But yes, to me, she's still same old frakked up Kara struggling with prophecies and destiny.
Kara had been, up till the moment she "died", an over-grown child to me. She was mostly self-centered (as a child would). I was hoping she would grow up a bit and start thinking how her action/choice would affect other people. But she never did, even after she came back from "death". She's still the same impulsive girl with a one-track mind on doing what she wants to do, consequences be damned. Sure she believed Adama would wait for her well past the agreed rendezvous time--why wouldn't he? She is the center of all things, doesn't everything else revolve around her?
The sad thing is I'm afraid the writers are feeding into it, and making her the center of everything. That's why I don't see character development with her. Because there's no need, she's the intrinsic hero.
The writers "dragged" her character all over the places (including the "netherworld"), having her do all kinds of crazy things, and when asked "why", they explained with one word -- "Destiny"!
Yet, so many choices Kara made are still confounded to me: why did she go for a one night stand with Baltar? Was she too drunk to notice who she went with, or did she choose him on purpose, or maybe she simply acted without thinking, an impulse? I wish we were given an explicit look into her reasonings.
Also, why did Kara run off to propose and marry Sam hours after she and Lee declared love for each other? Because Sam was safe and easy? That didn't make much sense to me: how hard could it be to stay with a man who openly declared his love? Much harder than being shackled with a man she hardly knew?!
So she kicked Lee to the curb, but a little over a year later, she changed her mind yet again and wanted to have an affair with him. Is Lee only good enough to be her *illicit* lover, but not her legitimate one-and-only?! What drove her decisions?
I tend to think she did everything by impulse. Whatever felt good/right to her at the moment, she plunges headlong into it.
I wonder if we'd have a problem with it if it had been the Lee show, though.
The thing with Lee is he's quite introspective. I've always understood where he came from, what made him do what he did. Even when I don't agree with him, I feel for him (the same goes to Roslin and Adama). But most of all, Lee is endearing to me because I see this character learn and grow from his mistakes. As such, he has become my hook into the show. Lee has taken me on this emotional journey, through the near annihilation of an entire race, struggling for everyday survival, and in the process, discover who he really is, and what he is made of... So yeah, I wouldn't have any problem if it had been the Lee show! ;)
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Kara had been, up till the moment she "died", an over-grown child to me. She was mostly self-centered (as a child would). I was hoping she would grow up a bit and start thinking how her action/choice would affect other people. But she never did, even after she came back from "death". She's still the same impulsive girl with a one-track mind on doing what she wants to do, consequences be damned. Sure she believed Adama would wait for her well past the agreed rendezvous time--why wouldn't he? She is the center of all things, doesn't everything else revolve around her?
The sad thing is I'm afraid the writers are feeding into it, and making her the center of everything. That's why I don't see character development with her. Because there's no need, she's the intrinsic hero.
The writers "dragged" her character all over the places (including the "netherworld"), having her do all kinds of crazy things, and when asked "why", they explained with one word -- "Destiny"!
Yet, so many choices Kara made are still confounded to me: why did she go for a one night stand with Baltar? Was she too drunk to notice who she went with, or did she choose him on purpose, or maybe she simply acted without thinking, an impulse? I wish we were given an explicit look into her reasonings.
Also, why did Kara run off to propose and marry Sam hours after she and Lee declared love for each other? Because Sam was safe and easy? That didn't make much sense to me: how hard could it be to stay with a man who openly declared his love? Much harder than being shackled with a man she hardly knew?!
So she kicked Lee to the curb, but a little over a year later, she changed her mind yet again and wanted to have an affair with him. Is Lee only good enough to be her *illicit* lover, but not her legitimate one-and-only?! What drove her decisions?
I tend to think she did everything by impulse. Whatever felt good/right to her at the moment, she plunges headlong into it.
The thing with Lee is he's quite introspective. I've always understood where he came from, what made him do what he did. Even when I don't agree with him, I feel for him (the same goes to Roslin and Adama). But most of all, Lee is endearing to me because I see this character learn and grow from his mistakes. As such, he has become my hook into the show. Lee has taken me on this emotional journey, through the near annihilation of an entire race, struggling for everyday survival, and in the process, discover who he really is, and what he is made of... So yeah, I wouldn't have any problem if it had been the Lee show! ;)