Radek was my most-favorite dragon for a very long time. I saw someone selling G1s and honestly I have no idea how I ended up with him? I remember he was 20kt or 30kt, though. It felt like a small fortune because I was still on the train that G1s are terrible because you have to gene them. I mean… well, I’m still on that train a little bit. But I gene a lot of my dragons whether they’re G1s or not, so I have no idea what I’m talking about.
Now, warning: knowledge of Stargate: Atlantis is probably necessary to get full enjoyment out of the following. If you don’t know about Atlantis, then just look at Radek again. I feel like that counts for about the same amount of enjoyment. He’s so pretty.
Okay. So. Radek’s a fandragon of a particularly dear character to me from Stargate: Atlantis. (Today is the actor’s birthday. So join me in wishing David Nykl a happy birthday!) I have three fandragons for Stargate… and this guy is my favorite. Don’t tell the others.
Except the
Rodney fandragon (named Mere). You can tell him. He’d have an aneurysm.
Anyway, so all that aside, Radek, Tundra, of Sornieth, takes after his inspiration in both appearance (sort of - I just thought his colors looked like the khaki Atlantis jacket) and character. He works with an insufferable boss diving into ancient ruins looking for old technology from the Second Age. Electricity? One of his favorite things. You can tell the world isn’t fair because he wasn’t hatched Lightning.
Eventually, I got another Atlantis fandragon (who once looked modestly more related to his inspiration, but was sacrificed to
Aesthetic). A Guardian named Lorne. My headcanon (and not an unpopular one) is that, on Atlantis, Radek is to Lorne as Rodney is to Shephard. So these two were inextricably linked in my head and thus: Radek became Lorne’s Charge. And a precious one he is, too.
Though, of course, Lorne has managed to keep it a secret for a very long time the reason he puts up with Mere’s shenanigans is because his Charge works for him, too. Which just adds more fun dynamics to the shenanigans. Shenanigans are my favorite.
Show me a
Guardian’s Charge! Maybe it’s a dragon, or maybe it’s something on the Guardian (like a sword or necklace)! Maybe it’s something on
another dragon that the Guardian can’t get the jerk to hand over. How does the dragon feel about being a Charge? Do they even know?
Tomorrow we celebrate
Guardians with
Lorne.