Comments | ancarett: Double Standards and BSG Characters

ancarett

Double Standards and BSG Characters

Feb 11, 2006 12:43

Spoilery for BSG Episode 2.16 "Sacrifice" ( It's a human sign when things go wrong )

Comments 9

morwen_peredhil February 11 2006, 19:15:59 UTC

I hate all that "Dee is an evil whore" crap. She didn't necessarily behave all that well, but Holy Overreaction, Batman!

Dee is not one of my favorite characters, but even my favorites need to be vigorously smacked sometimes, which I think is one of the best things about the show. I have forgiven Kara, Lee, Adama, and Roslin for worse things than Dee has ever even thought of doing, FFS!

In closing, as a (relatively) sane Kara/Lee shipper, I would just like to ask the crazies to turn it down a few notches, kthx!

lyssie February 11 2006, 21:27:00 UTC

Rar. *kicks connection*

Word, man. Frelling word.

*loves*

careless_gemma February 11 2006, 21:47:23 UTC

I came to your LJ hoping to snag a few more of your L/D icons, but I saw this post and thought I'd comment (hope it's okay).

Really. I mean, it gets my feminist heart all rage-filled when I read people terming Dee as a slut, whore or ho.
Just...perfectly worded. It's been so uncomfortable in the BSG fandom ever since the episode aired; it seems like the Dee hate is everywhere you look! And for what, honestly? Because she's not Starbuck and she's clearly trying to have a relationship with Lee? Now, I love Lee and Kara as much as anyone, but you're right: they're not getting together anytime soon. And I wish a lot of the really rabid shippers would realize there's more to BSG than Kara and Lee.

And then poor Dee! I don't know what people really want from her -- it's a TV show where characters are supposed to be flawed creations. Dualla shouldn't have to spend the rest of her life with someone she doesn't love just because Billy happens to be a nice guy. ;)

brightest_blue February 11 2006, 23:21:26 UTC

*nods in agreement with pretty much everything you said*

I'm glad I seem to be missing the Dee-trashers because that would seriously get my blood pressure up. I love the idea of Kara/Lee as much as anyone, but part of why I love it is because they're such a mess and have no hope of having a happy, functional relationship in the near future. It's a bitch in real life, but it makes for great TV!

and now I have an excuse to use all of your beautiful D/L icons!

greycoupon February 12 2006, 01:59:04 UTC

Word word! My inbox has about exploded with all this.

I've been mulling this over. This is all Dee's "fault". She is evil, psycho, nuts, clingy and so on than Lee is blameless. It's not his fault. That seems to be key. I feel like many fans prefer Lee to Kara and he must do no wrong. Ultimately, to many fans both Lee and Kara must do NO wrong and they will excuse just about anything. I'm waiting for it to be Dee's fault Lee was shot. I'm a Kara/Lee shipper. I like Dee, think Kandyse is great and this all nuts. Just my two cents.

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greycoupon February 13 2006, 00:35:09 UTC

Heh, I've mostly been reading comments on mailing lists and boards but have ventured more into LJland today. I've found some nice sane reasons why people have issue with Lee/Dee and the wonderful OMGWTF people who just . . .well, really. What can you say?

I think will all only get worse next week. We'll see. I really hope I am wrong.