It's not bad at all! I love it for real because I love to see outsiders perceptions and insights about just who a characters is and how he reacts, and Sam has a great insight into people and circumstances in a place where Methos can be more of himself than he was able in Earth (at least since his name became a legend and the morals changed).
Oh yes, and we got to see how Sam responded to that and I agree that it would become a different place, there is so much connecting them to the galaxy and the different cultures there and on Earth that it makes sense they would incorporate a little of everything on their daily lives. It's like my group of friends in my home city, there are a few Brazilians with families from different parts of the country and different ancestry, with many different habits, two japanese girls, and some who are palestinian and chinese. Which growing up together made each of us adopt some habits from the others and be used to dealing with then in their own cultural environment that is their house. And we never had any near death experiences or isolation to make that happen, every group of people ends up with their own private jokes and small traditions nobody else understands... when you multiply that and confine it in Atlantis where some of the greatest minds in many fields are.... it must be an awesome place to live, even if without TV and the Internet.
And now with Methos to help them learn poems and stories from all places and appreciate it without knowing the legend that sense of Community must grow. I think that was my favorite part of the fic.
It's as you say, there he can be himself to the fullest extent no longer possible on Earth, he has new things to learn, tougher enemies to fight, smarter people to outwit, and friends to protect and be protected by. And anything he had to give up to go there which others might miss are things he has already at any point in life lived without or already given up one time or another.
OOohh I would love to see that conversation about America's Most Wanted, especially since Methos has already admitted that he is in theory a terrorist too. Not to mention the sheer delight he has in turning someone's argument or morals against their own perceptions and force them to see beyond it.
A whole new Galaxy of new frontiers for him, when they tried to recruit him he probably packed his bags in record time, recorded a message for Joe, made long term arrangements (as in centuries) for his belongs he likes the most and was as soon as possible on his way!
I wonder why Daniel doesn't go to Atlantis when SGC ended? (discounting real world reasons that actors have). And also how he came to give Jack Daniels(on) his new identity! (I really think that at some point in his life Methos has already been Jim, Jack and Jose (also Johnny) just be able to make lame jokes).
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Oh yes, and we got to see how Sam responded to that and I agree that it would become a different place, there is so much connecting them to the galaxy and the different cultures there and on Earth that it makes sense they would incorporate a little of everything on their daily lives.
It's like my group of friends in my home city, there are a few Brazilians with families from different parts of the country and different ancestry, with many different habits, two japanese girls, and some who are palestinian and chinese. Which growing up together made each of us adopt some habits from the others and be used to dealing with then in their own cultural environment that is their house. And we never had any near death experiences or isolation to make that happen, every group of people ends up with their own private jokes and small traditions nobody else understands... when you multiply that and confine it in Atlantis where some of the greatest minds in many fields are.... it must be an awesome place to live, even if without TV and the Internet.
And now with Methos to help them learn poems and stories from all places and appreciate it without knowing the legend that sense of Community must grow. I think that was my favorite part of the fic.
It's as you say, there he can be himself to the fullest extent no longer possible on Earth, he has new things to learn, tougher enemies to fight, smarter people to outwit, and friends to protect and be protected by. And anything he had to give up to go there which others might miss are things he has already at any point in life lived without or already given up one time or another.
OOohh I would love to see that conversation about America's Most Wanted, especially since Methos has already admitted that he is in theory a terrorist too. Not to mention the sheer delight he has in turning someone's argument or morals against their own perceptions and force them to see beyond it.
A whole new Galaxy of new frontiers for him, when they tried to recruit him he probably packed his bags in record time, recorded a message for Joe, made long term arrangements (as in centuries) for his belongs he likes the most and was as soon as possible on his way!
I wonder why Daniel doesn't go to Atlantis when SGC ended? (discounting real world reasons that actors have). And also how he came to give Jack Daniels(on) his new identity!
(I really think that at some point in his life Methos has already been Jim, Jack and Jose (also Johnny) just be able to make lame jokes).