Thursday DPP: The Incomparables
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no_takebacksWe 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.
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Date: 2012-03-15 04:40 pm (UTC)There's something about the way they balance each other out - Sherlock as the wilful genius who doesn't care about not making the top brass look stupid, or sparing people's feelings (complete with a seeming death) - he even sits down with his enemy across a table for a little one-to-one and lets him get under his skin almost like Kara did in Flesh and Bone, while John looks like the one who has it all together, but started off trying to come to terms with his identity after leaving the military (and he might seem unassuming, but he's the one who keeps his service revolver on hand to shoot people who endanger Sherlock).
And he is, again, the one left completely devastated by Sherlock's death but who believes in him no matter what - like a certain Viper pilot-turned-President we all know and love.
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Date: 2012-03-15 06:45 pm (UTC)I don't ship John and Sherlock (I love them best as besties) but I adore this comparison.
Also-- PIC!!!!
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Date: 2012-03-15 06:48 pm (UTC)(and I wasn't going to pass up the opportunity to stick a Cumberpic in here!)
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Date: 2012-03-15 07:19 pm (UTC)I know what you mean. It's like super-duper friendship codependency. Except awesome. And hell, they just kind of complete each other. **wibbles**
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Date: 2012-03-15 07:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-15 07:49 pm (UTC)**sigh**
Quite lovely. :)
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Date: 2012-03-15 07:51 pm (UTC)Lovely indeed. It's like they made it specifically for us to have fangasms over :D
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Date: 2012-03-15 08:43 pm (UTC)(And I love your Sherlock and Watson comparison, btw. I have never been into slash but yeah, I definitely see this ambiguity and I love it. Their chemistry is so awesome!).
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Date: 2012-03-15 08:55 pm (UTC)(I'm not into slash either, but I just love their relationship and the fact that nothing about it is ever spelled out, and doesn't need to be)