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[teachlikeroslin]

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[astreamofstars]

#22 - I knew it was a fake-out, but there's still such a big part of me that wishes it wasn't. I would love to have seen what Mary could have done with cylon!Laura. Her story would have been awesome.

I so agree that there is a tiny moment of expression that is very much "You know, that makes a lot of sense".

I'm going to have to watch some Xena. Sounds interesting.

I think I said in a previous comment that I sometimes see Laura and D'Anna as kind of counterparts of each other, so I wish they had more scenes like this. Laura is the human D'Anna, and D'Anna is the cylon Laura. I dunno why I think that, but I do. Just like I see Zarek and Cavil as counterparts.

#23 - I think this moment was what really made Laura suddenly realise that maybe humans and cylons aren't that different. D'Anna's comment is exactly what Laura would have done in the same situation. And the nod definitely says that she agree with D'Anna.

#24 - adore this scene. How many actors could turn nine words, two hugs and a kiss on the cheek into such a gorgeous, satisfying, beautiful declaration of love scene? Mary and Eddie just ... they slay me. Completely. Especially when you think that their relationship was (I don't think) ever intended to happen from the start. It just grew from the way they played Laura and Bill.

[teachlikeroslin]

#22- I'm still of two minds about whether or not I would have liked Laura to have been a cylon. On one hand, as you say, I think Mary could have done such cool things with it and that would have totally been worth the price of admission. But, on the other hand, I don't want Laura to be a cylon because her journey in rediscovering the humanity inside herself within the context of her character up to that point is so interesting to watch. Like, what Mary says, about Laura having to discover that they're all the same anyway and how that lesson is better imparted to her if she's a human and not a cylon.

Also, yes. Watch Xena. The first two seasons are good fun and then the third season happens and it's like, "Frak. This show's pretty awesome."

[astreamofstars]

That's pretty much my feelings about cylon Laura vs. human Laura. She needed to stay human, but she could have been awesome as cylon. I wish we could somehow have seen both, I guess. But then I'm just greedy.

Or maybe I wish they'd just explored the cylon DNA thing further, instead of just using it as a deus ex machina and then pretty much forgetting about it. Laura as a different type of human/cylon hybrid to Hera? That's cool.

[teachlikeroslin]

I mean, but isn't she kind of a hybrid? You're totally right. I so wish they had explored the cylon DNA thing further. After Epiphanies I think they only bring it up once and it's Laura talking about her life saving cure in Crossroads when she's on the stand.

I mean, it obviously effects her. Not only did it put her into remission, but I have to imagine Hera's blood is the reason she has those opera house visions. The others who have them are cylons or, in Hera's case, a hybrid. Baltar's in the vision but he doesn't share them with the women. That speaks to something in Laura being "off" with her pre-Epiphany self, right?

So much with Laura that could have been explored that wasn't about her cancer. Just imagine what season three could have been had they decided to focus their energy on that kind of story line instead of just kind of relegating Laura to the background until her cancer came back.

[astreamofstars]

I'm not sure if I think that she had the visions of the opera house due to her having cylon DNA, or whether it was simply due to the fact she was taking chamalla again. She didn't have any between Epiphanies and CrossroadsII, while she was off the chamalla.

I suspect that she had those specific visions because she had some kind of a connection to Hera, but I don't know that it was exactly because of her cylon connections, if that makes any sense?

Oh god, I could write you a list of things I wish they'd explored with Laura that they just ignored. Mind you, if I was writing the show, it'd be basically the Laura Roslin Show, so it's probably a good job I didn't.