Daily Pilots Post

[dramaturgca.livejournal.com]

Today is the day to post any entries there may be in the Where on Galactica drabblefest. There weren't many signups, but anyone who feels like submitting a drabble about our pilots and a location on Galactica is more than welcome!

For today's topic, are there any particular fannish conventions you've noticed in the BSG fandom? For example, I've noticed a propensity towards romance in storage lockers, though Kara and Lee, as far as I can tell, never actually share a locker in canon. Are there other things like this, fanon that's been used so often it feels like canon?

Comments

[damao2010.livejournal.com]

When was it ever established that Kara and Zac had moved in together? I don't remember that from the show and I never had that impression myself. Being engaged is not the same as living together and considering she was her teacher at the time, I guess it would look innappropriate to say the least.

As for the kind of bond Kara and Lee had before the attacks, I guess we were mislead into believing that their friendship had been going on for a longer period of time than it actually did. Nobody actually said anything about it but their easy connection and the level of feeling that was clearly there from the beginning made us assume that. I believe it is possible that they had an instant connection and had some sort of friendship but that doesn't have to mean they had known each other for a really long time.

I didn't know about the Valkyrie bit. I always assumed that Zac had died 2 years before the attacks and that Kara had transfered to Galactica right after his death. Adama did say once (in Act of Contrition, I believe) that she had been serving under him for two years. So that would mean that Adama was transfered to Galactica at about the same time or that Zac had died more than 2 years before the cylons came back.

[ddt73.livejournal.com]

In Daybreak Zak and Kara were living together. I thought they said so in that episode, or am I remembering incorrectly?

You are right about the reference in AoC, but RDM said they missed that reference, so that's a goof.

RDM said Adama always had a close relationship with Galactica, cause he served on it during the first cylon war and again when he was a major/colonel after reinstatement. So even when he wasn't serving on that ship, he knew the comings and goings on it. The way he put it was "So to me, he's been aboard for most of his career, at least in spirit."

I'm not 100% certain on the timing but Kara went to Galactica shortly after Zak's death (about 2 years before the attacks). Adama probably became commander not that much later(bringing Tigh & Gaeta with him).

Though to be fair it is feasible that Adama put in a good word for Kara to get her that assignment, as the timing would suggest as much. However it is not necessarily the case, so can't be considered cannon.

You could be right perhaps Lee and Kara didn't know each other long, but we saw that instant connection in Daybreak, and all the things we heard over the years, happened in a short time frame.

One thought I had is maybe when Zak went to basic training, he winded up on the base where Kara was teaching. This is how they met. It wasn't till later that he became her student. I'm sure their ship would have stayed on the down low cause of frat regs. So perhaps their ship could have lasted 2 years or even longer before he died. This could also mean Lee and Kara knew each other for a couple years before Zak's death. Also perhaps Lee winded up serving with Kara on that base for awhile, perhaps that's how that pic of Zak, Kara and Lee got taken, as they all appear to be in military attire in it with dog tags. Lee could have been posted to the Atlantia either just before Zak's death or over the next 2 years after his death. This is all speculation on my part, but I don't believe anything I said goes against cannon.

[damao2010.livejournal.com]

I really don't remember that being said. Lee met Kara at a dinner in her apartment. But, considering Zac was a student and Kara was an instructor, I've always thought he lived on a students' dorm and she lived on her own, near the academy. Her place would be the best one for them to hang out and to receive friends.

So perhaps their ship could have lasted 2 years or even longer before he died. This could also mean Lee and Kara knew each other for a couple years before Zak's death. Also perhaps Lee winded up serving with Kara on that base for awhile,

I guess it would be possible - it's only especulation anyway, so we can create any background history for them. But, and I don't have any concrete reason for this but my own shipping heart, I choose to believe Kara and Zac hadn't been together for that long and, although Kara agreed to marry him, her feelings for him never compared to what she felt for Lee. She just didn't know better then. And Kara and Lee obviously spent some time together in some capacity but the amount of time they actually spent together or the number of times they actually saw each other before the attacks is irrelevant because their connection was effortless and natural and they had an almost instinctive understanding of the basic traits of the other's personality. :)