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So I was curious about the chess game between Rodney and John in s3, ep15 "the game".

I wanted to know what actually happened there. It looks like the starting position of the scene is this:

I came up with the following game, which ends in this position, has a decent opening and moves that look normal to me.

e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nxd4 6. Bxd4 d6 7. Bd3 Bd7 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qf3 a6 11. Rfb1 O-O 12. Qe3 h6 13. Qg3 Bc6

For this game, the evaluation is always between -0.2 and +0.6 which means it is mostly equal, with no one making any mistakes. The evaluation after Rodney's move is +0.3, meaning a tiny advantage for John (who is white and therefore started with a small advantage).

Then we see Sheppard think a while before playing (14. Rf1). This is not a great move but also no mistake, it puts the evaluation at (0.0, meaning completely equal for both).

To this, Rodney says "Like I would need to cheat, playing you. Ha!" and then plays (Nh7), which totally hangs mate in one and is therefore the worst possible move, instantly losing the game from an even position.

I love how confidently he makes this awful move, while laughing at John.

However, John sees the blunder instantly and wins with (Qxg7#). Checkmate.

To this, Rodney answers by complaining about being distracted, and I guess after this evaluation, it is fair to assume that he was actually very distracted, either by Elizabeth or by John accusing him of cheating because he made a ridiculous move after playing solidly for the first 13 moves.

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So with this, I was originally going for the scene in S.3 Ep.5 Progeny, where John looks over Rodney's shoulder while he works.

I thought it would be even more fun if there would be like 2 additional alternate universe versions of John, ALSO curiously looking at what Rodney is doing. I think the Johns would get along great (like in the Daedalus Variation) and they would drive Rodney insane.

So I drew it... but I feel like it kind of gives a different vibe now.

More like... Those AU Johns are up to something with poor innocent Rodney...

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I don't know. I just wanted this picture to exist, so I made it.

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Hello! I made this account a long time ago but I am actually new to Tumblr. I recently rewatched Stargate Atlantis. I first saw it in like 2010 when I was 14. Maybe I have had a mild obsession with John Sheppard ever since that I had just forgotten about for a while. Well, I loved rewatching it, I loved looking at all the fan art here, and I loved reading so much good stuff on ao3. I wanted to contribute something, so here are two things I drew recently.