Starbuck
Here are my 50 sentences about Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace. I've given up trying to make them 100% satisfactory to me, because I always want to say more than a single sentence will allow. Oh well. It was an exercise, at least, and I did manage to do some stuff that I'm really happy with as well.
Snow
Kara threw herself down the snow-covered hills surrounding Caprica City, Zak precariously balanced on the sled behind her, and knew that this would be her happily ever after.
Child
‘Get rid of it,’ she snaps, but she doesn’t even need to look to know that he’s shaking his head.
Brick
The first time she tried to go swimming, she sunk like a brick; all the other kids laughed at her, and she vowed to never sink again.
Judgement
She trusts her judgement unquestionably - the technique seems to work until Lee gets shot.
Powder
In the back of her locker, buried under mounds of junk, is the makeup that she wore to prove to him that she cleaned up nice after all.
Grim
The grimness in their faces lets her know that they know - she stares them down, because she’s Captain Kara Thrace, and she doesn’t hide away.
Trap
Their eyes tell her that it’s a trap, but she knew that all along anyway - it’s getting in and out that’s half the fun.
Star
The constellations will show them the way to Earth, but Kara knows that she’ll get lost along the way.
Possession
‘I own you,’ Kat claims, but even with the latest incriminating evidence pressed into the younger pilot’s hand, Kara Thrace will not be pushed around.
Bandage
The doctor bandages up her knee so it will mend on its own; she wonders if he can fix relationships as easily.
Pearl
She laughed when Zak gave her a string of pearls, but she kept them anyway.
Glass
Messing with Kara Thrace was like playing with glass - you never knew when she’d shatter and cut you to shreds.
Classified
The information was classified, but the gossips got their hands on it somehow, and now strange glances followed her wherever she went.
Buttons
The buttons on the uniform jacket were a design fault, she was sure; they took too long to undo, and she knew he would disapprove when she tore them all away.
Closet
Galactica always seemed full of closets, until you needed one in a hurry - then they all seemed to disappear with a frantic scream of ‘Stop! Think about what you’re doing!’
Ash
They put his coffin into the ground, pretending that there was enough of him left to actually bury, and Kara knew that that was her fault too.
Definition
Whenever Kara decides that her life is the very definition of ‘frakked up’, something always comes along to make things worse.
Staircase
When she was younger, Kara was always ‘falling down the stairs’.
Nail
‘You’re putting the nails in your own coffin, Starbuck,’ he told her, and her only question was why she wasn’t already in it.
Prey
Her one trick to staying on top was to always victimise them first.
Backwards
The adrenaline rush that she got the first time she flew the Viper backwards was more than worth the reprimand that she got from the instructor afterwards.
Trouble
The first time Kara Thrace was thrown in the brig, she felt guilty for what she had done; next time, she didn’t bother.
Little
She broke the nose of the first guy who called her ‘short’, and nobody dared to comment after that.
Collar
When she found the collar hidden away in her mother’s side drawer, she knew that her puppy was never coming home.
Circle
She did loop the loops while on CAP to relieve the tension, knowing that nobody else would ever be able to follow her.
Hands
Her hands were her greatest weapon, and yet the doctor could reduce them to trembles with just a few pointed words.
Freedom
Flying was freedom, and Kara never felt more trapped than the day they ordered her to stop.
Last
She punched him and walked away, knowing that was the last time she would ever speak to him.
Scab
People always told her not to pick at the scabs, and now she has a scar on her left knee to prove them right.
Crown
Kara Thrace was the best Viper pilot in the Colonial Fleet - without that, she was nothing.
Time
Eight hundred and forty two days since Zak died, and she fraks his brother - she wonders if enough time has passed.
Rice
Kara finds it pretty ironic that this stupid wedding tradition would have killed all the birds, if only they’d had a chance to try it.
Worn
There’s a worn crease in the photograph, but Lee doesn’t comment on it, and for that she’s thankful.
Paint
They fingerpaint the numbers onto the helmet, laughing like they haven’t in ages, and thirteen pilots end up dead.
Ache
There’s a tight feeling in her chest as she watches him leave, and she knows that proves that she’s more invested in this than she wanted to believe.
Cherry
She lost a bet when she was seventeen trying to tie cherry stalks with her tongue - it was harder than it looked, and she practiced constantly for days afterwards to perfect the technique.
Library
“As if you’ve ever set foot in a library,” he said, and the barb on her intelligence hurt far more than she would ever let on.
Win
She pulls the cubits towards her, knowing that, once again, she has proved herself unbeatable.
Loss
When they tell her that she’s lost it, she feels a pang that she would never have predicted; people eye her in the corridor like she’s a criminal, a murderer, and for once she actually cares what they think.
Fold
“I fold,” she says, pressing her full colours down flat on the table as Lee walks into the room.
Music
Her dad had been a pianist, a good one, and she had always strived to be artistic just to impress that one tape that she had.
Bell
“I hear there are going to be wedding bells soon,” Lee said, an indescribable look in his eye.
Sleep
She used to wonder why it was referred to as sleeping with somebody, because she never got much actual sleeping done - then she met Zak.
Contact
They lost radio contact for less than a minute, and yet Lee was as upset as if it had been a day - he always did like to get overemotional like that.
Electricity
When the latest attack leaves the ship without power, she feels strangely vulnerable, as though the monsters can get her in the dark.
Milk
She was never one to milk a bad situation, but they all seemed disapproving that she didn’t take a single extra day off flight duty.
Wild
They got lost in the wilderness on their first training mission, and she’d never thought before that she’d be afraid of the wild.
Expectation
There are certain expectations of ‘Starbuck’ that Kara has to live up to, and none of them involve her closing the curtain tight and crying herself to sleep.
Mechanism
You can’t hate a machine, she tells herself firmly, but every day she goes out and proves herself wrong.
Finale
She knows that she’ll go out with a burst of flames, and the inevitability of it gives her comfort in the otherwise unpredictable world.
Now to work on the Lee and Helo fic that I stupidly promised some people...
Snow
Kara threw herself down the snow-covered hills surrounding Caprica City, Zak precariously balanced on the sled behind her, and knew that this would be her happily ever after.
Child
‘Get rid of it,’ she snaps, but she doesn’t even need to look to know that he’s shaking his head.
Brick
The first time she tried to go swimming, she sunk like a brick; all the other kids laughed at her, and she vowed to never sink again.
Judgement
She trusts her judgement unquestionably - the technique seems to work until Lee gets shot.
Powder
In the back of her locker, buried under mounds of junk, is the makeup that she wore to prove to him that she cleaned up nice after all.
Grim
The grimness in their faces lets her know that they know - she stares them down, because she’s Captain Kara Thrace, and she doesn’t hide away.
Trap
Their eyes tell her that it’s a trap, but she knew that all along anyway - it’s getting in and out that’s half the fun.
Star
The constellations will show them the way to Earth, but Kara knows that she’ll get lost along the way.
Possession
‘I own you,’ Kat claims, but even with the latest incriminating evidence pressed into the younger pilot’s hand, Kara Thrace will not be pushed around.
Bandage
The doctor bandages up her knee so it will mend on its own; she wonders if he can fix relationships as easily.
Pearl
She laughed when Zak gave her a string of pearls, but she kept them anyway.
Glass
Messing with Kara Thrace was like playing with glass - you never knew when she’d shatter and cut you to shreds.
Classified
The information was classified, but the gossips got their hands on it somehow, and now strange glances followed her wherever she went.
Buttons
The buttons on the uniform jacket were a design fault, she was sure; they took too long to undo, and she knew he would disapprove when she tore them all away.
Closet
Galactica always seemed full of closets, until you needed one in a hurry - then they all seemed to disappear with a frantic scream of ‘Stop! Think about what you’re doing!’
Ash
They put his coffin into the ground, pretending that there was enough of him left to actually bury, and Kara knew that that was her fault too.
Definition
Whenever Kara decides that her life is the very definition of ‘frakked up’, something always comes along to make things worse.
Staircase
When she was younger, Kara was always ‘falling down the stairs’.
Nail
‘You’re putting the nails in your own coffin, Starbuck,’ he told her, and her only question was why she wasn’t already in it.
Prey
Her one trick to staying on top was to always victimise them first.
Backwards
The adrenaline rush that she got the first time she flew the Viper backwards was more than worth the reprimand that she got from the instructor afterwards.
Trouble
The first time Kara Thrace was thrown in the brig, she felt guilty for what she had done; next time, she didn’t bother.
Little
She broke the nose of the first guy who called her ‘short’, and nobody dared to comment after that.
Collar
When she found the collar hidden away in her mother’s side drawer, she knew that her puppy was never coming home.
Circle
She did loop the loops while on CAP to relieve the tension, knowing that nobody else would ever be able to follow her.
Hands
Her hands were her greatest weapon, and yet the doctor could reduce them to trembles with just a few pointed words.
Freedom
Flying was freedom, and Kara never felt more trapped than the day they ordered her to stop.
Last
She punched him and walked away, knowing that was the last time she would ever speak to him.
Scab
People always told her not to pick at the scabs, and now she has a scar on her left knee to prove them right.
Crown
Kara Thrace was the best Viper pilot in the Colonial Fleet - without that, she was nothing.
Time
Eight hundred and forty two days since Zak died, and she fraks his brother - she wonders if enough time has passed.
Rice
Kara finds it pretty ironic that this stupid wedding tradition would have killed all the birds, if only they’d had a chance to try it.
Worn
There’s a worn crease in the photograph, but Lee doesn’t comment on it, and for that she’s thankful.
Paint
They fingerpaint the numbers onto the helmet, laughing like they haven’t in ages, and thirteen pilots end up dead.
Ache
There’s a tight feeling in her chest as she watches him leave, and she knows that proves that she’s more invested in this than she wanted to believe.
Cherry
She lost a bet when she was seventeen trying to tie cherry stalks with her tongue - it was harder than it looked, and she practiced constantly for days afterwards to perfect the technique.
Library
“As if you’ve ever set foot in a library,” he said, and the barb on her intelligence hurt far more than she would ever let on.
Win
She pulls the cubits towards her, knowing that, once again, she has proved herself unbeatable.
Loss
When they tell her that she’s lost it, she feels a pang that she would never have predicted; people eye her in the corridor like she’s a criminal, a murderer, and for once she actually cares what they think.
Fold
“I fold,” she says, pressing her full colours down flat on the table as Lee walks into the room.
Music
Her dad had been a pianist, a good one, and she had always strived to be artistic just to impress that one tape that she had.
Bell
“I hear there are going to be wedding bells soon,” Lee said, an indescribable look in his eye.
Sleep
She used to wonder why it was referred to as sleeping with somebody, because she never got much actual sleeping done - then she met Zak.
Contact
They lost radio contact for less than a minute, and yet Lee was as upset as if it had been a day - he always did like to get overemotional like that.
Electricity
When the latest attack leaves the ship without power, she feels strangely vulnerable, as though the monsters can get her in the dark.
Milk
She was never one to milk a bad situation, but they all seemed disapproving that she didn’t take a single extra day off flight duty.
Wild
They got lost in the wilderness on their first training mission, and she’d never thought before that she’d be afraid of the wild.
Expectation
There are certain expectations of ‘Starbuck’ that Kara has to live up to, and none of them involve her closing the curtain tight and crying herself to sleep.
Mechanism
You can’t hate a machine, she tells herself firmly, but every day she goes out and proves herself wrong.
Finale
She knows that she’ll go out with a burst of flames, and the inevitability of it gives her comfort in the otherwise unpredictable world.
Now to work on the Lee and Helo fic that I stupidly promised some people...