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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One thing I didn't say above is that...even if they had decided to make Kara a terrible commander/ruthless dictator...it still would have been TERRIBLY INTERESTING. LOL. Because she's a dynamic personality and it's a dynamic job and I think her having to confront some personal flaws in a professional setting would have been very interesting.

I find both Lee and Kara both incredibly ill-suited for command positions considering they are roughly all of 27 and 23 (or thereabouts) when the show starts. LOL. I still find it unbelievable that they didn't have senior officers that managed to stay alive to take those positions. But if you throw experience and logic out the window because you're dealing with TV show conventions and you need to give your third and fourth leads screen time, then of course you need them to have some accountability and responsibility so they can be in on the big decisions.

It's really hard to say how it would have went because we don't know how the changed events on the show would have affected her personality and her character growth. Do I think first season Starbuck should be in command of a battlestar? No, but an AU third-season Starbuck...well it might have been very interesting.

At the very least, I can't imagine a Fat Starbuck plotline. LOL. ;)