nazkey and I debated out the Kara-being-promiscuous thing last week. I tend to accept RDM's view here largely- just because the show seems to give us plenty of evidence to at least suggest that it would be the case, and not really anything specific that runs against it. There are plenty of instances in the show that demonstrate that Starbuck's got a bit of a flexible attitude to sex ('the major from where-ever'; falling into Baltar's bed after whatever plans she might of had re: Lee failed to come to fruition; she doesn't waste any time with Sam on Caprica; that night in UB happens while she's in a relationship with someone else; Sam's 'You're not the first'; her twisted reasoning in EoJ about infidelity being 'just cheating' re: her marriage vows).
Without affronting anyone, hopefully, I think that the fandom's rejection of this portrayal of Kara has more to do with what fans want Kara to be, than any particularly strong evidence in canon. Whether it's because fans relate really closely to the character and project some kind of self-image, or because they just have some deep moral discomfort with it, I don't know.
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Date: 2011-03-28 11:43 am (UTC)Without affronting anyone, hopefully, I think that the fandom's rejection of this portrayal of Kara has more to do with what fans want Kara to be, than any particularly strong evidence in canon. Whether it's because fans relate really closely to the character and project some kind of self-image, or because they just have some deep moral discomfort with it, I don't know.