Commander Thrace?

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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!

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It would have been fun to see how her relationship with Adama changed. Season three would have been so different, at least in the beginning; I imagine she couldn't have mustered out, and they couldn't have put her on the self-destructive track after having her rise to such a strong leadership level. No captivity with Leoben. I guess she still would have had to fulfill her destiny, but I imagine it would have played differently.

This really fascinates me because not only does this change her relationship with Adama, but with Lee and Sam too. If Kara doesn't muster out where does Sam fit into her life. And if Lee does resign his commission for some reason it's more than logical that he would end up on New Caprica instead.

Also who would be her XO. I'm going to go with Helo because he fits nicely into my "going back for Sam" scenario because of Sharon.

And it totally changes the trajectory of her destiny. Wow.