And OMGs, I am so happy to find someone who started shipping during the photo scene! Most people say they started during the brig scene, but not me...for me it was the photo scene. That's not to say I didn't like the brig scene (more on that in a bit), but it was only when she pulls that photo from her locker and opens it up to see Lee, it's like she is finally admitting to herself what he meant to her. Because he did mean something to her, even though maybe she didn't know exactly what. But it takes his death for her to finally realize it. Sad and ironic and tragic. Oh pilots, you are complicated, aren't you?
But that's not to say I didn't like the brig scene. The banter, the familiarity, the chemistry. All are there in copious quantities, but as much as Lee's arms are almost too much to bear, it is the conversation they have over Zak that always does me in. My favorite line is when Kara says "What was he to me? Nothing?" I don't know, there is just a way that KS has of delivering her lines...with the intonation. She has incredible range and she delivers it here with a mixture of strength, vulnerability and pissed-off-ness. It reminds me very much of that line in the Pegasus arc where Papadama comes to her to ask her for a favor (to kill Cain) and she says "anything for you, you know that." She's tough and she's brave, but she's vulnerable, too.
And that is why I've been a Kara-girl from the start. She is what dragged me into this show. And I shipped Kara/Lee from the start because, in those scenes (and later ones of course), it is so obvious that Kara is shipping Kara/Lee. Despite all the BS later (QoD, actor commentary), Kara has always shipped Kara/Lee.
On Lee, I was fascinated with his ability to quickly cut through the BS on military and political issues. "Lady's in charge." How great was that? Here's the Secretary of Education making decisions about how to keep the human race alive and it takes Lee about 30 seconds (maybe less) to figure out she was up to the job and to throw his weight, and the weight of the military, behind her...thus legitimizing her government. And, of course, we learn why Doral was so keen to undermine her authority from the get go, but Lee's got his eyes on the ball and he doesn't waver even in the tough situations.
Finally, in reference to your points about how everyone seems so fresh faced and naive. I think you are right, but I am also struck by how fresh faced the Galactica is, as well. So shiny and new. Bright. White. Those pics of the CIC and the hangar bay are what really stand out. Even for a ship that had been around for over 50 years, the ship looks incredibly new. I'm not sure I would make an argument that it is all a metaphor for how innocent and easy things were before the cylon strike, because frankly, I think that would be stretching a bit. But the interior is a stark contrast to where it all eventually ends and it was something that definitely caught my eye on the rewatch.
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Date: 2009-07-04 05:05 pm (UTC)And OMGs, I am so happy to find someone who started shipping during the photo scene! Most people say they started during the brig scene, but not me...for me it was the photo scene. That's not to say I didn't like the brig scene (more on that in a bit), but it was only when she pulls that photo from her locker and opens it up to see Lee, it's like she is finally admitting to herself what he meant to her. Because he did mean something to her, even though maybe she didn't know exactly what. But it takes his death for her to finally realize it. Sad and ironic and tragic. Oh pilots, you are complicated, aren't you?
But that's not to say I didn't like the brig scene. The banter, the familiarity, the chemistry. All are there in copious quantities, but as much as Lee's arms are almost too much to bear, it is the conversation they have over Zak that always does me in. My favorite line is when Kara says "What was he to me? Nothing?" I don't know, there is just a way that KS has of delivering her lines...with the intonation. She has incredible range and she delivers it here with a mixture of strength, vulnerability and pissed-off-ness. It reminds me very much of that line in the Pegasus arc where Papadama comes to her to ask her for a favor (to kill Cain) and she says "anything for you, you know that." She's tough and she's brave, but she's vulnerable, too.
And that is why I've been a Kara-girl from the start. She is what dragged me into this show. And I shipped Kara/Lee from the start because, in those scenes (and later ones of course), it is so obvious that Kara is shipping Kara/Lee. Despite all the BS later (QoD, actor commentary), Kara has always shipped Kara/Lee.
On Lee, I was fascinated with his ability to quickly cut through the BS on military and political issues. "Lady's in charge." How great was that? Here's the Secretary of Education making decisions about how to keep the human race alive and it takes Lee about 30 seconds (maybe less) to figure out she was up to the job and to throw his weight, and the weight of the military, behind her...thus legitimizing her government. And, of course, we learn why Doral was so keen to undermine her authority from the get go, but Lee's got his eyes on the ball and he doesn't waver even in the tough situations.
Finally, in reference to your points about how everyone seems so fresh faced and naive. I think you are right, but I am also struck by how fresh faced the Galactica is, as well. So shiny and new. Bright. White. Those pics of the CIC and the hangar bay are what really stand out. Even for a ship that had been around for over 50 years, the ship looks incredibly new. I'm not sure I would make an argument that it is all a metaphor for how innocent and easy things were before the cylon strike, because frankly, I think that would be stretching a bit. But the interior is a stark contrast to where it all eventually ends and it was something that definitely caught my eye on the rewatch.