Battlestar Galactica, how I love thee, let me count thy ways....
60 Random Reasons why I love Battlestar Galactica: A list in picspam form.
Spoilers through the middle of Season 4!
Starbuck. She's my favorite. She's so frakked up, so crazy, so balls to the wall...and yet so fragile, so needy. What an amazing character. SO self-destructive!! So fiesty!! She's constantly screwing up and I still love her anyway. I think she just really needs a hug lol.
I love Kara Thrace, and I don't care who frakking knows!!!!!!
Bear McCreary's music. Perfect and wonderful. This show wouldn't be the same without it.
Gaius Frakking Baltar. One of the most complex characters on any show ever. So pompous and yet so insecure. So self righteous and yet so scared and confused. He loves no one but himself, and yet you can't help but feel sympathy for him. He's been the resident Einstein, the President, the...Jesus. And James Callis is perfection. Someone give that man an Emmy already, jeez.
Anders' Arms. Wowzers.
Hera Agathon and all that she represents. Is she really the shape of things to come? She's damn cute, either way.
Felix Gaeta, especially when he was so badass on New Caprica. I'm thoroughly convinced Gaeta is the Final Cylon. MARK MY WORDS, KIDDIES!
BILLEH! I miss that kid. *sniff*
The Boys of BSG. They're all so...dreamy.
And cool.
CAG Lee. Lee's gone through lots of phases over the last 4 years, but I always think he was best as Apollo, the slightly tortured, slightly insecure do-gooder who was always trying to rein Starbuck in.
Brother Cavil. As the Cylons' resident old curmudeon, it makes sense he's the most racist against the humans. Good thing whoever built the Cylons gave him the Sarcasm Programming or else we'd all just think he was a dickhead.
Chief Tyrol; Not Cally. Cylon or not, I love Chief. He might have started losing it a little there toward the end of S4, but I'd totally want him to be my union leader. Beard and all. And thanks to Cally for Freezing to Death in Space! :D
Crazy religious people!! Isn't it funny that we view the monotheists as the nutty cultists? LOL So say we all.
Crazy Bill Adama. And his crack team of thugs. And his Epic Speeches.
Kara Thrace and her Special Destiny. It may sound like a bad cover band, but HOO BOY. The mandala, the painting, the gloriously wacky stuff with Leoben - this is truly one of my favorite aspects of this show.
D'Anna. The punk rock Cylon!! She's probably one of the least human of the Cylons (she's either dangerous or so caught up inside her own head programming that she's out of her mind) but that makes it all the more interesting.
The dead aren't forgotten. So many shows involve characters that die off, and it's like they never existed. But on BSG, the people that loved them don't get over it right away, they remember them. It's just one of those things that makes them seem more real.
Crazy Ass Dreams! Roslin, Athena, Six, Starbuck, Gaius - they're always having insane dreams that you're never quite sure what to make of. I love it.
The fact that they finally got to Earth - and it was a disaster area. As much as I love a happy ending, I do love that BSG will never, EVER, give their characters the easy way out of anything. BRIGHT SHINY FUTURES ARE OVERRATED!!!
Wonderful WTFrak Moments! Gaius has a Head!Gaius?? Six is preggers with Tigh's baby??? Starbuck is dead/alive!?!?!?! The Final Four are people we know and love!? They found Earth and it's a shithole?!@ 'sdfl'a;sldf;ldkjgfg;lkds oh man this show slays me.
Roslin and Adama. I love how they're the two most powerful people in the fleet and it took them like 3 years to make out.
Emo Lee. Mostly because he's adorable when he's all pouty. Sidenote: Another reason to love BSG? Lee/Dee is OVER.
The Final Five. Probably the coolest mindfrak on the show - even though we know who 4/5 of them are, what is their DEAL!?!?!??! Why are they different?? Why are they so feared?? And revered?? SO AWESOME.
Bromance. Or more generally, friendships. Relationships and shitty decisions have real consequences, unlike on most TV shows. Things aren't always hunky dory with your BFFs in real life, and they certainly aren't in the Galactica world.
Katee Sackhoff. I have the biggest girlcrush ever on this chick. Guh.
Gaetar! I'm not a Gaeta/Baltar shipper for realsies, but I love their relationship throughout the series. Reluctant friends, confidants, associates, and then bitter enemies. No other pair on this show will bring you pen stabbings and chats on the toilet lol.
Six. Despite being capable of snapping a person's head right off their body, Six has this maternal sort of quality about her. She's so complicated. And yet they could have made her into a flat out super sexy man eater. But no. She has feelings. And you feel so bad for her. Aw.
Helo's Arms. This speaks for itself.
Hope. This show is so dark and dismal that when something truly good happens it just knocks you down with this wave of the warm and fuzzies. &hearts
The Hybrid. Completely insane. Speaks only in fragments. Really liked the one in Razor. End of line.
Starbuck/Apollo. The only ship I seem to care about anymore - on any show haha. They challenge each other, they piss each other off, they are really bad for each other, and yet...they are obviously soul mates. OBVIOUSLY!!!!! HIS NAME IS LEE ADAMA!!!!! AND HE LOVES KARA THRACE!!!! Too bad I doubt they'll end up together. Boo.
Kobol. It's like...wandering into the Garden of Eden.
The ongoing Adama Family Feud. They love each other and hate each other all at the same time. It's so REAL. Plus, I kind of love how Papadama's this king and Lee is this prince that is trying to make his own way.
Leoben. Amazingly crazy. So creepy. I LOVE IT. Especially when Kara's involved. What the hell is the DEAL with those two, anyway!? I mean...white-paint-sex aside, he's BAD for her, right??
Anders. Naked. Even clothed, his puppy dog demeanor and dashing derring-do are A+ in my book. I love that guy. &hearts
The old men. Adama, Tigh, Cottle, Cavil...they're all kicking ass an taking names despite being old enough to have grandkids.
All those pilots!! They might be bitchy once in a while, but they are badass and brave and bold and...other b-words, I'm sure. Plus, they have awesome names. Crashdown! Hot Dog! Skulls! Racetrack! Showboat! Longshot! Husker! Gonzo!
James Callis. He is just so lovely and I adore him and he said I have exquisite taste. &hearts
President Leland Adama. He's like a Galactica JFK! Young! Hot! Let's hope he finishes out his term in one piece!
Cylon Radiers. They look like the Batman symbol and they could blow your ass into next year, but they are SO COOL.
Laura Roslin. I have to admit I like her a lot less than I used to (I think her sanity and kindness may have fallen out of her head with her hair...) but she's a pretty hip lady!
The fact that Six has her own Head!Gaius. And that he's dressed like Johnny Cash.
TEAM TAHCCO. TAHmoh Penikett + Micheal TruCCO = THANK THE LORDS OF KOBOL. In a show full of knights in shining armor, they're my favorites.
Saul Tigh, the meanest old bastard in the fleet! I can't say enough about Tigh. He's this gnarly old alcoholic superior asshole who killed his own wife...and a CYLON...and yet you still love the guy. Mmm hmm.
Sharon. I guess my favorite thing about Sharon is that she's the first Cylon mother. And she seems to be really good at it so far. I love that Roslin's statement "They'd better start having babies" apparently went for Cylons too. And I love that even after all the horrible things the humans have done to her, Sharon still considers herself one of them. Boomer might have lost her marbles (I mean...CAVIL??? Gross.) but Athena's where it's at.
Unfinished Business. Best. Episode. Ever.
A few other reasons:
Ron Moore's weekly podcasts!
Anyone could be a Cylon at any time!
Doc Cottle's chain smoking!
POUNDY DRUMS!!!!!!!
Vipers!
Cylon red glowy sex-spines!
Centurions!
SO SAY WE ALL! SO SAY WE ALL!
The word "Frak!"
No more Mr. Nice Gaius!
What do you hear? Nothing but the rain!
The AIRLOCK!!!!!
Weird psychics!
The FTL Drive!
Being able to answer the phone, "Galactica Actual!"
Adama's Totem Pole Face!
A reason why you might not love Battlestar Galactica: You are an idiot!!!!!!!
4 MORE DAYS!!!!!!!! 'sda;slkfjdl;ksfjalks;dfjlk;asdjklds now back to my epic BSG marathon - I've only got to get through Season 4 now and I'm good to go! WOOT!