This just in!

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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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And that she was "programmed" to fall in love with Helo.
I actually thought the point was that she wasn't supposed to fall in love. I'm sure the Cylons wanted her to feel something for him as part of the "we're not machines, we have emotions too" arguement, but never to the point that she would betray them. The point was for Helo to fall in love with her and for C!Boomer to play a role. The reason I love this ship is because C!Boomer went against her "programming" to be with Helo.

And what will the Chief say when he learns of her "infidelity"?
Oh man, I can't wait for next week when all three of them are in a room together. I really don't like Chief, and I resented the fact that G!Boomer was so hung up on him. It was sweet and I understood it; I just didn't like it. And now that Chief has accepted that Boomer isn't a machine in the way that he kept telling himself that she was, here comes another one, all in love with Helo and carrying his baby. I can't wait for the awkwardness.

I also can't wait to see how C!Boomer reacts to Chief. If she has G!Boomer's memories and emotions, then will she feel guilty about "cheating" on Chief? Or will they all accept the fact that she's a different Boomer and leave the awkwardness at that?

I really can't wait!

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Oh, I must have missed that part. I thought Helo said "they" were supposed to fall in love?

As far as the Chief goes, I like him, but Boomer and Helo are totally my OTP there. I didn't know we'd see them all interact in the next episode, though, since they're jumping to Kobol, where the Astral Queen is, but not Galactica (along with Tyrol). I'll be very interested in any and all confrontations the fleet has with Caprica!Boomer, though. It's going to be awesome!

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I thought Helo said "they" were supposed to fall in love?
I think they just said that love was missing from the equation, not necessarily mutual love. I guess that's what that statement would apply, love from both sides. But from S1, it's obvious that Sharon was not supposed to feel about Helo that way. When she reported back to Six and... that other dude after sleeping with Helo for the first time, they talk about how she's turning and becoming more like "them."

This is from wisteria_'s post about the podcast:
RM: "The Cylons believed that God is love, and without love, they could not reproduce... So they put Helo in a position to fall for Sharon in order for that to happen. The amazing thing is that Sharon fell for Helo, and she turned on her own people out of love. That's something the Cylons didn't anticipate... There is something called love, and it is stronger than science." (I'm paraphrasing in a big way.)

Aw, man, I totally forgot they were jumping to Kobol. I thought on the previews for next week, Boomer and Helo were on Galactica, but I guess I was wrong.

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Well, they could still be on Galactica. I think Adama will have to cave and join the rest of the fleet at Kobol, because he won't be willing to leave so many people unprotected, he's just not built that way. And the only thing that would prevent him would be his pride and... Yeah, I just don't see him potentially sacrificing a third of the remaining human population for that.

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Oh, I just caught the scene again and Helo says: "...so Sharon and I were set up..." and Starbuck continues: "To fall in love?!"

So he was talking about both of them, but that doesn't mean Sharon hasn't fibbed about it. My thinking on season 1 isn't that the Cylons disapprove of the "falling in love" aspect, but that they didn't think it could ever make her turn her back on her own race. It's like they don't really get it.