I enjoyed the ppt, y'all.

I see the crack has jumped from SGA and landed pretty solidly in Merlin fandom.

For as long as I've been in Western fandom, I could pretty much trace the highest concentration of crack in one fandom from Harry Potter to Smallville to SGA. Not that it was a purely linear progression, and that's only my pov, but it's interesting to look at what all four of these shows have in common.

When you compare Smallville with Merlin, as I'm sure is already being discussed somewhere, there are a number of similarities. Dark-haired commoner youth with Powers who must keep them secret while having a friendship with a fair young lord. The Commoner with Powers & The Elite (Rodney is science aristocracy.) seems to be a potent combination. Because of the interaction of two opposite kinds of power, I suppose.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to all the Merlin crack. One of these days I'll get around to, you know, watching some of the episodes.