I know I'm years behind the times, but I'm finally watching Battlestar Galactica and completely in love with it. (Only about three quarters through the third season! Don't spoil it for me
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Apart from papers on: Starbuck spoiler spoiler, cyborg feminism/portrayals of maternity and the show, pornographic aspects of the show&the pattern of mortality therein, postfeminism and BSG and postcolonial reading of BSG, I've also co-written (in Polish) with my now-gf, then best friend a novel-length crack/romance fanfiction in which almost all the couples are non-straight. It's mostly Gaius/Gaeta, Caprica Six/Kara Thrace, Roslin/D'Anna and Lee/Sam, with some Helo/Sharon thrown in for contrast. That was so much fun I now have problems distinguishing the canon from my obviously superior fanon ;D But obviously I'm terribly (if mostly critically by now) involved in the show. And Michelle Forbes/Helena Cain is the person with my favourite cheekbones, but Baltar's
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Oh, I love Adama. Which says a lot about what the show has done with him, because I'm incredibly resistant to liking all things military. I really appreciate how they have given him a brand of leadership that takes a necessarily hard line, but isn't entirely devoid of compassion, and I like how they've shown the toll his military career has taken on his life and his ability to relate to others. (On a side note, Helena Cain basically personifies everything I hate about the military, I spent her entire existence waiting for someone to kill her off, and I'm thrilled that they gave that role to a woman, because I love how they reversed the gender-typified leadership styles in her and Adama.) Beyond enjoying the adorably awkward middle-aged flirtations between Adama and Roslin, I also enjoy their working dynamic
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Helo really only annoys me because he is always right and in the right. Unlike almost everyone else, he never does the wrong thing for the right reasons, or even the right thing for the wrong reasons.
And besides the fact of genetically blessed cheekbones, at least Baltar keeps things interesting. The only predictable thing about him is that he's going to survive-but he always does it in a surprising way. And I found his arc on the Cylon ship, especially his wish to be Cylon because it would mean he had done nothing wrong, really awesome. In a way, I've started thinking of him as a sort of embodiment of the show's conception of humanity-desperate to survive, frequently pathetic and unpalatable, easily swayed by appetites, but with genuine moments of intense emotion that are ultimately redeeming. I like that the show questions if humanity deserves to survive, and I think Baltar as a sort of metonym for the human race is part of that. Does he deserve to survive? Not really, but he does anyway.
HOWEVER, according to a friend of mine who went to some of the cast parties and knew some of the minor actors on the show, the actor who plays Helo is the world's biggest jerk, so I feel as though my loathing is completely justified.
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Disclaimer: I hate the racism, misogyny, heterosexism and blue-eyed Lee the Hero, Helo the Good Man, Adama the Tyrant.
I couldn't give a rat's ass about Starbuck, by now :(
That said: ♥ BALTAR! ♥ Roslin! ♥ Caprica! ♥ Gaeta! ♥ Gaius/Gaeta! ♥ Gaius/Caprica! ♥
Apart from papers on: Starbuck spoiler spoiler, cyborg feminism/portrayals of maternity and the show, pornographic aspects of the show&the pattern of mortality therein, postfeminism and BSG and postcolonial reading of BSG, I've also co-written (in Polish) with my now-gf, then best friend a novel-length crack/romance fanfiction in which almost all the couples are non-straight. It's mostly Gaius/Gaeta, Caprica Six/Kara Thrace, Roslin/D'Anna and Lee/Sam, with some Helo/Sharon thrown in for contrast. That was so much fun I now have problems distinguishing the canon from my obviously superior fanon ;D But obviously I'm terribly (if mostly critically by now) involved in the show. And Michelle Forbes/Helena Cain is the person with my favourite cheekbones, but Baltar's ( ... )
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And well, yes, Helo. It is true what you say, though my BSG preaching friend always said she thought he was "the conscience of the show."
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And besides the fact of genetically blessed cheekbones, at least Baltar keeps things interesting. The only predictable thing about him is that he's going to survive-but he always does it in a surprising way. And I found his arc on the Cylon ship, especially his wish to be Cylon because it would mean he had done nothing wrong, really awesome. In a way, I've started thinking of him as a sort of embodiment of the show's conception of humanity-desperate to survive, frequently pathetic and unpalatable, easily swayed by appetites, but with genuine moments of intense emotion that are ultimately redeeming. I like that the show questions if humanity deserves to survive, and I think Baltar as a sort of metonym for the human race is part of that. Does he deserve to survive? Not really, but he does anyway.
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Just sayin'.
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HOWEVER, according to a friend of mine who went to some of the cast parties and knew some of the minor actors on the show, the actor who plays Helo is the world's biggest jerk, so I feel as though my loathing is completely justified.
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Oh, and Starbuck was a tool. That is all.
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