Why on Earth is Sheppard so gleefully violent against the Wraith?
I can understand feeling the need to eliminate them, and being a bit put out at having one’s comrades eaten. Sheppard, however, shows a disturbing level of glee at the death or suffering of any Wraith for a supposedly disciplined military officer • This, among other reasons, eventually made Stargate Atlantis too disturbing for this troper to watch (see the Moral Dissonance examples). • I always just thought it was because he’s a Jerk Ass. • It’s possible he still blames himself for waking them up in the first place. He may, on some level, be trying to undo some of the damage he’s done to the entire galaxy. • If Pegasus Stargates have no moving parts (so manual dial is presumably impossible), what are the symbols for? Decoration? • Probably; the Ancients did seem to prefer style over clarity of purpose. • Case and point, ring transporters. Insecure, impractical, and deadly if you stand in the wrong spot. But used and without improvement for MILLIONS of years. • the symbols light up in a
