debated out the Kara-being-promiscuous thing last week.
Ooh, link? I like to read the back-and-forths, it helps me sort through what I understand, too. I think I've already said it somewhere, but I haven't really nailed down that much of my "read" of these characters, particularly their relationship. I'm still feeling my way, and haven't watched the series THAT much that I can recall the pertinent details easily, so this kind of discussion really helps with that.
I'll qualify what I meant with RDM: there's a difference between "frakked around a lot" (ie, was consistently unfaithful), and having episodes of infidelity. I'm not willing yet to put her in the box of just casually sleeping with anyone anytime she feels like it when she's already in a committed relationship. Outside of that kind of relationship, yeah, I don't see any inconsistency in that portrayal of her, and it makes total sense of what I know of her. But once she's in a relationship – Zak, and then Sam once she got him back from Caprica – I read it as needing a tipping point before she'll resume that pattern. Both times it was Lee, too, but whatever. So I think she was faithful to Sam once she got him back, up to being with Lee in UB, after which she probably started cheating on Sam whenever the guilt or whatever needed to be blown off. Not knowing the timelines pre-mini, I'm curious about what pattern she settled into after meeting Lee. I don't remember – did she pass Zak before or after meeting Lee?
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
Ah, well, that's fandom generally, isn't it? Too true. As much as we all at times complain that they're not telling the story right in some way, it should be acknowledged that it's their story to tell, not ours. Sure, they screw things up, but determining what the story is is up to the storyteller. Which is a really annoying conviction to have, because I can't turn canon off when writing fic. :(
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Date: 2011-03-28 05:09 pm (UTC)Ooh, link? I like to read the back-and-forths, it helps me sort through what I understand, too. I think I've already said it somewhere, but I haven't really nailed down that much of my "read" of these characters, particularly their relationship. I'm still feeling my way, and haven't watched the series THAT much that I can recall the pertinent details easily, so this kind of discussion really helps with that.
I'll qualify what I meant with RDM: there's a difference between "frakked around a lot" (ie, was consistently unfaithful), and having episodes of infidelity. I'm not willing yet to put her in the box of just casually sleeping with anyone anytime she feels like it when she's already in a committed relationship. Outside of that kind of relationship, yeah, I don't see any inconsistency in that portrayal of her, and it makes total sense of what I know of her. But once she's in a relationship – Zak, and then Sam once she got him back from Caprica – I read it as needing a tipping point before she'll resume that pattern. Both times it was Lee, too, but whatever. So I think she was faithful to Sam once she got him back, up to being with Lee in UB, after which she probably started cheating on Sam whenever the guilt or whatever needed to be blown off. Not knowing the timelines pre-mini, I'm curious about what pattern she settled into after meeting Lee. I don't remember – did she pass Zak before or after meeting Lee?
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
Ah, well, that's fandom generally, isn't it? Too true. As much as we all at times complain that they're not telling the story right in some way, it should be acknowledged that it's their story to tell, not ours. Sure, they screw things up, but determining what the story is is up to the storyteller. Which is a really annoying conviction to have, because I can't turn canon off when writing fic. :(