EEEEEE you wrote it up!!! And masterfully so—I don’t think I have a single thing to add except MORE FLAIL. *metaphorically runs around in an excited little circle*
"This is what the Opera House is; this is what is happening; here are the answers to the prophecies," came together when Redactica turned into a shared, collaborative universe.
It is a HYBRIDIZED project! *snuggles you*
I totally agree that it’s particularly awesome because it could only have come out of this collaborative discussion--my vid commenting on Redactica which was commenting on the themes in the show. Which is like THE WHOLE POINT of making things, to tease out connections and ideas that were only implied. And it's way beyond my expectations of reclaiming that I could actually be excited about BSG meta again--whatever proportion actually remains about BSG that is. REDACTICA YAY.
Hybridity of two sorts. Human/Cylon/life/death. Hybridity as a sort of death because both old things die to create one new.
My favorite part is that this basic premise is so stunningly simple--such an obvious explanation that then serves as the jumping off point for all these complicated things. And also, like you say, that it really came together b/c we combined our primary views of the Opera House. I can't conceive of how that's not just really cool. And I'm with you, I'm still kinda shocked at how smoothly it all really does seem to come together. We really don't have to reach that hard for these connections.
1) the unsolicited Opera House visions start the same episode she comes back from the dead.
2) the Five become aware of themselves the same time she comes back from the dead.
This is what tips it from regular awesome to mind-altering awesome because even though it may not answer every question, it ties EVERYTHING together—Laura, Athena, Hera, Caprica, Kara, the Final Five—and makes them interconnected in a way they should always have been, and always seemed to be, and in a way that organically makes sense and cements the Opera House as representative of all things in between. Without robbing it of its mystery or its creepier elements or tying it up with a nice little bow. Which is totally awesome. To us, anyway. :D
ETA: ONE MORE THING. Because we might as well reclaim season one theological awesome while we're here, you know where the Arrow of Apollo and the Tomb of Athena (found through mind-altered visions!) REALLY point them to? The pretty purple Nebula of Resurrection and Mystical Visions and Magical Music and Awakening Consciousness. \o/ This obviously isn't perfectly apt since they go to the nebula just b/c they recognize it, but whatever! *fanwanks*
So, in all seriousness, exactly how awesome do you think we are?
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Date: 2009-06-24 12:47 am (UTC)"This is what the Opera House is; this is what is happening; here are the answers to the prophecies," came together when Redactica turned into a shared, collaborative universe.
It is a HYBRIDIZED project! *snuggles you*
I totally agree that it’s particularly awesome because it could only have come out of this collaborative discussion--my vid commenting on Redactica which was commenting on the themes in the show. Which is like THE WHOLE POINT of making things, to tease out connections and ideas that were only implied. And it's way beyond my expectations of reclaiming that I could actually be excited about BSG meta again--whatever proportion actually remains about BSG that is. REDACTICA YAY.
Hybridity of two sorts. Human/Cylon/life/death. Hybridity as a sort of death because both old things die to create one new.
My favorite part is that this basic premise is so stunningly simple--such an obvious explanation that then serves as the jumping off point for all these complicated things. And also, like you say, that it really came together b/c we combined our primary views of the Opera House. I can't conceive of how that's not just really cool. And I'm with you, I'm still kinda shocked at how smoothly it all really does seem to come together. We really don't have to reach that hard for these connections.
1) the unsolicited Opera House visions start the same episode she comes back from the dead.
2) the Five become aware of themselves the same time she comes back from the dead.
This is what tips it from regular awesome to mind-altering awesome because even though it may not answer every question, it ties EVERYTHING together—Laura, Athena, Hera, Caprica, Kara, the Final Five—and makes them interconnected in a way they should always have been, and always seemed to be, and in a way that organically makes sense and cements the Opera House as representative of all things in between. Without robbing it of its mystery or its creepier elements or tying it up with a nice little bow. Which is totally awesome. To us, anyway. :D
ETA: ONE MORE THING. Because we might as well reclaim season one theological awesome while we're here, you know where the Arrow of Apollo and the Tomb of Athena (found through mind-altered visions!) REALLY point them to? The pretty purple Nebula of Resurrection and Mystical Visions and Magical Music and Awakening Consciousness. \o/ This obviously isn't perfectly apt since they go to the nebula just b/c they recognize it, but whatever! *fanwanks*
So, in all seriousness, exactly how awesome do you think we are?