Hmm, I always liked the Gilina storyline. I never thought it detracted from the John/Aeryn thing at all - in fact the way I see it, it adds to it. John has definitely been noticing Aeryn up to that point, but she's just so armored - plus the fact that she's an alien - he never thought he'd have the tiniest chance with her.
Then along comes Gilina, who's cute and scared and helpless, and Aeryn is interrogating her like she's some sort of criminal, so he shifts into protective mode. Add to that the fact that she's a scientist (not a warrior like Aeryn) and here's a girl to whom he can truly relate. Possibly the first person in the Uncharted Territories that he can say this about. I think it's entirely realistic that he'd develop a rapport with her.
But then Aeryn sees what's happening and she gets jealous, and John suddenly realizes that maybe he does have a chance with her after all. So the next time he sees Gilina, he's moved on and Gilina is left in the dust.
Interesting about the whole "swinging to the rescue on a chain" thing - I had forgotten that part. The metacrisis/two Johns thing had occurred to me already, though. Did RTD ever say if he'd watched Farscape at all?
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Date: 2010-10-03 02:57 pm (UTC)Then along comes Gilina, who's cute and scared and helpless, and Aeryn is interrogating her like she's some sort of criminal, so he shifts into protective mode. Add to that the fact that she's a scientist (not a warrior like Aeryn) and here's a girl to whom he can truly relate. Possibly the first person in the Uncharted Territories that he can say this about. I think it's entirely realistic that he'd develop a rapport with her.
But then Aeryn sees what's happening and she gets jealous, and John suddenly realizes that maybe he does have a chance with her after all. So the next time he sees Gilina, he's moved on and Gilina is left in the dust.
Interesting about the whole "swinging to the rescue on a chain" thing - I had forgotten that part. The metacrisis/two Johns thing had occurred to me already, though. Did RTD ever say if he'd watched Farscape at all?