Quick Anders meta before work

[lyssie]

This is speculation based on spoilers...

There's a rumor flying around that Sam's going to become a pilot.

And as much as it makes me laugh, it also makes a kind of sense, for him. We've always known one big thing about him: the cylons take away what he has and he fights back.

Caprica nuked? Sam gathered a bunch of people and did crappily, but still smacked at those occupying his planet.

Wife taken? He's part of the people running the resistance, sending suicide bombers off.

Wife dead? The only thing he can do that might give him a physical confrontation of any sort with the cylons is fly a viper. Marines are useless when there's no ground war going on.

So, yeah. There's a scary sort of sense in Sam becoming a viper pilot. If, y'know, he'd fit in the cockpit. (too tall, Sam. Too tall!)

Comments

[lizardbeth-j.livejournal.com]

Sharon's not that small. She looks tiny next to Helo, but that's because he's ginormous. Grace Park is 5'9"-ish -- but she's a stick, true enough.

*snerk!* Helo and Sam as pilot and ECO. Awesome! Would there be room for anyone else?

[pataka02.livejournal.com]

Grace Park is 5'9''? Really? Why does Starbuck always seem taller than her, when Katee Sackhoff is only 5'6''? Huh. Maybe I get blinded by the tallness that is Tahmoh. And Michael Trucco.

Of course, it's still amusing how short Bamber is in comparison... I can imagine Lee trying to give orders, and then Anders and Helo playing keep away with his flight helmet.

And Helo and Sam as pilot and ECO would be amazing, so long as Athena and Starbuck can sit by and mock them mercilessly.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

Possibly for the same reason that Adama always seems tall until he confronts big marines.... Larger-than-life personality.

Lee is... short. He's barely taller than Kara. ;)