I should add, I'm being very practical and pragmatic about the possibilities because that's my RL default, and I'm experiencing this story in a very RL way. I would be more apt to buy into the idea of Atlantis all alone for all eternity if this were a more 'fictional' kind of story, if that makes sense? The way Rodney deals with the aftermath of the expedition, his relationship with John, the trauma and subsequent putting his life back together feels very much like real life to me. I can't watch Rodney survive his losses and tragedies and go on to live again, without giving Atlantis the same benefit of the doubt. It seems inconsistent, as if I'm applying two different sets of 'rules' to the same story. If Rodney had--in a fictionally tragic way--been forever devastated by his losses, I think I'd totally buy Atlantis sleeping forever.