http://callmeonetrack.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] callmeonetrack.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] karathracelives2011-10-06 01:53 pm
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Commander Thrace?

[livejournal.com profile] 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.)

ETA: Tomorrow is Friday and because of that happy reason, we will be having a Kara Love meme here! Bring yo' gifs, Bring yo' toasts, get ready to raise a glass to the incomparable Kara "Starbuck" Thrace!

[identity profile] pressdbtwnpages.livejournal.com 2011-10-06 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Everyone's comments are really interesting. I came into the post thinking that Kara would make a pretty bad commander because she's not great at seeing the big picture. For better or worse, she's a pretty focused person. But now that I think about it, I'm not sure that Adama is much better at seeing the big picture.

Most of Kara's perceived failings are shared by people in positions of power, so I guess my instinctive rejection of the notion of Kara as Pegasus CO is that I don't think she'd be fulfilled by the job.

I'd love to read -or write- the Kara Commands Pegasus AU, but at the end of the day, I'm not sure she'd want it.