Wow, I’ve discovered this today and I’m hyperventilating.
Miller’s Crossing, but not the Stargate episode. Turns out there is an actual movie. Turns out, it’s a homoerotic unrequited gay love story?? They call it Gay Irish Gangster Epic??
I haven’t watched it (yet), but there is this wonderful primer that summarizes the dynamic between characters:
Ethan and Joel Coen’s 1990 mobster film Miller’s Crossing is a story of unrequited love between Gabriel Byrne’s protagonist and the mob boss played by Albert Finney.
The question of why Tom goes through his hellish path is at the heart of Miller’s Crossing, and the only answer that makes sense is that he does it all for Leo. No, the quest Tom embarks on in Miller’s Crossing is all for Leo, and the fact that–in spite of it all–he refuses to rejoin Leo’s mob after everything is said and done is proof that he does it for something more than just friendship. He refuses to go back to his old job both because he can’t stand to see Leo with someone else, and because even if Verna were out of the picture, pursuing Leo wouldn’t be realistic because of the world they inhabit.
Now, look at them!! I’m not saying there is something but isn’t there something??
Apparently the movie is also full of LGBTQ+ characters besides the main hero.
Now back to Stargate Atlantis’ Miller’s Crossing and Sheppard casually talking a man into feeding himself to the Wraith for Rodney, and what’s widely considered the key McShep scene in the fandom.
I do sincerely believe this is canonical confirmation of John’s love for Rodney.
