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sisabetBattlestar Galactica, this season, has left me with this incredible feeling, after each episode, that I must watch that again! Right now! So, if I can stay awake for the 1am repeat, I do.
But I haven't rewatched it beyond that - mainly because I can only be a singularly focussed obsessive at any given time and currently my focus is elsewhere. This is also why I haven't read any SGA fics, engaged in much meta outside of the current obsession or really done anything at all other than this. I am quite boring when I am focused and one-tracked.
But even still, I am not made of stone and I just - I have to get to a place where I can rewatch all of this season up and to this last episode (what was it called? The Farm?) because if the Cylons' actually have a plan, I really hope it is a good plan and well - I should cut the rest.
Okay first - just some insane-ass squee: OMG I LOVE STARBUCK!!! I seriously, seriously do. I think I could not love her anymore and then she does something incredibly stupid or incredibly brave or incredibly human (which encompasses the stupid and the brave) and I just find myself actually cheering her on. Out loud. I am cheering at my television as if Starbuck has possession of the ball during an NCAA championship game. Cause, for me, she does.
So I automatically decide - anyone I love this much? Has to be a Cylon. I remembered the mini and how Boomer was my favorite and yeah, how can I forget, I have also been emotionally traumatized by Joss Whedon so: I love a Character = Character is evil or dies Painful, Slow Death. Or sometimes a quick death. Or sometimes the character is evil, with reasons, and dies a painful quick death. There are many variations, but the point of fact is that I love Starbuck too much. Therefore something is well and truly up with that.
So - I'm watching last Friday's ep and loving the fact that on this show, if is the female pilot who gets to have a boy in every port. YEAH! And her Pro-Baller was cool and I believed every second of their interaction. So, if they keep this aspect of Starbuck's character the same from the original series, I am totally cool - but it isn't. It is the same but it isn't and I'm sure someone else who remembers more about the original series will do a wonderful essay about gender roles and identity and internal processing and hopefully![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sdwolfpup will link to that person when they post.
I'd go out looking for it but Starbuck-Haters make me angry. So I'll wait.
But back to my original concern: I love Starbuck too much. Starbuck feels the most human to me. This is cause for concern, except - wait a second. The Cylons have a plan? Right? They've been putting that in the credits since forever. So the Cylons have a plan and the Cylons want to have babies (I am still trying to figure that out) and the Cylons want to have babies with humans (so they nuke them? Huh). Now I will forgive a lot of Cylon-Logic-Inconsistencies because they are Religious Whackjob Robots and nothing says ignore logic like a Religious Whackjob Robot. But sometimes the robots are obsessed with love - sex as an expression of love (Six), forming attatchments (Boomer), love of God (Leoben) and dude! Starbuck is full of love! She has so much love she could be a slayer! You could sing "What the world needs now, is Starbuck, sweet Starbuck. She's the only thing that there's just too little of" and the song's meaning would not change one iota. She is stuffed to the brim and chockful of love.
And the Cylon's know her. Yeah, she is a good pilot, but she is a discipline problem and has been pretty much out of sight out of mind, serving on a battleship that was about to be decommissioned before the nuclear holocaust. She really shouldn't have drawn any attention at all. But they say she is special - that she has a destiny. She fought Six, and yeah took a beating, but dammit - she won. I mean - I saw Adama fight an extremely weak Leoben. These robots are tough. She beat Six in hand to hand combat.
And at first I thought maybe she would be like Boomer - just have these implanted memories of a past (and somewhere Sean Young sits in a darkened room and screams). But I just - no, her past is too real. She is too ruled by what has happened to her. Out of all of the human characters, she is the one whom is seems that making and forging and just having a connection to another person is so important (although the show does such a GREAT job with highlighting that aspect in general with everyone) but that makes sense when you look at her as a whole. A whole person - she feels real with a full range of emotional reactions and every week we get to see that and I don't think she is a Cylon anymore.
I think she is Half-Cylon. Cause - how in the world did the robots even get it into their heads to reproduce if it hadn't already happened by accident? Maybe there is something different about how Starbuck came into being versus how the next generation will be born -- maybe she is an anomoly or a mistake or something. But dude -- something Big is happening there and I am starting to freak out again. And ramble. I should go run errands now. Cause otherwise, I'll ramble more.
But even if she is a half-robot? I hope she wins.
But I haven't rewatched it beyond that - mainly because I can only be a singularly focussed obsessive at any given time and currently my focus is elsewhere. This is also why I haven't read any SGA fics, engaged in much meta outside of the current obsession or really done anything at all other than this. I am quite boring when I am focused and one-tracked.
But even still, I am not made of stone and I just - I have to get to a place where I can rewatch all of this season up and to this last episode (what was it called? The Farm?) because if the Cylons' actually have a plan, I really hope it is a good plan and well - I should cut the rest.
Okay first - just some insane-ass squee: OMG I LOVE STARBUCK!!! I seriously, seriously do. I think I could not love her anymore and then she does something incredibly stupid or incredibly brave or incredibly human (which encompasses the stupid and the brave) and I just find myself actually cheering her on. Out loud. I am cheering at my television as if Starbuck has possession of the ball during an NCAA championship game. Cause, for me, she does.
So I automatically decide - anyone I love this much? Has to be a Cylon. I remembered the mini and how Boomer was my favorite and yeah, how can I forget, I have also been emotionally traumatized by Joss Whedon so: I love a Character = Character is evil or dies Painful, Slow Death. Or sometimes a quick death. Or sometimes the character is evil, with reasons, and dies a painful quick death. There are many variations, but the point of fact is that I love Starbuck too much. Therefore something is well and truly up with that.
So - I'm watching last Friday's ep and loving the fact that on this show, if is the female pilot who gets to have a boy in every port. YEAH! And her Pro-Baller was cool and I believed every second of their interaction. So, if they keep this aspect of Starbuck's character the same from the original series, I am totally cool - but it isn't. It is the same but it isn't and I'm sure someone else who remembers more about the original series will do a wonderful essay about gender roles and identity and internal processing and hopefully
sdwolfpup will link to that person when they post. I'd go out looking for it but Starbuck-Haters make me angry. So I'll wait.
But back to my original concern: I love Starbuck too much. Starbuck feels the most human to me. This is cause for concern, except - wait a second. The Cylons have a plan? Right? They've been putting that in the credits since forever. So the Cylons have a plan and the Cylons want to have babies (I am still trying to figure that out) and the Cylons want to have babies with humans (so they nuke them? Huh). Now I will forgive a lot of Cylon-Logic-Inconsistencies because they are Religious Whackjob Robots and nothing says ignore logic like a Religious Whackjob Robot. But sometimes the robots are obsessed with love - sex as an expression of love (Six), forming attatchments (Boomer), love of God (Leoben) and dude! Starbuck is full of love! She has so much love she could be a slayer! You could sing "What the world needs now, is Starbuck, sweet Starbuck. She's the only thing that there's just too little of" and the song's meaning would not change one iota. She is stuffed to the brim and chockful of love.
And the Cylon's know her. Yeah, she is a good pilot, but she is a discipline problem and has been pretty much out of sight out of mind, serving on a battleship that was about to be decommissioned before the nuclear holocaust. She really shouldn't have drawn any attention at all. But they say she is special - that she has a destiny. She fought Six, and yeah took a beating, but dammit - she won. I mean - I saw Adama fight an extremely weak Leoben. These robots are tough. She beat Six in hand to hand combat.
And at first I thought maybe she would be like Boomer - just have these implanted memories of a past (and somewhere Sean Young sits in a darkened room and screams). But I just - no, her past is too real. She is too ruled by what has happened to her. Out of all of the human characters, she is the one whom is seems that making and forging and just having a connection to another person is so important (although the show does such a GREAT job with highlighting that aspect in general with everyone) but that makes sense when you look at her as a whole. A whole person - she feels real with a full range of emotional reactions and every week we get to see that and I don't think she is a Cylon anymore.
I think she is Half-Cylon. Cause - how in the world did the robots even get it into their heads to reproduce if it hadn't already happened by accident? Maybe there is something different about how Starbuck came into being versus how the next generation will be born -- maybe she is an anomoly or a mistake or something. But dude -- something Big is happening there and I am starting to freak out again. And ramble. I should go run errands now. Cause otherwise, I'll ramble more.
But even if she is a half-robot? I hope she wins.
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Date: 2005-08-15 04:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-08-15 06:59 pm (UTC)I love that she is not stingy with her smiles or laughs. She is more likely to laugh when stressed than yell, but then she can be grumpy and mean and prickly. I love that she is *not* glamorous but is beautiful. I love that her body looks strong and capable and imperfect and natural.
I love that she identifies herself first and foremost as a pilot and that she loves to fly. I love the expression on her face when she flies - it is as if she can do no wrong and she knows it. She is doing the very thing that she exists to do. That is wonderful.
I love that she is often tactless and awkward with other people and gets uncomfortable and has no idea how to approach certain relationships, but that she still tries to do it. I love that she reacts to that discomfort with anger.
I love that she has sex. I love that she doesn't deny or ignore her physical attractions (unless they are with her dead fiancee's brother and dude - that is understandable).
Mostly, I love the fact that I intensely identify with her as a woman character. I feel like she is real - I don't think she is Super!Girled up and I don't think she is a male character being played by a female actress. She is the closest thing to a real live young woman, in my view of being a young woman, I have ever seen on TV. I intensely believe in her reactions, motivations and it never rings false.
So, I am willing to admit some bias.
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Date: 2005-08-15 05:47 pm (UTC)LKBV!!
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Date: 2005-08-15 07:26 pm (UTC)Yeah, that point is ultra creepy for me. I adore Starbuck, and so do not want her to be hurt. Ok, maybe just a little, because she still looks very pretty even all banged up. I really do wonder what her role in the "plan" will be. Your 1/2 cylon theory is interesting. Huh. I'll be looking for signs to see if it pans out.
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Date: 2005-08-15 09:34 pm (UTC)We need to teach
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Date: 2005-08-15 09:56 pm (UTC)You know - I want *selective* LJ cut disablers. Everything but spoilers!! Hee!
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Date: 2005-08-16 01:14 am (UTC)Starbuck being half-cylon would explain alot. Much of the criticism of Starbuck is that she is a MarySue...the best pilot, best shot, best reflexes, able to keep up with the pro-baller despite not playing for a while. Yet all of this would make sense if Starbuck were half-cylon. It might also be the reason for her mother's actions, her emotional and physical abuse. Maybe she knew and was trying excise the otherness from Starbuck.
Ah...we are in agreement, Sis...
Date: 2005-08-19 06:57 pm (UTC)Yea, I know you have VVC on the brain and I could look through all of your posts but...
Starbuck as half-cylon. I could support that. I'm hoping she has had a robotic ovary implanted or something...so she can have wacky Aeryn Sun-type pregnancies.
Rae
WAIT! Did I say *hoping*?
Date: 2005-08-19 07:07 pm (UTC)Rae
who thinks the Gods of Kobol had a pretty open policy on fidelity.