Something disturbing I noticed...
Jun. 2nd, 2006 10:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beccatoriaAs pretty much everyone in the galaxy knows by now, I have a crush on President Roslin that borders on the inappropriate. Oh hell, let's just admit it, were she not fictional and were I slightly gayer, I would be on her like a hobo on a ham sandwich. She rules.
Point is, today I noticed a series of alarming similarities between President Roslin and my longest-standing roleplay character, Skai.
And it CAN'T be that I copied President Roslin on account of her coolness because Skai PREDATES the President Roslin fixation, and a lot of the following mirror-image plot points were inspired and/or totally made up by Kevie, who doesn't watch the show.
Let me demonstrate:
1. They both accidentally ended up in powerful governmental positions due to an apocalyptic event that killed of most of their civilisation.
2. They both ended up as slightly dodgy sort-of-Prophets, complete with moral questioning as to the validity of their accidental status as a religious figurehead (i.e. is it right to announce that I am one?)
3. They both hang out on flying boats.
4. They both steal babies. From their enemies. And then keep their true parentage DEADLY secret.
5. They both have AWESOME hair (well, President Roslin's hair is pretty dire in the mini series, but it gets pretty awesome pretty quickly) and POWER DRESS.
6. They both disobeyed prominent members of their society's military by stealing ancient religious artefacts. They both did this to further their chances of avoiding and escaping the BIG BAD of the series.
7. They both became literally more like their enemies (hybridised themselves) in exchange for survival (President Roslin and that tricksy cylon-baby-blood-transfusion, Skai and the whole being part-devil thing).
8. Both appear to be kind, caring people, but will occasionally disregard the Geneva Convention (or equivalent) with shocking nonchalence.
And there's that.
It's just...weird, is all. And I'm kind of scared about what it says about me...
Anyway, having subjected all *checks* three of my readers to this, I'll be off. To freak out. And contemplate how much more awesome the Matrix would have been if a) they had all spoken like Ace off Doctor Who and b) they had been armed with the power of LOVE and not guns.
Point is, today I noticed a series of alarming similarities between President Roslin and my longest-standing roleplay character, Skai.
And it CAN'T be that I copied President Roslin on account of her coolness because Skai PREDATES the President Roslin fixation, and a lot of the following mirror-image plot points were inspired and/or totally made up by Kevie, who doesn't watch the show.
Let me demonstrate:
1. They both accidentally ended up in powerful governmental positions due to an apocalyptic event that killed of most of their civilisation.
2. They both ended up as slightly dodgy sort-of-Prophets, complete with moral questioning as to the validity of their accidental status as a religious figurehead (i.e. is it right to announce that I am one?)
3. They both hang out on flying boats.
4. They both steal babies. From their enemies. And then keep their true parentage DEADLY secret.
5. They both have AWESOME hair (well, President Roslin's hair is pretty dire in the mini series, but it gets pretty awesome pretty quickly) and POWER DRESS.
6. They both disobeyed prominent members of their society's military by stealing ancient religious artefacts. They both did this to further their chances of avoiding and escaping the BIG BAD of the series.
7. They both became literally more like their enemies (hybridised themselves) in exchange for survival (President Roslin and that tricksy cylon-baby-blood-transfusion, Skai and the whole being part-devil thing).
8. Both appear to be kind, caring people, but will occasionally disregard the Geneva Convention (or equivalent) with shocking nonchalence.
And there's that.
It's just...weird, is all. And I'm kind of scared about what it says about me...
Anyway, having subjected all *checks* three of my readers to this, I'll be off. To freak out. And contemplate how much more awesome the Matrix would have been if a) they had all spoken like Ace off Doctor Who and b) they had been armed with the power of LOVE and not guns.
