Heh! It's so funny about the actor, because I was amazed at how much I liked him (having been a sometime watcher of "Beverly Hills 90210" back in the day!)
I don't think Derek is JUST angry - I think he's also guilty, that he blames himself for losing Kyle (both when he was a boy and then later, when he was an adult) and that he is driven by anger and guilt.
FWIW, I don't think he views Sarah as a light-weight at all (although I do think he resents the hold that she had on Kyle through her picture!) To me, it comes across as his being very much her subordinate (he'll argue with her about doing x or y, but when push comes to shove, he does what she tells him to do and he does well because he's a soldier and she's his general in a way.) i think he's also deeply damaged, which is another reason why I like him so well (because I'm nothing if not predictable about that kind of thing!)
I do think Sarah needs Derek and Cameron to do what she cannot (I remember that she joked about Cameron deciding that Andy Goode had to die but ultimately it wasn't a joke - Cameron would have killed him if his computer had won the chess match.)
Heh! Obviously, I'm not going to be able to argue you into liking Derek if you just don't ,,, just trying to explain my own liking for him. (And maybe you might like him better in this wonderful fic (http://kalesbohan.livejournal.com/55331.html) that kalesbohan wrote, which is a crossover between BSG and SCC! :D)
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I don't think Derek is JUST angry - I think he's also guilty, that he blames himself for losing Kyle (both when he was a boy and then later, when he was an adult) and that he is driven by anger and guilt.
FWIW, I don't think he views Sarah as a light-weight at all (although I do think he resents the hold that she had on Kyle through her picture!) To me, it comes across as his being very much her subordinate (he'll argue with her about doing x or y, but when push comes to shove, he does what she tells him to do and he does well because he's a soldier and she's his general in a way.) i think he's also deeply damaged, which is another reason why I like him so well (because I'm nothing if not predictable about that kind of thing!)
I do think Sarah needs Derek and Cameron to do what she cannot (I remember that she joked about Cameron deciding that Andy Goode had to die but ultimately it wasn't a joke - Cameron would have killed him if his computer had won the chess match.)
Heh! Obviously, I'm not going to be able to argue you into liking Derek if you just don't ,,, just trying to explain my own liking for him. (And maybe you might like him better in this wonderful fic (http://kalesbohan.livejournal.com/55331.html) that