Fics like Why Is It Blue?

“These kinds of departments usually have a lot of politics in them,” she says carefully. “There’s a lot of—impressing the right people, and keeping on certain boards’ good sides, and using just the right vocabulary to keep your funding. It usually turns into a popularity contest quickly.” She nods back at the physics lab. “Dr. McKay doesn’t run things like that.” John says, “I see,” and then Dr. Betts inclines her head at him walks away. When he thinks about it, it even makes sense—naturally, Rodney McKay, notoriously unpopular man, wouldn’t run his department like a popularity contest. (He will never admit it, but it’s kind of magnificent to watch Rodney hold court.) Or: John muses on the Atlantis Expedition's CSO, while the science department takes part in Stupid Question Time.

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