BSG: Daybreak Motivational Posters

[beccatoria]

Okay so this week I've been totally without work which is irritating since I went through such angst to clarify my damn hours (I'm supposed to have three days a week), but they're shifting me between projects and the new one was supposed to be kicking off Wednesday except apparently not so I'm stuck with no work 'til Monday. Which isn't exactly horrific except I'm broke and could have done with the cash and am now in a weird interim am-I-on-the-dole-or-aren't-I? situation. But whatever...y'all aren't exactly interested in that.

What y'all are probably interested in is the fact that, driven by boredom, and the inability of my mind to quite comprehend the hilarious fail of the post-Earthfall Daybreak stuff, I have responded in the only sane way I can think of.














Yay!

Honestly I feel a little mean about the Leetopia one and the Agriculture one because everyone seems to agree that Farmer!Gaius was the most moving thing in the episode, and I'm one of three people on the internet who really didn't see Lee's ending as a total tragedy. I mean, the part where he got far more idealistic than smart and threw everything INTO THE SUN was a tragedy, sure. But look at him in that field! He's so happy! And kind of...free. Looking forward. Sure it would have been nice if that had happened with a metaphorical moving away from Kara and his Dad rather than them turning into invisible pigeons and necrophiliac hermits, but whatever, I WANTED TO HUGGLE HIM.

Ahem.

Redacted.

Comments

[sasha-feather.livejournal.com]

These are so amazingly awesome!

I have a favor to ask!

I am doing a panel on disability in BSG at WisCon. I wonder, could I borrow your macros on dialysis and disability discrimination--either the macros themselves, or the ideas--with credit, for the panel? I'm not sure if they would go over well or not but oh they would be so funny to have up my sleeve.

If you'd rather not, it's OK to say no, or just ignore this comment. :)

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

Oh, absolutely, go for it! I'm glad you enjoyed them! :)

That panel sounds really insteresting. Can I ask what topics you intend to discuss? I imagine there'll be quite a lot about Gaeta and Anders? Nicky and Tigh are obviously also candidates although Nicky's renal failure is totally forgotten an episode later and after the start of season three, Tigh's disability is likewise never really portrayed in any meaningful fashion or mentioned again. He just wears an eyepatch now.

I'm trying to think of other disabled characters, but I'm drawing a blank. *thinks*

[sasha-feather.livejournal.com]

I intend to talk about Roslin as a character with an illness, who is portrayed, I think, pretty well over the course of the series. And yes, certainly about Geata, Tigh, and Anders. Also general ideas about the role of technology and bodies.

I proposed this panel after I wrote up this post in my LJ on disability in BSG: http://sasha-feather.livejournal.com/277602.html
I wrote that before Anders got hurt, and before the mutiny and Gaeta's death. Also, I think I might've messed up in the moderation of the comments there after it got meta-fandomed. Oh well, I'm learning!

So I think it'll be a fun panel, and I'm interested in hearing what the other panelists have to say! Thank you so much for letting me use the macros! They are completely brilliant!

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

Forgot to add! *facepalm* Take either the macros or the ideas - I really don't mind. :)

[sasha-feather.livejournal.com]

I want to thank you again for letting me use the macros! They were definitely a hit-- the audience really laughed and loved them.

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

Yay! Thanks for letting me know how it went and I'm glad they were a hit. I hope your panel went well! :D

[sasha-feather.livejournal.com]

It did! It went quite well. I should probably write up a report. And I'm going to friend you if that's OK!

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

I'd love to read that report! It sounds really interesting.

You're completely welcome to friend me. I hope you don't mind that I don't always friend back straight away because I generally try to keep my flist small and it doesn't actually even represent all the journals I regularly read. I don't make many flocked posts anyway, and I hope it doesn't discourage you from commenting because I love meeting new people. :)

Anyway, I'm honoured you consider me worth friending!

[sasha-feather.livejournal.com]

Sure! No problem.

Here is the panel report: http://sasha-feather.livejournal.com/313356.html