this might still be the week for a big Laura post. I've been a little surprised by some of the reactions I've seen to Laura this season, from both her fans and detractors, and I'm feeling compelled to explain Laura as I see her.
DO IT!!!
What I loved about The Oath and even BOTS (excluding Boyfriend Issues) was Laura putting aside her doubts and belief that she might be a fraud in favor of saving all their asses again, because she can and because that is what she DOES. I want her--and okay, everyone else too--to realize that whatever happens next SHE SAVED THEM, again and again, and even when she missteps it's pretty much out of the same motive. Even though Earth isn't a haven and even if she's not the dying leader (still not convinced on this point, obviously), she got them this far and I haven't seen anyone else who could have done so in her absence. I don't think this makes me a Laura apologist, but I do think she HAS always been understandable and justifiable (and when she's scariest is when she's most logical) and I don't think any of these parts of her have changed (if I'm being honest, I think she's probably justified in even the recent parts of her story that I have loathed with a fiery, fiery passion).
And given that I see her pretty much doing what she always has, I'm finding the viewer reactions to Laura that you reference above fascinating in terms of how it relates to other characters' reactions to her within the show. I'm so curious as to why all the criticism from all angles now (excluding the squicky Bill crap, which has fewer people up in arms, apart from people we know). There's almost a sense of brushing her aside, actually, and blame, and I find it so, so sad, even if not totally surprising. So I rather saw the Lee scene as her partly recognizing that fact, as well as acknowledging the fact that she's dying and planning for a transition. I don't want her to be tragic though, the leader who gave them pretty much everything she could and then was forgotten; I want her to get her justification in the end. *begs show* I suppose what I really want, regardless of what happens next, is a recognition of the years she spent bleeding for them, even if there'd be something very Laura about her not getting it and not needing it to have it all have been worth it. (Am I more of a Laura apologist than I thought? Heh.)
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DO IT!!!
What I loved about The Oath and even BOTS (excluding Boyfriend Issues) was Laura putting aside her doubts and belief that she might be a fraud in favor of saving all their asses again, because she can and because that is what she DOES. I want her--and okay, everyone else too--to realize that whatever happens next SHE SAVED THEM, again and again, and even when she missteps it's pretty much out of the same motive. Even though Earth isn't a haven and even if she's not the dying leader (still not convinced on this point, obviously), she got them this far and I haven't seen anyone else who could have done so in her absence. I don't think this makes me a Laura apologist, but I do think she HAS always been understandable and justifiable (and when she's scariest is when she's most logical) and I don't think any of these parts of her have changed (if I'm being honest, I think she's probably justified in even the recent parts of her story that I have loathed with a fiery, fiery passion).
And given that I see her pretty much doing what she always has, I'm finding the viewer reactions to Laura that you reference above fascinating in terms of how it relates to other characters' reactions to her within the show. I'm so curious as to why all the criticism from all angles now (excluding the squicky Bill crap, which has fewer people up in arms, apart from people we know). There's almost a sense of brushing her aside, actually, and blame, and I find it so, so sad, even if not totally surprising. So I rather saw the Lee scene as her partly recognizing that fact, as well as acknowledging the fact that she's dying and planning for a transition. I don't want her to be tragic though, the leader who gave them pretty much everything she could and then was forgotten; I want her to get her justification in the end. *begs show* I suppose what I really want, regardless of what happens next, is a recognition of the years she spent bleeding for them, even if there'd be something very Laura about her not getting it and not needing it to have it all have been worth it. (Am I more of a Laura apologist than I thought? Heh.)