Daily Pilots Post

[dramaturgca.livejournal.com]

Two questions today:

1. What's your personal fanon for how Starbuck and Apollo got their callsigns? There's no official reason given in the show (I'm told Kara's is explained in one of the comics, which I have but haven't read yet, but having read most of the comics, I'm rather loathe to count them as any kind of canon) but there has to be a reason she came out Starbuck and he Apollo. (Because there were characters with those names in the original is NOT a valid reason)

2. What advice would you give to a person for whom BSG was her/his first "real" fandom? How would you explain fandom to a newbie?

Comments

[thrace-adama.livejournal.com]

1. I think Apollo definitely had to come from Lee's relation to Adama like Zarek implied. Starbuck...I'm not sure! I wouldn't be surprised if it were given to her by a professor who thought she bucked the rules everywhere but especially in the sky or somtehing. Idk!

2. I have tried to explain fandom to a couple friends and it's so HARD. How DO you sum it up (especially without sounding completely crazy)? I'd love to hear others' thoughts on it.