#1 I think she was probably mostly on the information gathering/strategising side of things. She's someone that people would have trusted, and she would have been well-placed, as a teacher, to be in touch with a lot of members of the public, so I could see her being able to find things out quite easily. And she's so much a big picture person that she would make sense to be in there working out strategies of how to deal with the cylons. We also know that she was seemingly coordinating rescue operations even before Adama returned, so I expect that she and Tory were very involved in that side of things - ways to protect people and get them ready for escape.
I don't see her actively being involved in the bombings or anything like that. It's not her forte. Though maybe if they'd been there longer, she might have started getting involved like that.
#2 I think she was probably brought in there quite a few times - I don't think that the one time we saw her in detention was the first time she was there. It makes no sense that they would have ignored her all that time, and then brought her in once, left her alone to only be spoken to by Gaius, and then put heron a death list, especially considering Gaius was talking about her escape as being a terrible blow for the cylons. I don't know that I think she was seriously physically tortured? Perhaps minor physical torture, but nothing like what happened to Saul, because we just never see any evidence of that, and on Laura, who is far more, IDK, delicate physically than most of the other people who were in detention, you would expect it to take a toll on her.
But psychological tortutes, yes, to try to get her to break. I imagine there would be a lot of mindgames with her, trying to get her to accept responsibility for what happened, trying to get her to believe it's all her fault, showing her what was happening to her people. That would work best on her, I'd think.
Gaius ... I think he probably was able to protect her a little bit, purely by telling them that physical torture wouldn't work on her. I don't know what else he could have done, considering he seemed incapable of taking care of himself, even, but I could see him trying, a little bit, to talk them out of doing certain things.
#3 I think maybe Bill would have had to suck it up and tried to, at least. I think losing Laura, and potentially other people he loved, would have left him quite broken, rather than defiant, and he would have ended up more likely to just go along with the status quo.
As for changes to the aftermath, I don't think the circle would have been stopped, and there wouldn't be a truth and reconciliation commission, so that would have made a big difference in how the fleet tried to move on. Down the line, I don't see the cylon alliance happening, or the mutiny, but I could see Bill struggling with working with Zarek and things either breaking down down the line and the fleet splitting, or Bill stepping aside and handing more of the running of the ship over to Lee/Helo/Saul, potentially.
#4 I don't really seem them rushing into a reunion - I mean, I don't see them rushing into a romantic style reunion, to be honest. I think their main priorities, Laura's particularly, would be the fleet, not each other. I imagine whatever happened between them happened probably days after the actual rescue, and wasn't a 'fall into bed, missed you so much' type of thing. I think it would have been slow, and a little awkward, both of them trying to find their feet again, and Laura trying to get used to being president again and what that might mean. I don't know, really. I think there would have been a certain distance there. Gratitude and relief that the other one was still alive, but not a desperate dive back into a relationship.
1. I agree with you, here. I could also see the argument that the entire resistance would want Roslin on the periphery. She's the key piece in rebuilding once they get off NC, someone they could dearly not afford to lose.
2. You make a great point with psychological vs. physical torture and what would have been more or less effective.
3. I have a hard time deciding whether Bill would dig in further, knowing he was what was left for the Fleet or if he would have gone the route of post nuked Earth. Laura saw how Zarek was on NC, but Bill didn't and really wouldn't have any other reason to trust him.
4. I can totally see it as a gradual thing. How much longer than the missing year was the occupation? It would still definitely take time to switch gears.
I don't see her actively being involved in the bombings or anything like that. It's not her forte. Though maybe if they'd been there longer, she might have started getting involved like that.
#2 I think she was probably brought in there quite a few times - I don't think that the one time we saw her in detention was the first time she was there. It makes no sense that they would have ignored her all that time, and then brought her in once, left her alone to only be spoken to by Gaius, and then put heron a death list, especially considering Gaius was talking about her escape as being a terrible blow for the cylons. I don't know that I think she was seriously physically tortured? Perhaps minor physical torture, but nothing like what happened to Saul, because we just never see any evidence of that, and on Laura, who is far more, IDK, delicate physically than most of the other people who were in detention, you would expect it to take a toll on her.
But psychological tortutes, yes, to try to get her to break. I imagine there would be a lot of mindgames with her, trying to get her to accept responsibility for what happened, trying to get her to believe it's all her fault, showing her what was happening to her people. That would work best on her, I'd think.
Gaius ... I think he probably was able to protect her a little bit, purely by telling them that physical torture wouldn't work on her. I don't know what else he could have done, considering he seemed incapable of taking care of himself, even, but I could see him trying, a little bit, to talk them out of doing certain things.
#3 I think maybe Bill would have had to suck it up and tried to, at least. I think losing Laura, and potentially other people he loved, would have left him quite broken, rather than defiant, and he would have ended up more likely to just go along with the status quo.
As for changes to the aftermath, I don't think the circle would have been stopped, and there wouldn't be a truth and reconciliation commission, so that would have made a big difference in how the fleet tried to move on. Down the line, I don't see the cylon alliance happening, or the mutiny, but I could see Bill struggling with working with Zarek and things either breaking down down the line and the fleet splitting, or Bill stepping aside and handing more of the running of the ship over to Lee/Helo/Saul, potentially.
#4 I don't really seem them rushing into a reunion - I mean, I don't see them rushing into a romantic style reunion, to be honest. I think their main priorities, Laura's particularly, would be the fleet, not each other. I imagine whatever happened between them happened probably days after the actual rescue, and wasn't a 'fall into bed, missed you so much' type of thing. I think it would have been slow, and a little awkward, both of them trying to find their feet again, and Laura trying to get used to being president again and what that might mean. I don't know, really. I think there would have been a certain distance there. Gratitude and relief that the other one was still alive, but not a desperate dive back into a relationship.
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1. I agree with you, here. I could also see the argument that the entire resistance would want Roslin on the periphery. She's the key piece in rebuilding once they get off NC, someone they could dearly not afford to lose.
2. You make a great point with psychological vs. physical torture and what would have been more or less effective.
3. I have a hard time deciding whether Bill would dig in further, knowing he was what was left for the Fleet or if he would have gone the route of post nuked Earth. Laura saw how Zarek was on NC, but Bill didn't and really wouldn't have any other reason to trust him.
4. I can totally see it as a gradual thing. How much longer than the missing year was the occupation? It would still definitely take time to switch gears.
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