Retro Thursday: If Wishes Were Horses

[larsfarm77]

(Posting Wednesday as I have to work early tomorrow)

Back in April of 2008, we had just seen the premier of S4 (after much squeeing over the promo pics!!). stop_theworld made a post encouraging A/R fans to make a 'wish list' of what they wanted to see happen in S4, ship-wise. There were lots of fun responses (and no one knew anything

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[defyingnormalcy]

Awww! What an awesome list! :D It's so cool going back and reading first reactions to all you AR shippers way back when! :D :P

My wishes in 2008 would have been:

1) SEX. They must have sex. I want a love scene that is poignant and beautiful and emotionally satisfying. Not like the million random frak scenes we get with the pilots and Baltar's never ending trysts.

2) A verbal declaration of love from BOTH of them.

3) Lee and Laura making nice because she's Daddy's GF now. :P

4) I want to see Bill kiss the top of her bare head. (We would have known about her cancer and it's only a matter of time before she loses her hair :( )

5) I want a scene where they discuss living together or a "moving in" scene.

I *STILL* want all of these things btw .... :( *pouts*

[larsfarm77]

It was so much fun to find this post. I vaguely remember it, and I remember everything feeling like it was moving so slowly at the time (probably because of all the hiatuses). A lot of us were sure the sex had happened on NC, and some would have been satisfied with a 'morning after' type scene that would have confirmed it in S4 (which would have been lovely, and in the end is basically what we got). Like you, I wanted to see it, as I think it would have been beautiful, but at the time, it felt like any kind of affection, of recognition of how they felt, would have been good enough. I can hardly believe I ever thought that, lol!

2) A verbal declaration of love from BOTH of them.

YES. As much as I love that it came from Laura, I equally would have loved to have KNOWN that he'd already said it. I'm not sure 'Han Solo' was the way to go. And the cutting of 'No' from the smoking scene in 'Islanded in a Stream of Stars' felt criminal.

4) I want to see Bill kiss the top of her bare head.This would have been lovely ... damn bald cap

[defyingnormalcy]

YES. As much as I love that it came from Laura, I equally would have loved to have KNOWN that he'd already said it. I'm not sure 'Han Solo' was the way to go. And the cutting of 'No' from the smoking scene in 'Islanded in a Stream of Stars' felt criminal.

After finally watching ST, and knowing what Solo's character is all about, I can definitely say that Adama is NOT like Solo at ALL. Adama would have said those words back, he would have said them a thousand times.

This would have been lovely ... damn bald cap (not that I wish Mary had shaved her head or anything!).

They still could have done it, it could have been a really light peck. I think that it would have been a beautiful moment showing his unconditional love and acceptance of her. *le sigh*

[aka_plynn]

Yeah, I still want all those things too! Ah well, that's what fic is for, right?

(but I'd have taken a million random frak scenes, too)

[larsfarm77]

It's true. If we'd gotten everything we'd wished for, there would be ... almost no need to write, LOL. Although my list is loooooooooooooooong :D