kalpurna

Okay okay okay guys, just wait a second and let me explain my theory. (Disclaimer: this is where I cross the border from "srsly they were joking with the lemon" rationalization to actual fanwanking.)

That thing with the torture.

That thing where Rodney got tortured in his brain, and they played it up for laughs.

I have a theory about that.

Let's apply my lemon-logic to this scene. Fact: the creators of this show don't intend us to think that Rodney is completely emotionally abused by the people who are closest to him. Fact: Rodney himself does not act that upset about the torture. He doesn't. There is no significant pause, no traumatized stare of pain. Actually, he mostly acts like nothing's really all that wrong. The cues he's giving off are "It was very upsetting, and I am somewhat embarassed about the whole thing now that I know it was a dream." To me? That does not scream "torture".

For your reference, the other things I am using as background for this theory are: 1) Rodney's disinclination to talk about it with Ronon, 2) his use of the word "intimate" to describe the torture, 3) his disgusted and yet world-weary response to John's anal probe joke, 4) the other guy saying they learned about Rodney's big brain from his dream, and 5) my own goat-like obstinance in trying to mentally mold every event on this show into something I can enjoy without angst.

So here is my FANWANKY theory of what actually happened.

Rodney dreamed about sleeping with blond dude. (Or a nameless muscle-bound replicator guy. Or John.) In this dream, they had some hot sex – during which Rodney possibly got tied up – he got fucked, came his brains out, and in the afterglow he bragged about his brilliant mind. When they woke up from the dream, and he heard that everyone else dreamed about courageously fighting their way out of jail, he felt both humiliated and, yes, somewhat violated. And he definitely wasn't going to be like "I dreamed about taking it up the ass!" So he decided on "Torture. Totally torture." And then John had to pull out the anal probe line, and really. There's only so much a guy can take.

Now, someone write it! *beams*