I totally agree with you that the Cylons are keeping humans alive. I've speculated since the mini that they're using the fleet to act out a sort of Passion Play - that they're re-enacting the Scriptures, either to break the cycle and ensure their dominance, or go through the cycle with human/cylon hybrids as the founders of the next Twelve. Or both, with different cylon factions pursuing slightly divergent agendas...
I adore this Boomer - GalacticaBoomer was too conflicted, too weak, without any kind of core of strength, where this Boomer has complete solidity and self-assurance. Fasscinating...
And I think you're right - Roslin sees Kara as Not A Player. Since Kara usually sees Kara as Not A Player, but seems to be looking to change, I think there's some interesting dynamics ahead there as well.
I adore this Boomer - GalacticaBoomer was too conflicted, too weak, without any kind of core of strength, where this Boomer has complete solidity and self-assurance. Fasscinating...Maybe it's because she knows what she is. The Gal-Boomer of the miniseries and "33" was pretty similar to this one, personality-wise. But once she started having blackouts, suspecting she'd committed sabotage unawares, suspecting she was a Cylon, and had Tyrol break up with her, she just crumbled, became suicidal, etc. I do think it would be very traumatic to be in that position, particularly since all her memories prior to a few years previously would presumably be fake ones. She's got nothing to act as that core of strength, because her entire self-awareness is built on lies
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I think you're right all around - Grace Park *is* doing a better job now. And as a sleeper agent, G-Boomer was inherently conflicted and came to know she *couldn't* trust herself.
It's interesting that C-Boomer's apparent choice to exercise free will, like you said, comes from still being grounded in the Cylon worldview. I can't wait to see more!
Cap-Boomer, though, seems to have much more agency. She knows who she is, and she takes decisions in full knowledge of the consequences. She's strong and self-assured because she's making her own choices, fighting for survival for Helo and herself, and she has free will.
Exactly!
My guess is that sleeper agents are programmed in such a way that their orders can override their conscious desires. It would be the only safe thing to do, because a sleeper agent who identifies as human and can't be controlled would be a liability.
Though if they're just experimenting (and this is the first cycle in which they have live humans to act out their passion play with- excellent theory, by the way kaseido) maybe they haven't perfected their override thing yet. I mean, clearly they managed to override Galactica!Boomer's conscious desires, but now that they've done it once and she knows how it feels, they might now be so lucky with the more self-assured Caprica!Boomer, who is consciously blocking out the Cylon collective in her head
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I think Sharon cares for Kara, even if only because of the memories she has from Boomer. I really liked the bit where Sharon says she prefers Kobol to Caprica because being with Helo and Kara makes her feel like she's come home.
I totally agree with you that the Cylons are keeping humans alive. I've speculated since the mini that they're using the fleet to act out a sort of Passion Play - that they're re-enacting the Scriptures, either to break the cycle and ensure their dominance, or go through the cycle with human/cylon hybrids as the founders of the next Twelve. Or both, with different cylon factions pursuing slightly divergent agendas...
Yup. If they really wanted the humans dead, they'd already be dead. It's like they keep testing them, nibbling at the edges of the population to keep the survivors fearful. The game they're playing with the fleet at the moment seems to be a larger-scale version of the game they were playing in "33". Like it's a large-scale sociological experiment with humans as the lab rats. As to their eventual goal, I have no idea, but I imagine it's bound up in their theology.
I really love this Boomer, too. I had very little love for Galactica!Boomer- I empathized with her pain, but I think in the end she was just an example of how human emotions can cause total failure. She was still too human- Caprica!Boomer is Cylon, and she knows it, and she's proud of it, but she can still love. And still sees some sort of justification for the existence of humanity, which I think is more positive than anything we've seen in the series so far.
I adore this Boomer - GalacticaBoomer was too conflicted, too weak, without any kind of core of strength, where this Boomer has complete solidity and self-assurance. Fasscinating...
And I think you're right - Roslin sees Kara as Not A Player. Since Kara usually sees Kara as Not A Player, but seems to be looking to change, I think there's some interesting dynamics ahead there as well.
Great review!!
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It's interesting that C-Boomer's apparent choice to exercise free will, like you said, comes from still being grounded in the Cylon worldview. I can't wait to see more!
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Exactly!
My guess is that sleeper agents are programmed in such a way that their orders can override their conscious desires. It would be the only safe thing to do, because a sleeper agent who identifies as human and can't be controlled would be a liability.
Though if they're just experimenting (and this is the first cycle in which they have live humans to act out their passion play with- excellent theory, by the way kaseido) maybe they haven't perfected their override thing yet. I mean, clearly they managed to override Galactica!Boomer's conscious desires, but now that they've done it once and she knows how it feels, they might now be so lucky with the more self-assured Caprica!Boomer, who is consciously blocking out the Cylon collective in her head ( ... )
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I think Sharon cares for Kara, even if only because of the memories she has from Boomer. I really liked the bit where Sharon says she prefers Kobol to Caprica because being with Helo and Kara makes her feel like she's come home.
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Yup. If they really wanted the humans dead, they'd already be dead. It's like they keep testing them, nibbling at the edges of the population to keep the survivors fearful. The game they're playing with the fleet at the moment seems to be a larger-scale version of the game they were playing in "33". Like it's a large-scale sociological experiment with humans as the lab rats. As to their eventual goal, I have no idea, but I imagine it's bound up in their theology.
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Wow, yes - that's the perfect description!
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I really love this Boomer, too. I had very little love for Galactica!Boomer- I empathized with her pain, but I think in the end she was just an example of how human emotions can cause total failure. She was still too human- Caprica!Boomer is Cylon, and she knows it, and she's proud of it, but she can still love. And still sees some sort of justification for the existence of humanity, which I think is more positive than anything we've seen in the series so far.
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