Commander Thrace?

[callmeonetrack.livejournal.com]

frolicndetour raised an interesting point in our discussion of Kara's promotions the other day. Apparently the writers planned to make her the Pegasus commander at one point. What avenues do you think that would have lead the show down? What would her time as Commander have been like? Would she be more in the vein of Adama or Cain or her own leader entirely? What would change about canon if the only switch was that she was head of Pegasus instead of Lee (with Dee as her XO? Heh.)

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Comments

[sugarhaven.livejournal.com]

"I think you could command without being patient or diplomatic necessary"
You absolutely can, it's called a ruthless dictator. :-)

I can see Kara being a Peggy's CO but I don't think she would be very good at it or happy at that position. But I like your point, that she would likely change and adapt to the new lifestyle so I could have been pleasantly surprised.

I agree with you about the tough choices too. Kara can definitely make them and she seems on the surface to be much better than Lee in dealing with them (like Olympic Carrier or Cain's assassination) but I just have that feeling that subconsciously they are affecting her much more and that she is much less herself in this kind of situation when the fate of humanity depends on her decisions rather than her viper skills.

[callmeonetrack.livejournal.com]

Well I don't see it as quite so black and white I guess. I liked Cain and just thought she had some serious failings as a commander. I liked Adama (before he got so incredibly myopic in S3) and still thought he was stubborn and impatient and nondiplomatic on many occasions, that did not make him a ruthless dictator however.

I mean all of this of course is just crazy speculation. We can't know how it would've changed things without context, but I don't think Kara being commander would've necessarily been such a terrible thing at all. I imagine she would've changed and adapted and could have been really awesome at it. :) She was a career soldier pretty much.

[sugarhaven.livejournal.com]

"I mean all of this of course is just crazy speculation"
Exactly, who knew how would Kara shape up if she didn't had to go through Farm or NC?

I don't think I see it black and white. They are all flawed but I don't think any of them is a dictator. Despite all his faults, I consider Adama a good commander. He tends to make the good decisions 90% of the time (even if not always immediately) without becoming tyrant or loosing the sense of what is right and wrong. Cain is more of a tragic character. She does decisions she truly believes are the best for the survival of people (i.e. her selected few) and her crew really respect her for that. She thinks that there is no other option than to be completely ruthless when fighting the cylons. The problem is that she lost perspective and crossed the line to the area, where you really wonder whether the survival of the human race is worth the cost.