SGA 5:04 Daedalus Variations

[liresius]

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Only thing I didn't like was Ronon cast as being too busy to learn about tech or his temper tantrum with it - that worries me ...

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[dragonladyk.livejournal.com]

Only thing I didn't like was Ronon cast as being too busy to learn about tech or his temper tantrum with it - that worries me ...

Personally, I think he has English issues and just doesn't want to admit it. (Yes, I know TPTB don't think deeply enough to come up with something like that on their own; this is just my way of making it all okay in my head.)

We know from "Coup d'Etat" that the Stargate doesn't magically imbue people with translation skills since Ronon was the only one who could read the languages on the paper -- and he could read several of them. We also know from "Runner" and "Sateda" that Sateda was at least at a WWII level of development if not more.

Therefore, I think it's reasonable to conclude that what we call English was programmed by the Ancients to develop on every world, but that it still has to be learned like any other language. If the Satedans only used English with outsiders, that would explain why Ronon's working vocabulary is good, but whenever the science stuff gets going or people start talking really fast ("Doppleganger"), he's lost.

Ronon already knows most of Atlantis thinks he's a "caveman" and he's on a team with Rodney, so I can understand why he wouldn't want to reveal that sort of weakness -- a weakness that would instantly show up if anyone tried to teach him technology.

As for his temper... I just try to remember that it's stuff like that that keeps characters from being Mary Sams. I mean, Sues. Mary Sues. ~.^

DragonLady

[liresius.livejournal.com]

that would explain why Ronon's working vocabulary is good, but whenever the science stuff gets going or people start talking really fast ("Doppleganger"), he's lost.

That's a good point.

I was really uncomfortable with the temper tantrum he had because he came across as childish and immature, and that's a weakness. I think it's okay for characters to be a loose cannon sometimes and for characters to have weaknesses, because that makes them interesting, but this particular weakness is really unattractive to me.