DPP: Vent at Joe's Bar

[rayruz.livejournal.com]

Hey, I know I said I was going to post a two day thing? Eh... I changed my mind! :D I'm not sure if we've done this one before but I figured I'm going to go for it anyways. Tomorrow's post is going to come a little bit late in the day and I might do the two-day challenge then, because it's a little involved and takes a bit more time.

Anyways, what are we venting at Joe's about? 

Unpopular Pilots (and other Fandom) Opinions.

I thought some of these might be coming up since we've been thinking so much about the scenes and the voting. Ever feel alone in what you think? Are you afraid to speak your mind sometimes because the other shippers don't agree with your opinion? Well pull up a barstool, get a drink, and spill it. Bartenders are, of course, the everyman's therapist.

Comments

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

I really like this interpretation of the flashbacks, especially the way it incorporates the idea of cycles to explain what I found the most unbelievable aspect of the scenes - that they instantly knew each other and forgot everything else around them. To me that seemed unrealistic and out of character, and as you say in some ways it is, but actually the mythic construction of the BSG universe in its repetition of familiar souls/stories goes a long way toward justifying it ~ and in fact makes it a better match with the explicitly mythic and supernatural end to their story that it is tied to in the episode. I mentioned to cosettefraud that when I thought about it, my willingness to accept the poof ultimately undermined my "realism" complaints about the flashbacks. I guess I should try to think of them both mythically. But, like you, I'm very glad that in the table scene they stopped before they got to the point where they couldn't live with themselves afterwards.

Thanks for your comment, it's definitely put these flashback stories in a new perspective for me. I'm not entirely reconciled, but this interpretation does seem more satisfying than my previous thoughts on them.