(Now I want to re-watch SGA for positive depictions of masculinity. I love the boys in my icon, but tbh, I've always thought of them as that: boys. Grown-up, sure, but both in tightly regulated environments that have strong outside framing, i.e. school/academia/military contracting for Rodney, and boarding school/military for John. I have always thought of them as reflections of the writers' hopes and dreams and insecurities, allowing us as writers and fans to insert ours into them so easily in this juggernaut fandom of back when.)
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(Now I want to re-watch SGA for positive depictions of masculinity. I love the boys in my icon, but tbh, I've always thought of them as that: boys. Grown-up, sure, but both in tightly regulated environments that have strong outside framing, i.e. school/academia/military contracting for Rodney, and boarding school/military for John. I have always thought of them as reflections of the writers' hopes and dreams and insecurities, allowing us as writers and fans to insert ours into them so easily in this juggernaut fandom of back when.)