what do you hear, Starbuck?

[alissabobissa]

I honestly didn't think I'd be able to write this post.

BSG is over. I don’t want to be crucified, but generally I liked it. Well, as much as I can like what feels like a huge portion of my life coming to an end.

Comments

[callmeonetrack]

Hey I was just thinking of you and then your post showed up on my flist! I'm glad you (mostly) enjoyed it. I hated it with the passion of a thousand suns pretty much and am still livid (not just for Kara and Kara/Lee but for all the easy outs and handwaving unexplained "god did it" stuff and yeah just about everything.) So apologies for this but I had to take the beautiful banner you made me down (couldn't look at pilots being all "Whatever it Takes" when what they got was a "whatever") but I'm still going to do the Kara/Tigh vid...soon...as soon as I can bring myself to rewatch old eps to clip...and decide on a song (crack!vid is ok I'm hoping?). Sorry for that!!

[alissabobissa]

I understand the hate. I really do. If I hadn't prepared myself for how I figured RDM would end things, I'd probably be livid too. But then again, I'm usually an optimist who likes to look on the bright side of things. I think I just chose to focus on the good and not overthink it, hence the backing away from BSG for a while. Otherwise, I might end up angry, and I don't think I could handle that right now. I'm reliving the loss of Kara from 'Maelstrom' and grieving like she was my best friend. It's pretty pathetic.

Whew! All that to say I understand you taking down the banner, and if you need to back away for a while, feel free to scrap the vid. But Tigh remains one of my bright spots in BSG though, so anything involving him would be welcome. :)

[crickets]

I completely agree with your reaction to the finale. Especially the part about the hate making me sad. I really don't get it. But... I will just try to ignore it. I feel that the people who are most unhappy are Lee fans in general and Kara/Lee fans. I am a fan of both, though not exclusively (by any means) so I suppose maybe that's why I'm not feeling the anger there. I am so, so happy with this finale. Best show ever. I wish it didn't have to go.

[alissabobissa]

I get the hate, but I could never hate this show. I thought it ended the way it had to, and I'm getting misty just thinking about it still. The negativity just disappointed me, and I've been trying to ignore it too just so the satisfaction I have with the finale isn't taken from me. I really hope most of it the anger out there is just misdirected sadness/anger at the show's passing.

Best show ever. I wish it didn't have to go.
Agreed. And I'm going to go full-on cheesy here: so say we all. :)

[crickets]

So say we all.

[daybreak777]

I just don’t know what to do with it, and while I read a lot of what you guys wrote, I don’t think I have it in me to comment. The negativity has saddened me more than I thought it would (though everyone has a right to feel whatever they want to about it), and I may just need to take a few steps back and let BSG go for a while, say "There. That's done."Aww, I understand that feeling. I just want to wrap the K/L world in a big hug with a blanket and hot cocoa. That doesn't help but I want to do it anyway

[alissabobissa]

I would gladly accept a blanket and some hot cocoa. :)

I wish I could respond to the ragey posts because I love good debate and discussion, but again, I just don't have the energy. Maybe that's selfish, but I just can't.

Yeah, graduation totally broke us. I agree, it was definitely time for it to be over, and I'm not particularly sad about the end of the show as I am about the end of the characters and the end of the BSG era of my life.

Oh, Kara. That hit me the hardest. I didn't even feel the slightest bit angry about K/L for a while because Kara's ending hit me square in the face. I didn't realize I still had quite that much invested in her until she disappeared. I was drunkenly moaning "Kara's dead!" for a good 10 minutes during the finale. It was like 'Maelstrom' but so damn much worse because I can't even get mad about it or be in denial. I'm just grieving again. I would LOVE to read your thoughts on her, and I may have to make my own post as well if I can sort my feelings out. :)

[daybreak777]

Aww! *hands virtual hot cocoa*

Kara. I was prepared for Kara to be dead. My friend dionusia kept telling me Kara went through something extraordinary and could not come back just the same. Once a long time ago I wanted Kara back no matter what. That's what I said in my review of Maelstrom. Just bring her back. And they did. I always knew there would be a price to pay.

But Kara/Lee. No hugs, no good-bye? Kara not getting to say goodbye? Kara still not seeming to know what she was? Not acceptable. I would be okay if she seemed okay but she didn't. I want to see peace on her face and I don't.

I'm currently in the middle of a 10-page (MS Word) ep review post. So that's first. I have to think a few more days about Kara and somehow rewatch her in the last few eps. Sigh. So that post may be a while because rewatching is hard to do right now. :-(

*wraps us all in fuzzy blanket*

[alissabobissa]

I remember dionusia preaching that when Kara came back she'd have to find some peace, that all that she went through would change her and give her what she'd always been missing and then she could be whole, be the person without all that weight on her. I was definitely like you: I just wanted her back any way, no matter what she was. I was all prepared for her to be a head!Kara for Lee even! But I guess we got her and we did pay the price.

No goodbye for Kara/Lee is the thing I am most disappointed in for the finale. If she had simply touched Lee's face and smiled that sad Kara smile of hers, I would have been fine. Well, that and maybe a last shot of her looking at peace like you said. I think the closest we were going to get to peace and acceptance was when she put her picture back up on the memorial wall in 'Islanded.' Sad, but I think that was supposed to be her peace moment.

I'm currently in the middle of a 10-page (MS Word) ep review post.
*blinks* I'm tired just reading that. :)

[latteaddict]

The lack of satisfaction for Kara, the isolation for Lee and the flashback that cheapened Kara/Lee is still overshadowing my ability to soak up the rest of the finale. The show will always mean a lot to me too. And I'm right there with you in mourning Kara again from Maelstrom. I feel she deserved so much better.

[alissabobissa]

Kara did deserve better, and that flashback all but didn't happen in my mind. I'm not sure I'll ever be okay with that or believe it would have happened. Maybe one day I'll actually be able to watch the finale again, but for now I'm just going to push it far, far away.

[lint138]

I was happy my Maggie got to be a hero. Dead, but a hero. Yes. :sigh: We were on the same couch so I shan't reiterate my feelings about the rest of it. Word.