Thursday DPP: The Incomparables

[pennyante.livejournal.com]

We like to think of the pilots as unique. And of course they are; our gutsy but screwy Kara and noble but flawed Lee, simmering away in their tortuous stew of baggage and war and Hero Problems and temperamental differences—they’re in a class of their own.

But do we see other duos in pop culture who have something in common with their dynamic? Mulder and Scully’s way of perfectly complementing each other, professionally? Dharma and Greg’s exaggeratedly mismatched approaches to law and social conventions? From Casablanca, Rick and Ilsa’s situation of being separated by side effects of a culture of war?

Do we know other individual characters who are like either one of them? (Is it just me, or does Dawson Leary tell us something about a young Lee Adama? Tell me if you hate that idea, I can handle it.) Some of the characters who remind me most of Kara are strong female characters on nighttime soaps, like Sandra Oh’s Christina on Grey’s Anatomy and Blair Waldorf on Gossip Girl. ‘Cause ladies who are both powerful and  flawed ain’t the easiest to come by.

Though I haven’t read it yet, I know there’s an impressively scaled Hunger Games/BSG crossover fic out there. I wonder if Katniss, Peeta, and Gale tell us anything about Kara and Lee (and Sam).

So—to whom should we compare the pilots?

Who do we see in shades of Starbuck and Apollo? In what ways? Too many of my examples above are from American TV (sorry), but let's allow our brains to roam through whatever we want. TV, movies, books, graphic novels—nothing’s off the table. This would also be a great time to rec crossovers that tap into an AU dynamic.

Comments

[winegums.livejournal.com]

YES to the Rob/Cassie comparison. So heartbreaking, and still so good. To me, they're the only ones who've ever come close to pilots, even though I can see the Katniss/Gale thing going there if it'd been allowed to develop.

spoilers inherent

[callmeonetrack.livejournal.com]

<3 <3 <3 I love that book so much. I so so hope she shall go back to Rob (and hopefully Cassie too)'s story someday.

Kat and Gale are much younger, but I think they share the whole "should've been together but doomed by fate" angle. The whole scene in the woods at the beginning of THG just made me fall in love with their partnership and so reminded me of pilots on Kobol working in tandem, and she's always leaving him (sniff), and the kiss in CF reminds me of Home and....Kat's guilt for Peeta mirrors Kara's for Sam (and Zak) to me. And....yeah. I guess on SO MANY LEVELS they remind me. But oddly the ending of MJ makes me feel so differently than BSG canon. Lol. I want Gale to go off and be happy with Johanna. And I never want Lee to fall for anyone else.

Re: spoilers inherent

[winegums.livejournal.com]

I didn't even know that was a possibility!

And anyway, Lee's tried being with a nice girl and it failed quite spectacularly when Kara was still dead, why would he be inclined to repeat the process now that she's well and truly gone again?

Re: spoilers inherent

[callmeonetrack.livejournal.com]

Yes! I was in a Q&A online with her a year or two ago, and she said she might revisit someday because she didn't feel done with Rob's story yet! I was glad to hear it!

Oh that's exactly how I feel about Lee settling for someone else post-Poof