DPP: Wish List & Coping

[rdave1.livejournal.com]

During the last few episodes of BSG, I was scribbling down all of my thoughts and predictions as to what might happen during the finale. Then the finale happened and I needed to find a way to accept what happened and how it ALL ended. So other than crying, talking with all of you lovely peeps; I wrote a list in the middle of the night. My version of what I’m thankful for that we got to see with pilots and what I wish we had gotten to see. This list made me more functional for the work week after the finale.

What I would like to know is what did you all do to cope with finale? Did you rewrite the end; create happy pilot gifs and icons? Did you make lists? I’m really curious about those who came into fandom after the finale.  Also, did anyone else have a wish list for pilots, things that we should have gotten to see?

Here is a link for a zip file of all the songs mentioned in yesterday's DPP: Megaupload

If this doesn't work or you want me to post it on another sight, just let me know.


**REMINDER: The revelations for the challenge from last week are due Sunday, May 16th.**
I was supposed to post this yesterday but I fail!:)

Comments

[nazkey.livejournal.com]

Bravo! Well said.

Like you, I actually watched the series in one fell swoop after my friend lent me the mini during the holidays last year, so I didn't have the time investment either. But, having watched it in the obsessive, I don't have time for doing anything other than watching this way that I did, it affected me on a very deep level. It literally changed my life.

Now, on to the ending. It's funny, but I actually don't have a problem with the K/L resolution either. I get it. The "angel" Kara was not really Kara. She was a "being of light," a "harbinger." She was ... Aurora. (PS There's a great fic out there with her being just that, full on with wings and everything. It's awesome. If any of you have a link to it, please share cuz my fic list is a total mess right now)

I never considered the possibility that K/L would end up together. If you look at BSG's world the way it was intended, i.e. in shades of gray, then K/L's getting together would've ruined that sense of reality. The only time that it could've happened was after the algae planet when Kara point blank offers herself to Lee and even then, as much as I always hated Lee's not "manning up," I understood why he didn't trust/believe her.

My biggest problem with the finale was the flashbacks. I think portraying Kara as some drunk slut who would double-dog dare her boyfriend's brother to do her on the dining room table was a real low blow for her character. The Kara that we know and love would never do that. I always hated it when RDM & Co. somehow implied that Kara was just looking for a quick frak, no matter what the cost. The flashbacks also did a huge disservice to Lee's character. The fact that he would even consider taking her up on her dare went against everything that Lee believes in (or at least, everything they had established for his character.) The entire sequence felt out of place, OOC and just pissed me off.

What I hated more than our pilot story lines in the finale was pretty much everything else. The whole idea of flying technology in to the sun (yeah, it's a really good idea to plot a collision course in to the sun with a bunch of ships full of tylium. Sure.), the Chief deciding he's had it with humanity, Six & Tigh's hanging storyline, all of it. Very sloppy. It was almost as if the writers had written themselves into several corners with different plot lines and didn't bother to clean things up in the end.

[rdave1.livejournal.com]

They really throw a good bit out of the window during the finale. As you mentioned Kara and Lee's behavior in the flashback was out there. The stuff along with K/L storyline that bothered me was couples getting happy endings. There wasn't one fully human couple left in the end. And how is it that Gauis Baltar got a happy ending, I don't remember him repenting for his sins. Things like that about the finale just drive me nuts.

[nazkey.livejournal.com]

And how is it that Gauis Baltar got a happy ending, I don't remember him repenting for his sins.

That's exactly the kind of stuff I actually love about the show. It's real. It's life. The most despicable character gets a happy ending. He manages to survive in spite of everything he's done, including being responsible for the end of the human race! And, to top it off, who defends him but our reluctant hero, Lee! As much as it's not what I want to see in a "T.V. show," it's what makes BSG so special for me: the realism.

[rdave1.livejournal.com]

I totally agree with you on that point becuase that is what made BSG special. But somewhere in there shoud've been recognition for all that our heroes had done as well. There was so much sacrificed by Kara/Lee but it seemed not matter. Why? It is because they were military and it was part of their job description. No acknowledgement of their bravery. Kara will live on through Lee but then what?

[nazkey.livejournal.com]

No, I don't think it's because they're military and it's their job. I think ... well, it just is what it is. Life sucks. Most heroes are unacknowledged, good people finish last, etc. I mean, look at our world. There are hundreds of "Gaius'" running around not paying for their sins and being constantly "rewarded" with a good (okay, maybe at least comfortable) life. It's gut wrenching and hard to take and that's why BSG is so good. It doesn't paint a pretty picture. Ever. Did I cry during the finale? Absolutely! Heck, I cried for a week afterward. It's the unfairness of it all that somehow make BSG more, much more, than a T.V. show and like a fantastic novel. I mean, what WOULD happen if the world ended tomorrow? How do we, as people, react? How do we grow/evolve or actually, as in the case of Roslin, devolve?

[rdave1.livejournal.com]

That Roslin and Adama storyline in S4.5 really pissed me off. I couldn't believe these two very strong people just gave up and were hiding in their rooms. I get that the next generation was taking over, Lee for Roslin and Kara for Adama but it just seemed so wrong to do that to such characters.