Daily Pilots Post

[dramaturgca.livejournal.com]

Looks like last night's rewatch sparked a lot of comments and debate, hope everyone had fun!

For Friday, looking, I hope, forward to a relaxing weekend, how do you think our pilots spend their offtime, before or after the attacks? We have more in canon clues about Kara, painting and the occasional poem, lots of boxing and triad, and we know she used to play pyramid. Lee is a little more of a mystery. He was interested in law at one point. He probably wasn't much of a boxer, based on his sparring sessions with Papadama in season 1.

What do you think? Where did they go on shore leaves? How did they spend their R&R?

Also, this week's posts on Fanmixes/Songfic and Fandom for Newbies are more sparsely attended than last week's posts so if you haven't already, go back, have a look, and comment! (Especially fanmixes. Post fanmixes!)

Comments

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

Fun question! I'd never really thought much about it before, but I think the main thing I'd say is that Kara tends to spend her down time with a social group -- not usually one on one, but in the midst of a friendly crowd. As you say, pyramid playing, triad games, bar hopping, etc. I think that's the dynamic she's most comfortable with -- not too personal, but not too isolated. I think her more solitary pursuits (painting, poetry) may have been her escape hatches when she was young and trapped in a house with her mother. And even with her painting, she covers walls rather than canvases. She's expansive, that's the feeling she exudes when she relaxes.

With Lee, I'd guess his down time was generally more solitary. As you say, he did show up for some triad games on Galactica and some sparring matches, but he didn't seem to delight in them the way Kara did (compare the feel of his boxing with Adama to the playful intimacy of Kara's sparring with Helo, for example). I think it's clear that he spends a lot of down time in the gym -- significantly more than Kara does, I would guess. Weight lifts and conditioning, stuff that lets him turn off his brain and just zone out for a while.

[damao2010.livejournal.com]

Well put. I never thought about it, but I guess it makes perfect sense. I don't think Lee would spend most of his free time alone, but he certainly would spend more by himself than Kara. ;D