Spring!!!! and BSG: The Ties That Bind

[pellucid]

Let me tell you about my PERFECT DAY!!!! Weather: sunny, 25 C (mid-70s F). Oh, city mine! Days like this make me almost forgive you for winter! I woke up, watched BSG for the first time while having my coffee, then went to the grocery store, then walked downtown to MEC. I'm pretty sure the entire city was out, and at least half of them were in the

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[admireddisorder]

regarding laura: you said pretty much what i said. then again, it looks like i seem to be in agreement with you over her time and again, so that's no big surprise.

regarding tory: nothing of what she said or did was surprising to me. there's this deleted scene in the captain's hand, her first episode, where she's talking to laura and laura asks her how she feels about the whole abortion issue. tory replies, rather deadpan, that she isn't here to be the president's friend, or confidant. she's here to be her aide. assistant, whatever. that was the moment i had her pegged down as someone cold and hard, uncompromising in getting her way and willing to sacrifice anything and anyone to get where she thought she needed to be. nothing of what has happened thus far has made me change my mind about her, on the contrary. and cally's murder, however shocking to some, felt completely in character to me. and, like you said, it didn't feel like she lied to cally

[pellucid]

No need to apologize for long comments! :) And yes, I saw your post and was unsurprised to see that we were seeing Laura similarly once again

[admireddisorder]

personally, i wasn't that surprised that they killed cally the way they did. scary as it might sound, i don't think i'd have been surprised had little nicky gone down with her either. it's just something about this show that makes me sort of go "oh", and then accept whatever they throw at me. it's so real in that way, in the sense that absolutely shocking and strange and often contradictory things happen that make perfect sense only if you accept this as life, not as a "show". and THAT statement probably made no sense. ;)

that's kind of what i wanted to say about tory/laura: that tory wasn't "responsible" for laura's actions in any way. although, yes, i'll admit that she "enabled" them. i think i can safely assume that laura would have done all the things she did had billy been by her side, except attempt to steal the election. that was completely tory's doing, laura didn't even know what went on.

Similarly, I suspect Laura has influenced/facilitated/enabled Tory's actions. They're a fascinating pair--very like-minded--and I do

[pellucid]

See, two seasons ago, I would absolutely have expected it from this show. But I feel like they haven't gone there since very early season 3, so I'd kind of forgotten to expect that from BSG and had gotten complacent, I guess

[admireddisorder]

i'd have loved to see what billy would have done. because he did leave when he felt he couldn't stand with her.

well, i am sure tory isn't completely unfeeling, but there's a difference between caring and love and emotion and that all encompassing love laura has for humanity. and perhaps a sort of duty, even a sense of destiny and purpose. maybe i should have been clearer on the type of love i meant. :)

typing this up made me think of laura's letter to gaius in epiphanies. that's kind of IT with tory, for me.

i think we'll have ample opportunity to learn about tory and her motives. personally, i'm intrigued. :)

[admireddisorder]

i've been spelling it like that since the eye went bye-bye. it just seems fitting. :)