Daily Pilots Post: Hey, I Know You!

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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?

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There are some very obvious parallels to John Crichton and Aeryn Sun from "Farscape" (Aeryn is a warrior whose responsible for the death of her first lover; John is very principled, until he goes crazy :P) (There are lots of differences too, not least in that John and Aeryn got a great and satisfactory ending, but that's another story.)

Anyway, the following conversation from "Farscape" always informed my read on Lee post-New Caprica (i.e. why he didn't jump at Kara's offer to leave Sam.)

Aeryn: I think I've earned your trust.
John: I would put my life in your hands, but not my heart.

*SNIFFLE*

ETA: QoT FAILS @ reading posts :P you specifically said books, not TV or movies and ... um ... yeah.

OK, so now let me think of books that remind me of Kara and Lee ... The Hunger Games (though I see much more Lee in Peeta than in Gale, but that's just me!) and ... errr ... hrrrrrm ... I guess I'm not reading the right books, because I seriously cannot think of any others right now.

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I haven't gotten far enough into Farscape yet to see more than passing glimpses of Lee/Kara in John/Aeryn. The promise of it is keeping me entangled, though.

I guess I'm not reading the right books, because I seriously cannot think of any others right now.

Or you don't have quite such beer-bottle-prescription shipper glasses on at the moment. I'll admit to being a little obsessive and maybe seeing things that aren't necessarily there. **blush**