This just in!

[_jems_]

Joss himself has proclaimed it (and thus it must be so): Despite what we've all believed lo these many months Veronica Mars isn't Buffy (bemoans loss of Duncan=Angel theory), it's Harry Potter! So therefore I must ask my flist to hook me up with a link to the character by character comparison with the Potterverse. C'mon, it's been a day! Someone

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[danceswithwords]

He's not doing his job, he's doing someone else's. That says a lot about what kind of man he is, that he'd go so far to keep his word.

It's funny, because I can see why the writers were careful to establish this, but it's a technicality that I have absolutely no interest in. It's a non-issue for me whether or not he broke his word, because while I think honor is terrific, I think that adhering to it too rigidly, to the point of refusing to act to avert a crisis, is dumb. So even if Lee had broken his word, I wouldn't have thought any less of him.

I get the feeling ("feeling" because I rarely see people pledging support for either side outright) that a lot of people are on Adama's side in the face-off between the military and the government, but I'm firmly in the Roslin camp.

I don't want to see military rule, but I think both Adama and Roslin have at times made terrible mistakes, and at other times made good decisions. That's what I find so interesting about the whole situation. And if the government Roslin ends up leading tends more toward theocracy than democracy--which is something I can see happening--that's just another interesting layer.

I'm really looking forward to seeing everyone on Galactica's reaction to CapricaBoomer.

I think Adama and Tigh were pretty stupid to think that only a few ships would jump with the President's.

I did too, but I think it's entirely consistent with the way they've underestimated and misunderstood the dynamics of the civilian portions of the fleet.

And yay for the preview in the opening credits!

[_jems_]

I wouldn't care at all if he broke his word, but it says so much about his character that he cares that much. I think I'd actually find him more interesting if he had broken his word. Lee can be too honorable for his character's good (and my interest).

I think that Roslin and Adama are both too cocky for their own good, both convinced that they're right. My problem with it is that Adama has the possibility of just taking over by brute force (which he's done) while the president would have to rely on the will of the people (at least to an extent).

I did too, but I think it's entirely consistent with the way they've underestimated and misunderstood the dynamics of the civilian portions of the fleet.
And that right there is probably Adama's biggest failing. He takes control not thinking about the will of the fleet, only about the safety of the fleet. I think he's very stuck in his pre-apocolyptic ways of thinking. I think he sees that his and the military's situation has changed, but I don't think he sees that everyone's situation has changed, and along with it their world views.