Hmm, the last few episodes have been kinder to me on that front than you in that I at least did buy the emotional storylines, although as you know, I have major, MAJOR issues with the plot those emotional moments were made to serve in the last episode.
But I do agree with you about this not being the end of Starbuck's story in any meaningful way. As you say, there are a lot of hints about her Dad but nothing that's concrete enough for me to feel comfortable that the show gave me an answer.
You have a good point about this episode and Maelstrom being instances of her finding "peace" with an unknown parent that then lead to an actual mystical revelation (either that she needed to kill herself, or that she knew magical music). In some ways I don't have any problems with her using her own memories of her parents to conjure closure. I guess the difference for me is that I felt like in Maelstrom she was actively lying to herself by making up this wonderful fantasy situation where her mother changed and became a nice person, whereas this felt slightly less self-delusional in terms of who her father really was? But that's...a personal interpretation, definitely.
Bottom line is, I'll feel jerked around if this is all we ever get on why Starbuck's dad knew that music, and I'll feel jerked around if this is the only explaination we ever get about how she came back. I'm pretty confident we'll get actual answers about where her body came from and stuff. It's whether this is the last we ever hear about her dad or how she knew that music that I'm more nervous of.
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But I do agree with you about this not being the end of Starbuck's story in any meaningful way. As you say, there are a lot of hints about her Dad but nothing that's concrete enough for me to feel comfortable that the show gave me an answer.
You have a good point about this episode and Maelstrom being instances of her finding "peace" with an unknown parent that then lead to an actual mystical revelation (either that she needed to kill herself, or that she knew magical music). In some ways I don't have any problems with her using her own memories of her parents to conjure closure. I guess the difference for me is that I felt like in Maelstrom she was actively lying to herself by making up this wonderful fantasy situation where her mother changed and became a nice person, whereas this felt slightly less self-delusional in terms of who her father really was? But that's...a personal interpretation, definitely.
Bottom line is, I'll feel jerked around if this is all we ever get on why Starbuck's dad knew that music, and I'll feel jerked around if this is the only explaination we ever get about how she came back. I'm pretty confident we'll get actual answers about where her body came from and stuff. It's whether this is the last we ever hear about her dad or how she knew that music that I'm more nervous of.