FINALLY, 38 MINUTES REWATCH
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x_erikah_xI'm really, so, so, so sorry for taking so long to post. I had this written for, like, two weeks, but only today had time to post it.
Everyone's favorite episode!!!
Okay, Okay. I've been waiting anxiously for this!!! This is one of my all time favorite episodes. Can you guess why? Maybe it's because of Ford? Or maybe because of Teyla? Rodney perhaps?
Ok, of course, it's because of Kavanaugh!
*cough*
Shall we start?
We start with a very beautiful FX shot. Pan inside the jumper where someone is flying. The poor boy looks a little nervous and Ford is not helping him much by saying that they will all be dead if he doesn't nail it. I can't understand properly. Maybe it's because I'm too focused on the passenger at the back of the ship. Yay bug! A big ugly alien bug is on our poor boy's neck.
He looks in pain. *squees* He wants the thing off him. Even if they have to cut it off. Oow, don't you love that small grunt? Teyla wants the pilot to go faster.
Ford radios Atlantis and Liz answers. She wants to talk to Shep, but soon finds out he's, er, unavailable.
Shep is moving his foot. Yes, Rodney, I think he needs a doctor.
It's a funky alien bug! I love those. Well Liz, whatever it's doing it's not good to the poor boy and very, really very good to us whumpers. *g* Damn MSWord likes to correct the word. NO MSWORD I DON'T MEAN WHIMPERS! *adds word to dictionary* There. Moving on. xD
I think bringing an alien evil bug to the city would be bad, but it would be even worse to leave it out there to FEED ON SHEP! SQUEEEEEEEE! Ahem, well, yes, it would be bad. *pretends she hates Iratus bug and Shep in the SAME SCENE*
Shouldn't those things retract? Just saying. The smoke is probably the sign that there is something BAD about to happen. Not to mention the dundundun music.
See? Told ya.
Now let me take a moment to enjoy Shep's groan awhile he FALLS UNCONSCIOUS! *pauses DVD* That makes my lil ol belly tingle and flip. *grins*
*several minutes later*
Continuing…
Mmmm, FX shot and credits. Yay! Season 1 credits!
*taps fingers anxiously*
*fast forwards credits*
Liz is still waiting. And waiting. And the Japanese guy is saying that they should have arrived already.
Pretty FX shot.
Damn! I think I pressed something that I shouldn't have while typing and the DVD restarted. Oh well, I guess this means I'll have to watch the beginning all over again. The hardship.
*rewatches only the Shep parts* *tries not to giggle over what she just wrote*
You know, watching again I noticed the pilot's grip on the controls. It feels like he's gonna snap those things. His knuckles are almost white. Also, can someone tell me which one is Markham and which is Stackhouse?
Back to the FX shot.
Interior Jumper. Teyla and Rodney are waking up and Shep is still beautifully sprawled in the background. Can you hear the bug? And the way the jumper is spraining?
Yes, Rodney, it's a very big problem. *squees* The drivepods are broken.
We just found Ford, because he needs to be there tending his CO and annoying the audience.
We're stuck! Rodney is smart.
The bug brings us back to what matters. Shep sleeping peacefully (or not) in the back of the jumper.
More exposition.
*tries not to fastforward*
*yawns*
Rodney is being all doomy. Liz is being mamma. Ford is being a voiceover.
Flashback. Shep is looking through some binoculars and doesn't he look pretty? The first mission the team has! Lots of shots with all of them together. Look at Shep's ears.
In the middle of my admiring over Shep's beauty it looks like the team discovered something. I'm pretty sure it's important, but I find it hard to understand. Oh, don't you think this blue light looks good on Shep?
Oh, Wraith. And they are shooting at Shep! Yay! Maybe it hits him. *hopes*
Damn you, Rodney, you interrupted the flashback. Shep was just going to get hit by a stunner. *raspberries* I don't care anyway, something a lot better is coming for us bloodthirty whumpers. xD
Finally, the reason for the name of the episode is explained. This is just something for the people that never watched SG1. We already know about the 38 minutes rule. I wonder, why is it 38? Why not 37? Or 39? Or a pretty round number that ends with zero? Why is the universe so evil to me, a round numbers lover?
They want all the smart people they can get. All the nerds and geeks will get together in a room, and I can imagine what will come from this. No, it's not that. I mean, there'll be arguing and fighting. Oh, hello Zelenka! You first appearance is through your nationality followed by your name.
*freezes the frame* Shep is in close up. *admires* Can you see the blood on his neck. I'm sorry, that's the first thing I see. My eyes are drawn to it. Even is the blood is just a tiny tiny patch under a ridiculous rubber bug. Teyla is wiping his sweaty brow. *jealous* And *g* I wrote whipping instead of wiping xD.
Rodney steals the frame. Carson comes along.
*pauses again* The neck, the stubble, the blood, the chest hair, the ears…. For some reason this episode always lasts twice than it should. I think I spend too much time on frozen frames. *continues to admire*
Minutes later…
Oh, look at his expression of pain, even though he's unconscious! His eyebrows and the way his eyes are closed. Aaawww. *huggles poor whumped boy*
More minutes passes…
Aw, it looks like he's waking up! He just furrowed his forehead. Hear the moaning?
And even more minutes…
He's opening his eyes and he's still groaning. *squees* I love that groan. It makes me very happy.
…
Damn you Teyla! You stole the scene from poor whumped Sheppy!
There he is. Back in frame. Sprawled beautifully on the floor. That bug's got a long tail.
That's a lovely 'Hi, Teyla' wasn't it?
She hurries to his side. She's a female and knows that a whumped Sheppy needs a lot of care and attention as anyone can possibly give. And I say I would be even better than she is. A WHOLE lot better.
He's asking if she's alright. Isn't that just lovely?
Can you see the hair? The light of the event horizon is very good to it.
Also, that light is very good to his eyes. Ooooh, look at the eyes!!! They are so… *drifts off to dreamland*
*comes straight back after Ford and Rodney steal the scene* * curses*
There, he's back! *drifts off again*
See? He's asking for a report from Ford. If it was now, the first thing out of his mouth would be a very resonant 'Rodney'. Rodney however just stays there and stares. Tsk, tsk. If it was today he would be hurrying to Shep's side.
Look how JF can look in pain and confused at the same time.
Don't you love the delivery of this line: 'You mean my day just got worse'?
Rodney looks uncomfortable. Then he starts talking and is cut off by Ford and another flashback.
They are taking fire! Ooooh! I get tummy flips every time I hear Shep saying that. And then again and he barks out for them to get more altitude. Poor boy is in so much pain and can still be the leader. I love how he's just contorting around, banging everywhere with the instability of the jumper, holding the bug and getting pretty banged up. *squees*
Then Rodney interrupts the pretty flashback with some babble. Shep is smart and knows where all the controls are even if he's just known puddle jumpers for a few days. But, well, the cockpit is unavailable at the moment. Rodney goes on to do Rodney stuff.
Can you see how Shep looks all sad and disappointed that his team is stuck there while he's got a giant alien bug sucking his life out? He can look all that and still be in mortal pain. And he can still be pretty. Isn't the blue light lovely on him?
The room full of scientists. They've got half an hour. Carson is asking questions to make the geeks explain the audience the science stuff behind the fact that the jumper is stuck and that they've got a problem. Scifi shows needs a lot of talking, don't they? I don't really care about it. Can we please go back to Shep being in pain and all whumped?
Thank you.
It's dark. Rodney is closing the door and made all more difficult to admire Shep under the pretty blue light. Then he starts babbling. And he gets all doomy about their predicament. Then Shep shows up to do what he does best: shut Rodney up. He's in mortal pain, with a giant rubber bug on his neck, having the life slowly sucked out of him, while still looking pretty and hot and he still can bark out orders, understand what people are saying and keep Rodney under control. He's awesome.
I LOVE his tone when he says about things being screwed. That voice provokes all sorts of reactions from me. Ahem. *goes to take a cold shower*
The music is pretty awesome too.
See, he is getting Rodney's respect right there. Because we all know how Rodney would be behaving if it was him there. *tries not to say it too loud* Let's not give TPTP any ideas, right?
I like how Shep's breathing is going fast. Oh, to be Teyla in that episode! *daydreams*
I like when he is telling them the whump check up. That tells us that he DOESN'T hide his condition from his team when he is whumped and in mortal pain. He even says that the numbness is NOT good and means that he is actually getting WORSE. Also, can you notice the small quiver in his voice? *squees*
Okay, I just spent an insane amount of time admiring his teeth. They are so pretty! *goes on dentist mode* Almost aligned but not quite. He must have a mouth that is a bit smaller than the amount of teeth he has and it's a little crowded in there. But look at the size of his upper front incisors. They come straight out of an anatomy book! I bet that if I examined his gums they would be all round circling his roots, with all the right depressions and pressing tightly on his bone and they would be very light pink and they would even have the small dots that are only present in perfectly healthy mouths. And the position of his teeth suggests strongly that he never had orthodontic treatment. They are just naturally pretty like that. Am I a geek or what? I would love to study that mouth closely, if you know what I mean. *daydreams*
Continuing…
Okay, maybe just another pause. I see the chain of his dog tags. That look is so intense! *fans self* Is it warm in here? *takes off her jacket*
The winter just got a bit warmer and it doesn't have anything to do with weather.
Did you see the small whimper his face made in the last few frames before the scene cut? Yes, I did go frame by frame, okay. But I'm not a crazy fangirl.
Zelenka is talking Czech. Hee! Radek, you look lovely in this scene. I like the way he looks at Elizabeth.
Okay, too long already, can we go back to Shep?
Aww, Shep wants to cut it off. Again. He's saying the first time HURT! Can you see the zipper in his shirt? It's just half way down. That's why Teyla is not very good at whumped flyboy tending. It should be the WHOLE WAY down. He needs air. His chest needs to be very well ventilated.
I really like the faces he makes.
Yay!!! Flashback!!!
Let's shoot the bug!!! Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
That sound was my squee and not Shep's scream. I guess I went a bit loud. *rewinds to hear it again*
I love his loud labored breathing, his furrowed brow, his squeezed eyes and the tense body. He squirms several times, shutting his jaw and opening again, panting and groaning loud until it culminates when gun shoots and Shep screams and… and… *fangirl explosion*
Look at his face when Teyla talks about the wraith! xD And again when she explains her father's stories. His brow is just always tense like that. *grins*
Shep is in control and wants to talk to Carson. Rodney is just always glancing at Shep with a bit of a disgusted or a worried face. Maybe it's both. Probably both.
Carson makes a lame Klingon joke. Everyone laughs. NOT!
Another flashback. There are guns shooting, running, Shep shouting orders in the tone that turns me into jelly and wraith stunners that can't even hit the tree Shep is using as a cover.
Shep should look at where he's walking. Or maybe not. xD
Ford is telling how ugly and ridiculous the thing is.
Shep is once again telling us how it HURTS and how bad it REALLY is.
Aaawww, he wants to help Rodney and save everyone. Look at the face he makes as he says it. I say JF did that on purpose. He can't even keep a straight face because of the PAIN, but he still needs to go and save the day. And he even pauses midsentence.
Ford tells us of all the evil ways he used to torture his CO: fire, knife, gun and he finishes the sentence suggesting that there was more to the list but that these were just the most prominent attempts. Unfortunately we were only lucky to witness one of those in the list. That is asking only one thing: TAG FIC! Someone? Anyone? *sends Sheppy with puppy dog eyes*
Aaaaw, look at the helpless small boy painful face he's making! Don't you just want to cuddle him?
See, another tag fic needs to be written about this line: 'I tried to cut into it. It almost strangled him to death.' SOMEONE PLEASE!
Kavanaugh is being an ass.
*taps fingers impatiently*
*resists incredible urge to fastforward*
*bites nails*
Athosians come in to delay the scene even more.
Can't you feel an edge of Todd's voice in Halling? The only thing I hear when he speaks: 'John Sheppaaaaaaard'.
Liz is trying to be diplomatic.
Finally, back to the jumper! Let'storturetry to help our favorite Major! We watch as they arrange all the torturefirst aid things around. Shep looks a little anxious. *grins*
Kavanaugh is being an ass again and cutting us from Sheptorturehealing section.
Can we move on to the important stuff already?
*pulls his ugly tail*
*kicks Kavanaugh as he goes away*
Radek has something potentially important.
Okay, Rodney doesn't talk very frequently in this episode, but when he does there's a million words a second flowing out of his mouth. Am I supposed to pay attention at those?
Where's Shep? *iz nervous*
Finally! Back to the important meaty stuff.
Aw, look at his eyes, all wide and nervous. You can feel him holding his breath there. And then he sags in relief when no excruciating pain comes. *pats his head*
Rodney wants food and cuts Shep's scene. Why do you have to keep stealing his scenes, Rodney?
Shep is breathing fast. Poor boy. Shep wants alcohol.
Yes, yes, put salt in it! It likes salt!
Shep relaxes when nothing happens. He has no idea what's to come! *squees*
Isn't he brave?
He closes his eyes just before Ford starts to pour water.
*too busy squeezing like mad*
You know, the only thing I don't like about this scene is Ford's ANNOYING incessant voice in the background.
*iz ded and can't write*
*melts* Shep's all shaking and sweaty and pretty and begging Ford not to do that again. Oooh, teeth.
*curses when Rodney takes over the scene*
Don't you love Shep's face when Teyla says that they have slid in further? *cuddles boy*
Can we go back to Shep already?
Aw, the pain has increased a thousand notches. He can barely stand it now. How can JF express so much pain with only his body language? *rewinds a few times* For study purposes.
He can still kill a million fangirls with the smile he's just flashed. And he's still in excruciating pain and he still has a ridiculous bug in his neck.
Flashback to Shep all helpless and in pain and it looks like he's about to cry!
I really like this soundtrack. Shep wants to say something and Liz doesn't want him to. I wonder what he is about to say. Ideas? Maybe something to his stranded family?
I love his face when he asks them to use the defibrillator. And his tone when he tells Ford 'that's the idea', lol.
Now, let's analyze the facts. Shep is first pretty much ready to accept his fate, meaning that he is really not going to make it, which tells us the amount of pain that he's in. Shep is not the kind of guy that gives up easily. He thinks he is not going to make it. When the idea comes up of them sending him through the event horizon, he completely stops what he wanted to say and goes along with the idea. That's because he thinks that the team IS going to make it. Even when giving up, he's staying positive, trusting his team and believing they are going to be safe. The only issue for him is time and location. He knows that he could make it alive if they had the proper resources, but time and condition are the only thing preventing it. He then quickly comes up with a solution, right at the moment of more pressure and hope and has the defibrillator idea. At this moment he really believes he's going to make it, because if he didn't, he would go on and say what he wanted anyway just in case it didn't work.
Notice, he didn't hesitate answering Elizabeth's question about really wanting to go ahead with it.
Oooh, chest!
Oooh, dog tags!
Aaawww, look at his face. He knows it's going to hurt.
Now, he's looking very intensely at Ford. If he looked at me that way, I would be very much dead. Poor Ford doesn't want to make it and Shep yells at him to just DO IT!
*spends a few minutes admiring the view of a sleeping shirtless Shep and fills in the rest with her own imagination*
To be Teyla right there!
Look at the size of that hickey! I challenge the fangirls to be that efficient. I volunteer to be the first one to try.
*tries to ignore medical inaccuracy*
Oooh, fall, pants, fall!
He's so cute when all sprawled on Teyla's arms.
And Shep's gone. Can I fastforward to the infirmary scene now?
Rodney is babbling.
He babbles some more. I really admire his ability to speak so many words at once. I only wish I could keep up. He's smart.
Ford is being silly.
Kavanaugh saves the day. Can you believe it?
Ford thinks it's his turn to be a hero. Better enjoy it, boy, these moments won't come often.
*still ignoring medical inaccuracy*
*stares at the chest peekage*
Yay! Infirmary! If Shep gave me that look, he would have to find me under the bed needing CPR. Can you notice that the nurse spends an insane amount of time making SURE the bandage is good? Smart nurse. And Shep follows her out with his eyes.
He's starving. I can solve that problem very quickly.
He looks so good in that color.
Aww, he wants them to take care of each other. He's beginning to love his team. Can you feel it in his look and his little smile? It didn't take long, did it?
Wow, this one turned out to be rather long, isn't it? Hah, nine pages. It's longer that Rising, lol.
Now, it's time for bed (it is right now as I'm writing, posting will come later). After this, I hope I have very good Shep whump dreams.
Everyone's favorite episode!!!
Okay, Okay. I've been waiting anxiously for this!!! This is one of my all time favorite episodes. Can you guess why? Maybe it's because of Ford? Or maybe because of Teyla? Rodney perhaps?
Ok, of course, it's because of Kavanaugh!
*cough*
Shall we start?
We start with a very beautiful FX shot. Pan inside the jumper where someone is flying. The poor boy looks a little nervous and Ford is not helping him much by saying that they will all be dead if he doesn't nail it. I can't understand properly. Maybe it's because I'm too focused on the passenger at the back of the ship. Yay bug! A big ugly alien bug is on our poor boy's neck.
He looks in pain. *squees* He wants the thing off him. Even if they have to cut it off. Oow, don't you love that small grunt? Teyla wants the pilot to go faster.
Ford radios Atlantis and Liz answers. She wants to talk to Shep, but soon finds out he's, er, unavailable.
Shep is moving his foot. Yes, Rodney, I think he needs a doctor.
It's a funky alien bug! I love those. Well Liz, whatever it's doing it's not good to the poor boy and very, really very good to us whumpers. *g* Damn MSWord likes to correct the word. NO MSWORD I DON'T MEAN WHIMPERS! *adds word to dictionary* There. Moving on. xD
I think bringing an alien evil bug to the city would be bad, but it would be even worse to leave it out there to FEED ON SHEP! SQUEEEEEEEE! Ahem, well, yes, it would be bad. *pretends she hates Iratus bug and Shep in the SAME SCENE*
Shouldn't those things retract? Just saying. The smoke is probably the sign that there is something BAD about to happen. Not to mention the dundundun music.
See? Told ya.
Now let me take a moment to enjoy Shep's groan awhile he FALLS UNCONSCIOUS! *pauses DVD* That makes my lil ol belly tingle and flip. *grins*
*several minutes later*
Continuing…
Mmmm, FX shot and credits. Yay! Season 1 credits!
*taps fingers anxiously*
*fast forwards credits*
Liz is still waiting. And waiting. And the Japanese guy is saying that they should have arrived already.
Pretty FX shot.
Damn! I think I pressed something that I shouldn't have while typing and the DVD restarted. Oh well, I guess this means I'll have to watch the beginning all over again. The hardship.
*rewatches only the Shep parts* *tries not to giggle over what she just wrote*
You know, watching again I noticed the pilot's grip on the controls. It feels like he's gonna snap those things. His knuckles are almost white. Also, can someone tell me which one is Markham and which is Stackhouse?
Back to the FX shot.
Interior Jumper. Teyla and Rodney are waking up and Shep is still beautifully sprawled in the background. Can you hear the bug? And the way the jumper is spraining?
Yes, Rodney, it's a very big problem. *squees* The drivepods are broken.
We just found Ford, because he needs to be there tending his CO and annoying the audience.
We're stuck! Rodney is smart.
The bug brings us back to what matters. Shep sleeping peacefully (or not) in the back of the jumper.
More exposition.
*tries not to fastforward*
*yawns*
Rodney is being all doomy. Liz is being mamma. Ford is being a voiceover.
Flashback. Shep is looking through some binoculars and doesn't he look pretty? The first mission the team has! Lots of shots with all of them together. Look at Shep's ears.
In the middle of my admiring over Shep's beauty it looks like the team discovered something. I'm pretty sure it's important, but I find it hard to understand. Oh, don't you think this blue light looks good on Shep?
Oh, Wraith. And they are shooting at Shep! Yay! Maybe it hits him. *hopes*
Damn you, Rodney, you interrupted the flashback. Shep was just going to get hit by a stunner. *raspberries* I don't care anyway, something a lot better is coming for us bloodthirty whumpers. xD
Finally, the reason for the name of the episode is explained. This is just something for the people that never watched SG1. We already know about the 38 minutes rule. I wonder, why is it 38? Why not 37? Or 39? Or a pretty round number that ends with zero? Why is the universe so evil to me, a round numbers lover?
They want all the smart people they can get. All the nerds and geeks will get together in a room, and I can imagine what will come from this. No, it's not that. I mean, there'll be arguing and fighting. Oh, hello Zelenka! You first appearance is through your nationality followed by your name.
*freezes the frame* Shep is in close up. *admires* Can you see the blood on his neck. I'm sorry, that's the first thing I see. My eyes are drawn to it. Even is the blood is just a tiny tiny patch under a ridiculous rubber bug. Teyla is wiping his sweaty brow. *jealous* And *g* I wrote whipping instead of wiping xD.
Rodney steals the frame. Carson comes along.
*pauses again* The neck, the stubble, the blood, the chest hair, the ears…. For some reason this episode always lasts twice than it should. I think I spend too much time on frozen frames. *continues to admire*
Minutes later…
Oh, look at his expression of pain, even though he's unconscious! His eyebrows and the way his eyes are closed. Aaawww. *huggles poor whumped boy*
More minutes passes…
Aw, it looks like he's waking up! He just furrowed his forehead. Hear the moaning?
And even more minutes…
He's opening his eyes and he's still groaning. *squees* I love that groan. It makes me very happy.
…
Damn you Teyla! You stole the scene from poor whumped Sheppy!
There he is. Back in frame. Sprawled beautifully on the floor. That bug's got a long tail.
That's a lovely 'Hi, Teyla' wasn't it?
She hurries to his side. She's a female and knows that a whumped Sheppy needs a lot of care and attention as anyone can possibly give. And I say I would be even better than she is. A WHOLE lot better.
He's asking if she's alright. Isn't that just lovely?
Can you see the hair? The light of the event horizon is very good to it.
Also, that light is very good to his eyes. Ooooh, look at the eyes!!! They are so… *drifts off to dreamland*
*comes straight back after Ford and Rodney steal the scene* * curses*
There, he's back! *drifts off again*
See? He's asking for a report from Ford. If it was now, the first thing out of his mouth would be a very resonant 'Rodney'. Rodney however just stays there and stares. Tsk, tsk. If it was today he would be hurrying to Shep's side.
Look how JF can look in pain and confused at the same time.
Don't you love the delivery of this line: 'You mean my day just got worse'?
Rodney looks uncomfortable. Then he starts talking and is cut off by Ford and another flashback.
They are taking fire! Ooooh! I get tummy flips every time I hear Shep saying that. And then again and he barks out for them to get more altitude. Poor boy is in so much pain and can still be the leader. I love how he's just contorting around, banging everywhere with the instability of the jumper, holding the bug and getting pretty banged up. *squees*
Then Rodney interrupts the pretty flashback with some babble. Shep is smart and knows where all the controls are even if he's just known puddle jumpers for a few days. But, well, the cockpit is unavailable at the moment. Rodney goes on to do Rodney stuff.
Can you see how Shep looks all sad and disappointed that his team is stuck there while he's got a giant alien bug sucking his life out? He can look all that and still be in mortal pain. And he can still be pretty. Isn't the blue light lovely on him?
The room full of scientists. They've got half an hour. Carson is asking questions to make the geeks explain the audience the science stuff behind the fact that the jumper is stuck and that they've got a problem. Scifi shows needs a lot of talking, don't they? I don't really care about it. Can we please go back to Shep being in pain and all whumped?
Thank you.
It's dark. Rodney is closing the door and made all more difficult to admire Shep under the pretty blue light. Then he starts babbling. And he gets all doomy about their predicament. Then Shep shows up to do what he does best: shut Rodney up. He's in mortal pain, with a giant rubber bug on his neck, having the life slowly sucked out of him, while still looking pretty and hot and he still can bark out orders, understand what people are saying and keep Rodney under control. He's awesome.
I LOVE his tone when he says about things being screwed. That voice provokes all sorts of reactions from me. Ahem. *goes to take a cold shower*
The music is pretty awesome too.
See, he is getting Rodney's respect right there. Because we all know how Rodney would be behaving if it was him there. *tries not to say it too loud* Let's not give TPTP any ideas, right?
I like how Shep's breathing is going fast. Oh, to be Teyla in that episode! *daydreams*
I like when he is telling them the whump check up. That tells us that he DOESN'T hide his condition from his team when he is whumped and in mortal pain. He even says that the numbness is NOT good and means that he is actually getting WORSE. Also, can you notice the small quiver in his voice? *squees*
Okay, I just spent an insane amount of time admiring his teeth. They are so pretty! *goes on dentist mode* Almost aligned but not quite. He must have a mouth that is a bit smaller than the amount of teeth he has and it's a little crowded in there. But look at the size of his upper front incisors. They come straight out of an anatomy book! I bet that if I examined his gums they would be all round circling his roots, with all the right depressions and pressing tightly on his bone and they would be very light pink and they would even have the small dots that are only present in perfectly healthy mouths. And the position of his teeth suggests strongly that he never had orthodontic treatment. They are just naturally pretty like that. Am I a geek or what? I would love to study that mouth closely, if you know what I mean. *daydreams*
Continuing…
Okay, maybe just another pause. I see the chain of his dog tags. That look is so intense! *fans self* Is it warm in here? *takes off her jacket*
The winter just got a bit warmer and it doesn't have anything to do with weather.
Did you see the small whimper his face made in the last few frames before the scene cut? Yes, I did go frame by frame, okay. But I'm not a crazy fangirl.
Zelenka is talking Czech. Hee! Radek, you look lovely in this scene. I like the way he looks at Elizabeth.
Okay, too long already, can we go back to Shep?
Aww, Shep wants to cut it off. Again. He's saying the first time HURT! Can you see the zipper in his shirt? It's just half way down. That's why Teyla is not very good at whumped flyboy tending. It should be the WHOLE WAY down. He needs air. His chest needs to be very well ventilated.
I really like the faces he makes.
Yay!!! Flashback!!!
Let's shoot the bug!!! Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
That sound was my squee and not Shep's scream. I guess I went a bit loud. *rewinds to hear it again*
I love his loud labored breathing, his furrowed brow, his squeezed eyes and the tense body. He squirms several times, shutting his jaw and opening again, panting and groaning loud until it culminates when gun shoots and Shep screams and… and… *fangirl explosion*
Look at his face when Teyla talks about the wraith! xD And again when she explains her father's stories. His brow is just always tense like that. *grins*
Shep is in control and wants to talk to Carson. Rodney is just always glancing at Shep with a bit of a disgusted or a worried face. Maybe it's both. Probably both.
Carson makes a lame Klingon joke. Everyone laughs. NOT!
Another flashback. There are guns shooting, running, Shep shouting orders in the tone that turns me into jelly and wraith stunners that can't even hit the tree Shep is using as a cover.
Shep should look at where he's walking. Or maybe not. xD
Ford is telling how ugly and ridiculous the thing is.
Shep is once again telling us how it HURTS and how bad it REALLY is.
Aaawww, he wants to help Rodney and save everyone. Look at the face he makes as he says it. I say JF did that on purpose. He can't even keep a straight face because of the PAIN, but he still needs to go and save the day. And he even pauses midsentence.
Ford tells us of all the evil ways he used to torture his CO: fire, knife, gun and he finishes the sentence suggesting that there was more to the list but that these were just the most prominent attempts. Unfortunately we were only lucky to witness one of those in the list. That is asking only one thing: TAG FIC! Someone? Anyone? *sends Sheppy with puppy dog eyes*
Aaaaw, look at the helpless small boy painful face he's making! Don't you just want to cuddle him?
See, another tag fic needs to be written about this line: 'I tried to cut into it. It almost strangled him to death.' SOMEONE PLEASE!
Kavanaugh is being an ass.
*taps fingers impatiently*
*resists incredible urge to fastforward*
*bites nails*
Athosians come in to delay the scene even more.
Can't you feel an edge of Todd's voice in Halling? The only thing I hear when he speaks: 'John Sheppaaaaaaard'.
Liz is trying to be diplomatic.
Finally, back to the jumper! Let's
Kavanaugh is being an ass again and cutting us from Shep
Can we move on to the important stuff already?
*pulls his ugly tail*
*kicks Kavanaugh as he goes away*
Radek has something potentially important.
Okay, Rodney doesn't talk very frequently in this episode, but when he does there's a million words a second flowing out of his mouth. Am I supposed to pay attention at those?
Where's Shep? *iz nervous*
Finally! Back to the important meaty stuff.
Aw, look at his eyes, all wide and nervous. You can feel him holding his breath there. And then he sags in relief when no excruciating pain comes. *pats his head*
Rodney wants food and cuts Shep's scene. Why do you have to keep stealing his scenes, Rodney?
Shep is breathing fast. Poor boy. Shep wants alcohol.
Yes, yes, put salt in it! It likes salt!
Shep relaxes when nothing happens. He has no idea what's to come! *squees*
Isn't he brave?
He closes his eyes just before Ford starts to pour water.
*too busy squeezing like mad*
You know, the only thing I don't like about this scene is Ford's ANNOYING incessant voice in the background.
*iz ded and can't write*
*melts* Shep's all shaking and sweaty and pretty and begging Ford not to do that again. Oooh, teeth.
*curses when Rodney takes over the scene*
Don't you love Shep's face when Teyla says that they have slid in further? *cuddles boy*
Can we go back to Shep already?
Aw, the pain has increased a thousand notches. He can barely stand it now. How can JF express so much pain with only his body language? *rewinds a few times* For study purposes.
He can still kill a million fangirls with the smile he's just flashed. And he's still in excruciating pain and he still has a ridiculous bug in his neck.
Flashback to Shep all helpless and in pain and it looks like he's about to cry!
I really like this soundtrack. Shep wants to say something and Liz doesn't want him to. I wonder what he is about to say. Ideas? Maybe something to his stranded family?
I love his face when he asks them to use the defibrillator. And his tone when he tells Ford 'that's the idea', lol.
Now, let's analyze the facts. Shep is first pretty much ready to accept his fate, meaning that he is really not going to make it, which tells us the amount of pain that he's in. Shep is not the kind of guy that gives up easily. He thinks he is not going to make it. When the idea comes up of them sending him through the event horizon, he completely stops what he wanted to say and goes along with the idea. That's because he thinks that the team IS going to make it. Even when giving up, he's staying positive, trusting his team and believing they are going to be safe. The only issue for him is time and location. He knows that he could make it alive if they had the proper resources, but time and condition are the only thing preventing it. He then quickly comes up with a solution, right at the moment of more pressure and hope and has the defibrillator idea. At this moment he really believes he's going to make it, because if he didn't, he would go on and say what he wanted anyway just in case it didn't work.
Notice, he didn't hesitate answering Elizabeth's question about really wanting to go ahead with it.
Oooh, chest!
Oooh, dog tags!
Aaawww, look at his face. He knows it's going to hurt.
Now, he's looking very intensely at Ford. If he looked at me that way, I would be very much dead. Poor Ford doesn't want to make it and Shep yells at him to just DO IT!
*spends a few minutes admiring the view of a sleeping shirtless Shep and fills in the rest with her own imagination*
To be Teyla right there!
Look at the size of that hickey! I challenge the fangirls to be that efficient. I volunteer to be the first one to try.
*tries to ignore medical inaccuracy*
Oooh, fall, pants, fall!
He's so cute when all sprawled on Teyla's arms.
And Shep's gone. Can I fastforward to the infirmary scene now?
Rodney is babbling.
He babbles some more. I really admire his ability to speak so many words at once. I only wish I could keep up. He's smart.
Ford is being silly.
Kavanaugh saves the day. Can you believe it?
Ford thinks it's his turn to be a hero. Better enjoy it, boy, these moments won't come often.
*still ignoring medical inaccuracy*
*stares at the chest peekage*
Yay! Infirmary! If Shep gave me that look, he would have to find me under the bed needing CPR. Can you notice that the nurse spends an insane amount of time making SURE the bandage is good? Smart nurse. And Shep follows her out with his eyes.
He's starving. I can solve that problem very quickly.
He looks so good in that color.
Aww, he wants them to take care of each other. He's beginning to love his team. Can you feel it in his look and his little smile? It didn't take long, did it?
Wow, this one turned out to be rather long, isn't it? Hah, nine pages. It's longer that Rising, lol.
Now, it's time for bed (it is right now as I'm writing, posting will come later). After this, I hope I have very good Shep whump dreams.
