Stargate: Atlantis: If we were running the show

[meganbmoore]

lesbiassparrow and I have expressed our displeasure, both in our LJs and in IMs, over our, ah, "displeasure" over certain aspects in Stargate: Atlantis, primarily over the severely messed up gender politics.  Let's face it, at least in season 1, most episodes can be boiled down to these 3 formulas:

1.  Sheppard stupidly acts without thinking and makes a bargain/performs an action he has no authority to make, ignores Teyla's being the only one with common sense, problems are caused, he dumps his screw up on Weir and the show acts like it's her fault, because heaven forbid the stupid heroic men ever be responsible for any of the problems they cause.  They meant well, after all.  She's just the female, non-military boss.

2.  McKay does something stupid that causes problems, ignores Teyla's being the only one with common sense, problems are caused, he dumps his screw up on Weir and the show acts like it's her fault, because heaven forbid the stupid heroic men ever be responsible for any of the problems they cause.  They meant well, after all.  She's just the female, non-military boss.

3.  Sheppard and/or McKay royally pisses someone(like, an entire race...) off, cause problems, ignore Teyla's being the only one with common sense, problems are caused, he dumps his screw up on Weir and the show acts like it's her fault, because heaven forbid the stupid heroic men ever be responsible for any of the problems they cause.  They meant well, after all.  She's just the female, non-military boss.

WE HAVE COME UP WITH A SOLUTION!!!!!!!

In our perfect version of SGA, Sheppard and McKay's stupidity gets them sucked into a black hole.  Without their stupidity around to screw everything up, Weir, Teyla, Ronan and Ford are able to wipe out the Wraith within two weeks.  Somewhere in there, Daniel hopped over to the Pegasus Galaxy and found a way to cure Ford.  Weir and Teyla take over the Pegasus Galaxy with Ford and Ronan as their chief flunkies.  Eventually, Ford and Ronan manage to find two nice girls in the Pegasus Galaxy who somehow manged to escape having their brains devoured by the manly stupidity of McKay and Sheppard before the black hole tragically took them away for all eternity.

Sadly, Weir and Teyla were turned off of men for eternity.  It is unclear whether or not they switched teams or just decided that celibacy was the way to go, but they did open a string of orphanages.  All children born between the time the Atlantis team arrived in the Pegasus Galaxy and one year after what eventually became known as the Salvation Via Black Hole Incident were kept away from all weaponry and machinery until thoroughly tested, just in case.

Also, 30 years later, Sam and Jack's son and Daniel and Vala's daughter (or the reverse) fled to the Pegasus Galaxy to escape demands for grandbabies.  Because you know they're so getting married.

Guys...I'm probably watching either Season 2 of SGA after Super Gals!  Unless I watch one of the few doramas I have waiting instead.

Comments

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

I approve of this post.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

!!!

I HIGHLY APPROVE OF THIS SOLUTION.

[moiraj.livejournal.com]

You are so right, and yet I adore McKay, mistakes and all. I would be sad to see him go. And I have to warn you that in later seasons Weir makes some jaw droppingly awful decisions. Not on a let's-wake-up-a-race-of-killers scale, but horrifically unethical. Ignoring Teyla's being the only one with common sense.

Seriously, why do I like this show?

Sheppard, you can jettison into space as far as I'm concerned.

[desdenova.livejournal.com]

You have pinpointed exactly why I rarely watch SGA.

I'd like that show a lot better if it was the Teyla and Ronon Show.

[viciouswishes.livejournal.com]

I like the idea that instead of Daniel coming that Janet is still alive and cures Ford.