similarities
Hey there. So. Upon watching (rewatching) A Day In The Life, I can't help but notice a few things that I'm now just dying to tell someone. Since no one actually reads this, I think it's the most appropriate setting by far. I'm not forcing you to keep reading.
First, Lee and his father, "proud, stubborn and angry" as voiced by the admiral himself, and supported by so many before him.
For me, this episode shed a great deal of light on to Lee's relationships-bringing us to connection 2, Kara and Carol Anne Adama. Please, bear with me.
~They're both blonds (a weak connection but, hey, that's why it's first)
~They're both alcoholics (Scar anyone?)
~They both have extreme mood swings (try to frak, push away, kiss, slap, leave with a bottle of ambrosia)
~They both hit Lee
~They both can never seem to make it right, or pull it together for an extended period of time ( said she kept making promises)
If Lee is so much like his father, and Kara so much like his mother, maybe this starts to explain why he can't seem to stop loving Kara, even when he knows Dee is better for him.
There's a theory out there, (not sure what it's called-but I think it was named after the guy in Greek mythology who killed his father to marry his mother...but this really isn't like that) a theory out there that women are primarily attracted to men like their fathers, and men are primarily attracted to women like their mothers. I find this is often apparent in life. My father is the nerdy proffessor type. He's also the fat, drunk, racist, sexist, homophobic type, so clearly I'm not looking for a carbon copy. Still, given a group of guys to choose between, I'll almost always opt for the smart one, or the tall one. It's just my nature.
Along this train of thought, I found myself thinking about Kara and her father. It seems like, growing up, it was just Kara and her bitch mom. This might partly explain why she never seems to know what she wants from a guy, if all she has to go on is her own life. So far she's chosen a Pyramid player (she used to play and love Pyramid) and a military man (only thing keeping her alive).
Don't get me wrong-I'm not against single parent families, If you can do it, more power to you. Kara's mother just couldn't do it, and the result was Kara not having any positive role model for more than half her life.
Sometimes real life and my fantasy world collide, and for a few breif moments, evereything is almost painfully clear. The other day a friend of mine was getting all upset about the issues of gay marriage and gays adopting. She kept throwing around arguments around like "a child needs both a mother and a father." At the time I didn't really no what to say to her. I wasn't sure whether or not she was right, and I wasn't sure how I felt about it. Now the answer seems to have lain right down in front of me.
Believe whatever you will, but personally, I'd much rather that little Kara had had two daddies (or two mommies) that loved her, had planned on her, and showed her how wonderful it is to be in a loving, healthy, commited relationship, than her abussive bitch of a mother and her no-show dad.
First, Lee and his father, "proud, stubborn and angry" as voiced by the admiral himself, and supported by so many before him.
For me, this episode shed a great deal of light on to Lee's relationships-bringing us to connection 2, Kara and Carol Anne Adama. Please, bear with me.
~They're both blonds (a weak connection but, hey, that's why it's first)
~They're both alcoholics (Scar anyone?)
~They both have extreme mood swings (try to frak, push away, kiss, slap, leave with a bottle of ambrosia)
~They both hit Lee
~They both can never seem to make it right, or pull it together for an extended period of time ( said she kept making promises)
If Lee is so much like his father, and Kara so much like his mother, maybe this starts to explain why he can't seem to stop loving Kara, even when he knows Dee is better for him.
There's a theory out there, (not sure what it's called-but I think it was named after the guy in Greek mythology who killed his father to marry his mother...but this really isn't like that) a theory out there that women are primarily attracted to men like their fathers, and men are primarily attracted to women like their mothers. I find this is often apparent in life. My father is the nerdy proffessor type. He's also the fat, drunk, racist, sexist, homophobic type, so clearly I'm not looking for a carbon copy. Still, given a group of guys to choose between, I'll almost always opt for the smart one, or the tall one. It's just my nature.
Along this train of thought, I found myself thinking about Kara and her father. It seems like, growing up, it was just Kara and her bitch mom. This might partly explain why she never seems to know what she wants from a guy, if all she has to go on is her own life. So far she's chosen a Pyramid player (she used to play and love Pyramid) and a military man (only thing keeping her alive).
Don't get me wrong-I'm not against single parent families, If you can do it, more power to you. Kara's mother just couldn't do it, and the result was Kara not having any positive role model for more than half her life.
Sometimes real life and my fantasy world collide, and for a few breif moments, evereything is almost painfully clear. The other day a friend of mine was getting all upset about the issues of gay marriage and gays adopting. She kept throwing around arguments around like "a child needs both a mother and a father." At the time I didn't really no what to say to her. I wasn't sure whether or not she was right, and I wasn't sure how I felt about it. Now the answer seems to have lain right down in front of me.
Believe whatever you will, but personally, I'd much rather that little Kara had had two daddies (or two mommies) that loved her, had planned on her, and showed her how wonderful it is to be in a loving, healthy, commited relationship, than her abussive bitch of a mother and her no-show dad.