Community Update Hey all, I apologize for letting

Community Update
Hey all, I apologize for letting things slip these last two weeks. Things have been difficult but I'm getting a hold of it all. I'm going to try my best to upload the two new Atlantis episodes this evening, and I'll see about getting the two SG-1 ones up tomorrow... That's if YSI is being amicable.

Rodney Icons
Some more of the Rodney 1oo icons I've been making for a 100 icon challenge. I'm too lazy to post previews so just check them out anyway please.(Batch Two)

What...the....hell?
Dear Stargate: Atlantis "The Tower",I would like to take this time to say "thank-you". I have never laughed so hard in my life at something that terrible...EVER. That has to be the single worst episode of all time. Was this supposed to be an April Fools' Joke? Because I am still waiting for someone to pop up on my tv and go "HA! APRIL FOOLS! Here's the REAL episode!" Even insanely drunk, high off the strongest street drug you can think of AND missing part of my brain all at the same time, that STILL would not make this episode any better. You are so lucky I am a dedicated fan and know the show is 51658135158135 times better than this because if this was my first time watching, I would have never tuned in again. ....ok, maybe I would because all the guys were still hot despite everything else being painful, but I'm not that vain!Thank-you for the laugh.Sincerly, Shiera

Have to get in on "Joe" day...
And seeing as how I'm on the west coast, I still have twenty minutes left...:)Lately, I've been thinking about why I like the Sheppard character so much better than O'Neill. Speaking as an Air Force spouse, I ought to like them both the way a great many of my friends do. I mean, they're both Air Force and we all like seeing how they are portrayed. They're both good guys, brave and responsible, the kind of officer we hope to interact with every day, so we watch and cheer and say, "What's not to like?" (Although we won't hesitate to laugh at all of the stuff the show runners get wrong. We do give them points for trying though, and the fact that we're not throwing popcorn at the screen the way an FBI agent friend of mine used to do at "The X-Files.") :) Despite those similarities, I've never warmed up to O'Neill the way I have to Sheppard, and I think I've finally figured out why. The thing my husband and other Air Force officers say about O'Neill is that "He says the things we want to say." He also gets away with a great deal, never getting more than a slap for breaking regs or disregarding protocol, always able to do exactly what he sees needs to be done.In other words, he's the officer they'd all like to be.Sheppard, on the other hand, seems to have the same ideals as O'Neill, but he hasn't had as easy a time of it. *He's* actually had to deal with the system getting in his way, the same way a great many real-life officers have had to deal with bureaucracy and politics keeping them from doing what they often see as the clear-cut "right thing" to do. He obviously knows what it means to be frustrated, and the internal dilemma constantly coming up against "the wall of regs" can cause. Because of this, you can see why Atlantis means so much to him. It's the one place where he can escape the command structure that keeps hanging around his neck, at least for a little while.Not that being in Atlantis is easy. It comes with its own frustrations: new enemies, unknown dangers, and lack of resources. But still, you get the feeling that's why Sheppard is the guy for this job. He already knows what it's like to have to fight with his back up against the wall. Being put under pressure is nothing new to him.Thus, to me, Sheppard is the closest thing I've seen to an actual Air Force officer. They try hard and do their best, no matter what the situation, even when it's their very own support structure that's getting in their way.So this is why I think I like Sheppard better. O'Neill may be who my husband wants to be, but to my thinking, Sheppard is who he is already. That makes my attraction to both this character and this show very clear, and makes me want to really compliment both JF and the show writers for doing such a great job of bringing the character to life.Anyway, that's it. If I post right now, I'll think I'll just make it... ;)

Stargate Atlantis