Thank you. I wanted to write outside my normal box, stripping away technology, Atlantis and the support structure of having the team. By placing John and Ronon in such a harsh environment, I was able to push their boundaries. I've always been fascinated by the psyche of military people. I wondered what they had to do mentally in a war zone in order to do their job and somehow return to 'the normal world'. What kind of switch has to be flipped? What kind of heads pace do people go to, in order to survive? Then what happens when you have all the elements of a long-drawn out war, but not in a traditional battlefield. What then?
I also wanted to play with the idea of role reversals and that was source of great fun and challenge when it came to writing Ronon.
Okay, enough rambling. Thank you a thousand times over. I'm glad you enjoyed this.
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Date: 2010-07-10 09:20 pm (UTC)I also wanted to play with the idea of role reversals and that was source of great fun and challenge when it came to writing Ronon.
Okay, enough rambling. Thank you a thousand times over. I'm glad you enjoyed this.