I think I'm mostly comparing Kara's commanding style to Lee's, which I think is closest to ideal from all the BSG characters (you can't make a list for him), rather than to people like Cain. PapAdama is far from being perfect and he has a temper that gets in his way, but he has way more experience and to a degree learned how to control it (or at least swallow his pride and change his decision later). I agree that Laura and Lee are really good influence on Bill, and if they weren't around, Galactica would be much closer to what Pegasus was under Cain.
I think that Lee had a potential to becoming better leader than Adama cause he is a much better diplomat and politician and listens to people around him, but Bill and Kara might be better at the strictly military stuff like getting in the head of their enemy, making risky plans or rolling the hard six. I think Kara would be bolder with Peggy than Lee and took more risks. She'll probably get away with it and survived (she always does) but I guess I still rather serve under Lee.
Gods know Kara has all the good reasons to be completely messed up but I think that her instability and flipping from extreme to extreme would really get in the way of her job. I think she can be a great instructor (or CAG) one day, but the next day, something happens and she treat's her pilots like a piece of garbage. She might learn to control that but initially I think it wouldn't be easy to work under her.
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Date: 2011-10-06 10:56 pm (UTC)I think that Lee had a potential to becoming better leader than Adama cause he is a much better diplomat and politician and listens to people around him, but Bill and Kara might be better at the strictly military stuff like getting in the head of their enemy, making risky plans or rolling the hard six. I think Kara would be bolder with Peggy than Lee and took more risks. She'll probably get away with it and survived (she always does) but I guess I still rather serve under Lee.
Gods know Kara has all the good reasons to be completely messed up but I think that her instability and flipping from extreme to extreme would really get in the way of her job. I think she can be a great instructor (or CAG) one day, but the next day, something happens and she treat's her pilots like a piece of garbage. She might learn to control that but initially I think it wouldn't be easy to work under her.