Fannish musings (STFBE)
Nov. 15th, 2010 01:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
doranwenMy favorite ship is most definitely Myles/Tara; there's so much more to Myles than we see. The man is really quite complex, and underneath it all, rather sensitive and vulnerable, but given his growing up years, he's learned to hide that well. (I'm convinced that his cluelessness and pompous banter is all an act designed to "connect" him with the others, since he doesn't feel like he belongs otherwise--he's also quite sensitive to teasing, so he makes sure they'll tease him about stuff he's pretending about so they won't tease him about the stuff that really matters.)
Then there's Tara; we don't get to see much of her as an agent. She seems to be relegated to the computer/surveillance stuff only, rarely involved in the action. She acts ditzy at times, but she's really not. She has to be incredibly brilliant to do what she does with the computers (never mind the show portraying some really dumb moments--they don't know how to educate us viewers without making the characters appear stupid). I would imagine that it's awfully hard to get involved with guys without them either feeling intimidated at her skill, or being nice but no spark there (like Stanley--I don't see that relationship going much of anywhere--he's just too "nice"). She needs someone who will respect her and not get overbearing. (Jack and Bobby go overprotective on the unit's women too much, but have you noticed that Myles doesn't join them? He was also the one sharing her "last supper"--one that got her smiling and laughing--in Bad Hair Day.)
Jack and Sue are another matter altogether. Jack can be either incredibly clueless and dumb--I mean, seriously, dodging out of the deaf poetry event was NOT the way to go if you wanted to impress Sue--or he can be very sensitive and sweet (I'm thinking of his talk with Sue in Cold Case). He also can get very overbearing and overprotective, and he hasn't tried nearly hard enough to get into Sue's world. At some point, before things get too serious, they're going to have to talk about these things.
Sue's pretty balanced, but there are always areas that are fun to explore more--like any possible doubts about who she is (don't think there are many now, except if her mom keeps bringing them up), or how the hearing/Deaf world fits together with regards to her relationships, etc.
Then there's Tara; we don't get to see much of her as an agent. She seems to be relegated to the computer/surveillance stuff only, rarely involved in the action. She acts ditzy at times, but she's really not. She has to be incredibly brilliant to do what she does with the computers (never mind the show portraying some really dumb moments--they don't know how to educate us viewers without making the characters appear stupid). I would imagine that it's awfully hard to get involved with guys without them either feeling intimidated at her skill, or being nice but no spark there (like Stanley--I don't see that relationship going much of anywhere--he's just too "nice"). She needs someone who will respect her and not get overbearing. (Jack and Bobby go overprotective on the unit's women too much, but have you noticed that Myles doesn't join them? He was also the one sharing her "last supper"--one that got her smiling and laughing--in Bad Hair Day.)
Jack and Sue are another matter altogether. Jack can be either incredibly clueless and dumb--I mean, seriously, dodging out of the deaf poetry event was NOT the way to go if you wanted to impress Sue--or he can be very sensitive and sweet (I'm thinking of his talk with Sue in Cold Case). He also can get very overbearing and overprotective, and he hasn't tried nearly hard enough to get into Sue's world. At some point, before things get too serious, they're going to have to talk about these things.
Sue's pretty balanced, but there are always areas that are fun to explore more--like any possible doubts about who she is (don't think there are many now, except if her mom keeps bringing them up), or how the hearing/Deaf world fits together with regards to her relationships, etc.
