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no_takebacksSome of us are die-hard 'Kara/Lee or no one!' shippers. Some of us have soft spots for the other relationships Kara and Lee ended up in throughout the series. And some may main-ship Kara or Lee with someone else entirely, but have been swayed by this lovely community to start understanding just why we love Starbuck and Apollo together.
Make your best case for who Lee and Kara belong with, other than each other.
Try to convince your fellow shippers why you love another pairing. Is there someone else Kara and Lee really connect with? Why? Although we know their other (established) relationships don't really work out towards the end of the show, do you think they would have, had the situations been different? Is there anyone on the show that you thought would have made a great significant other or frak buddy for either of them (but the writers just never went there)? Maybe some of us don't understand why you ship Kara and ?, or Lee and ?, so give us your best attempt at leading us over to the dark side.
If you're one of the dedicated few who can't see them with anyone else, then let's hear why you can't even begin to think of them apart!
So let's have at it!
Make your best case for who Lee and Kara belong with, other than each other.
Try to convince your fellow shippers why you love another pairing. Is there someone else Kara and Lee really connect with? Why? Although we know their other (established) relationships don't really work out towards the end of the show, do you think they would have, had the situations been different? Is there anyone on the show that you thought would have made a great significant other or frak buddy for either of them (but the writers just never went there)? Maybe some of us don't understand why you ship Kara and ?, or Lee and ?, so give us your best attempt at leading us over to the dark side.
If you're one of the dedicated few who can't see them with anyone else, then let's hear why you can't even begin to think of them apart!
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Re: Why Kara/Sam Just Doesn't Work for Me
Date: 2012-02-15 05:27 pm (UTC)You and I are special snowflakes, my friend.
I mean, it may be different now but for a long time I felt like I was the only one. For some reason most of the queer ladies were hanging out in the Kara/Sam camp.
Re: Why Kara/Sam Just Doesn't Work for Me
Date: 2012-02-15 05:39 pm (UTC)I think that's probably why. And like I said, I tend to have that mindset for almost every other show I watch. Ship ALL the things. But for some reason, Kara and Lee have just captured my heart in a way that I cannot let go of. Though using them as a way to fill the void is probably not healthy. :)
Re: Why Kara/Sam Just Doesn't Work for Me
Date: 2012-02-15 06:36 pm (UTC)YES!! It was sort of like they wanted there to be no minorities of any type so the only minority was Cylon but they couldn't fully leave the mindset of the world we live in behind so the things they were trying to do came across as worse than if they hadn't tried anything. Or something like that.
Re: Why Kara/Sam Just Doesn't Work for Me
Date: 2012-02-15 08:36 pm (UTC)I think it's usually because of a very intense Kara love.
They love her so much, she's their OTC and they like that with Sam she gets to always be the more important character in canon and he never tries to challenge her in any way. Kara always "wins" with/in relation to Sam.
With Lee... he does challenge her, he has his own life (with Dee) and his own opinions and his own temper and anger that he expresses when she hurts him somehow. And all of that tends to...infringe on Kara a little? I mean they are purposely developed as foils to each other early in the series and they clash on so many levels and a lot of folks who really feel Kara is their OTC bristle when Lee strikes out at her in any way rather than enjoying it as a challenging, complicated relationship between two people who are both frakked up and issue laden, and capable of both hurting and being hurt.
Nothing ever hurts Sam. He walks away from her time and again when things look like they're getting too difficult. Lee, on the other hand, sticks around or comes back for more even, but he does express anger and jealousy when he's hurt by her, even if he should know better.
Re: Why Kara/Sam Just Doesn't Work for Me
Date: 2012-02-15 09:13 pm (UTC)Re: Why Kara/Sam Just Doesn't Work for Me
Date: 2012-02-17 03:49 pm (UTC)Re: Why Kara/Sam Just Doesn't Work for Me
Date: 2012-02-17 03:52 pm (UTC)