Comments | verdantpine: Starbuck's final fate - one theory, and similarities to other media SF?

verdantpine

Starbuck's final fate - one theory, and similarities to other media SF?

Jun 20, 2008 12:20

A link on Latteaddict's great post regarding the Lee/Kara relationship on BSG has made me come to a new conclusion regarding the character of Starbuck. This is spoilery speculation with MAJOR spoilers for Babylon 5, Star Trek: Deep Space 9 and Galactica 1980.

( Oh dear... Kara goes bye-bye to Lee and normal life? )

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gray_areal June 21 2008, 18:57:30 UTC

you'll become so lofty that you'll no longer interact with mere mortals? How is this that much better than killing off
I liked your analysis of the fate of powerful female (TV) characters. I don't have a problem with them being forced to transcend reality, though. Killing them off is an easy way out, they are really gone in that case. Having them turn into transcendental beings is in my opinion, a nicer option. Since they are too much for this world, they take their powers to a higher level and work them there - and this is regardless of gender. Cf. Sisko (it's been a while since I watched DS9, don't remember the details...). I can't imagine a better way out for Kara Thrace, hard though this will be on shippers.

But now I'm starting to consider whether Starbuck will even remain human by the end of the show.So I, too, believe that there still IS a special destiny in store for Kara Thrace, after her foray into "finding Earth" ended in a double fiasco (part A - she apparently hadn't gone to Earth but only to cylon baseship who planted ( ... )

verdantpine June 23 2008, 20:18:14 UTC

Having them turn into transcendental beings is in my opinion, a nicer option. Than death, yes, I agree -- but for Kara, it's also keeping in with the traditional role of the "goddess" in Joseph Campbell's "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" (you know, which inspired Star Wars)... The goddess is a queen-like, powerful figure who the hero bonds with. I had hoped that Kara was the hero in the story; but if Kara becomes the goddess, that kind of implies that Lee is the real hero. I get that the story is cyclical ( ... )