Daily Pilots Post: Hey, I Know You!

[ecstaticdance.livejournal.com]

I know you've done it.  Seen a couple in a movie or TV show or read them in a book and said, "HEY!  THAT'S LEE/KARA!"  It makes sense, in a lot of ways.  As mlsky pointed out a few weeks back over in sci_fi_shipper's Write and Gripe community, the two of them are archetypal.

With Tara, we discussed movies that you wish would be made for Katee and Jamie to act in, or could see Katee and Jamie cast in, because the parts scream for their chemistry and/or remind us so much of Kara and Lee.  I expect there will be some overlap here, but I want to hear about book (or play or other works of literature) characters that remind you of Pilots.  Maybe, for whatever reason, they'll never end up on a screen, or the casting wouldn't work if it did, but these characters scream Lee and Kara for you.

Examples:

Eve and Rourk from J.D. Robb's In Death series.  She's a feisty, broken, beautiful woman with a badly cut, dirty blond hair and hazel eyes.  He's a suave, sophisticated, wealthy, dark haired man with his own troubled past and a set of piercing blue eyes.  His accent holds a hint of Ireland, but the chemistry between them comes closer to the climate of Equador.  And they both know about kicking ass, then taking names.  I could go on, but I think you get the point.  They're Kara and Lee in NYC in 2050.  I may be off by a bit on the year.

Kat and Gail/Peeta from Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games series.  This one isn't quite as obvious, but it's close.  Kat resembles Kara in so many ways it's difficult to count, and I maintain that both Gail and Peeta have different aspects of Lee's personality.  Peeta is the idealist and Gail is the fierce hunter.  These kids are younger, and I think less broken that Kara and Lee were, but looking at them through that lens makes for an interesting study in what might have been when Pilots were younger.

Matrim Cauthon and Tuon (The Daughter of The Nine Moons) from Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series (which is being completed posthumously by Brandon Sanderson, using notes and outlines RJ made before his death, for those who were curious).  This is easily the most abstracted comparison example I'm going to use.  She's a petite, dark-skinned princess and he's a brash gambler and reluctant, if highly successful, general.  But when you dig down, you see it.  They're drawn to each other from the moment they meet.  In this case, prophesy actually throws them together and sees them married, but there's a constant push and pull and vying for dominance between them that reminds me of the dance our beloved Pilots shared.  She's aloof and critical and cold and fierce (and a shockingly good fighter), but her smiles transform her.  He's crass and irreverent, macho and insane and luckier than any one person has any business being.  Anyone else would have died pulling the stunts he pulls.  Last I saw, though, circumstances had drawn them apart again, despite their marriage.  And without even a goodbye kiss.  They aren't the main pairing in the series, but they're the one I like best.

So, where have YOU seen reincarnations of our pilots?

Comments

[daybreak777.livejournal.com]

Ooh, interesting take! There is a lot of genderswitching going on in the L/K relationship. I could see how people might think that. Heathcliff was always a screw-up and Cathy came from the upper-crust, I suppose. (Though according to Caprica the Adamas are all former mobsters, so I dunno.)

There does seem to be a class imbalance with both couples. But Cathy was so young and impetuous and I think she thought Heathcliff would sort of always be there waiting for her. She reminds me strongly of a young, season 1 Kara. Thinking Heathcliff would wait for her even though she married someone else. And I think Heathcliff married someone else too to move up in the world a bit but also to spite Cathy. Wrong reasons for their marriages, both of them. Healthcliff isn't like Lee in personality. But in love? In loved they both loved their women to the exclusion of all else. Both kept it hidden but you could see it if you paid attention.

I won't say more in case you ever read it. :-) Oh, and do you have a link to that article?

[callmeonetrack.livejournal.com]

Interesting.

The article was an old one from the LA Times about the auctions last year: http://blogs.laweekly.com/stylecouncil/events/going-once-going-twice-frakkin/

Relevant part is: Look, it's like this: Starbuck and Apollo were never going to end up together, people. We dig the hot Sackhoff/Bamber chemistry as much as anyone, but they were the epitome of star-crossed lovers, burning torridly in the wake of their angst like Wuthering Heights in space. (He's Cathy and she's Heathcliff, clearly.) Still, for those who remain all torn up over the lack of a stroll into the sunset together, you can get Kara's Caprica Buccaneers jacket and Lee's Viper squadron bomber jacket, put one inside the other and hang them in your closet, Brokeback Mountain-style. Awww.

[daybreak777.livejournal.com]

Aww, indeed. So sad that we'd have to ship their clothes.

I'd rather have Kara' grey hoodie. :-) I have my image of pilots together and that works for me for now.