DPP: In the beginning...

[workerbee73.livejournal.com]

Good morning, Shipper Nation.  Welcome to day two of my reign of terror the land of rainbows and kittens.  I have one question for you:


How did those crazy kids meet?

Disregard the lame-ass flashbacks in Daybreak for a moment.  I know that EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU has their own version in their head of how Kara and Lee met.  So guess what, peeps?  I want to hear it.
 
Was it funny? Angsty? Silly? Did sparks fly? Was it the traditional rom-com meetcute or a full-out confrontational exchange? Did the earth move and angles weep?  Did they know each other as kids?  Meet at the Academy?  Attend band camp together?


Whatever it is, I need to know, so spill, m'kay?  *g*

NOTE:  For purposes of this discussion, I'm asking you to forget about the DB flashbacks and go back and remember what your theory was before we were bombarded with all that.  (Not just because of the controversial table scene but because the meeting and subsequent early interactions of K/L deserve their OWN FRAKKING MINISERIES-- NOT FIVE MINUTES IN A HASTILY-WRITTEN FINALE.) 

Comments

[cynicalshadows.livejournal.com]

In my head they met at the Academy and were rivals who became friends.

[workerbee73.livejournal.com]

Were they the same year? Different year? How did they become friends?

[cynicalshadows.livejournal.com]

I see them being in different years but they got to know one another because Kara kept breaking Lee's records on the sims. They get pitted against one another in Academy-wide contests and are snarky with one another until they realize that the "rivalry" just pushes them both to be better and that they actually look forward to bantering with each other.

[workerbee73.livejournal.com]

That would make sense b/c I think Lee is supposed to be a few years older anyway, right?

It's great to think of them initally being adversarial. It's a natural fit and, by golly-- they do it so well. *g*