DPP: Lee Adama Has No Friends

[cynicalshadows.livejournal.com]

Friends can be lovers, and lovers can be friends, but what if the person involved is your only friend? This is a question that has been floating around in my head for a while concerning Lee. Kara has Helo, but Lee seems to have nobody as a friend besides Kara. Could this have contributed to his reluctance to admit his feelings for her? Was Lee just scared to risk his sole friendship for a chance at love? Who else could Lee have befriended and could a confidant have affected his relationship with Kara?

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[scifishipper.livejournal.com]

This very thing struck me as I was writing my big bang. I kept trying to figure out who could be a foil for Lee about his feelings for Kara. And nothing. Bupkus. Frustratingly no one he can talk to about what's going on.

I agree with somethingusual's comment that he came on the ship temporarily and thus had no friends. I remember thinking how uncomfortable and alone he seemed in that briefing room with all of the pilots staring at him. It's strange really, since he seems like a friendly enough person. He does seems awkward, though, and doesn't really fit in with the card-playing (although he did it in S1) and doesn't really chat or work out with people the way the others seem to do.

Maybe it's about the writers not knowing what to do with his character, I don't know.

If I were to imagine someone he could be friends with, I guess I could see a friendship with Boomer (pre-cylon reveal), and there's definitely some connection there with Roslin, if circumstances had been different. As for other crew? Maybe Kendra Shaw, but that has lots of problems. So that leaves us with Dee. O_O

Great topic!