I think Carson is, quite honestly, doing his damnedest to find the solution that causes the least loss of life -- even Wraith life. He's trying to change them rather than simply wipe out an entire species. Whether or not this is misguided is another issue. He's working from compassion here and trying to prevent a genocide, even though pretty much anybody sane in the Pegasus galaxy would love to see the last Wraith flushed down the cosmic toilet.
I've seen several people commenting on this since Instinct. I could see an AU Evil!Carson, sure, but our Carson? Not even ;) He's a man in a very bad situation looking for a humane solution. It was in no way his fault that the Wraithchickie (tm) got her claws on the retrovirus. It's also not like he was talking about experimenting on her. He only wanted to work with blood and tissue samples. I don't understand the reaction in the fandom, and how folks are going on about how Carson's somehow changed drastically.
Sure, he's excited about the theory. Honestly -- who wouldn't be? A way to get rid of the Wraith for good, and not have to kill millions to do it? Sounds like a good plan. Whether or not it works isn't the issue here. The issue is that Carson's attempting to do something compassionate when he could be working on something like that Hoffan serum that killed the Wraith. Now *that* would be the act of an Evil Mad Scientist.
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Date: 2005-08-31 05:40 am (UTC)I've seen several people commenting on this since Instinct. I could see an AU Evil!Carson, sure, but our Carson? Not even ;) He's a man in a very bad situation looking for a humane solution. It was in no way his fault that the Wraithchickie (tm) got her claws on the retrovirus. It's also not like he was talking about experimenting on her. He only wanted to work with blood and tissue samples. I don't understand the reaction in the fandom, and how folks are going on about how Carson's somehow changed drastically.
Sure, he's excited about the theory. Honestly -- who wouldn't be? A way to get rid of the Wraith for good, and not have to kill millions to do it? Sounds like a good plan. Whether or not it works isn't the issue here. The issue is that Carson's attempting to do something compassionate when he could be working on something like that Hoffan serum that killed the Wraith. Now *that* would be the act of an Evil Mad Scientist.