Am I the last to know that Nicholas was originally David? Personally I’m glad for the name change! Nick fits Rush much better than Dave.
I love that the article asks if it’s possible to have two leaders, since that turned out to be one of the core themes of the series (actually three, including Wray).
Well David became “David Telford” I’m guessing. They did a name shuffle with a few people.
Wray was unfortunately never the leader contender that I wished she was and Young was an awful leader. I wish someone on the show would have suggested a leadership council like the Atlantis Expedition. A civilian leader, a military commander, the lead scientist, the chief medical officer etc.
That would have erased a lot of the conflict I suppose but it would have made more sense. I rewatched ‘Divided’ recently and I was appalled (again) at how heavy-handed the military was. All the civilians wanted was their voice to be heard, to feel like they had some control over their situation. It was a very fair request but Young didn’t do fair and everyone accepted it and called him a hero. He was no hero. I could rant about Young all day.
I think Rush would have been a much better leader of Destiny but then I have always been #TeamRush. The man wasn’t perfect and he kept secrets when he shouldn’t have. However, considering no matter what he did nobody trusted him, I can’t really blame him. He just should have remembered the golden rule “what can go wrong, will go wrong and at the worst possible time.” aka they will find out the truth, right when you really don’t want them too.