Well, it may just be my own particular viewpoint (and hey, different strokes for different folks, absolutely!), but I honestly didn't get the "self-righteous" vibe at all tonight. Judgmental perhaps - her needling of HotDog was a little over the top, though there again I think it was meant to be something friendly that got out of control - but in terms of self-righteous, I don't see it.
In my opinion, most of the episode was her doing what she needed to do in order to take back the ship and ensure its safety. She is of course acting with her own personal biases, and a major one is that if anyone or anything threatens Galactica, she will defend it. I don't see what's self-righteous about that. The rebellion absolutely has some valid points, but Kara doesn't happen to share them, and so she has chosen to stand against them. And yes, perhaps she's using this as a distraction from her own personal issues, but that's not exactly any kind of deviation from what we've seen in the past. Kara thrives on combat - it's her natural environment. Whether that's good or bad is in some ways besides the point; it just is, and I believe she acted in ways that were both very in-character and not designed to be self-righteous at all.
Plus, Gaeta is not really blameless himself. A case can be made that he provoked her, and if nothing else he certainly said some very inflammatory and rude things to her. When accused of collaborating with the Cylons (which was once a very serious crime, and still is in the eyes of the rebellion), she naturally lashed out to defend herself. I am not excusing the things she said, merely trying to posit reasons for them.
I also believe that she reacted to the prisoner out of pure instinct and nothing more. This goes back again to the fact that she is not shy about picking her sides and defending them, and her first instinct was that since this guy is working for the "enemy," he must be stopped. That kind of attitude is not healthy, but it's to be expected in the kinds of circumstances they're facing. Lee acted in pretty much the same way in his conversation with Tigh.
Obviously, though, the above is my own interpretation, and if someone wants to disagree with me, that's their prerogative. I'm definitely free and open to all kinds of discussion and debate!
I appreciate your comments. The reason I called her self-righteous has to do with my impression over the past three episodes that she had lost herself when she found her body on Earth, that she showed that she was reduced to childness with Gaeta and Hot Dog, and she has latched on to the "Adama is right, I am right because I support Adama, and everyone else should die." And it feels like she's hiding behind that because it's so much simplier than having to deal with the whole picture...that's why she said something like that she feels "good" with the situation.
I agree totally that Gaeta is not without blame. he's polarized himself into sort of a parody of himself, also self-righteous but less eager to accept the "everyone else should die" point of view.
In my opinion, most of the episode was her doing what she needed to do in order to take back the ship and ensure its safety. She is of course acting with her own personal biases, and a major one is that if anyone or anything threatens Galactica, she will defend it. I don't see what's self-righteous about that. The rebellion absolutely has some valid points, but Kara doesn't happen to share them, and so she has chosen to stand against them. And yes, perhaps she's using this as a distraction from her own personal issues, but that's not exactly any kind of deviation from what we've seen in the past. Kara thrives on combat - it's her natural environment. Whether that's good or bad is in some ways besides the point; it just is, and I believe she acted in ways that were both very in-character and not designed to be self-righteous at all.
Plus, Gaeta is not really blameless himself. A case can be made that he provoked her, and if nothing else he certainly said some very inflammatory and rude things to her. When accused of collaborating with the Cylons (which was once a very serious crime, and still is in the eyes of the rebellion), she naturally lashed out to defend herself. I am not excusing the things she said, merely trying to posit reasons for them.
I also believe that she reacted to the prisoner out of pure instinct and nothing more. This goes back again to the fact that she is not shy about picking her sides and defending them, and her first instinct was that since this guy is working for the "enemy," he must be stopped. That kind of attitude is not healthy, but it's to be expected in the kinds of circumstances they're facing. Lee acted in pretty much the same way in his conversation with Tigh.
Obviously, though, the above is my own interpretation, and if someone wants to disagree with me, that's their prerogative. I'm definitely free and open to all kinds of discussion and debate!
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I agree totally that Gaeta is not without blame. he's polarized himself into sort of a parody of himself, also self-righteous but less eager to accept the "everyone else should die" point of view.
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