DPP: Mary Sue to the Rescue- Part I

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Today, 'Shipper Nation, we're gonna' get ourselves all up in canon and FIX things, by the gods! One of my favorite abused literary devices is the introduction of a non-canon character that an author uses to say and do all the things they wish the series did. I've been guilty of it myself in other fandoms. A character you've never heard of suddenly has direct access to/hangs out with the major characters and has "that conversation" that someone really needed to have with them to set them straight/make them see the love they've been denying, etc.

Today, let's set Kara straight (Lee will get his talking-to tomorrow). Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to imagine yourself a Mary Sue onboard Galactica. Wikipedia defines the literary device "Mary Sue" as follows:

A Mary Sue (sometimes just Sue), in fanfiction, is a fictional character with overly idealized and hackneyed mannerisms, lacking noteworthy flaws, and primarily functioning as a wish-fulfillment fantasy for the author or reader. Perhaps the single underlying feature of all characters described as "Mary Sues" is that they are too ostentatious for the audience's taste, or that the author seems to favor the character too highly. The author may seem to push how exceptional and wonderful the "Mary Sue" character is on his or her audience, sometimes leading the audience to dislike or even resent the character fairly quickly; such a character could be described as an "author's pet".

You are Lt. Busybody, callsign Matchmaker. You don't need to be a writer to know what to say to Kara. Hell, everyone can see she's ignoring her feelings for a certain CAG. Pretend you're friends with Kara- closer than she and Helo, maybe. What would you say to her if you two had some time alone? Of course, if you are a writer and want to make a whole scene out of this, I would never say no to Mary Sue comment!fic!

Comments

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My own reasoning for thinking Lee didn't go through an Academy was actually because he was a reservist. I've explained that a bit more in another of my posts in this thread. If he just gotten orders to test pilot school, or a billet as one, though there would be little chance that they would let him resign his commission any time soon.

Yes, a CAG would normally be an aviator, pilots definitely. I'm not sure if a Naval Flight Officer (not pilots, kind of the ECO role) would be eligible. I'm also not sure, but would think that those in the other aviation communities (attack and early warning, helo, and logistics) would also be eligible. In addition, the CO of a carrier is also an aviator, not a surface warfare type. Again I'm not sure if they serve on another type of smaller ship in an XO or CO role first, but I don't think so. It would take them out of aviation for too long.