I'd take out the point where Kara comes back as a physical being. She should have come back as a head character or something like that. Though I do think the least convincing big development with K/L is in TABFAYW. I think it would have been great if that ep had left off with Kara just leaving Sam regardless of Lee's plans, as if she was daring him to do the same.
I think Kara chose to stay with shot Sam when she realized she could have never had a life with Lee because she was dead. This, along with her guilt.
I didn't like they brought a back as a real character. She should have been a head!character or something similar. It changed everything. Even the pure essence of Kara's character.
I also think Kara should have left Sam in any case, not just beased on Lee's decision. She didn't love Sam the way she should have, so it would have been fair to all the characters if Kara had left Sam after Unfinished Business.
For the show as a whole, I'd say Crossroads is where it falls apart for me. At the time I defended the F5 stuff, but in hindsight it took the show too deep into the ridiculous and forced the writers to make stuff up (the whole 'they're cylons but not cylons' to cover up the plotholes, e.g. Tigh's aging
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Gosh...I feel like if they had just let Lee leave Dee when Kara asked him to it would have all been worth it. After all the angst, they might have FINALLY had a sense of appreciation for each other so they could have made it work. However, at almost any one of these branches you mentioned, it could have worked if only the writers had stayed true to character.
It's interesting how guilt drove so much of her relationship with Sam but she repeatedly treated Lee like shit and somehow managed to deal with that without guilt. Somehow ignoring and abusing Sam was okay to do but she felt bad about it but destroying Lee repeatedly was a thing she could live with.
I also couldn't believe that after the brig scene, they weren't put together. I mean...come on writers...talk about a big tease. Lee should have gone with her there on the Demetrious, not Sam.
This is certainly a question I've thought about before. I think this time, I'ma back it all the way up to Scar.
Let's say, hypothetically, that Kara doesn't slam on the brakes during the (come to find out, second) near table-frak when Leland gets all concerned about her frantic-ness. How would this happen without being OOC, you ask? Maybe all she does is take a deep, centering breath, smile seductively up at Lee, and purr something about waiting too long to do this (him). Maybe that's enough.
What would this change? I'd like to think that Kara wouldn't consider moving planetside later. Even if a "relationship" with Lee scared the crap out of her, I like to think that the, um, sex, would have kept her on the G. And that would save her from marrying Sam, being Leoben's bitch, getting all angsty over Kacey, and voila! No Quad of Doom!
I've been playing around a lot with the Scar split scenario. It's not my usual split off point, but I was thinking about how maybe Lee wants to slow down because he's about to get a concussion and not because he wants to "slow things down". If Kara steps back and he takes over, I think we might have an in character solution.
I am always curious about how Kara not being on New Caprica changes things. Hmmm, more thinking.
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Though I do think the least convincing big development with K/L is in TABFAYW. I think it would have been great if that ep had left off with Kara just leaving Sam regardless of Lee's plans, as if she was daring him to do the same.
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I didn't like they brought a back as a real character. She should have been a head!character or something similar. It changed everything. Even the pure essence of Kara's character.
I also think Kara should have left Sam in any case, not just beased on Lee's decision. She didn't love Sam the way she should have, so it would have been fair to all the characters if Kara had left Sam after Unfinished Business.
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It's interesting how guilt drove so much of her relationship with Sam but she repeatedly treated Lee like shit and somehow managed to deal with that without guilt. Somehow ignoring and abusing Sam was okay to do but she felt bad about it but destroying Lee repeatedly was a thing she could live with.
I also couldn't believe that after the brig scene, they weren't put together. I mean...come on writers...talk about a big tease. Lee should have gone with her there on the Demetrious, not Sam.
Sorry for the rant...lots of coffee
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Let's say, hypothetically, that Kara doesn't slam on the brakes during the (come to find out, second) near table-frak when Leland gets all concerned about her frantic-ness. How would this happen without being OOC, you ask? Maybe all she does is take a deep, centering breath, smile seductively up at Lee, and purr something about waiting too long to do this (him). Maybe that's enough.
What would this change? I'd like to think that Kara wouldn't consider moving planetside later. Even if a "relationship" with Lee scared the crap out of her, I like to think that the, um, sex, would have kept her on the G. And that would save her from marrying Sam, being Leoben's bitch, getting all angsty over Kacey, and voila! No Quad of Doom!
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I am always curious about how Kara not being on New Caprica changes things. Hmmm, more thinking.
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