Well I didn't think it was very believable for Lee to suddenly become Pegasus commander either honestly, and apparently it was going to be Kara until Jamie Bamber protested, Lol. I would like to know more about the surrounding circumstances and what ideas they had for how it was going to happen.
I do think Kara worked through some/most of her fear of taking responsibility in S1 with AoC/YGHA and Hand of God. She'd been the flight instructor for a while and she took on the CAG's duties (even having early morning briefings with Tigh!) in Captain's Hand anyway... Kara also has a really strong sense of feeling like she knows the right thing to do in situations, so I don't know, the chance to put that in action and carry out her own missions, I could see as really tempting for her.
Plus, I don't particularly think either Adama nor Cain were all that good at caring about their people or seeing their needs very often. Adama could get incredibly stubborn (Dee had to tell him to go put the fleet back together!) And god knows they BOTH yelled and used violence when it suited them. I think you could command without being patient or diplomatic necessarily. But I also don't think Kara is without those traits either or couldn't have grown/changed to develop those qualities a bit more. That's usually what happens when you're presented with responsibility and a new image of yourself. I mean who was the one to tell Lee they had to toe the line under Cain in Res Ship I? Kara.
The factor of who the president would be (Laura? Lee? Someone else?) when Kara was Commander would also be huge, because I think Adama was tempered/balanced by Roslin quite often. I wonder how she'd work with whoever was president of the Fleet.
But yeah, I disagree completely that she couldn't make the tough calls (or that she'd become a total basketcase if she had to make them), I think in her personal life she's afraid to make bad choices, but she's pretty fearless and assured she is making the right calls when it comes to professional actions (for better or worse).
It's probably just a difference in how we see the character. Though I do think the one situation where she would have real trouble making a tough call and might have played out far differently than it did in canon was if Razor was reversed and she'd had to command Lee to stay behind with the nuke. Honestly...that is one call I don't think I can see Kara ever making, not when she saves him at every turn she possibly can and with all her residual Adama-related guilt ;).
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I do think Kara worked through some/most of her fear of taking responsibility in S1 with AoC/YGHA and Hand of God. She'd been the flight instructor for a while and she took on the CAG's duties (even having early morning briefings with Tigh!) in Captain's Hand anyway... Kara also has a really strong sense of feeling like she knows the right thing to do in situations, so I don't know, the chance to put that in action and carry out her own missions, I could see as really tempting for her.
Plus, I don't particularly think either Adama nor Cain were all that good at caring about their people or seeing their needs very often. Adama could get incredibly stubborn (Dee had to tell him to go put the fleet back together!) And god knows they BOTH yelled and used violence when it suited them. I think you could command without being patient or diplomatic necessarily. But I also don't think Kara is without those traits either or couldn't have grown/changed to develop those qualities a bit more. That's usually what happens when you're presented with responsibility and a new image of yourself. I mean who was the one to tell Lee they had to toe the line under Cain in Res Ship I? Kara.
The factor of who the president would be (Laura? Lee? Someone else?) when Kara was Commander would also be huge, because I think Adama was tempered/balanced by Roslin quite often. I wonder how she'd work with whoever was president of the Fleet.
But yeah, I disagree completely that she couldn't make the tough calls (or that she'd become a total basketcase if she had to make them), I think in her personal life she's afraid to make bad choices, but she's pretty fearless and assured she is making the right calls when it comes to professional actions (for better or worse).
It's probably just a difference in how we see the character. Though I do think the one situation where she would have real trouble making a tough call and might have played out far differently than it did in canon was if Razor was reversed and she'd had to command Lee to stay behind with the nuke. Honestly...that is one call I don't think I can see Kara ever making, not when she saves him at every turn she possibly can and with all her residual Adama-related guilt ;).