I think the reason I'm upset about it isn't that Roslin felt an emotional reaction about her personal life, or that Roslin was passionately emotionally engaged in the action she was taking to save the Fleet. My issue was with the way those two things intersected. Adama uses his personal feelings to gauge what's best for the people, and often even makes selfishly motivated decisions because he has personal emotional investment.
But Roslin is the complete opposite. She feels things deeply, but her personal feelings come second to her role as a leader. Her emotional investment and passion for her people is separate from the people she loves as Laura Roslin.
Like when Billy died. There was Laura Roslin, the President, furious that these people were taking hostages and jeopardising the future of democratic society, and there was Laura Roslin, the human being, terrified for her surrogate son's safety. And the surrogate mother had to stay in the background until the crisis was over, even though both roles wanted to save Billy.
So like...I just wanted her to be oldskool Laura Roslin, who would have been raining down destruction from the basestar because she was mad as hell that Zarek would put the future of humankind under this much of a threat, and who would compartmentalise and collapse later about her personal feelings about Bill.
I guess I don't mind her rage at Bill's death so much as the suggestion that it eclipses her rage that all her kids might die in Zarek's frakked-up hospital?
Bah, I don't know, I'm turning into a one-note bitter fan. :(
I love how you want every woman on this show kicking ass and taking names just because they can. That would be awesome.
Well in this instance it's because there is CLEARLY no other good reason for stiletto heels to exist. But in general, yes. I want that just because they can. AND IT WOULD BE AWESOME. I'm glad you see that. :p
Because Narcho and Gage and Connor are still out there. This totally needs to be addressed.
Absolutely.
The people are just sheep and will follow Mom and Dad. But it's wrong.
Again, absolutely.
I mean, I also think that Laura and Adama are doing the right thing in this instance. But I want people to follow them because they recognise that, not because they'll follow whoever is in charge. Because then what happens when someone like Zarek is in charge?
And yeah, I wouldn't be at all surprised if it just keeps getting worse...
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Date: 2009-02-07 10:31 pm (UTC)But Roslin is the complete opposite. She feels things deeply, but her personal feelings come second to her role as a leader. Her emotional investment and passion for her people is separate from the people she loves as Laura Roslin.
Like when Billy died. There was Laura Roslin, the President, furious that these people were taking hostages and jeopardising the future of democratic society, and there was Laura Roslin, the human being, terrified for her surrogate son's safety. And the surrogate mother had to stay in the background until the crisis was over, even though both roles wanted to save Billy.
So like...I just wanted her to be oldskool Laura Roslin, who would have been raining down destruction from the basestar because she was mad as hell that Zarek would put the future of humankind under this much of a threat, and who would compartmentalise and collapse later about her personal feelings about Bill.
I guess I don't mind her rage at Bill's death so much as the suggestion that it eclipses her rage that all her kids might die in Zarek's frakked-up hospital?
Bah, I don't know, I'm turning into a one-note bitter fan. :(
I love how you want every woman on this show kicking ass and taking names just because they can. That would be awesome.
Well in this instance it's because there is CLEARLY no other good reason for stiletto heels to exist. But in general, yes. I want that just because they can. AND IT WOULD BE AWESOME. I'm glad you see that. :p
Because Narcho and Gage and Connor are still out there. This totally needs to be addressed.
Absolutely.
The people are just sheep and will follow Mom and Dad. But it's wrong.
Again, absolutely.
I mean, I also think that Laura and Adama are doing the right thing in this instance. But I want people to follow them because they recognise that, not because they'll follow whoever is in charge. Because then what happens when someone like Zarek is in charge?
And yeah, I wouldn't be at all surprised if it just keeps getting worse...