lyssie: (Sam smarter than you)
lyssie ([personal profile] lyssie) wrote2008-04-24 07:12 am

random BSG crankiness re: quad of doom.

er, spoilers for season three?

This keeps bugging me, and I have, like, ten notes in my notebook to randomly bitch about this. Since I'm tired and cranky, now is a good time as any.

Four people are involved in the qod, two males, two females.

In the text, and in fanon, the males resolve their differences and are buddies. They respect each other, like each other, even. And they're sort of commiserating friends. eta: actually, I take part of this back. The text never says either way whether they hate each other. Lee does try to be nice to Sam, though. And Sam doesn't kill him.

Yet the women hate each other.

In canon, there's no evidence of this. There's barely any evidence either way, but there is never evidence that the two can't work together and don't respect each other.

Fanon? Kara hates Dee. Dee hates Kara. Never shall they even consider each other a friend.

Know why?

'Cause they're rivals for a male.

How fucking pathetic is that?

The worst thing? Most of this sentiment comes from women. Yeah, thanks, girls, for buying into that sexist bullshit. I expect it from the guys, but from you liberated, open source boob project-hating women? Not so much.
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[identity profile] lyssie.livejournal.com 2008-04-24 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
*nods* See, in my experience, the whole boys thing never seemed to put a damper on it. But if I watch tv/read a book, listen to gossip at work?

My experience isn't the norm.

Sigh.

Life is way too short to care about that sort of crap.
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[personal profile] havocthecat 2008-04-25 01:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Why would I want to let boys put a damper on my friendships? Boys are nice and all, but they don't get the same things the way other women do. Clearly, we're not made of enough jealousy for traditional American relationship dynamics. (Thank God.)
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[identity profile] lyssie.livejournal.com 2008-04-25 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I wonder if you can buy jealousy at the store? *ponders* (wow, it's been a long day)