When the Tillium ship jumped away, my first thought is who the hell is going to protect them if they run into Cavil’s fleet? And if the Tillium ship was destroyed, they’re all dead in space. Does not Zarek realize that if he leads everyone to their deaths he’ll have no one to gloat to?
The fact that Zarek had the co-ordinates to the ship's location suggests to me that it was only ever a temporary measure and that they would probably jump back to the Fleet if ambushed. That said, I agree, it was a stupid dangerous game that Zarek was playing.
That said, I actually think that stupid as I find his character, Zarek brought up many good points and while it might be informed by petty anger, the issues raised here are the same issues that were raised when half the Fleet jumped to Kobol; when people chose to die over coffee rather than give Tigh his martial law. In some ways I love that this show doesn't prioritise what is safe over what is fair and democratic, and I do wonder if I wouldn't have felt more righteously angry on behalf of the crew of the ships who didn't want cylon technology but were having it forced on them had it been Lee championing this cause as he did the issues of free speech, rather than Zarek, if only because I would know that Lee's motivations were pure?
Bah; I have no idea.
I also agree that Laura is not down for the count (well, she'd better not be!) and that this will wear off. I imagine that when it does, she'll be suitably angry at herself for what happened and be very proactive and responsible, whereas Adama will make some self-indulgent speech about his own failure calculated to make everyone else feel like they didn't measure up and business will go on as normal.
Also, it's NOT agism, it's EJOism and we condone it on this journal! ;)
And, worse yet, she was allowing Tom Zarek to wrestle control of the fleet away from her and Adama and obtain the power he always wanted.
In some ways I even think that's why she's doing it. She's self-destructing, but she's been destroying her "self" in order to save her people for so long, being "self" destructive isn't really something that's new or horrific enough for the way she's feeling. By now her "self" is essentially her people, so she's letting them burn too.
But passively. The whole thing is very passive. Because she's just...trying to convince herself she gave up.
Re: Part the First
The fact that Zarek had the co-ordinates to the ship's location suggests to me that it was only ever a temporary measure and that they would probably jump back to the Fleet if ambushed. That said, I agree, it was a stupid dangerous game that Zarek was playing.
That said, I actually think that stupid as I find his character, Zarek brought up many good points and while it might be informed by petty anger, the issues raised here are the same issues that were raised when half the Fleet jumped to Kobol; when people chose to die over coffee rather than give Tigh his martial law. In some ways I love that this show doesn't prioritise what is safe over what is fair and democratic, and I do wonder if I wouldn't have felt more righteously angry on behalf of the crew of the ships who didn't want cylon technology but were having it forced on them had it been Lee championing this cause as he did the issues of free speech, rather than Zarek, if only because I would know that Lee's motivations were pure?
Bah; I have no idea.
I also agree that Laura is not down for the count (well, she'd better not be!) and that this will wear off. I imagine that when it does, she'll be suitably angry at herself for what happened and be very proactive and responsible, whereas Adama will make some self-indulgent speech about his own failure calculated to make everyone else feel like they didn't measure up and business will go on as normal.
Also, it's NOT agism, it's EJOism and we condone it on this journal! ;)
And, worse yet, she was allowing Tom Zarek to wrestle control of the fleet away from her and Adama and obtain the power he always wanted.
In some ways I even think that's why she's doing it. She's self-destructing, but she's been destroying her "self" in order to save her people for so long, being "self" destructive isn't really something that's new or horrific enough for the way she's feeling. By now her "self" is essentially her people, so she's letting them burn too.
But passively. The whole thing is very passive. Because she's just...trying to convince herself she gave up.