BSG Vid: About Today (Bill Adama and his family)

[beccatoria]

Title: About Today
Video: Battlestar Galactica (2003)
Audio: About Today - The National
Spoilers: Through 4x11 Sometimes a Great Notion.
Summary: "Nobody's going anywhere." Except they are, and they do, and Bill Adama either doesn't or won't understand how to make it stop. (Kara, Lee, Laura, Saul.)
Editor's Notes: With thanks to chaila43 and grrl_unscripted for the beta and the wonderful pro- and anti-Adama perspectives.

I don't usually do this; usually I want the vid to stand alone, and if it can't, that's my failing. In this instance, since everyone and their dog and their mum knows that I strongly dislike Bill Adama and his stupid face, and now I'm suddenly popping up with a vid about him, I ought to do some amount of explanation.

This vid did not change my opinion of him one bit. But I'm not actually setting out to change your opinion of him one bit either.

If this vid rails against anything, it's not against the people who like Adama, it's against the image of a flawless, heroic Adama, that I too often feel the show and perhaps some sections of fandom, succumb to.

To say that this is "just the facts, ma'am," would be arrogant in the extreme. I don't presume to be unobjective in this. But what I am at least trying to do here is take a step back from my own anger toward him, and present him in the most unbiased way I can.

I see this man, inflexible, passive, watching as all the people he loves get hurt again and again and again, unwilling or unable to really understand why or how to help - I see him and I want to smack him in the mouth.

Some of you may see him and feel sympathy. Some might see him and feel indifference. And that's okay. I'm trying, with this vid, to make a statement about who I think he is, not how I think people should feel about him.

At least, I hope. And I hope you enjoy the video too.

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Comments

[grav-ity.livejournal.com]

I love how this vid captures Adama's inner struggles so much. When a person loves that many people and they insist on fighting with one another (and you!) it's got to be confusing, and I loved how the lyrics play into that. He just keeps trying and can't find home.

*ducks*

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

Thank you. One of the things I wanted to convey was that while Adama is passively standing at the centre of that 'family' all the various members also interact with each other. It's not like they only have relationships with him, they also have relationships with each other, and seek comfort in each other when Adama lets them down and also beat the shit out of each other and fight with each other and such. So it's nice to hear that you got some of that from the vid. Especially since I ended up having to cut some of those storylines for time and more Adama-face time since he's in a vid about him so little already.

And YES. ALSO HE KEEPS FIGHTING WITH ME, THE GIT. ;)