Blood on the Scales

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I never love BSG more than when it knocks me down, beats the shit out of me and breaks my heart into a billion tiny pieces. And that is what these last two episodes did.

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[lyssie]

The show put EVERY prominent secondary character (Seelix, Racetrack, Skulls, Narcho) on Team Gaeta/Zarek, but we're supposed to believe that Hot Dog somehow miraculously survived this disappointing characterization? It felt to me that having the last name Olmos kept him on Team Win

I can answer this, a bit. All of those others? Were military before the series began (whether big G crew, or survivors picked up in the mini or from Peggy). Hotdog was trained by Kara. He started as a civvie, and as such, still has some ties to that, I think.

Also, the idea of killing the president is something that would probably have given Racetrack pause, too (Lee's death made her uncomfy, after all).

Narcho served under Cain. You bet your ass he doesn't care who's in charge, as long as the Cylons are getting stomped.

Seelix hates the Cylons. Roslin might give her pause, but she'd do it (she would have shot Baltar herself, once upon a time).

Skulls has so little characterization, all he's done over the last few episodes is mock a dead guy for being a little whiny and, er, want Lee dead. Wanting Lee dead, for anyone who hated Baltar, is understandable, honestly

Now, Athena. Here's where the writers fell down. NO ONE REMEMBERS that Sharon and Caprica visited once or twice back in season 3. After, y'know, Caprica helped her save Hera from the Cylons. So I think the two are a lot closer and more connected than most think (my personal fanon has been that out of ALL the Sixes, 'Thena trusts her the most. Because Caprica killed Boomer for Hera. Caprica is never going to hurt Hera, therefore, she's safe)....

Though, yeah, Athena shooting Natalie is still in the wtf? place of things. Sigh.

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Hotdog was trained by Kara. He started as a civvie, and as such, still has some ties to that, I think.

That's a good point. I'm sure if Kat was still around, she would've been with the good guys also.

Yeah, Racetrack being on that side still doesn't sit totally right with me. She seems uncomfortable with it and I'm sure she wouldn't have liked the prospect of killing Laura.

The other characters make sense for me - Narcho, Seelix and like you said, we don't really know Skulls.

Wow, I almost forgot that Caprica helped her save Hera. *facepalm* That's the whole reason she's in the brig in the first place! Of course Athena should trust her! But the killing of Natalie b/c of the visions and Hera's Six obsession feels SO out of place. I feel like the writers forgot to connect to some dots there.