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There is a myth, Norse I believe, yes, pretty sure it was Norse.
And it has this guy, who has to sleep in a bed with this woman, only! How wrong, they aren't married blah-blah-blah, so he puts his sword down the center of the bed.
Of course his name is Sigurd, or Sigmund, or something, but all the legendary Norsemen seem to be named Sig-something, so it gets confusing.
But! The point is, later on they have sex and marry and then she poisons him (not necessarily in that order, no wait, it was in that order), but it's not her fault because he was tramping around with some queenly ho who gave him a potion or whatnot, anyway it doesn't end well. The important thing being, that sword or no, they still end up doing the nasty.
So in the end, the sword is symbolic of all the sex they'd like to be having if it weren't for conventional morality, and also avoiding sliced private parts.
Which brings me to another SG:A story that really should be out there, the one in which Rodney and John or Rodney and Ronon or maybe Lorne and Kavanagh have to Share a Bed, but due to manly convention know they oughtn't to have sex. But they both really want to, as displayed through heavy symbolism.
Anyone seen this story yet?
And it has this guy, who has to sleep in a bed with this woman, only! How wrong, they aren't married blah-blah-blah, so he puts his sword down the center of the bed.
Of course his name is Sigurd, or Sigmund, or something, but all the legendary Norsemen seem to be named Sig-something, so it gets confusing.
But! The point is, later on they have sex and marry and then she poisons him (not necessarily in that order, no wait, it was in that order), but it's not her fault because he was tramping around with some queenly ho who gave him a potion or whatnot, anyway it doesn't end well. The important thing being, that sword or no, they still end up doing the nasty.
So in the end, the sword is symbolic of all the sex they'd like to be having if it weren't for conventional morality, and also avoiding sliced private parts.
Which brings me to another SG:A story that really should be out there, the one in which Rodney and John or Rodney and Ronon or maybe Lorne and Kavanagh have to Share a Bed, but due to manly convention know they oughtn't to have sex. But they both really want to, as displayed through heavy symbolism.
Anyone seen this story yet?
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