DPP: Oh, No, They Didn't (ONTD)

[scifishipper.livejournal.com]

Well, shippers, this is my last DPP for this week. Thank you all for so much squeeing, thinking, and commenting with me. Driving this train is fantastic. *MWUH*

Now, onto the business at hand. Most of the week has been devoted to squeeable topics like UST, eyefrakking, outmaking, and birthday celebrations. Today, I'm bringing a little more angst to the mix.

There were countless opportunities for Kara and Lee to finally talk about their feelings and to straighten their shit out. Seems, though, every time they tried, something got in the way: Fate, Timing, Frakked up Missions to Caprica, Personal History, Guilt, Death, you know, the small stuff.

So my questions boils down to this: What are the most significant (or just your favorite) moments in the show where TPTB prevent our pilots from achieving their happily ever after? I don't mean RDM's late-series character annihilation, but instead the legitimate, even clever ways that the show kept us watching our pilots, just to see if they'd ever figure things out.

What were the moments that made you want to throw something at the TV (but also gave you that "oooh, this oughtta be good" smile)?

And let's keep it nice, shippers. This is intended to be both squeeable and angsty (if that's possible). Here is one of my favorites (in stills - my gif of this scene is broken):


Jealous!Lee...
  
  

Later....
  
 
 

AND THEN KARA GOES TO CAPRICA. HOLY FRAKKING LORDS OF KOBOL. Laura and her frakking prophecies, Lee and his too-angry-to-admit he's jealous. And "Gaius Frakking Baltar???" AAAAGGGGHHHH. Pilots, why do you do this to me???

What say you, shippers?

Comments

[ninjamonkey73.livejournal.com]

But to me, it wasn't about Zak being dead. It was about betraying him BEFORE he died. Emotionally, I mean, by having feelings for each other. Certainly not the table!frak retcon in Daybreak that I thought was beyond out of character for Lee, no matter how pidgeon-swatting drunk he was.

And you can come out from under the desk. I'm not opposed to differing opinions. I will keep my ninja-ness in check. :)

[ninjamonkey73.livejournal.com]

Also, ONE TRUE LOVE is scary. How do you process that without how-do-I-live-without-you? They could be killed any day, so keeping each other at arms length is a way to protect themselves when they're already surrounded by death.

[scifishipper.livejournal.com]

*peeks out from desk*

Yes, but they did not have a relationship pre-mini. They did not cheat. They had feelings. Even if I do acknowledge the table!frak (which I generally discount), it's one thing to *almost* frak in a drunken state, but they never actually did (and you are right -- lee could never drink enough to let that happen). I just don't see enough insurmountable guilt that can't be overcome with some communication, expression of regret, and some "time to think about things"? Even with the table!frak in mind, I guess I don't really see how Lee forgave Kara for "killing" Zak and forgave his father for pressuring Zak, but somehow can't forgive himself for fifteen seconds of OOPS that really didn't even amount to anything?