respoftw | Fandom Snowflake Challenge: Day 3

Day 3

In your own space, share a favorite piece of original canon (a TV episode, a song, a favorite interview, a book, a scene from a movie, etc) and explain why you love it so much.

I’ve been sitting looking at this question for a long time. I took a break, watched an episode of The Haunting of Hill House and came back to it and I’m still struggling to pick a piece of canon anything to talk about it. I think that the reason I’m struggling with this one is that it isn’t moments that make me fall in love with a piece of canon, it’s the characters.

I mean, take Stargate as an example. I think, all things being equal, SG-1 is a better show. Going by plot and storylines and all that stuff that should be important, it’s a better show. But I love Atlantis more.

Because Atlantis gave me Rodney McKay (yes, I know he was on SG-1 first but y’know what I mean). When I think about all of my favourite books, Tv shows or movies, they all have one thing in common. They all have a character or sometimes even a group of characters that resonated with me, that pulled me in and made me take notice of everything else.

It’s not that they remind me of myself; in most cases the opposite is true. Sometimes they’re who I would like to be and sometimes they’re who I’m really glad I’m not. Whatever way it goes, the character is always more important to me than the story. I’m one of those people who would quite gladly watch my favourite character watch paint dry.

When I really think about it, I feel like I’ve always been this way. Every major fandom I’ve fangirled over can be traced back to that one character that hooked me in. And, from the moment he walked into that cloud of energy in episode 2, Rodney McKay has been my tether to SGA. Which seems to be my forever fandom. Not that I’m complaining.