I guess I'll wait until I see how it plays in 4.5. The webisodes weren't written until the telemovie was being played, so I think that the episodes were at least written without the webisodes in mind.
If it plays like Jammer and Duck at the start of S3 I'll be okay with it. It was a plot point that benefitted from the webisodes but didn't need them. We'll have to see how well-grounded Gaeta's decision is within the context of the episodes themselves.
If, of course, Gaeta gives different or vaguer reasons for his decision in the series, and this was just retconned in later, it might also work kind of poorly.
Like, I'd be cool with it because my other fandom is Star Wars where we live for retcons. Like, the biggest speculation for each book release tends to concern whether they'll introduce new retcons for stuff that needs better justification. But I don't imagine it'll fly so well in BSG fandom. So...we'll see.
/cranky old woman.
I would LOVE IT if webisode 9 addressed more of the issues about the Eight line. I especially like your idea that maybe the "flaws" in the line aren't just Six talking smack. It seems a shame not to explore that since this is the first Eight to show any individuality not stemming from Boomer, and that's not something we've seen in any other model except Six. We can't even be sure D'anna counts since we didn't see any of the rest of her for comparison.
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If it plays like Jammer and Duck at the start of S3 I'll be okay with it. It was a plot point that benefitted from the webisodes but didn't need them. We'll have to see how well-grounded Gaeta's decision is within the context of the episodes themselves.
If, of course, Gaeta gives different or vaguer reasons for his decision in the series, and this was just retconned in later, it might also work kind of poorly.
Like, I'd be cool with it because my other fandom is Star Wars where we live for retcons. Like, the biggest speculation for each book release tends to concern whether they'll introduce new retcons for stuff that needs better justification. But I don't imagine it'll fly so well in BSG fandom. So...we'll see.
/cranky old woman.
I would LOVE IT if webisode 9 addressed more of the issues about the Eight line. I especially like your idea that maybe the "flaws" in the line aren't just Six talking smack. It seems a shame not to explore that since this is the first Eight to show any individuality not stemming from Boomer, and that's not something we've seen in any other model except Six. We can't even be sure D'anna counts since we didn't see any of the rest of her for comparison.