random thoughts on bsg last night

[lyssie]

there will be spoilers.


Yes. I liked the episode. I even like the time-jump (I don't have faith that things will get explained well, but I haven't EVER had faith in the BSG writers to be intelligent), and think it works logically in trying to move the story along.

You can't live as a ship in a bottle for three seasons without getting stale (see Star Trek and Stargate, to some extent).

Kara settling down and not flying? Very wrong, makes no sense. At all. Her marrying Anders? Yes. The not flying, though... Sadly, I'm sure we'll have a horrible, soap opera explanation for it involving Lee and angst. *eyeroll*

Zarek was not at Baltar's swearing-in ceremony. I watched the scene twice to determine it. I think he was on Cloud Nine. Which means he's dead.

Gina killed 15-20,000 people with her bomb, unless Baltar's been letting them die on the planet. (49, 505 at the start, iirc, 39,something occupying New Caprica). She took out five ships including Cloud Nine.

Six? Owned the scene in Baltar's office.

Dee's hair was very nice, and I liked the confidence she had. I'd also like to shriek about Ron Moore stealing my crack!fic idea, even if it was Sam Carter running Pegasus with Dee as her XO.

Hrm. I have fic to finish....

Also, can the Kara/Anders shippers get a Telkena of our own, please? I need someone to mock, and we're all kind of moderate and cute and gleeful now.

Comments

[aj.livejournal.com]

I could try a reasonable facsimile of Telkena? Dunno how successful I'd be as I don't really care (OMG, BILLY *FLAIL*) but I could try?

*loves her Lyssie*

CARVE HER A FUCKING APPLE, ADAMA.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

nononono. I don't want to mock you. And, besides, Billy is leading the otherother Cylon resistance and wondering why he has the urge to teach children their numbers!

[aj.livejournal.com]

Okay, okay. *is pleased to not be mocked* YUS! Billy is totally all Mr. Badass and storms the tent city and is all "GIVE ME YOUR CHILDREN! So I can serve them applesauce and sit them down for fingerpainting! You! Centurian dude! Go... learn to make paper or something. WHY THE HELL HAS ADAMA NOT CARVED YOU AN APPLE, MA'AM?"

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

And Laura snorts and says he hasn't the time, what with his model ships he's building, omg, and then Billy points out she lets him grow the damned 'stache, and then, and then... er...

[aj.livejournal.com]

And then Mom is all "So. You're a Cylon?"
Billy: "Er. I guess. Sorry?"
Mom: *hugs him* "Fine. But if you shoot me in the chest I'm coming back to HAUNT YOUR ASS."
Billy: "I'm okay with that. So. What would you like me to do?"
Mom: "Well, that lot of kids looking rather terrified over there needs help with their multiplication, don't you, kids?"
Kids: "Yes, Ms. Roslin."
Mom: *turns and hugs the stuffing out of Billy* *whispers* "I don't care. I'm glad you're okay. So very glad."

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

"Me, too, ma'am."

And then there would be teaching, and possibly Billy being disturbed at the Cylons around him and kind of keeping them from disrupting the classes. And then the first Cylon/Human babies would be in classes, and they'd all be Too Smart or very dumb. or. something.

[aj.livejournal.com]

Ahaah! Dude, I would die of hysterical laughter if CylonHuman babies are like.. retarded. Or just generally very dumb. That would be... oh, I would fall over.

[karma-aster.livejournal.com]

Well, obviously someone needs to write fic about Anders beating the stuffing out of Kara and then her being all weak and girly and Lee rapes her to PROVE HIS TRUE LOVE.

...and then I go curl into a fetal position in the corner and weep. Profusely.

[alryssa.livejournal.com]

Ow. You hurt my brain.

[greycoupon.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure Gina killed that many people. At least not 15,000. Baltar did order settlements. It seems quite reasonable that some people would have have splintered off and started a few smaller settlements, with many less people of course. I don't remember the total crew of a battlestar. . .2600? 2700?

Adama said half the crew had gone planetside. I assume the same ratio for the Pegasus give a take a few. Many of the civie ships were still up there and they had to have people on them. So I figure Gina took out a few thousand people maybe.

Fic! Why are you posting here instead of writing *whines*

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

She took out five ships with her bomb. And, well, it's possible they just had further settlements, but, eh. *handwaves* I'm sure we'll find out at some point. Whether from canon or producer comments.

I am actually making icons. And, er, fic is running away.

[nique.livejournal.com]

Why would the civi ships have people on them? They (the majority anyway) voted to settle. And if Galactica's crew of soldiers were all down on the planet, I highly doubt there were a couple thousand civilians hanging around in space. Those ships probably had crews about on par with what Galactica and Pegesus had.

And, well. She took out five ships. Cloud Nine alone probably had a few thousand.

[llorelei.livejournal.com]

TELKANA! Omgmemories!

The first fic I ever read in SG-1 was Telkana's. I knew beforehand that J/D was a very popular pairing in the fandom, and after reading her fic I started to wonder if maybe she was a bit responsible for scaring people away from Sam/Jack. Good times! (Six months ago, but still. Good times!)

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

No, no, The S/J is strong and all, Telkena is just fucking scary, and claims she's a psychologist and shit like that.

[llorelei.livejournal.com]

I didn't know that! I love that there's a crazy! wacko! story behind the writer of the first S/J fic I ever read, though! Makes it special. Or maybe not, considering this is the world wide web.

[alryssa.livejournal.com]

I think she claimed to be some kind of Doogie Howser or something.

We laughed.

Lots.