DPP: Long-winded thoughts on Kara/Lee...with Lee Celebration to follow

[thegreenkitty.livejournal.com]

Hiya Shipper Nation, 

I’ve been pondering the state of our ship tonight and started thinking about the classifications of shippers as “Kara people” or “Lee people”. It’s a bit of an odd phenomenon, but it seems that many of us identify so completely with one or the other of them, that we actually came to be shippers after falling in love with either Kara or Lee and then acknowledging the obvious truth that they were meant for each other. (As opposed to falling for the couple first and then coming to appreciate its individual parts.) 

We then seem to develop love for the other side of the coupling almost because we love the first character so much that we want their emotional/spiritual/romantic life to be successful. Maybe I am biased because this is the road I followed into shipperdom, having first fallen in love with Kara, then with Kara/Lee, and finally with Lee individually as I paid more attention to him. However, despite my possible bias, I know I have heard similar stories from at least a few of you, so I’m not completely alone in this phenomenon.

Therefore, I’d like to spend the next two days focusing on our pilots as individuals so that we may better appreciate them as a couple. Since I’ve seen more lists extolling Kara’s awesomeness than I have Lee lists, I think we should start with Lee. Come on guys, the boy deserves his own list!!  (If you've already made one, please feel free to post a link!) 

P.S.--I don’t want this post to become Kara vs. Lee (gods know they do that to themselves enough on their own!). Also, maybe this is my naïve desire to find the best in people, but it’s next to impossible for me to comprehend loving one part of K/L without loving the other. Anyhow, this post is not the place to debate who did what to whom on New Caprica, etc. We are now officially celebrating, folks!! We are still alive and kicking one year after the worst finale in history. So…Thursday is Lee day, Friday is Kara day, Saturday is Kara/Lee day, and Sunday is Kara/Lee Shippers day. Thus proclaimeth the Trooper Kitty.

Let the Lee love begin...

Comments

[cosetteferaud.livejournal.com]

As you, I am on of those who fell in love with Kara from the beginning, then with Kara/Lee and finally with Lee (even though I must say that I liked him right from the start, but it wasn't crazy love, if you get what I mean). However, right now I must admit that I love Lee to bits, he is my nº 1 TV boyfriend without ant doubt.

1) I love him because he is conflicted and flawed, because he is not the typical young lead in terms of conventional television standards.
2) I love his contradictions, his pragmatic idealism. He is smart and has a conscience, and is a man defined by his beliefs (Lee/Democracy), who would sacrifice everything for his ideals and the greater good.
3) I love hat he was usually placed in the position of having to make hard choices, and he actually made them and accepted the responsibility for the consequences of his choices.
4) I love his his atheism and skepticism, and the fact that despite everything, he always had faith in people and believed in a better future.
5) I love that he is as badass as Kara when it's necesary (Alpha!Lee FTW!!)
6) I love that he is someone who recognized and respected people with undeaniable leadership skills ("Lady's in charge" <333).
7) I love his daddy issues,
8) And his self-destructive streak
9) I love that in the end, he became his own man.
10) I love that he is so incredibly hot (I am human and shallow, what can I do? ;)).
11) I love his boyish, beautiful smile.
12) I love his devotion to Kara, that he was his friend/colleague/brother/lover/soulmate, and never gave up on her ("whatever it takes", "I believe you"),

All in all, I ADORE this man <333

[scifishipper.livejournal.com]

I love this list and agree with every item.

[rdave1.livejournal.com]

I love this list. Number 11 is so true. That boyish smile melts hearts.:)

[coffeesuperhero.livejournal.com]

Love everything you said, especially this:

4) I love his his atheism and skepticism, and the fact that despite everything, he always had faith in people and believed in a better future.

So much this.

[thegreenkitty.livejournal.com]

Cosette, I love these. All so true. I especially like how you note his thinky!thought self (in 1,2,3,4) but also show how he moves beyond thinky!thoughts to action (5!!!) and emotion (12...squee!).