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

[acsgrlie.livejournal.com]

1. There is definitely some relation to Apollo and Adama's rank but he really became his callsign in Season 4 when he took off his wings and became Baltar's lawyer. I imagine his speech in the court room when I think of Apollo the god being associated with truth and prophecy.
I'm not so sure with Starbuck. A quick google shows Starbuck as the first mate to Captain Ahab but I think that version of the callsign relates more to Dirk Benedict's Starbuck than Katee's.

2. It's definitely hard to explain. Not many of my friends watch the shows I watch or are obsessive like I am about any particular fandom or ship. It's hard to explain fandom to a person who doesn't really understand your love for that show/characters/ship, etc. When you have no one to really talk to about it, it's nice to stumble onto a community and see that you're not the only one who thinks these things lol.