But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate.
AAAAHHHHH THE END OF SEASON 3!!! AHHHHHH!!!! OMG!!! BEST. SEASON. ENDING. EVER? MAYBE.
I shall make an attempt to start from the beginning now. I was having this slow burning love thing going on throughout seasons 1 and 2, the impression that at some point soon I was going to fall hard for this show, but it wasn't an instant passionate love. For the most part I think I'm not smart enough for this. I have no clue about politics and my Greek Mythology is not what it was, so I've been sat there in awe for a lot of it. It's just so damn smart. So many twists I never see coming. Loved Starbuck from the second she appeared and OMG I love her even more now. She just won herself a spot in my top 3 favourite characters of all time and you know, that is a hotly contested place. (Yes, I have lists. Deal.)
I was really disappointed with the beginning of season 3. The skipping of the year uprooted my orientation of the characters and show, I lost sight of my understanding of the Cylons especially Boomer, I really, really dislike the Chief/Callie thing and even the revelation that he is a Cylon after all can't repair that, I was having me a little Apollo/Starbuck mini-ship and I don't feel any chemistry between Lee and Dee (don't pair people who have rhyming names. For sirus.). They pulled a lot of it back though and I was much happier when they were back on the run. One of my favourite things is the survivor count at the beginning of each ep. I love the emotion of the numbers running down and the occasional euphoria when they go up, and I missed it whilst they were on New Caprica.
Last night I come home from work with 4 eps left in season 3. Watched Maelstrom and was all excited for Kara-centered episode goodness until they, you know, killed her. And actually I was quite calm because I figured that they didn't actually kill her, she'll be back. Lee's broken "NOOOOO" gave me chest contractions, but I was chanting it's fine, it's fine, she'll be back. The calm continued until I decided to watch The Son Also Rises to find out how they dealt and THEY TOOK HER NAME OUT OF THE CREDITS. THEY. TOOK. HER. NAME. OUT. OF. THE. CREDITS. That was just cruel, yo. Mary, Wendy, Katie, Angie, you came very close to receiving a hysterical "WHHHYYYYYYYY?!" post at 2am. I sat on my bed saying No No No No like Joey when In The Night Garden finishes and they all go to sleep.
This morning I watched Crossroads part 1 and 2. Was mostly quite bored with the trial thing and the oh-look-lets-have-a-family-Adama-row again until they announced the President's cancer. And then Lee on the stand was just incredible. I really like Lee, which is odd because he's not the sort of character I normally fall for, the obligatory all-American middle class straight white hero is so boring. But he pulls it off with a morally coded quirk that I really admire. (Can I just take this moment to point out one of the things I really dislike about the show is that it is unbelievably hetrocentric. 45000 survivors and not one of them is gay?)
And then the Watchtower thing. Oh My Fucking God. I didn't get that was the song until Tigh muttered "said the joker to the thief" and then I actually squealed. The final 5 Cylon thing I really didn't see coming. But the ultimate best bit was Apollo tracking the unknown ship. I curled in a ball chanting "Please be Starbuck, please be Starbuck, please be Starbuck. When they showed her face I jumped up and ran around my room screaming. I actually really did this. I worry for myself but seriously, this ending, that good.
So my theories for the final 1 of the final 5 (which I don't fully understand btw. Why don't the other Cylons know them? Why won't they talk about them?) are number 1: Starbuck. Not sure what I'd feel about that but it seems the obvious conclusion. Number 2 is Laura. Something to do with her visions and Cylon blood and idek tbh, I'm just trying to stay one step ahead. I have a feeling they'll surprise me no matter what. The wonderful Katie is going to send me a disc with the first half of season 4 that I'll hopefully be able to play so I can fully catch up. I'm scared to leave my little bubble of non-bsg fandom until I'm not worried about spoilers. But yeah, I love it. I love how literary it is. Next time someone tries to cross me with a high culture vs popular culture argument I'm not going to bother with academic debate, I'm going to show them this. I have so much metaing to do here. ♥
BTW, did I mention that I love Starbuck?