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We’ve talked at length about Kara/Lee and everything and anything related to them. So naturally, I was thinking about their BRIGHT, SHINY FUTURE with a porch swing and rugrats.

So, let’s start from the beginning, (well, kinda)

Proposal:

How do you think Lee would propose? Or would it be Kara, because she is Kara?

Would be something like this, a fic where Lee writes on the star charts so when you connect each star location, it spells, “Will you marry me?”

Are there fics out there that has your favorite proposal?

What would they wear during the ceremony? What kind of rings would they wear?

Wedding Vows:

What would be in their wedding vows? What would Kara/Lee say during the ceremony? Would it be the traditional vows, something they wrote, something sweet or something funny?

Wedding Song:

We can all agree that many songs relating to pilots are sad and angsty. So, this is the song that makes them think of each other, their song for their fresh start. What would be their song? What song would their first dance as husband and wife?

Honeymoon:

Where would they go on their honeymoon? If they were Earth 2.0, where would they go? If they were in our timeline, where would they go?

Where would they live?

If in our timeline, would it be in the city, or somewhere more secluded?

What about Earth 2.0? Would they be with other Colonials or on their own?

Feel free to add anything else I’ve missed in this fairy tale!

I wanted an upbeat topic to kick of the weekend. Plus I really wanted to use [livejournal.com profile] sci_fi_shipper‘s lovely wedding photos she created.
 



 


Date: 2010-05-14 03:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scifishipper.livejournal.com
HA HA HA! This is totally cracking me up!

*laughing like a fool*

I'll stop back later to give my thoughts about the happy nuptials.

Date: 2010-05-14 03:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] latteaddict.livejournal.com
Ha, this is fun!

Who would propose? I honestly can't choose. If Kara proposed it would be a dare and she would think it was hilarious to spin Lee's world around. If Lee proposed it would be all serious tones and intense eye frakking. In fanfic world my favourite scenario is when they 'have' to get married for whatever contrived reason. That way they can both pout and protest at the prospect but secretly enjoy it.

Ceremony. Kara's religion trumps Lee's atheism. Private ceremony with a priest and family (papadama & Helo).

Vows. Simple, honest (and brief) words spoken without fuss.

Song. Bear's Kara/Lee love theme.

Honeymoon. I picture them marrying on Galactica, so they would honeymoon on Cloud Nine or Rising Star. Someone would paint 'Just Married' on their Vipers.

Live. Married quarters on Galactica and once they made it to earth they would build Kara's cabin in the woods and Lee's porch swing and Kara would have at least one (unplanned) rugrat and laugh when it pissed on Lee's knee. When they realise their marriage actually works and they're fairly decent at being parents and don't have to repeat their own parent's mistakes, the second child will be planned. But all this domestic bliss would only happen after a few years of marriage because I think they would come close to splitting up at least two or three times in the early stages because they are both so volatile and seem to love misunderstanding/doubting one another and it would take time before they would realise they deserve to be happy together and realise the other won't leave them.

Their kids won't be tall but they'll be gorgeous and loaded with charm. :)

Date: 2010-05-14 04:11 pm (UTC)

Date: 2010-05-14 07:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thegreenkitty.livejournal.com
Well done.

I couldn't have said this part better...Who would propose? I honestly can't choose. If Kara proposed it would be a dare and she would think it was hilarious to spin Lee's world around. If Lee proposed it would be all serious tones and intense eye frakking.

Absolutely LOVE the "just married" on the Vipers. Chief and Cally and the deck gang would do it as a surprise.

Date: 2010-05-14 08:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cosetteferaud.livejournal.com
Aww, this was just perfect! :)

Their kids won't be tall but they'll be gorgeous and loaded with charm.

And this totally cracked me up! lol

Date: 2010-05-14 03:40 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] lotus79.livejournal.com
My favourite proposal has to be in the last chapter of A Long Time Ago We Used To Be Friends (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2707222/1/A_Long_Time_Ago_We_Used_To_Be_Friends) by Roofietoof:

He looked at her for a long time as she wrote something across a page. "Do you wanna get married?"

She finished putting her thought down on paper and then looked up. "Sure." She said simply.

"To me?"

"Well, I've already promised Hotdog I'd marry him. But we haven't set a date yet, so I guess I could break it off." She teased.


and then the actual "setting a date" bit a few paragraphs later:

"You busy tomorrow?" He looked back up to her.

"Very." She responded as she made the adjustment on the rotation with a red pen. "I have training in the morning and CAP in the afternoon."

"I see." He stated.

"But I'm free for an hour in between." She looked back to him. "We could do it then."

"Sounds good."


So very understated and them. I don't really see either of them as wanting elaborate ceremonies - for Kara I would see a simple religious ceremony, and for Lee I don't think he'd care as long as Kara showed up. ;)
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Date: 2010-05-14 03:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ecstaticdance.livejournal.com
Oh, I LOVE that snippet! Thank you so much for sharing it. :)

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Date: 2010-05-14 07:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thegreenkitty.livejournal.com
*grins*

What a lovely snippet. Thanks.

Date: 2010-05-14 08:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cosetteferaud.livejournal.com
Oh, yes, yes! I love it too! So deliciously unromantic and them :)

Date: 2010-05-14 04:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kag523.livejournal.com
Okay, I'm just going to cheap out a little here and use two existing chapters from my current A/U fic. (You don't need to have read the story for it to make sense.)

Proposal: http://kag523.livejournal.com/21488.html

Response: http://kag523.livejournal.com/21564.html

The response is one of two chapters I'm going to post today... so you get a preview!

Lastly, just for fun... a picture with a teaser from the story. *sigh* I love those two!

Image (http://s931.photobucket.com/albums/ad159/kag523/?action=view&current=NothingChanges.jpg)

Date: 2010-05-14 05:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] damao2010.livejournal.com
Now I have to go and read it. Thanks. ;D

Date: 2010-05-14 06:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stripes13.livejournal.com
I keep meaning to read this! I'm hoping to get to it this weekend!!

btw- friends?

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Date: 2010-05-14 07:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thegreenkitty.livejournal.com
Awww, I like it. Will put it on my to-be-read list. I'm really enjoying your comments on the DPPs. May I friend you?

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Date: 2010-05-14 05:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scifishipper.livejournal.com
I think it would depend on the timing.

Scenario 1, pre-quad of doom: I'd say that Lee would propose. He seems more traditional in that way. (Yes, Kara proposed to Sam, but that was, uh, desperate.) He might try something romantic but she just kinda smiles and says, what are you trying to do, get me to marry you? all joking and Lee looks surprised and chagrined and she starts laughing and then being sweet to him because he's embarrassed. She relents and agrees. Would be total fluff and cuteness. Aww....

They get married by Adama and honeymoon on Cloud Nine. Quiet and simple. Vows would be formal, whatever Adama has to say as head of fleet to marry someone. Kara says a small prayer. When they get back to Galactica, there's a huge party because the pilots are pissed that they ran off to get hitched.

Scenario 2, non-poof after the finale: I think they'd just both think it was a good idea. I kind of picture them doing something like chopping wood and one of them says, "So maybe we should make it official," and the other says, "Yeah." I don't particularly see either one taking the lead. They've both had disastrous marriages at this point and wouldn't be in a rush. They'd just decide. Like that.

I imagine them having a lovely ceremony outdoors with flowers and friends. They'd write the vows themselves and everyone would cry to hear Kara say something soft and loving.

Then they'd have a nice life with friends and family. Lots of hiking, hunting, and frakking. Maybe some kids, but not necessarily. *sighs*


Date: 2010-05-14 08:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ninjamonkey73.livejournal.com
I'll take scenario 2, please. :)

I think in a weird way they needed the QoD to reach the place where they could accept each other.

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Date: 2010-05-14 05:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] damao2010.livejournal.com
Nice questions. Angst free (sort of) for a change. Hum...

Well, I can't picture anything too sappy and I don't think grand gestures/declarations would really fit them. If it ever happened, I imagine it would come up spontaneously . I can see both of them taking the initiative. Since I'm not very good with words, let me quote two wonderful scenes from two great fics. One has Lee proposing. In the other one it is Kara who does it.

Lee proposes. Echoes, by Jeneviverose.

She smiled contentedly against his chest, then nestled closer into him and shivered when he ran his fingers lightly up and down her back. “Marry me, Kara.”
[…] Her every instinct told her to run, but she remembered the visions she'd had when she'd tried to run on New Caprica. She heard him talking, trying to defend and explain his choice, trying to reassure her and convince her at the same time. […] She couldn't walk away from Lee, or run for that matter. She'd tried, but it never worked. They always pulled back into each others' orbits. He was the constant in her life, her one sure thing. […]She remembered what he'd said on New Caprica, about needing her and being afraid that he'd lose her if he admitted it. […]
She took a deep breath and blew it out slowly, then smiled a small, sad smile. “It won't be easy.”
Lee took his time and answered simply, “I'm not in this for easy.”
Her voice took a fierce edge, “Good"


Kara proposes. Elect, by indigo419
http://indigo419.livejournal.com/1066.html

“Everything okay?” she says, finally.

He lets out a despairing snort. “My best friend’s mad at me and wants me to go away and never come back.”

“Maybe she thinks you’ll be better off without her.”

“We tried that already - she left, I left; we saw other people; I went to another ship; I tried dying…” she touches his arm, briefly, “-but I can’t seem to be happy without her.”

[…]
She looks away, bites her lip. “Frakkin’ idiot,” she swears under her breath, and he isn’t sure if she’s talking to him or to herself. She hits the bag a few times and seems to make up her mind. For a moment she is hidden behind the apparatus and when she reappears she thrusts her fist at him. “Marry me,” she dares him.

Lee doesn’t need to open her palm to know what she’s handing him. He looks at her, sees her waiting to be hurt again. Dontfrakthisupdontfrakthisup. “Any day. “ He lets out a slow exhale. “But you know I don’t need this from you.”

“We need to move forward, Lee. You’re right, we’ve done this dance too many times. I don’t want Zak coming between us and you – you should know where I stand. So take it, stupid,” she hisses, shaking her fist again.

Lee gets up, never taking his eyes off her. “He gave it to you,” he says, closing the gap between them, closing his hand over hers. “What’s a piece of metal going to tell me, that I haven’t already figured out?”






Date: 2010-05-14 06:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scifishipper.livejournal.com
Gah! Yes, I meant to post [livejournal.com profile] jeneviverose's Marry Me from Echoes. It's wonderful!

And I love the other snippet from a fic I haven't read. Thanks!

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Date: 2010-05-14 07:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thegreenkitty.livejournal.com
BTW, I'm kinda brain dead so I may or may not be back later to add ideas, but I wanted to make it official that this DPP is most AWESOME!! Great job, R!!

Date: 2010-05-14 09:29 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] coffeesuperhero.livejournal.com
I was just about to comment using that song! No lie. Brain twins ftw! :D

Fun idea, yay!

Date: 2010-05-14 08:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ninety6tears.livejournal.com
I might have to look at this as very convenient AU in which the Colonies were never attacked, but...

Proposal:
I think they would both be too scared to approach the topic until Kara manages to casually blurt out one of those "well, when we're married..." type comments that would leave Lee all BZUH? And then he'd very seriously talk to her about it when they're alone one day and it wouldn't exactly be an on-knees proposal, but it would be sweet.

What would they wear during the ceremony? What kind of rings would they wear?
In a modern civilization setting, I think she'd go with a nice simple strapless dress. Lee would look frakking dashing in a suit, of course.

Wedding Vows:
I have a feeling Kara would actually want to be pretty traditional. So whatever is the typical religious wedding.

Wedding Song:
Instrumentals, probably. Again, I can see Kara being surprisingly traditional, and wanting something that would basically be classical music.

Honeymoon:
I have no idea where they'd go specifically, but I think they'd want to just rent a sports car and go zipping around on the interstate with the wind in their hair and eventually find a spot in the city where they can catch some sports games and hang out in bed all day and eat nice food.

Where would they live:
I picture them in a really nice house but one that's more old-fashioned than the architecture we see around Caprica. It would be sort of hilarious if they wound up close to Little Tauron and went to the restaurants and everything, if they didn't pick a more rural place.

Re: Fun idea, yay!

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Date: 2010-05-14 10:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] somethingusual.livejournal.com
A no-poof after finding earth song:

This Will be Our Year by The Zombies

The warmth of your love
is like the warmth of the sun
and this will be our year
took a long time to come

don't let go of my hand
now darkness has gone
and this will be our year
took a long time to come

and I won't forget
the way you held me up when I was down
and I won't forget the way you said,
"Darling I love you"
You gave me faith to go on

Now we're there and we've only just begun
This will be our year
took a long time to come

The warmth of your smile
smile for me, little one
and this will be our year
took a long time to come

You don't have to worry
all your worried days are gone
this will be our year
took a long time to come

and I won't forget
the way you held me up when I was down
and I won't forget the way you said,
"Darling I love you"
You gave me faith to go on

Now we're there and we've only just begun
and this will be our year
took a long time to come

Yeah we only just begun
yeah this will be our year
took a long time to come

Date: 2010-05-14 10:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] somethingusual.livejournal.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2B8APzPjsM This is a youtube link to the song.

Date: 2010-05-15 06:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ecstaticdance.livejournal.com
There's so much to this question, and it took me so long that I think everything I'm saying is a repeat. Anyways.

Proposal
I think it could have been either of them. I tend to believe that Lee would go there before Kara, because the idea of settling down just terrifies Kara. Either way, it would be spur of the moment. I think the biggest difference is that Kara's proposal is immediately followed by a wedding, where Lee's is followed by a lengthy period of "will this actually happen, and does it even matter?" type questioning.

What would they wear during the ceremony? What kind of rings would they wear?

I think that depends on the exact scenario. Plain band, either gold or silver for the rings, if they wore any at all, certainly no big, getting-in-the-way engagement rings/stones. I don't see Lee going for tattoos (though I did read a fic a while ago that had Lee getting a tattoo of a Viper after they'd been together for several years that was very, very sweet). Clothing would be whatever was at hand. Kara doesn't plan weddings, and watching Lee plan would send her running, so if he plans anything he doesn't let her see it. Which means it probably doesn't actually happen. Although I imagine Kara asking Lee to wear his dress grays.

Wedding Vows

Very simple, probably whatever is standard. See also, "Lack of Wedding Planning".

Wedding Song

Hee! I love this question. I'm not sure I know how I'd answer, either. I could see anything from Say Hey (http://www.onlylyrics.com/hits.php?grid=5&id=1023598) by Michael Franti & Spearhead to Howie Day's Collide (http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/howieday/collide.html).

Honeymoon

Hmmm... I could actually see them skipping the honeymoon. Or just staying home, wherever that is. Maybe Lee would plan something romantic for them during some shared R&R time, but it would be pretty low key. Get away from the every day, and just spend days lost in each other, laughing, talking, playing, hiking, camping... and of course sex.

Where would they live?

Again, it depends. If they're still fighting Cylons, then they live on Galactica. If they've landed, then I could see them in either the city or the country, but definitely not in the suburbs. That may be my own bias coming through, but I see them either wanting to be away from everything and living full, vibrant days close to nature, or in the midst of everything and thriving on the pulse of humanity in an environment where they can walk to everything.

Date: 2010-05-15 06:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] utenatai.livejournal.com
Somehow I imagine Papadama actually being the one who actually makes this happen.

Date: 2010-05-17 01:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] apollosspear.livejournal.com
i seriously need to start checking this site more often. you all have awesome discussions

ok one of my favorite proposals is one from Photos, one of my favorite fics of all. it is really the morning after the proposal and it is so great. http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3645478/1/Photos chapter three is where it is

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