It's interesting that being near death would reduce Kara's respect and caution towards the gods, given that it might equally easily have pushed her into more serious efforts to live by their rules, since she expected to be meeting them soon and facing the consequences for any sins she chose in life
I fully agree. It is so hard to really see what was going on in Kara's head at that time. I don't think she made a complete 180 with her beliefs though. I think that on a spur of a moment, she is saying "frak it, the gods already have plenty to punish me for so breaking a vow I gave to the wrong guy will merely add one on my list". Still it feels that agreeing to the divorce was a massive step for Kara and deep down maybe she was really terrified that the gods will punish her by killing of Lee or Sam. Also, Kara believes that she is a screw-up and given her role in Zak's death, has hard time trusting her heart and decisions made out of love
As filmed, it seemed to me that religiosity was a distant second in her motivations. The most important thing that changed her mind was that Lee refused to continue as before and broke things off with her completely, hardly seeing her at all in the time she was recovering. I think that drove home to her that she had to make a choice she didn't want to make, that she couldn't have Lee on the terms she preferred (an affair). I think she decided she couldn't live without him, and so was willing to accept his terms on the divorce question.
Totally agree. Plus she felt like it was her fault that they got into that situation in the first place. I so wished the extended TAB scene was not deleted. It conveys so much and the acting is so perfect.
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Date: 2011-08-26 10:58 pm (UTC)I fully agree. It is so hard to really see what was going on in Kara's head at that time. I don't think she made a complete 180 with her beliefs though. I think that on a spur of a moment, she is saying "frak it, the gods already have plenty to punish me for so breaking a vow I gave to the wrong guy will merely add one on my list". Still it feels that agreeing to the divorce was a massive step for Kara and deep down maybe she was really terrified that the gods will punish her by killing of Lee or Sam. Also, Kara believes that she is a screw-up and given her role in Zak's death, has hard time trusting her heart and decisions made out of love
Totally agree. Plus she felt like it was her fault that they got into that situation in the first place. I so wished the extended TAB scene was not deleted. It conveys so much and the acting is so perfect.