Character meme

[bop_radar]

*takes a deep breath*

OK, radioreverie wheedled effectively... and clearly I don't have enough to do (*hysterical laughter*), so I'm doing that meme that's going around.

Name a character (from a show I'm familiar with) and I'll give you three (or more) facts about them from my personal canon/fanon. (Personal amendment: with characters you think I know well, you may also choose an aspect of their lives so I have a focus.)

ETA: You can ask for a character that's already been asked for--I don't mind. It might take me a while to get to them, but I promise I will do so.

Comments

[daybreak777.livejournal.com]

Wonderful about Lee and kara. I like number 2 because it's sweet and shows the softer side of Kara. And number 1 used to be part of my own personal canon on Lee, that he didn't get much action. But he's so pretty, I still don't get it. He did have to pay Shevon for sex though, what's up with that? But in the beginning, when I was new to fandom, I thought Lee didn't get much. Something about the way Lee looks at Kara sometimes. He doesn't just want sex, he wants love.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

number 1 used to be part of my own personal canon on Lee, that he didn't get much action
*nods* Well, we don't know that he had any at all in season 1. And I reckon he would have come late to that stuff simply because his childhood and teenagehood was so angst-ridden and he's so conscientious, family and school would have come first. I think he would have lacked confidence as a young adult and gained it by the time he became a pilot proper. I think after a while he would have worked out that his looks meant he could pull if he wanted to. But, as you say, it's love he wants most, not just sex. He would have worked out that he could get sex if he wanted it, but that would have felt like a pretty hollow victory. Because Lee's mother left him with an aching need for love and affection. Neither of his parents gave him anything close to unconditional love and Lee's emotional development was stunted accordingly. I don't think he separates sex from love, as mushy as that sounds, so sex isn't much good to him if it doesn't come wrapped in acceptance and affection and trust.

He did have to pay Shevon for sex though, what's up with that?
I don't think he had to (agreed--it makes no sense!), I think he chose to. Lee's got huge hang ups when it comes to relationships: he failed Gianne and he doesn't want to hurt anyone/lose anyone like that ever again. He's also got control issues, especially emotionally, and the relationship with Shevon allowed him to keep things controlled, with him in a 'benefactor'/'protector' role. He deliberately chose someone who would let him indulge in showing affection, but choosing a prostitute also worked as emotional masochism--it shows Lee thinks he doesn't deserve any better or doesn't think he could live up to someone else's expectations (he was shown to have jitters around Dee at that time to--'what do you want from me?'). It made him feel good to protect someone disadvantaged--that plays into the part of Lee's psyche that protected his brother from his mother and took on the emotional burdens of three people in that family, not just his own. It's his way of loving, and he was shocked when Shevon rejected it. He'd thought he'd chosen someone who would be grateful for that kind of love/protection.

[daybreak777.livejournal.com]

Ah, poor Lee. *pets Lee*

Everything you say makes sense. Though when I thought about my last comment, I realized, "What does money mean in this world, anyway?" Apparently something on the Prometheus but for a minute, I thought, "Where does that money go? Who even gives it meaning?" I give BSG way too much thought sometimes.

I see that Lee tries to love/protect women in his life and it doesn't always pan out. This also strangely explains part of his feelings for Dee and the little sister vibe I sometimes get/got from them.

Always good to check in with Lee's pscychologist! *g*

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

"Where does that money go? Who even gives it meaning?" I give BSG way too much thought sometimes.
Noo, it's really interesting! I like all that societal stuff. I think they've still got a big enough culture that money is worth something at the moment--to buy luxuries and (apparently) some scarce necessities like medicine (which BM highlights).

This also strangely explains part of his feelings for Dee and the little sister vibe I sometimes get/got from them.
*nods* And Dee wants a father figure so it works for them... sort of... until it doesn't. :-p