Daily Pilots Post: The Favorite Meme

[cosetteferaud]

Hello fellow shippers! My name is Cosette and I will be your DPP host for this week. My fabulous predecessors have done a wonderful job over these past weeks, and I hope to keep the fun going! :D

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

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[eternal_nomad1]

Oh dear, this is hard

[cosetteferaud]

Hehe... I know it's hard (impossible task, maybe? ;P)

Most of my favorite Kara scenes are in S1-2, before they turned her into a victim.

Mmmh. I get what you mean about Kara's "victimization" in S3, but I honestly never saw her as a victim, mainly because she never acted as a one or an object of pity, even though it's undeniable that the character darkened a lot.

And I adore Intra, it's a K/L classic (one of the first fics I read when I discovered fandom and definitely one of my top 10). So sensual and evocative. And "The Ledge" is fantastic, too.

[eternal_nomad1]

Maybe victim isn't the right word. But I hated the choices they had her make (even though in terms of the narrative I understood it) and the fact that she finally surrendered to destiny (both in Maelstrom and in Daybreak).

[ninjamonkey73]

One is the loneliest number...

*Your favorite K/L scene. And why?
I don't know why, but the first scene that comes to mind is in the shooting range, when the oxygen starts getting "rerouted". They're goofy and relaxed. There's the tension of how they might escape (I'm willing to look past the SCIENCE! issue of how do you fire a combustable weapon in minimal oxygen and have the bullet fly with enough force to break the safety glass. I will consider the explosive round to be self-contained for space vacuum reasons). There's no baggage and angst in that one moment. *sigh*

*Your favorite Kara/Starbuck moment. And why?
I'm gonna' split hairs here and do one for Kara and one for Starbuck. For Kara, when she's trying to reassure Lee after Resurrection Ship 2 when he wanted to die. For Starbuck, the scene when she ends up slamming Lee's viper to push him back to Galactica in the mini- sums her callsign persona up for me somehow.

*Your favorite Lee/Apollo moment. And why?Without question, Lee's speech during Baltar's trial. I don'

[scifishipper]

I also love Periapsis - it is my fave, too, and your chosen vid is one of my Top Five. I love it!

Thanks for friending me, BTW. *hugs*

[cosetteferaud]

I will consider the explosive round to be self-contained for space vacuum reasons)

That was just what I thought ;P

For Kara, when she's trying to reassure Lee after Resurrection Ship 2 when he wanted to die.

Aw, that moment always breaks my heart, because she is trying to comfort Lee and just ends up saying the wrong words.

"Periapsis" is soooo good. Have you read "Those Journeymen Divine"?, because it deals with the same concept.

[ecstaticdance]

I might be back with more later, but off the top of my head:

Favorite K/L Song
I Love You, by Sarah Mclachlin
I have a smile
Stretched from ear to ear
To see you walking down the road

We meet at the lights
I stare for a while
The world around disappears

Just you and me
On this island of hope
A breath between us could be miles

Let me surround you
My sea to your shore
Let me be the calm you seek

It gets hurty afterward, talking about how they always forget to say "I love you" and end up walking away from each other, but... **sniff** Pilots! **hugs them tight** (Yes, I've posted this song before, and I'll do it again! I loves it.)

Favorite K/L scene and why

The water fight on Cloud Nine. It's quintessential Pilots for me. Everything isn't happy and shiny, but they can put aside the burdens for just a little while and help each other find a simple and real joy that I don't think they ever really had with anyone else, at least not after Zak died.

[cosetteferaud]

I am listening to "I Love You" right now. So achingly good. :)

find a simple and real joy that I don't think they ever really had with anyone else

So true. As much as I love Kara and Lee beautiful angst, their happy moments where a joy to watch.

[stripes13]

Your favorite K/L scene. And why?

Probably the finger painting from Act of Contrition. It's a view of playful pilots that we rarely see following s1.

Your favorite Kara/Starbuck moment. And why?

Today it's the final scene between Kara and Leoben in the Exodus arc.

Ask me again tomorrow (or later today) and it'll be totally different

Your favorite Lee/Apollo moment. And why?

The speech during the Baltar trial in Crossroads. It's that one moment where he finally lets go of everything without worrying about what he's going to lose...because he's already lost it all.

Your favorite pic of them? (evidence would be muchly appreciated!)

[cosetteferaud]

I am so torn when it comes to choose a favorite Kara moment... But the Kara and Leoben interaction in the New Caprica arc is powerful to say the least. Feisty, broken Kara. And I think I agree with you about Lee's fave moment, his speech in Crossroads is just incredible.

Love "Icarus" too! (well, all wisteria_'s stuff, really). Now I feel like re-reading this one, I read it a long time ago!

And I have to check out "Unfinish Business", I am not sure if I've ever heard it! :)

[stripes13]

I think it's impossible to pick a true FAVORITE Kara moment for me because she changes so much every episode. But that scene...where she gives in to what Leoben wants so that she can get Kacey out of there is so incredibly damaging to Kara and just about everyone else around her that I've always loved it.

And yes, everything wisteria_ writes is wonderful! I actually think Icarus was one of the first of her fics that I read.

I first heard the song in a fanmix that was posted at beyond_insane, and it's been my favorite of favorite pilot songs since that first time.

[damao2010]

*Your favorite K/L scene. And why

[cosetteferaud]

The whole speech about trust and the hug afterwards…I love it!

Me too! That hug is so wonderful! (And I love that is all about their friendship).

So difficult … In the mini, after she hears about Lee’s death… when she goes to her locker and prays for his soul.

That scenes gets me every time. It made me realize the depth of her feelings (not necessarily romantic) for Lee (and the folded picture... Gah!).

when Lee stood up to both his father and the president while justifying his deal with the prisoners on the Astral Queen

I think my favorite Lee ep is "Bastille Day". And that moment is quintessential Lee, it defines him --and the man he will become-- in every way (in fact, I see his speech in "Crossroads" an extension of this moment).

Love "Killing With Softness", it's one of my faves long fics. It's a BSG novel in itself (and a very good one, btw).

Does anyone know if the author is still around and planing to finish it? It hasn't been updated since January :( I have no idea, but I really hope she will finish the story. I am

[stripes13]

Love "Killing With Kindness", it's one of my faves long fics. It's a BSG novel in itself (and a very good one, btw).

I love Killing With Kindness, too! I have it printed out for any really long trips that I take...Avenging Athenia is another good long one.

I have no idea, but I really hope she will finish the story. I am hooked! :)

That story is so much fun! I think it's going to be finished....I know Bee's beta-ing, so she might know better than we do.

[cosetteferaud]

I have never heard of "Avenging Athenia"... Link? :D