Like everything else about Kara, her relationship with authority is complicated! I totally agree with the issue of following orders hinges on her respect for the order-giver; I'd add Laura to the list, because stealing the cylon raider and running off to find the arrow was a pretty crazy move, too, although it's interesting to note that Laura deliberately undermined Kara's respect for Adama in order to get Kara's obedience. After which, you could argue that Kara never gives it so unconditionally again.
However, I'd say that regardless of how she feels about heirarchies, she desperately needs them. She is not good at functioning on her own authority – she needs some kind of structure to react against, whether positively or negatively. She's lost without it, whereas Lee is better at forging ahead on his own authority. It takes her dying, finding earth and coming back to put her on a path that doesn't take it's direction from any of the authority figures in her life, and from a certain perspective even then she's operating under the authority of her Very Special Destiny.
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Date: 2011-03-28 05:26 pm (UTC)However, I'd say that regardless of how she feels about heirarchies, she desperately needs them. She is not good at functioning on her own authority – she needs some kind of structure to react against, whether positively or negatively. She's lost without it, whereas Lee is better at forging ahead on his own authority. It takes her dying, finding earth and coming back to put her on a path that doesn't take it's direction from any of the authority figures in her life, and from a certain perspective even then she's operating under the authority of her Very Special Destiny.