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printf("%s", name); piefed.blahaj.zone akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone
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Stargate Atlantis, season two, "Michael" poilers

Every time I watch this episode, my heart aches. It bothers me that the show tries to justify creating Michael. I feel so terribly sorry for him. If the expedition at least did a good job in lying to him, covering up his roots properly. But having him feel betrayed, alone, alienated, dehumanized - which is indeed a thing since they gave him humanity - is horrible. 😥💔

It's also extremely provoking that Ronan is not disciplined somehow. He's so blatantly disregarding orders, in spite of being a "specialist" on Sateda, when he beats the crap out of Michael.

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Pissmidget lemmy.world Pissmidget@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-22
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It's been a while since I saw the episode last, but the first time I saw it it left an impression.

My headcannon is that a lot of the episode is presented as Michael experienced it, and he's a somewhat unreliable narrator, as it obviously was a traumatic event. It's either that or everyone catching out-of-character-arithis due to something Rodney has done off camera.

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