This John is frightening in that he's both nearly feral and worryingly fragile, caught somewhere between the matter-of-fact killer and the team leader.
I've caught glimpses of this John, and it's disturbed me. I like it, am fascinated by it, and yet I usually shy away from reading a John this dark. (It's odd to realise that the other SG character who seems to touch a similar darkness is Daniel. It's the contrast, I think, that makes the dark so disturbing.)
But because I'm so uncomfortable, I really need an author to lead me into believing John on the knife's edge. Tafkar does a fabulous job here, though I'm not sure what exactly it is that sold me on her John. It might be that we see John only through Rodney's eyes, and it's so easy to identify with Rodney. Easy to feel Rodney's emotions, his fear of/for John.
I'm not a big OT3 person -- I don't really believe in sex where there are more than two participants. So on one level I admit I'm not completely sold. But that's just my old-fashioned sensibilities at play. For the purposes of this story, I was sold on the OT3. The manner in which Rodney and Teyla choose to share one night together, and then later, the manner in which John coerces(?) them to share themselves with him -- I was sold all throughout the sex scenes.
What I wonder most, I suppose, in regard to how others see this story, is whether the sort of emotional hinge-pin moment, the one where Rodney and Teyla decide to go forward with it, works for others, too. And, if it does, is it as much because you want it to as that you could believe in it? Is it more about what you believe the characters would do or what you want the characters to do?
Well, considering I requested this threesome, I definitely wanted Rodney and Teyla to have sex! *g* I don't see McKay/Teyla as True Love the way I see Jack/Daniel, or even as Friends Who Click Then Fall In Love the way I see Sheppard/McKay. I can't see Teyla actually falling in love with Rodney, and vice versa. They're just good friends who grow into something more. For me, McKay/Teyla works best as comfort. As peace in the middle of a storm. So yeah, I can buy the concept.
Having said that, I find myself head-tilting at the actual sex bits. This is my issue though -- I've yet to read Rodney having sex with a woman and not want to scratch my head. Which is why I don't usually read Rodney in het fic! The other McKay/Teyla stories I've read don't go further than a kiss, ircc, or in the case of brighidestone's story (which was the first McKay/Teyla, I believe) the sex bits don't show up at all.
John as voyeur, though. *shivers in a really good way* Oh yeah.
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Date: 2005-08-23 04:17 am (UTC)I've caught glimpses of this John, and it's disturbed me. I like it, am fascinated by it, and yet I usually shy away from reading a John this dark. (It's odd to realise that the other SG character who seems to touch a similar darkness is Daniel. It's the contrast, I think, that makes the dark so disturbing.)
But because I'm so uncomfortable, I really need an author to lead me into believing John on the knife's edge. Tafkar does a fabulous job here, though I'm not sure what exactly it is that sold me on her John. It might be that we see John only through Rodney's eyes, and it's so easy to identify with Rodney. Easy to feel Rodney's emotions, his fear of/for John.
I'm not a big OT3 person -- I don't really believe in sex where there are more than two participants. So on one level I admit I'm not completely sold. But that's just my old-fashioned sensibilities at play. For the purposes of this story, I was sold on the OT3. The manner in which Rodney and Teyla choose to share one night together, and then later, the manner in which John coerces(?) them to share themselves with him -- I was sold all throughout the sex scenes.
What I wonder most, I suppose, in regard to how others see this story, is whether the sort of emotional hinge-pin moment, the one where Rodney and Teyla decide to go forward with it, works for others, too. And, if it does, is it as much because you want it to as that you could believe in it? Is it more about what you believe the characters would do or what you want the characters to do?
Well, considering I requested this threesome, I definitely wanted Rodney and Teyla to have sex! *g* I don't see McKay/Teyla as True Love the way I see Jack/Daniel, or even as Friends Who Click Then Fall In Love the way I see Sheppard/McKay. I can't see Teyla actually falling in love with Rodney, and vice versa. They're just good friends who grow into something more. For me, McKay/Teyla works best as comfort. As peace in the middle of a storm. So yeah, I can buy the concept.
Having said that, I find myself head-tilting at the actual sex bits. This is my issue though -- I've yet to read Rodney having sex with a woman and not want to scratch my head. Which is why I don't usually read Rodney in het fic! The other McKay/Teyla stories I've read don't go further than a kiss, ircc, or in the case of
John as voyeur, though. *shivers in a really good way* Oh yeah.