Hmm. Well, given Lee's depressed state of mind at that time I'm not really sure he would have made a very good politician at that point -- I don't know if he'd have held on to his democratic ideals or gone against Roslin as strongly as he did later in the series when he joined the Quorum. But, then again, he seemed relatively self-confident and successful as Commander of the Pegasus up until the events of Unfinished Business knocked him flat again, so maybe I'm wrong about that
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I have a feeling a lot of the things I admire in Lee in seasons 3 and 4 would have been different if he'd gotten involved, and disillusioned, with politics at this stage. I think he might have turned out a lot closer to the way Laura did, and personally I wouldn't want to see that.
There's likely a lot of truth in this idea. Although I tend to think that Lee would have had a different experience during the occupation of New Caprica than Laura had because of his military background.
Yes, Kara would have been a totally kick-as commander. hee.
Interesting to speculate too on how they would have functioned as a foursome too with the very different dynamic between Kara and Bill vs Lee and Bill.
Kara/Lee/Pegasus.
anonymous
October 22 2012, 20:09:09 UTC
I have to disagree, Kara would have made a horrible Commander for Pegasus. The reason being that being a fighter pilot leaves lotts of room for improvising, where being a day in and day out commander of a battleship takes a wide variety of skill setts. Organization, Leadership, Patience, and Diplomacy. All of these are traits that Kara struggled with (With the exception of when she was C.A.G.) and even then she wasn't that fantastic at it (Showing up drunk for example.) Kara is Chaos in the flesh and that worked as a fighter pilot and it's what made her a better pilot than Lee. But Lee had all the right skills for leadership in and out of the Military. If you look at his charachter throughout the series you see that he repeatedly takes on new roles and masters them. C.A.G., Major, Commander, LAwyer, Politician and finally president briefly. He is a man who learns one thing and then moves onto the next. the only other person i could have seen Commanding Pegasus would have been Helo.
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There's likely a lot of truth in this idea. Although I tend to think that Lee would have had a different experience during the occupation of New Caprica than Laura had because of his military background.
Yes, Kara would have been a totally kick-as commander. hee.
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