie MS was just in. What was described as "blackmail and sexual intrigue" by Comcast was actually "blackmail for rape." I was quite horrified by the whole plot.

Comments

[tejas.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't see her that way, either, but many do. They sigh and cry over tragic love without realizing there's no basis for it. I'm not even talking about the absence of chemistry. Ignore that or even pretend it's there. There's no reason why Carter couldn't have it all IF SHE WANTED IT. That she (or Jack) hasn't done what would be required to have it, it's obvious her Air Force career (and his) is more important... and y'know what? That's absolutely fine. But what kind of wimpy idiotic moron wouldn't deal with any feelings that they'd decided weren't worth the effort?

[superbadgirl]

There's no reason why Carter couldn't have it all IF SHE WANTED IT. That she (or Jack) hasn't done what would be required to have it, it's obvious her Air Force career (and his) is more important... and y'know what? That's absolutely fine. But what kind of wimpy idiotic moron wouldn't deal with any feelings that they'd decided weren't worth the effort?

I still can't figure out why anyone would root for a romance that would never work in the scope of the show - Jack/Sam could never come to fruition without fundamentally changing things and destroying the show. Of course, by dragging that shit out and making it so in-yer-face just to tease the portion of the audience who for some reason saw chemistry between Male Lead Character and Female Lead Character (because, really, everyone knows MLCs and FLCs belong together no matter what), they fundamentally changed and destroyed the show.

I just don't get it. Who wins in that scenario?

It's kind of like my frustration with the main romantic crap in Smallville. Everyone already KNOWS Clark and Lana do not end up together, so how could anyone actively ship them, as if the outcome would ever somehow change?

[superbadgirl]

*but, of course, that's an entirely different topic.

[tejas.livejournal.com]

One of the things that attracts me to j/d is that there *is* no easy option for them. That's the basis of good storytelling right there. Even if they both left the program and Jack retired from the Air Force, they *still* couldn't come out without it negatively impacting Jack (I believe there is still trouble to be made for retirees who come out, but I'd have to check). Given that none of them *should* leave the program, the only option j/d has is skulking in the shadows. Ah, drama! Ah, conflict! Ah, storytelling! J/s is just stupid because there's no reason for drama or conflict, they've got such an easy out and no one would even have to leave. *shrug* I don't get the MLC/FLC crap.

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Precisely. If one takes the story as written, then Sam obviously doesn't want Jack enough to do something about it. And this is the woman who is a pilot, has a PhD in astrophysics, and stood up for herself in a masculine environment. Sam has faults but being a milquetoast isn't one of them.

And that is FINE in my book. OK, Jack is sexy and maybe she'd like to jump his ass and shag him until he can't remember his name -- but she doesn't want to as much as she wants her career. And Jack obviously doesn't want to "tap that" as much as he wanted to go sit at a desk in Washington. Yeah, whatever. I'm totally cool with that. Really.

I completely hate that the writers play that coy card about ship to cater to current fans. It undermines Sam's character, it makes her look absolutely pathetic when it comes to personal matters, and it leads to things like the Pete stupidity. *sigh*

I think I'm preaching to the choir, though, so I'll just end my rant here. :D

[tejas.livejournal.com]

Amen, Sistah!

It really is all about what it's done to Carter. What she did to Pete was unforgivable. I would *drop* a friend who I discovered pulling crap like that. If she could be that selfish and cruel (first by accepting his proposal when she apparently wasn't committed to him, second by dumping him only to run apparently to another man's house and STILL NOT GET A CLUE WHEN THERE'S ANOTHER WOMAN THERE!!!!) to someone she is supposedly in love with, how the hell would a mere friend have a snowball's chance of remaining unscathed. She's become a toxic character and I miss the Carter that should have been.

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Fortunately, Sam is not a real person. Unfortunately, she is subject to the whims and fantasies of geeky little pricks who have the social acumen of the average 7 year old and the maturity of a Terrible Two Toddler.

(Poor SBG only *thought* she'd left the SG-1 fandom behind. ;-) She doesn't know that the fandom knows where she lives in cyberspace and will haunt her forever. Bwahahahahahaha!)

[tejas.livejournal.com]

We are Legion. ;-)

[superbadgirl]

(Poor SBG only *thought* she'd left the SG-1 fandom behind. ;-) She doesn't know that the fandom knows where she lives in cyberspace and will haunt her forever. Bwahahahahahaha!)

Hee hee. I don't mind. What the writers did to Sam...and, IMO, what they brought to us with Vala are two huge crimes against women.