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rivendellroseFear us, we are into Season 3.
Occupation and Precipice
Starbuck is being set up in the world's absolute worst case of Stockholm syndrome. Oh. My. God. I do not approve of this. I mean, okay, yes, I was a little grimly pleased by the fact that I'd totally called that the Cylons stole her ovary. But... really? Let me lay this out. Super-creepy stalker guy who thinks he has the power of prophecy and is some kind of religious zealot kidnaps young woman, keeps her in his house, feeding her and telling her he loves her and trying to convince her that she'll love him. Leave off the fact that she keeps actually killing him and he keeps right on coming back ("Honey, I'm home" --> so fucking creepy!), and you have pretty much every kidnap/brainwashing case EVER. This is not okay. I am so totally not okay with this. And then he brings in her child with him and expects this to make everything better? Um, no? How about no. I mean, don't get me wrong, cute kid, and it's sure as hell not her fault, but I nearly threw up when Starbuck took Leoben's hand at the end of "Precipice." DO NOT BE FALLING FOR THIS SHIT, STARBUCK. DO NOT.
And yes, you may all point and laugh at the difference between my reactions to Sharon and Helo versus Leoben and Starbuck, but THIS IS DIFFERENT. I recognize that they were both set-ups, but dude, Sharon more than proved that she was really helping Helo and not, you know, keeping him locked in a house in a seriously terrifying creepy way. Also, not getting a baby by stealing parts of his body. If she'd whacked off his testicle and impregnated herself with it, I assure you that I would not be waving the shipper-flag about their relationship.
Tigh is G'Kar... except he still hasn't learned anything. It's more like if G'Kar had got out of the Centauri prison and then said "All right - now we can finally blow the Centauri out of the sky properly this time!" I know people like him. I'm searching for the reason, I really am. I still think he's an annoying jackass who makes the wrong decisions every single time he's presented with the chance. I am pretty much solidly on Madame Airlock's side re: the suicide bombings. The bombing at the "police" graduation was perhaps a necessary evil, but bombing the marketplace? Way to come up with a plan that'll kill more civilians than Cylons, guys! What the hell!
Apollo... I have to say, in some light, I am very impressed by the makeup job they did on him here. Particularly when they show him without his shirt (very well-done, there, and it must've been a real pain in the butt application for both the artist and the actor). But in certain light/angles (particularly every time he's in Daddy!Adama's quarters talking to him), it just looks... well, like an Oompa-Loompa with chipmunk cheeks. Which, heck, maybe that's what the actor would look like if he gained the weight for real, you never know, but I found it very distracting at a few moments.
My intensely weird ability to recognize men by their profile alone strikes again - I thought the mystery man was Gaeta, and then as soon as we saw him in profile later in the episode I was like "AHA!" Bless. ♥
Caprica is still awesome. I love her little "he's with me" speech about Gaius, as much good as it did her, and I also loved the moment when Cavil (Cavil, right?) was all "we'll kill Gaius" and Gaius all of a sudden pays attention and is like "wait, WHAT?" Way to go, Gaius. Glad to see you're paying attention. He does make up slightly for this later on when he's crying and refusing to sign the execution order, but... yeesh.
Incidentally, Caprica's whole "if you'd ever been in love, you'd understand" response to (someone) asking her why she would do all of this for Gaius, I couldn't help responding out loud "Well, I don't know - it is Gaius. I'm not sure I get it, either..." I mean, really. Love's love, but this is also the most pathetic, self-serving creature in the entire universe. Caprica may be a mass-murderer, but I'm still given to thinking that she might deserve better than him.
Boomer... should probably have figured out on her own that going to talk to Callie in detention wasn't the smartest thing she could have done. Callie doesn't like you, sweetie. It's better to stay away. Especially if you're not going to actually do anything.
Daddy!Adama has finally forgiven Sharon! ♥ Yay! And she's got her cell all set up with a couch and a tea set and everything. That's unspeakably cute. I love her new, zen-ish attitude and hope it doesn't fade away too quickly. I'm sure it will once she finds out that her baby has been alive this whole time and they just stole her from her, because, um, yeah. That's going to be a big thing, I'm thinking. But until then, I would like a little time for happy for Sharon and Helo, please. And apparently they're married (I assume Adama officiated, which is a cute mental image), which does rather make me wonder "who isn't?" at this point. Daddy!Adama, apparently. And that's it. Huh.
Daddy!Adama gave Sharon back her uniform and rank and everything and is sending her on the mission! I cheered. ♥ So happy for her.
And oh, look - Ellen is going to ruin everything. Thank you, Ellen, for always providing me with a convenient person to blame who I already don't care about disliking. Same goes for stupid whatshisname the deck-hand who is now one of the Cylon police, because I've always hated that little bastard.
Occupation and Precipice
Starbuck is being set up in the world's absolute worst case of Stockholm syndrome. Oh. My. God. I do not approve of this. I mean, okay, yes, I was a little grimly pleased by the fact that I'd totally called that the Cylons stole her ovary. But... really? Let me lay this out. Super-creepy stalker guy who thinks he has the power of prophecy and is some kind of religious zealot kidnaps young woman, keeps her in his house, feeding her and telling her he loves her and trying to convince her that she'll love him. Leave off the fact that she keeps actually killing him and he keeps right on coming back ("Honey, I'm home" --> so fucking creepy!), and you have pretty much every kidnap/brainwashing case EVER. This is not okay. I am so totally not okay with this. And then he brings in her child with him and expects this to make everything better? Um, no? How about no. I mean, don't get me wrong, cute kid, and it's sure as hell not her fault, but I nearly threw up when Starbuck took Leoben's hand at the end of "Precipice." DO NOT BE FALLING FOR THIS SHIT, STARBUCK. DO NOT.
And yes, you may all point and laugh at the difference between my reactions to Sharon and Helo versus Leoben and Starbuck, but THIS IS DIFFERENT. I recognize that they were both set-ups, but dude, Sharon more than proved that she was really helping Helo and not, you know, keeping him locked in a house in a seriously terrifying creepy way. Also, not getting a baby by stealing parts of his body. If she'd whacked off his testicle and impregnated herself with it, I assure you that I would not be waving the shipper-flag about their relationship.
Tigh is G'Kar... except he still hasn't learned anything. It's more like if G'Kar had got out of the Centauri prison and then said "All right - now we can finally blow the Centauri out of the sky properly this time!" I know people like him. I'm searching for the reason, I really am. I still think he's an annoying jackass who makes the wrong decisions every single time he's presented with the chance. I am pretty much solidly on Madame Airlock's side re: the suicide bombings. The bombing at the "police" graduation was perhaps a necessary evil, but bombing the marketplace? Way to come up with a plan that'll kill more civilians than Cylons, guys! What the hell!
Apollo... I have to say, in some light, I am very impressed by the makeup job they did on him here. Particularly when they show him without his shirt (very well-done, there, and it must've been a real pain in the butt application for both the artist and the actor). But in certain light/angles (particularly every time he's in Daddy!Adama's quarters talking to him), it just looks... well, like an Oompa-Loompa with chipmunk cheeks. Which, heck, maybe that's what the actor would look like if he gained the weight for real, you never know, but I found it very distracting at a few moments.
My intensely weird ability to recognize men by their profile alone strikes again - I thought the mystery man was Gaeta, and then as soon as we saw him in profile later in the episode I was like "AHA!" Bless. ♥
Caprica is still awesome. I love her little "he's with me" speech about Gaius, as much good as it did her, and I also loved the moment when Cavil (Cavil, right?) was all "we'll kill Gaius" and Gaius all of a sudden pays attention and is like "wait, WHAT?" Way to go, Gaius. Glad to see you're paying attention. He does make up slightly for this later on when he's crying and refusing to sign the execution order, but... yeesh.
Incidentally, Caprica's whole "if you'd ever been in love, you'd understand" response to (someone) asking her why she would do all of this for Gaius, I couldn't help responding out loud "Well, I don't know - it is Gaius. I'm not sure I get it, either..." I mean, really. Love's love, but this is also the most pathetic, self-serving creature in the entire universe. Caprica may be a mass-murderer, but I'm still given to thinking that she might deserve better than him.
Boomer... should probably have figured out on her own that going to talk to Callie in detention wasn't the smartest thing she could have done. Callie doesn't like you, sweetie. It's better to stay away. Especially if you're not going to actually do anything.
Daddy!Adama has finally forgiven Sharon! ♥ Yay! And she's got her cell all set up with a couch and a tea set and everything. That's unspeakably cute. I love her new, zen-ish attitude and hope it doesn't fade away too quickly. I'm sure it will once she finds out that her baby has been alive this whole time and they just stole her from her, because, um, yeah. That's going to be a big thing, I'm thinking. But until then, I would like a little time for happy for Sharon and Helo, please. And apparently they're married (I assume Adama officiated, which is a cute mental image), which does rather make me wonder "who isn't?" at this point. Daddy!Adama, apparently. And that's it. Huh.
Daddy!Adama gave Sharon back her uniform and rank and everything and is sending her on the mission! I cheered. ♥ So happy for her.
And oh, look - Ellen is going to ruin everything. Thank you, Ellen, for always providing me with a convenient person to blame who I already don't care about disliking. Same goes for stupid whatshisname the deck-hand who is now one of the Cylon police, because I've always hated that little bastard.
