LJ ate my first reply so sorry if I'm a bit incoherent.
It's almost as if she can't ignore or just tolerate them - she always has to react somehow. Yes, definitely. I think she senses when someone has an alpha personality like hers and she really makes sure they earn her respect, not just automatically receive it. We don't know much about her early relationship with Adama but I can imagine it being volatile but with both of them recognising they're too of a kind and liking each other underneath.
It's the perfect comment to nettle Kara with, of course - because not only is it an insinuation about her and Lee, it's also a subtle swipe against her authority as CAG. I can't think of anything better for tagging Kara so succinctly. I agree. It's possibly my favourite line in the episode. And I really liked seeing someone who could match Kara without playing the same game as her. I never got much out of Kat and Kara's alpha-ing at one another or Cain's domination games, but it's nice to see Kara run up against a woman who is more restrained but who holds her own really powerfully.
Seconded. I wonder what hte odds are on someone writing a nice bit of fic about how she'd just come from Lee's quarters? Looks like it would have to come from the Lee contingent if at all. ;) But I'd be very there for pretty!Kara in Lee's quarters...
I like the idea that on some levels, this was a deliberate parallel to the problems Lee and Kara were having/going to have. I do think it works really well as a parallel. Parallels abounded in Razor and that always sends me into meta overdrive.
Was Kendra shot because she took the shot at the captured marine, or was she shot because Kara distracted her by objecting at a critical second? I had the feeling it was making a point too--you're not alone there. But I've watched it a couple of times and it's still unclear to me which way we're meant to read it. i think she got shot because she TOOK the shot, but that makes less sense on a meta level. It just wasn't QUITE clear enough, I think.
carrying the weight of Kendra's final actions/message Yes, and I've been doing a lot of thinking about Kara and the way she carries the memory and/or legacy of various strong women--Kat, Kendra, Cain. It's a repeated theme--they really 'speak' to her in some way but each of those relationships is characterised by conflict, yet she also mourns for them.
at the same time, I think a lot of people will be surprised to discover that yes, Cain really was that bad. I was surprised at first and wasn't sure I liked that, but now I've decided I'm fine with it because it was showing us that war doesn't make everyone into heroes--it makes some people monsters.
On a cynical note... I do have to wonder if the femslashers will still be writing Kara/Cain fic after Razor... Heh. I think there was a mountain of femslash material in Razor to keep them occupied elsewhere--with Kara/Kendra especially. But yeah, I suspect that ship will be less popular now. Cain revolted me--I don't want to see her with anyone.
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Date: 2007-11-05 03:17 am (UTC)It's almost as if she can't ignore or just tolerate them - she always has to react somehow.
Yes, definitely. I think she senses when someone has an alpha personality like hers and she really makes sure they earn her respect, not just automatically receive it. We don't know much about her early relationship with Adama but I can imagine it being volatile but with both of them recognising they're too of a kind and liking each other underneath.
It's the perfect comment to nettle Kara with, of course - because not only is it an insinuation about her and Lee, it's also a subtle swipe against her authority as CAG. I can't think of anything better for tagging Kara so succinctly.
I agree. It's possibly my favourite line in the episode. And I really liked seeing someone who could match Kara without playing the same game as her. I never got much out of Kat and Kara's alpha-ing at one another or Cain's domination games, but it's nice to see Kara run up against a woman who is more restrained but who holds her own really powerfully.
Seconded. I wonder what hte odds are on someone writing a nice bit of fic about how she'd just come from Lee's quarters?
Looks like it would have to come from the Lee contingent if at all. ;) But I'd be very there for pretty!Kara in Lee's quarters...
I like the idea that on some levels, this was a deliberate parallel to the problems Lee and Kara were having/going to have.
I do think it works really well as a parallel. Parallels abounded in Razor and that always sends me into meta overdrive.
Was Kendra shot because she took the shot at the captured marine, or was she shot because Kara distracted her by objecting at a critical second?
I had the feeling it was making a point too--you're not alone there. But I've watched it a couple of times and it's still unclear to me which way we're meant to read it. i think she got shot because she TOOK the shot, but that makes less sense on a meta level. It just wasn't QUITE clear enough, I think.
carrying the weight of Kendra's final actions/message
Yes, and I've been doing a lot of thinking about Kara and the way she carries the memory and/or legacy of various strong women--Kat, Kendra, Cain. It's a repeated theme--they really 'speak' to her in some way but each of those relationships is characterised by conflict, yet she also mourns for them.
at the same time, I think a lot of people will be surprised to discover that yes, Cain really was that bad.
I was surprised at first and wasn't sure I liked that, but now I've decided I'm fine with it because it was showing us that war doesn't make everyone into heroes--it makes some people monsters.
On a cynical note... I do have to wonder if the femslashers will still be writing Kara/Cain fic after Razor...
Heh. I think there was a mountain of femslash material in Razor to keep them occupied elsewhere--with Kara/Kendra especially. But yeah, I suspect that ship will be less popular now. Cain revolted me--I don't want to see her with anyone.