Vidding thinks
I'm at that stage with my current vid project where I have a nearly full timeline and things are starting to come together structurally. My brain's desperately trying to play catch-up with all the decisions I've made based on intuition, kind of trying to hunt them down and detect whether they are actually sound or don't serve the vid well at all.
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I think the main reason Lee loves rules is because they give him some form of control in a universe that he learnt at a very young age was unpredictable and cruel. He had very inconsistent parenting and as the eldest I've always thought he shouldered emotional responsibility for his mother (and maybe brother) early--I think his extreme loyalty to her over Adama, despite her own abuse of him, reveals the degree to which he sees himself as the emotional protector of the family. To assert any form of control over the world he lives in (and Adama is so crazily dominant that's hard!), he turns to very rigid self-defined beliefs (his own spin on the importance of the forces is different from his father's). They're unarguable, a strong defence, because they're validated by society--at least before the genocide throws that society into chaos. And tellingly these demand that he stands up for other people and fundamental 'rights'. They sort of rationalise what he's already doing on a micro level, what he knows how to do from childhood, and they also make him do what no one was able to do for HIM (i.e. provide a safe, ordered universe that may have some hardness to it but is consistent and well reasoned--not irrational).
when things get tricky Kara just becomes more headstrong and rebellious, rather than coming for Lee for help. I think Kara's independent streak is part of why he loves her, but also part of why he hates her sometimes.
Excellent point. I love the scene in The Captain's Hand where Garner yells at Kara in front of Lee. Lee is desperately signalling to her to keep calm and (basically) shut up so he can calm the situation down. If she'd done so, he would have been able to protect her more but Kara totally digs her own grave by saying she was venting 'accurately'. Lee's headshake as she gets led off is totally one of 'man, why does always take it that step too far?!!' I love the part where Lee steps in and says 'I'm not defending Lieutenant Thrace ...' and gets cut off. There was a massive BUT coming there that we never get to hear. Lee finds Garner's behaviour just as inappropriate as Kara's but he has to respect command. Kara doesn't and expects to be validated for her abilities instead but that's not how the military works (only sometimes it IS in Kara's experience! she kinda IS Adama's pet--at least before he rejects her, GRRR ADAMA).
this is good for endless discussions
Hahaha, yeah, 2 or 3 years too late I think though...!
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