a) I fell in character-love with synecdochic's Rodney in Freedom (http://synecdochic.livejournal.com/61471.html), and after that story had been waking me up at night for a good month, all the sudden one morning another Rodney was in my head, all "hello, yes, yes, you're very busy, write this down now."
b) Rodney McKay is, I think, a bit of a nerd McSue for a lot of us - socially awkward, too smart for his own good, easily charmed by lanky guys who are good at math. At the same time as he's massively easy to identify with, he's got this very clear character voice. He's fun to write, even when he's having big life problems.
On a personality level, I think he is completely redeemed by his OT4: all the sudden he's discovering himself capable of loyalty and friendship and it is precious.
c) See "Nerd McSue" above. Also, he's oblivious enough that I really believe he's not that reliable a narrator.
I'm pretty sure that in real life? He'd be an Objectivist. I try not to think about that.
d) Heh. Looking at what I've already written, it really comes across that I relate more to SGA-as-fanfiction than SGA canon - which is a shame, because David Hewlett, bless him, did give us a brilliant jumping-off point. So in that context, he's easy to write, because for me writing Rodney is why we're here.
e) I really liked the scene in Panthalassa (http://sapote.livejournal.com/tag/Panthalassa) where he went back to Cadman and as like, so, I'm an ass, let's coparent. That was the first place where I felt like I'd soemwhat caught the rhythm of a Rodney-rant.
f) ::glares at WiP:: Daily. Struggle. It has been suggested that I've moved on to Doctor Who and should just embrace the change, but I'm really not willing to let this WiP go yet.
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b) Rodney McKay is, I think, a bit of a nerd McSue for a lot of us - socially awkward, too smart for his own good, easily charmed by lanky guys who are good at math. At the same time as he's massively easy to identify with, he's got this very clear character voice. He's fun to write, even when he's having big life problems.
On a personality level, I think he is completely redeemed by his OT4: all the sudden he's discovering himself capable of loyalty and friendship and it is precious.
c) See "Nerd McSue" above. Also, he's oblivious enough that I really believe he's not that reliable a narrator.
I'm pretty sure that in real life? He'd be an Objectivist. I try not to think about that.
d) Heh. Looking at what I've already written, it really comes across that I relate more to SGA-as-fanfiction than SGA canon - which is a shame, because David Hewlett, bless him, did give us a brilliant jumping-off point. So in that context, he's easy to write, because for me writing Rodney is why we're here.
e) I really liked the scene in Panthalassa (http://sapote.livejournal.com/tag/Panthalassa) where he went back to Cadman and as like, so, I'm an ass, let's coparent. That was the first place where I felt like I'd soemwhat caught the rhythm of a Rodney-rant.
f) ::glares at WiP:: Daily. Struggle. It has been suggested that I've moved on to Doctor Who and should just embrace the change, but I'm really not willing to let this WiP go yet.