I am also glad they didn't make him "harder" and more hating of the cylons. It is interesting to imagine, however, and I might have also loved a more alpha!lee. I have problems with his decision to leave Galactica even though Kara returned, but I guess those are more shipper problems than storyline problems.
I like that he took a stand and decided to do his own thing. Some of my personal canons is that, in part, he made his final decision to leave the military because Kara was no longer alive. As long as Kara was in the military, my romanticized view tells me that he stayed, too. Once she was gone, he seemed much freer to do what his heart and mind told him to do. He was acutely vulnerable when he encountered Romo Lampkin and I think the idea of having a new sense of purpose filled him with something that had been long missing. With Kara gone, there was really no reason to stay in uniform.
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Date: 2010-07-16 06:16 pm (UTC)I like that he took a stand and decided to do his own thing. Some of my personal canons is that, in part, he made his final decision to leave the military because Kara was no longer alive. As long as Kara was in the military, my romanticized view tells me that he stayed, too. Once she was gone, he seemed much freer to do what his heart and mind told him to do. He was acutely vulnerable when he encountered Romo Lampkin and I think the idea of having a new sense of purpose filled him with something that had been long missing. With Kara gone, there was really no reason to stay in uniform.