DPP: Kara vs. Lee

[cynicalshadows.livejournal.com]

Even though we are all pilot shippers, everyone naturally gravitates to one of the pair over the other. Sometimes the bias is obvious, and sometimes it is subtle, but we all have one. Thus, when issues between Kara and Lee arise, we're more likely to interpret the actions through the lens of whose 'team' we are on.

Take this infamous scene:



Who is more to blame here? Is it Lee for demanding too much, too fast? Or is it Kara for being incredibly cruel?

What's that you say? They're both at fault? How observant you are! It does take two to tango and almost every pilot confrontation involves some degree of fault on both sides. For today thought, let's just ignore that logical and mature reasoning because the pilots we love certainly do.

So go ahead. Be petty. Pick sides.




Lee wants to know why Kara slept with Baltar.
Kara wants to know why Lee is making it such a big deal. 



Kara insists she just wants a good lay to get over her 'dead' guy.
Lee insists her real problem is that she can't get over the living ones. 



Kara won't divorce.
Lee won't cheat.



Kara wants to know if Lee will still leave Dee if she leaves Sam.
Lee wants to know how he can be assured that Kara won't back out again.  

Comments

[dramaturgca.livejournal.com]

I'm with Lee in UB, though I totally get why she did it. Absolutely with Kara in KLG. It is none of his business who she sleeps with and he could've interrupted her dances with Baltar.
After that... I guess I'm slightly more with Lee on Scar, though I think he could've handled it differently and ended up with her.
They're pretty equally screwed in Eye of Jupiter, though his problem is more insurmountable than hers. I have occasionally wondered, since her issue with divorce is religious and his with cheating is moral, why he doesn't divorce, since she's willing to cheat. And then they're together.
In the last one, I understand his reticence, he's been burned but good, but... she's offering. I think he should've said yes. The fact that she was even willing to make the offer says a lot about her personal growth.
But that's just me...

[callmeonetrack.livejournal.com]

Agreed. :)

[(Anonymous)]

I think if he's dvorced but sleeping with a married woman that's still a moral problem, but that's just me.
Mostly agree with the rest.

[kag523.livejournal.com]

I like your reasoning. I think these are probably all my answers too.

[shah-of-blah.livejournal.com]

I have occasionally wondered, since her issue with divorce is religious and his with cheating is moral, why he doesn't divorce, since she's willing to cheat. And then they're together.
I have always wondered that. Honestly, I think he should have gotten a divorce even if he and Kara weren't going to be together. I think what he did to Dee was worse than anything Kara ever did to him or Sam.

[utenatai.livejournal.com]

Not that Dee deserved to be treated that way, but I'm going to take issue with the "obviously loved him" part.

I could never shake the feeling with her that it was actually Bill Adama that she loved, and marrying Lee was a way for her to become a part of that family. Maybe it's just that the Dee/Lee spark just looks so feeble next to the Kara/Lee spark, but it always seemed to me that if Bill had been 30 years younger she would have just as happily married him.

[damao2010.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't go so far as to say what he did to Dee was worse than what Kara did to him, especially on UB, or what she did to Sam (she was pretty awful to him more than a couple of times and even if we think she at least was more honest, it was still pretty bad at times). Even so, I totally agree with when it comes to his own divorce. I think that's what he should have done, regardless of what Kara decided to do. I'm not trying to defend his behavior towards Dee. I just don't think it was worse than Kara's.