DPP: Bring on the Kara Love!
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no_takebacksFirst, a HUGE thank you to everyone who posted in Lee's thread yesterday. He is truly awesome and you guys provided bunches of reasons why...just in case looking at him is not enough. *g* You shippers completely rock.
Now let's switch to our girl Kara. Please spam it up in here...pics, lists, vids, metas. Keep the celebration going strong!
(p.s.--Don't forget the Razor rewatch tonight!)
Let the Kara love begin...
I'll start with a cut from a post I made awhile ago. I promise I will be back with more later today.
Now let's switch to our girl Kara. Please spam it up in here...pics, lists, vids, metas. Keep the celebration going strong!
(p.s.--Don't forget the Razor rewatch tonight!)
Let the Kara love begin...
I'll start with a cut from a post I made awhile ago. I promise I will be back with more later today.
Why I love Kara Thrace...let me count the ways...
1. She's no angel. And she'd be the first to tell RDM to frak off for trying to retcon her into that box.
2. There's no place like hack.
3. Everything's not fine.
3. Everything's not fine.
4. *blushes* She inspired me to chop off my hair with a pocket knife...and it was truly cathartic.
5. "Nothing but the rain" is as good a motto as any.
6. BPD needs a poster child. (See me or Cosette for an upcoming and more extensive LJ entry on this one.)
7. She may be frakked to hell in daily life, but she is the best there is when it comes to her career.
8. Leoben was too busy obsessing over her in S4.5 to even bother being seen trying to fix Galactica with the sixes and eights. (Yes, i know CKR was also busy, but hey...i'm shuffling off reality and canon's mortal coil and interpreting to best fit our pilots from here on out.)
9. Kara represents the best and worst in me.
10. Frak or fight.
11. Mandalas are tempting potential tattoos.
12. Lee Adama loves her.
13. Lady GaGa, Katy Perry, and P!nk wish they could be as bad a** as Starbuck.
14. Roslin, Cap6, and D'anna do too.
15. She's an artist.
16. Dirk may have been first, but Katee was best and her Starbuck lives in us all.
17. She's beyond insane.
18. She has a shitload of art and music in her apartment but only a packet of Ramen noodles to eat.
19. She is the leader of the thinky thoughts brigade, now overseen by Bee.
20. Kara Thrace loves Lee Adama.
21. This tree-hugging hippie shot a golf ball across the woods with an M-14 to indulge in gun!porn b/c Kara makes it look like so much fun.
22. She tagged a cylon ship with her callsign and pilot!danced it home until Lee realized it was her.
23. She's held a gun to pretty much everyone's head except the Adama men.
24. Out of the box is where she lives.
25. She sees nothing wrong with almost always getting her own way...because she's opinionated but she's also usually right.
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Date: 2010-03-19 09:45 am (UTC)I don't think the Shippers will mind if I post the collective wisdom of the group! (and if they do, they'll surely let me know!!!)
1) They love each other. Always have and always will.
2 ) Kara gets Lee!! She doesnt want him to be the CAG,Major Adama,or Captain Apollo for her . She simply wants him to be Lee, for himself, and because that's who she really wants. She wants Lee not the many versions of Major Adama.
3) Lee is the only man in her life she treats as an equal and he views her the same way.
4 ) The way she knows where he is and what he needs in battle,either on the ground or in space,and how she always has his back.
5) I love how she surprises him with her intellect.......He's not the only smart one.
6) I love the artist under the warrior......I bet Lee does too. You know when she was reciting poetry to him that it was a MAJOR turn on for him.
7) I like the way she will make Tigh EARN her respect.....not give it freely just because he outranks her.
8 ) I like the fact she will wear a dress,on her own terms, to make a point to the silly man in her life.
9 ) I love the fact she is a secret Mother Hen to her nuggets. She'd make a great mom no matter that she probably thinks otherwise.
10) I like the courage she showed in telling Lee she passed Zac. Telling him could have destroyed both her of her relationships with the Adamas.
11) I LOVE the fact she knows the names of every pilot that has died in the war.
12) I even like that she was the one to hang Kat's pic on the board and that she gave Kat the pills so she wouldnt have to die a long,painful death.
13 ) I LOVE the fact she can beat a table full of men at cards. As the only woman at the poker table many nights I can so relate
14) I also love her loyalty to her friends. That's why she was so devasteted to discover Sharon was a cylon.
15) I love the fact she doesnt back down when she thinks she's right and not afraid to tell you your plan sucks when it does
I lost #16 or forgot to write one.
17) I love the fact the fact that Kara is built like a REAL girl .
18) I love the fact that she and Lee are really HOT together.
19) I love the fact she can kick Hotdog's arse both in and out of the vipers.
20) I love the fact she never backs down from a man just because he's bigger than her.
21) I love the fact that for her doughnut run/makeout with Lee session she didnt put on makeup,especially purple eyeshadow or lip gloss.
22) She is fiercely loyal
23) She has an independent spirit
24) She is a determined fighter in the face of adversity
25) She keeps a stiff upper lip amidst personal turmoil
26) She retains her child-like faith and sense of wonderment, when it would have been so easy to become bitter or jaded
27) She is forgiving, when it would have been so easy to let revenge triumph over love
(n) She loves Lee, for who he is.
(continued in next comment!!)
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Date: 2010-03-19 09:51 am (UTC)28) Even though it’s not a particularly healthy thing, I love the fact that Kara still loves her mother, even though her mother abused her terribly; both physically and emotionally. To have the fortitude to love a parent after they’ve so fundamentally undermined your ability to trust, believe in and love ANYONE, speaks of a profound capacity to forgive.
29) Once again, this is not such a healthy thing, but I love the fact that I KNOW Kara will forgive Papa, no matter how badly he treats her. He doesn't have to admit he was wrong or ask for her forgiveness or even apologize. She’ll forgive him…and for no other reason than she loves him.
30) This is also not always such a good thing, but I love that Kara is so loyal to her friends and her military family that she’s willing to do just about anything for those she believes in; like assassinate an officer (Commander Cain) she thought was important to the survival of the fleet. Of course, Kara didn’t know about the crimes Cain committed. Nevertheless.
31) I loved that Kara stood by Athena, at first for Helo’s sake…because he’s her friend and she’s an intensely loyal person…and then later because she came to like and trust Athena again, well before anyone other than Helo. She’s always been a good friend to both of them, regardless of popular opinion and/or open prejudice.
32) By that same token, I love that Kara can set aside her loyalty for the right cause; like when she stole the Raider to go back to Caprica and retrieve the arrow of Apollo against Papa’s wishes…because Kara’s faith is the one thing that can trump her loyalty.
33) I love that Kara does things other people wouldn’t do because though they may not be the PC or the smart thing to do, they are sometimes the right thing to do. For example, I loved that she questioned the authority of Commander Garner on Pegasus. He was plainly unfit for command and she had the courage to challenge him, even though he had the power to hurt her professionally. That takes guts and it shows true leadership.
34) I love that even with the bad state of their relationship and against her old friend Helo, Kara still encouraged Lee to get up and continue fighting when Helo knocked him down in the boxing ring. I believe she just couldn’t stand to see Lee fall and her natural instincts were to give him her support.
35) I love that Kara was willing to take responsibility for walking out on Lee in UB, in that she knew it was up to her to make amends, even if it meant Lee beating the c rap out of her in the boxing ring. And I loved that after the fight, she told him she missed him (re: loved him) first. After all they’d been through, it needed to be said and I admire her for finding the strength to say it and with no clear expectation the sentiment would be returned. I think this shows emotional growth…Kara style or course.
36) I love that Kara didn’t hold Lee choosing Dee over her against him. She wasn’t angry or unforgiving…she just accepted it. And the most painful part of it all was the fact that I believe she thought she didn’t deserve him anyway…that she was unworthy of his love. I think she probably feels that way about everyone who loves her, b/c she doesn’t even really love herself.
37) Ok, setting shipper me aside, I love the fact that Kara was reluctant to dump Sam “just like that.” I believe the greater part of her reasoning had to do with her fear of giving herself over to her love for Lee, but I also believe somewhere in her reasoning, she really didn’t want to hurt Sam either. And even though she ended up hurting everyone involved (including herself), I don’t believe she ever wanted to hurt anyone.
38) I love that Kara is a compassionate person…even to her enemies when she feels it’s warranted. Even though I LOATH Leoben, I think the demented robot fell in love with her when she showed remorse for him being thrown out the airlock in FnB. Come to think of it…I wish she would have laughed in his face…but she’s a better person than I am.
39). I also love that Kara is ruthless to her enemies and those who would try and break her will. Keep her prisoner in your robot shack and get a sharp implement through your neck…*HA*
(and now to Part 3!!)
part 3 of list from Shippers from 2007!
Date: 2010-03-19 09:52 am (UTC)40) I love that Kara is the BEST at most everything she does or attempts to do. She shows she’s willing to do whatever it takes to be the best, no matter how hard or dangerous the work, how filthy or harmful the conditions or how little support she receives from anyone around her.
41) I love that Kara is a tough and unapologetic competitor…just like a man.
42) I love that Kara is not a waif. After all, she’s a damn good soldier and a warrior and she shouldn’t look like she could be blown away by a strong gust of wind.
43) I love that Kara doesn’t need make-up or fussy hair or fancy clothes or even to be clean, to be absolutely beautiful! When she runs out of the museum on Caprica after Sharon takes off in her Raider…even all beat up and covered in dirt, blood and tears…she’s a knockout.
44) On a completely shallow note (and with a shameless girl crush), I love Kara’s beautiful green eyes, blond hair and generous lips. And I think Lee loves them too!!
45) To me she is real.
She is that lost child that hides in everyone of us just waiting for that chance to be set free and unleash all the hurt we feel upon those who have hurt us.
46) She hasn't become Tigh, hasn't become Cain...hasn't been transformed by hate and fear into somebody that can't feel anymore. Deep inside, she's still the innocent, still the person that just wants to make the world better, simply wants the chance to do what she can, no matter what.
47) I lOVE that she admits that she loves Lee and she hates Lee to his wife who just saved her *** (okay...I know she was drugged). But I can totally relate to the love/hate feeling!
48) She possesses the devil may care attitude and she 's reckless, and yet she toes the line on being careless. She'll get the job done on her own terms and face the consequences later. And she thinks out of the box. I so wish I had 1/4 of Kara in me.
49) I love how Kara does her best to rise up every time something or someone brings her down. Even if it doesn't always work.
Again... these aren't mine --- the collective voice of the Shippers during the writer's strike of 2007!
Re: part 3 of list from Shippers from 2007!
Date: 2010-03-19 10:44 pm (UTC)lotsa xoxoxo for our XO!
Re: part 3 of list from Shippers from 2007!
Date: 2010-03-21 02:07 am (UTC)Re: part 3 of list from Shippers from 2007!
Date: 2010-03-20 01:15 am (UTC)48's point about working outside the box without being careless is a valid one. And, dude, I think I do have Kara in me, I'm just not always sure whether it's the healthy or the unhealthy parts. Likely a combo of both.
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Date: 2010-03-20 12:49 am (UTC)29, 30, and 32 are lovely because they show that Kara really doesn't have a problem with authority figures. She has a problem with authority figures that are incompetent. However, once you earn Kara's respect, she will stand by you.
I also think 32 shows growth on Kara's part. She is no longer willing to blindly cling to the father figure that she so desperately needed after her broken childhood. She shows the ability to "leave the nest" and make her own decisions even when they are at odds with parental wishes. She also explains why she's doing it (the "I trusted you" comments, etc) and that type communication takes maturity. Kara is able to learn from the good parts of Papadama while also challenging the parts that don't fit for her, which is essential for a child's growth as an individual.
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Date: 2010-03-20 12:52 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-03-20 12:39 am (UTC)I especially like #26. You have to really know Kara to realize this part of her. She has a tough outer shell and is certainly protective of herself and guarded about trusting others, but it's really all just because she is so honest and sensitive underneath. And, yes, she does have a sense of wonderment and faith that lives right underneath the surface. Her face walking into the Temple of Athena is a great example.
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