Daily Pilots Post: The Favorite Meme
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We have already discussed our favorite moments, scenes, fics, vids… And I don’t know about all of you, but personally, when it comes to K/L related stuff ( Read more... )
We have already discussed our favorite moments, scenes, fics, vids… And I don’t know about all of you, but personally, when it comes to K/L related stuff ( Read more... )
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*Your favorite K/L scene. And why?
The brig scene/extended brig scene of “Six of One”. Why? Because it is the most gorgeously romantic scene between Kara and Lee in the entire series. Period. And I don’t mind that the Kara we got to see in that moment is her non-human version, because right then she was still every bit the Kara I knew and loved. Love the way they are so tentative at first, how Kara goes there because she has to ("I never could say no to anything." "Except Me." "Especially You." Gah!), how they do their handshake thing and say each other’s full names. And the kiss. How Lee kisses ever inch of her face and give her all the reassurance she needs. Love the maturity and honesty of that moment. And their faces kill me. Such pain and longing and comfort... all mingled. And I adore the extended scene because Lee gives Kara the Aurora figurine as the symbol of his faith in her, and he makes her hold onto it until she comes back to him. Like she always did. Sniff.
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I love you, Kara-twin, and agree with your comments on the "Six of One" scene...and I obviously now agree with your vid choice. I still need to read wisteria's fic, and I am sure I will love it since you approve of it, but not tonight, girlie, I must sleep!!
*hugs ya* (thanks for the vid rec!)
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And you should totally read “Reality and Immortality” asap! It’s my personal closure for pilots, exactly what should have been (it’s very bittersweet though, but so beautiful… and the ending is haunting and sublime -yeah, I love it so much!:)).
**hugs you back**
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Will read as soon as I can, bb!
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1. Favorite Kara/Lee scene. Raptor outmaking. I wrote about it here and my feelings about that scene haven't changed one bit. :-D
2. Favorite Kara moment. Favorite?! Wow. This isn't my favorite, favorite moment. I know others will disagree but I love the moment when the painting turns into the basestar and Kara laughs. I felt it was the first time I had seen even a glimpse of the real Kara in . . . months. It made my heart happy. She was in there somewhere and she was happy and right for a moment. It makes me misty now but at the time I really was glad to see my girl, even briefly. I love to hear her laugh.
3. Favorite Lee moment. Back to Eye of Jupiter. When he flips out on Sam. He's all sweaty and angry and he has loved Kara longer than you! How dare you! Gosh, folks I tell you I got shivers. I thought Lee ( ... )
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I love this one for K/L especially because of the subtext of Stevie and Lindsey and their failed romance. That live performance video has just a hint of piloty eye frak, or at the very least stolen glances and attempts to not hold eye contact.
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Same here :). But I already knew that your fave K/L moment what the raptor scene. Definitely one of my faves too.
I am still pondering about my Kara favorite moment (that's why I skipped the question, heh). So though. I really loved the one you mention, I was so happy to see her smiling again.
The pic! hehe. That is definitely one of my all time faves. Oh, the UST!
Can you believe that I don't know if I've read "Never Be Warm Again"? *g* I can't remember which was my first K/L fic (I guess something by daphnaea or leda13, and I was impressed), I read so many in a matter of days! (yup, I was totally obsessed).
"Landslide" is lovely. Part 3 of Circuit always was my fave :)
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Your favorite K/L scene. And why?
UB - I miss you, I miss you too, scene. Maybe I love it so much because the entire episode wrecked me and I was already in tears so when they got to this final exchange I was powerless against it. They'd been apart for seventeen months and had beaten each other bloody and were so full of hurt that the 'miss yous' were more powerful than any exchange of love declarations could ever be. It was one of their rare, pure and honest moments where their souls had been cracked wide open.
Your favorite Kara/Starbuck moment. And why?
When she confesses her part in Zak's death to Papadama. I love Kara's cockiness and swagger but it's that broken and damaged girl underneath that makes me fiercely loyal to her.
Your favorite Lee/Apollo moment. And why?In Revelations when he takes care of his father and then goes and punches Tigh in the face. Why? I guess because Lee so rarely steps up and takes charge for personal reasons, (it's always about some ( ... )
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Heee. That's the challenge! ;P
It was one of their rare, pure and honest moments where their souls had been cracked wide open.
Aw, I love that moment too. It was the perfect ending for a perfect episode (and I love that the exchange is not necessarily romantic).
In Revelations when he takes care of his father and then goes and punches Tigh in the face.
I really like Lee in "Revelations", I love how he takes charge, seeing Adama utterly broken. I guess Adama was always clueless about his son --and I dislike him a little bit for that--, but that moment was a lovely father-son interaction, the proof of how much their relationhip had grown since the mini.
And I possibly find Lee hotter in this fic than in actual canon.
Heee. Alpha!Lee in this fic is super hot --and I like Kara's characterization too, a little bit softer and vulnerable. And yup, the sexual tension --and the actual sex-- is great.
it's definitely NOT WORK SAFE. Yeah, you heard me!
*hahaha*
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I guess, but I still think it was the most romantic thing ever. Considering what broke them apart, to admit needing each other like that was huge (and romantic as hell). I must be in a sappy mood today :)
I guess Adama was always clueless about his son --and I dislike him a little bit for that--
My like for the scene in purely on Lee's behalf. I'm actually repulsed by Eddie's overacting and histrionics and Adama's complete self indulgence. Apart from Kara and Lee's fate (separate and combined) I'm also very bitter about how Adama turned out.
Heee. Alpha!Lee in this fic is super hot
He's alpha but still has his core of chivalry, inner angst and is hopelessly in love with Kara. When he hears about Kara possibly moving on with someone new he comes to make his claim instead of sending her off and wishing her well. Which is, in a nutshell, why I love fanfic Lee more than canon Lee.
and I like Kara's characterization too, a little bit softer and vulnerable. Kara's ( ... )
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I'm also very bitter about how Adama turned out.
ITA. And I hate the way he treated Kara in S3 and later on.
When he hears about Kara possibly moving on with someone new he comes to make his claim instead of sending her off and wishing her well. Which is, in a nutshell, why I love fanfic Lee more than canon Lee.
Yes, I totally get what you mean. I love Lee so much, but what you point out is true, he was never assertive enough to deal with Kara and her moods and her ever-present attempts to push him away -but hey, he was as scared and felt so insecure as Kara.
Kara's sometimes a little too soft for my tastes in the story but as a canon character she has such range and altering moods that I'm more inclined to embrace how different writers ( ... )
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*Your favorite K/L scene. And why?
*writhes with indecision* The briefest of scenes when Kara and Lee are sitting by the fire in Home. They're so comfortable and close there. Two friends, grateful for each other, sitting and talking quietly. I'd love to know what they were chatting about. Is there a fic about this?
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The briefest of scenes when Kara and Lee are sitting by the fire in Home
So interesting that you didn't choose one of their big scenes. But to tell you the truth, I fell in love with K/L because of little moments like this. I think Home!Pilots are my favorite pilots ever, their siblings/buddycops dynamic plus all the childish flirting in those eps is utterly adorable. They seem so hopeful and young. Sigh.
The pic!! I LOVE that one, especially how cocky he looks and the way he invades her personal space (and I love how Kara pats Lee's shoulder afterwards, it's so casual and intimate at the same time).
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I tried not to think about my answer too much - I wanted to go with the scene that my brain jumped to. I've been craving non-angsty pilots lately and I just love them in Home. The way they keep looking at each other when they're under the stars in the Temple of Athena - like two kids in a candy store. There's so much tenderness and affection between them. I just adore it.
(But ask me tomorrow and my answer might be different!) ;)
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Hee, same here. It just impossible to choose only one, right?
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*Your favorite K/L scene. And why?
I'll go with the fight in KLG1. Maybe that makes me a weird shipper, but I loved their angst and dysfunction so much, and it's the first scene where I really knew without a shadow of a doubt that I was a shipper.
*Your favorite Kara/Starbuck moment. And why?
I was thinking about saying the names in Scar, but sci-fi-shipper already said that one, so I'll go with another favorite: the moment, in Colonial Day, when she whacks the guy with her cane in the bar fight. I have a ridiculous amount of love for that scene. Why? Because she whacks him with her cane! What more do you need?
*Your favorite Lee/Apollo moment. And why?
I'm going to say the part where he almost cries on the phone with the president in YCGHA. It makes me all wibbly.
*Your favorite K/L fic?
Supply and Demand by sangga. I've read this story so many times since the first time I encountered it, years ago. I think it's just astonishingly well crafted, and I notice ( ... )
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I'm right there with you. It's in my top five for sure. I love that the equality between them - he just punches her back. No hesitation.
I'm going to check out the fic and the song you've listed. I don't know either. And the Honeythief is wonderful. I think I'll go watch it again.
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I love that the equality between them - he just punches her back. No hesitation.
Mm-hm. It annoys me in fic sometimes, when people have Lee all "oh noes I punched a woman!" That attitude doesn't make sense in this 'verse, and I think Kara would probably punch him if she knew he was thinking it.
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Totally agree. When I read things like Lee is abusive for punching Kara and similar stuff, it pisses me off. As you said, it doesn't make sense in the BSG-verse.
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