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Today's DPP is all about Eye of Jupiter (with maybe a bit of bonus Rapture as well). I decided a few days ago that one of my ideas for the DPP was lame, so I started looking around for a replacement post...and then I remembered, of course, that this is a rewatch comm. And obviously yes we have the rewatches, but we used to have other episode-themed posts as well. So, for this week anyway, we have an all you can post EoJ rewatch day!
A little motivation:
Obviously, this is a noteworthy episode in the story of our pilots, but it's also a fairly controversial one. How did you feel the first time you saw it, when Lee walked into Kara's Raptor and then we got pretty much the hottest scene in all of BSG? Were you surprised? Were you angry that they were cheating? Sad that Lee wouldn't cheat (oops) and Kara wouldn't divorce?
I remember being absolutely thrilled, and I loved the way they did the reveal. Later, it gave me hope throughout much of season four that one day we would just turn a corner and see them randomly outmaking and it would be like "Oh hi, didn't you know we've been sleeping together all this time?" Of course, it didn't exactly happen that way. But at least EoJ gave us the possibility.
As for them having an affair...well that's kind of a complicated question for me, since while I don't think it was right I also can't quite fault either of them for it. Which makes me feel like something of a hypocrite, as I normally cannot forgive anyone who cheats on their partner, no way no how. So why do I continue to love them and sympathize with them? Maybe because I was already attached to the idea of them as a pair before their significant others showed up. Maybe because I can forgive Kara anything. Maybe it's because I know it meant something to them and wasn't just meaningless frakking around. Or maybe it's because I'm so drawn to the idea of them as characters who are so incredibly screwed up that they marry the wrong people...characters who are so lost that the only moment they have together is one that's stolen and fleeting.
Or maybe it's just because I'm a crazy fangirl. Thoughts?
Now, this doesn't have to be all somber reflection. Bring the pics. The gifs. The squee. The random thoughts you have about this episode. The recs!
Of course, I have a fic rec to start us off.
The Chandrasekhar Limit by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
vnilla : This fic does not directly deal with the events of EoJ, but is all about that twisted and all-too-fleeting period between Unfinished Business and Maelstrom. And it's beautiful.
Go ahead and rec your favorite fics about EoJ/Rapture, or the events surrounding it. Have you written an infidelicious fic yourself? Don't be afraid to do a little self-promotion!
P.S. Congratulations on the overwhelming participation in the friending meme! My inbox is still recovering (I was afraid that turning off notifications would jinx it and nobody would join in...). Well done, shippers. Well done. Although I'm a little disappointed that nobody guessed my name.
Bonus: I had intended to do a line on the friending meme about favorite pairing(s) other than K/L (because such a thing does exist). Somehow, this got lost, so if you want to answer it you can do that now.
Today's DPP is all about Eye of Jupiter (with maybe a bit of bonus Rapture as well). I decided a few days ago that one of my ideas for the DPP was lame, so I started looking around for a replacement post...and then I remembered, of course, that this is a rewatch comm. And obviously yes we have the rewatches, but we used to have other episode-themed posts as well. So, for this week anyway, we have an all you can post EoJ rewatch day!
A little motivation:
Obviously, this is a noteworthy episode in the story of our pilots, but it's also a fairly controversial one. How did you feel the first time you saw it, when Lee walked into Kara's Raptor and then we got pretty much the hottest scene in all of BSG? Were you surprised? Were you angry that they were cheating? Sad that Lee wouldn't cheat (oops) and Kara wouldn't divorce?
I remember being absolutely thrilled, and I loved the way they did the reveal. Later, it gave me hope throughout much of season four that one day we would just turn a corner and see them randomly outmaking and it would be like "Oh hi, didn't you know we've been sleeping together all this time?" Of course, it didn't exactly happen that way. But at least EoJ gave us the possibility.
As for them having an affair...well that's kind of a complicated question for me, since while I don't think it was right I also can't quite fault either of them for it. Which makes me feel like something of a hypocrite, as I normally cannot forgive anyone who cheats on their partner, no way no how. So why do I continue to love them and sympathize with them? Maybe because I was already attached to the idea of them as a pair before their significant others showed up. Maybe because I can forgive Kara anything. Maybe it's because I know it meant something to them and wasn't just meaningless frakking around. Or maybe it's because I'm so drawn to the idea of them as characters who are so incredibly screwed up that they marry the wrong people...characters who are so lost that the only moment they have together is one that's stolen and fleeting.
Or maybe it's just because I'm a crazy fangirl. Thoughts?
Now, this doesn't have to be all somber reflection. Bring the pics. The gifs. The squee. The random thoughts you have about this episode. The recs!
Of course, I have a fic rec to start us off.
The Chandrasekhar Limit by
vnilla : This fic does not directly deal with the events of EoJ, but is all about that twisted and all-too-fleeting period between Unfinished Business and Maelstrom. And it's beautiful.Go ahead and rec your favorite fics about EoJ/Rapture, or the events surrounding it. Have you written an infidelicious fic yourself? Don't be afraid to do a little self-promotion!
P.S. Congratulations on the overwhelming participation in the friending meme! My inbox is still recovering (I was afraid that turning off notifications would jinx it and nobody would join in...). Well done, shippers. Well done. Although I'm a little disappointed that nobody guessed my name.
Bonus: I had intended to do a line on the friending meme about favorite pairing(s) other than K/L (because such a thing does exist). Somehow, this got lost, so if you want to answer it you can do that now.
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Date: 2010-08-06 06:53 pm (UTC)On Kara and Lee cheating...While it makes me happy to see them together, I don't think it is at all fair to their respective partners. While I don't like Dee (I was a die-hard Dee/Billy shipper), I don't think its fair to her or to Sam, whom I actually like a lot. I don't know why since I normally dislike people who get in the way of my ship, but I can't help but like him. (Maybe cause we have the same name ;). But we all know the only reason Lee married Dee was cause he was pissed at Kara, which is not a good reason at all. He was trying to one up Kara and it all came crashing down around their heads.
Anyway....other ships...Caprica/Gaius is my second next to Kara/Lee. The whole plot line with Caprica and Tigh for Caprica/Gaius shippers is like Fat!Lee. We like to pretend it never happened, but in the back of our minds we knew it did and it makes us cringe. I only like Adma/Roslin from a far, I find them adorable, but I don't want to read anything bout them. Then probably Helo/Athena. I think thats it.
For other shows....I'm with you, coffeesuperhero, I think Han/Leia was my first ship too...either that or Tracy/CK Dexter Haven from A Philadelphia Story. Others include Jack/Ianto (Torchwood), Booth/Brennan (Bones), Gibbs/Jenny (NCIS), Spike/Buffy (BtVS), Simon/Kaylee (Firefly), and Eric/Sookie (The books, NOT TrueBlood). There are plenty more since I'm a terrible shipper, but those are the ones I read most often.
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Date: 2010-08-06 07:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-06 07:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-06 10:26 pm (UTC)I don't think its fair to her or to Sam, whom I actually like a lot. I don't know why since I normally dislike people who get in the way of my ship, but I can't help but like him.
I always felt that the writers really did a huge disservice to both Dee & Sam. Creating the QoD didn't just mess with K/L, but changed the character arc completely for Dee (not really for Sam, cuz, let's face it he didn't have much of an arc to begin with). I was always pissed off about her accepting Lee's proposal in the first place especially because she KNEW that it wasn't real for him. If you listen to the way he's asking, he sounds like a 5-year old who wants a piece of candy. "C'mon Dee! Just marry me, okay?" Seriously? I dunno.
The whole plot line with Caprica and Tigh for Caprica/Gaius shippers is like Fat!Lee. We like to pretend it never happened, but in the back of our minds we knew it did and it makes us cringe.
OMG, THIS. I never understood the point of it. Why would they even DO that? Gaius was on Galactica at the same time and they had established that he loved Caprica & she loved him, so why the frak did they bring Tigh into it? It's one of those plot lines that convinces me the writers were making a lot of stuff up as they were going along at that point and didn't really have a clear outline for S4.
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Date: 2010-08-06 11:50 pm (UTC)Oh yeah, I completely agree. And after Caprica miscarries, THEY ARE NEVER MENTIONED AGAIN. Its as if the writers realized what a mistake they made with that plot line and then decided to pretend that if they never speak of it again, it never actually happened. Nice try guys, but that ain't gonna work.