Daily Pilots Post: Pilots Spam!

[cosetteferaud.livejournal.com]

Hi friends! First of all, I want to thank you all for your participation and wonderful comments --yesterday's essays contributions were fantastic, all of them--, you are absolutely the best! :D So, after a whole week of discussion, thinky thoughts and porn, I’ve just realized that there’s barely been any squee this week! (my fault, I tend to get lost in fic and meta). Tomorrow I will be back torture you with more introspection –sorry, in two days it will be over, heh!--, but today I am going to emulate our dearworkerbee73 and devote this Friday's PPD to…

PILOTS SPAM!!

Bring your questions, general love, musings, squee, pics, gifs -- whatever you want! Let’s have fun because it’s FRIDAY!!!

And here is my first contribution to the party… I was doing some catch-up with all the DDP posts and comments earlier today, and just read this observationlapsedprof  made days ago:

“My husband's theory - based on some commentary stuff and his intuitive understanding of RDM and crew - is that to RDM, Kara is the girl you want but can never have. So there's some lethal resentment projected onto her (slut!) - and on to those who do get to have her (shot in the head and incinerated by the sun; made irrelevant, dismissed, and abandoned). And - it just occurs to me - let's not forget who gets the porch-swing ending - the very man she sexually humiliated in the most cringeworthy way. It's just a theory - but I see it as another way to get at the madonna/whore stuff that innibis has mentioned and that I slapped me in the face during the finale.”

Dudes, this is pretty brilliant and makes perfect sense, right?

ETA. I do actually have a question for today… lol How have pilots changed your RL? What’s been their impact on your life? When did you realize you were obsessed with them? I am curious about stuff like that :).

(Myself, I think the first time it really, really hit me the depth of my emotional attachment to them  was that period after the finale, when I spent a whole week crying and I couldn't tell anyone why I was so down –because honestly, who was supposed to understand the whole thing? Thank God I found my particular self-help group in LJ).

Comments

[lapsedprof.livejournal.com]

Hi there. Well, that was a stunning start to my DPP check-in.

First - great week of DPPs! You've been provoking all manner of insightful speculation and analysis. And I’ve loved your recs - I've been on a binge - consuming my way through them like a glutton. So - thanks - for launching a week of stimulating pleasure.

Re: my earlier comment and theorizing about K/L and BSG’s gender fail - I must say that as disappointed as I was by the ending, I do feel some compassion for RDM. We’ve all got our messy, petty shit – and when you make art and share it with the world that messy shit ends up on display. There was lots of great, inspiring, mind-blowing stuff to his *baby* BSG – but there was also plenty of embarrassingly human fail. I think he had a vision and (with Eick) put together an amazingly talented group of people and created an environment where they could do amazing work. The brilliance was in the collaboration and what it produced.

As to your question of the day – well, they seem to have eaten my brain – helped along, mind you, by this crew of bright, passionate shippers who keep feeding my addiction. Some of the appeal is that they provide an escape from RL – a vividness, beauty, and dynamic energy that, sadly, my RL lacks on most days. Some of the appeal is the many-layered nature of their relationship that prompts seemingly endless speculation and analysis. They’ve obviously tapped into something within me that I’ve yet to get a handle on – so I keep coming back for more (paging Dr. Freud).

But I can’t separate my pilot love from those who foster it. Yes, pilots are the hook and if I didn’t find them captivating in some way I wouldn’t have been drawn into this online fandom world. But at this point, it’s the way this community keeps them alive, keeps breathing new life into them and complicating and enriching them that keeps me coming back for more. Delightful fiction. Thought-provoking character analysis. The energy of shared enthusiasm – with people from all over the world. Awesome.

Again with the collaboration.

[cosetteferaud.livejournal.com]

Aw, thanks! I'm happy you enjoyed my DPPs!

I do feel some compassion for RDM. We’ve all got our messy, petty shit – and when you make art and share it with the world that messy shit ends up on display

If I rationalize the whole thing --which is hard being BSG/pilots, because I am/was way too invested--, I can feel some of that compassion you are talking about. Deep down I don't think RDM intended to mess with our heads, and I still consider BSG brilliant in many ways... But I resent him because they betrayed us as viewers --maybe it was not a conscious thing but as a creator he had certain responsibilities he disregarded...

it’s the way this community keeps them alive, keeps breathing new life into them and complicating and enriching them that keeps me coming back for more. Delightful fiction. Thought-provoking character analysis. The energy of shared enthusiasm – with people from all over the world. Awesome

So say we all! So glad to have you around! :)

[lapsedprof.livejournal.com]

They've been lovely.

I hear you. Getting to the point where I feel compassion has come as a result of trying to understand my profound disappointment and my continued investment - ultimately, it's an attempt to to find some balance. I had a visceral reaction to Lee being left in the field. I could not breathe. Literally - my respiration stopped and I felt sick to my stomach. And I went through a week of weepy sadness, similar to what you and others have mentioned. In trying to reconcile my love and disappointment, I turn to all manner of psychoanalytic speculation and rationalization. We all have our coping strategies.

Thanks. It's so exciting and comforting to find kindred souls.