1) Bates. John knows every time Bates sees him, Bates is wishing to God that it had been Sumner who came back with John's dessicated body and not the other way around, just as John's wishing Teyla had broken the smug bastard's jaw. The only time Bates shows John any respect is when they're fighting -- the enemy or about Teyla and the rest of the Athosians. But John isn't interested in fighting -- or in forcing Bates' respect, so the two hours and seventeen minutes they're stuck waiting for McKay to get the transporter system working, they don't say a single word to one another.
2) Halling. When he's just Jinto's dad or an Athosian hunter/trader, Halling's a great guy. But every time Halling comes over to Atlantis, he turns into a religious fanatic and John had had enough of those back on Earth. Only, even the Fundamentalists had started looking good despite ranting about the Great Satan or how homosexuals would burn in Hell sometime during hour three trapped in a transporter with Halling. Who refused to believe that John didn't have any insights or words of blessing to pass on just because one of John's ancestors had interacted with one of Halling's Ancestors.
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Date: 2010-08-09 05:26 am (UTC)2) Halling. When he's just Jinto's dad or an Athosian hunter/trader, Halling's a great guy. But every time Halling comes over to Atlantis, he turns into a religious fanatic and John had had enough of those back on Earth. Only, even the Fundamentalists had started looking good despite ranting about the Great Satan or how homosexuals would burn in Hell sometime during hour three trapped in a transporter with Halling. Who refused to believe that John didn't have any insights or words of blessing to pass on just because one of John's ancestors had interacted with one of Halling's Ancestors.