What did Bill know and when did he know it?
In the spirit of celebrating The Hub, I wonder if we could discuss some of the nagging questions I have about that story arc:
Did Bill know that Laura was going on the Basestar to interrogate the Hybrid?
Why does Laura bring Baltar because of his appearance in her vision but not Sharon?
Why does she bring Helo but not Starbuck?
If she didn't tell ( Read more... )
Did Bill know that Laura was going on the Basestar to interrogate the Hybrid?
Why does Laura bring Baltar because of his appearance in her vision but not Sharon?
Why does she bring Helo but not Starbuck?
If she didn't tell ( Read more... )
Did Bill know that Laura was going on the Basestar to interrogate the Hybrid?
I don't believe he had any idea. She just got up and left, like a bat out of hell. I'd be surprised if they even had time to file a flight plan.
Why does Laura bring Baltar because of his appearance in her vision but not Sharon?
Heh. Perhaps she wanted Baltar close because he was such a weasel, and if there was some Important Revelation concerning him, she wanted him right there where he couldn't hide. (Okay, I'm stretching a bit. But you're right--she should have taken not just Sharon, but also Caprica Six, along for the ride.)
Why does she bring Helo but not Starbuck?
That one's easy! Because RDM needed someone really uptight about Justice and Doing the Right Thing to be present for the destruction of the Resurrection Hub. Leemo couldn't be there because he was busy lawyering, so Helo won the job by default. And as for Kara... well, someone had to save the day back on Galactica, right? :-D
If she didn't tell Bill, how did he feel about that? She certainly has a history of operating unilaterally: contacting the striking teachers' behind Adar's back, getting Starbuck to go back to Caprica for the arrow. Is this a strength or a weakness?
What a wonderful question! I think in this case Bill was simply too concerned about her survival to be angry with her. But you do raise a really first-rate point about Laura excluding him from a critical decision with far-reaching consequences. That's how she rolls for most of the series! And since Important Things always Happen when she goes off on her own, I'm going to go out on a limb and say it's the right call to make--i.e. the natural extent of her role in the prophecies.
Has any fanfic addressed these questions?
Let me think about this a bit. I daresay most Kobol fic falls into this category, but in the other instances, there may simply have been more exciting fish to fry (reunion fic, for example, tends to gloss over Laura's trangressions and go straight for the make-up sex.)
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