Of course, I spent much of all three episodes pointing at Rosama (yes, I did it, I have Couple!named them. Special place in hell for me!) and yelling "Hypocrites!"
This is a very interesting issue for me. I'm now more than happy to point at Adama at least and yell hypocrite. I've always been reticent to label Roslin like that simply because she's so aware of herself and so willing to accept consequences. I've always thought true hypocrisy involved a belief that what you were doing was different from that other guy's identical action. Maybe Roslin just acknowledges and owns her hypocrisy better.
Point is, though, these three episodes are really the first where Rosama (oh god, special place in hell, here I come too...) are united as a single front. Before that Roslin was mostly hacking off Adama by splitting the fleet, stealing his favourite child for crazy missions and his non-favourite one through acts of mutiny, and declaring herself to be a prophet. He was totally mad with her until he decided to "bring the family back together" (yeah, that family he later decides is a bad idea) and is all like, "I totally forgive you Laura," and she's like, "I totally didn't ask for your forgiveness Bill." The point is, prior to this, Roslin had FAR more chemistry and flirtation going on with Lee. Yes. Lee.
That and Roslin's absolute commitment to protecting the civilians and the species at all costs saved her from the hypocrisy in my books a little. That and the fact it was the first time I'd seen her and Adama acting like that. If it were my first encounter with them, I'd probably see them differently. Or if my BSG experience were post this-arc and "Rosama" was, to me, the established norm, not the variable.
Kara that I could really like. Strong, mature, confident and determined. She would have done well under Cain's command.
I agree.
but because of Cain's own words. It would have been dishonourable to Cain not to follow through.
I loved that speech and even thought, at the time, she had an inkling of what was going to happen to her. But while I thought Cain might have, deep in her mind, understood the necessity of her own death and was secretly, on some level, okaying Kara to kill her, I never quite put it together as dishonouring her if she failed to follow through. Awesome.
Re: Kara and her many parents.
This is a very interesting issue for me. I'm now more than happy to point at Adama at least and yell hypocrite. I've always been reticent to label Roslin like that simply because she's so aware of herself and so willing to accept consequences. I've always thought true hypocrisy involved a belief that what you were doing was different from that other guy's identical action. Maybe Roslin just acknowledges and owns her hypocrisy better.
Point is, though, these three episodes are really the first where Rosama (oh god, special place in hell, here I come too...) are united as a single front. Before that Roslin was mostly hacking off Adama by splitting the fleet, stealing his favourite child for crazy missions and his non-favourite one through acts of mutiny, and declaring herself to be a prophet. He was totally mad with her until he decided to "bring the family back together" (yeah, that family he later decides is a bad idea) and is all like, "I totally forgive you Laura," and she's like, "I totally didn't ask for your forgiveness Bill." The point is, prior to this, Roslin had FAR more chemistry and flirtation going on with Lee. Yes. Lee.
That and Roslin's absolute commitment to protecting the civilians and the species at all costs saved her from the hypocrisy in my books a little. That and the fact it was the first time I'd seen her and Adama acting like that. If it were my first encounter with them, I'd probably see them differently. Or if my BSG experience were post this-arc and "Rosama" was, to me, the established norm, not the variable.
Kara that I could really like. Strong, mature, confident and determined. She would have done well under Cain's command.
I agree.
but because of Cain's own words. It would have been dishonourable to Cain not to follow through.
I loved that speech and even thought, at the time, she had an inkling of what was going to happen to her. But while I thought Cain might have, deep in her mind, understood the necessity of her own death and was secretly, on some level, okaying Kara to kill her, I never quite put it together as dishonouring her if she failed to follow through. Awesome.