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.)

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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[callmeonetrack.livejournal.com]

I could totally make a list for Lee, but it'd be short because we only saw him as a commander for what, six episodes including Razor? And for the bulk of his command (Fat!Apollo pun intended) that we saw he was lazy and selfish and cynical and negative in the face of everyone's hope and planning. His dad calls him out on it and his wife does and so does his CAG.

And I don't think that means Lee was a bad leader in every situation. He shined in Revelations. But he was not necessarily a very good battleship commander honestly.

It's hard to know what Kara would have been like but I think some of the qualities that served her very well in the position would have been her cleverness, strategic thinking, her loyalty to the fleet and the president and her willingness to never leave her people behind.

"She treats her pilots like garbage"? Wow, that seems way harsh to me. What about the caring she shows in Scar when she gives that toast at the end where clearly she remembers ALL of their names, what about her being pissed in Captain's Hand when she finds out those pilots are missing and figuring out the code so they can save them? What about talking Kat down in Final Cut and screaming that they need to get *her* pilot to sickbay? Does she lash out at people and make mistakes? Yeah, but I guess I never felt that it's because she thinks they're garbage and doesn't care about them. :(

And no, it wouldn't be easy to work for her, but...to paraphrase...they all might have been a lot safer with her. ;)

[sugarhaven.livejournal.com]

"She treats her pilots like garbage"? Wow, that seems way harsh to me. What about the caring she shows in Scar when she gives that toast at the end where clearly she remembers ALL of their names, what about her being pissed in Captain's Hand when she finds out those pilots are missing and figuring out the code so they can save them? What about talking Kat down in Final Cut and screaming that they need to get *her* pilot to sickbay?

Treating like garbage might have been going too far, but your list basically proved my point. What I was saying that Kara is very moody and emotionally unstable: one day she is the perfect solider and next day she is a wreck. Everybody does that to an extent and people can handle it when she is the hotshot pilot, but it's a bit harder to deal with when she is the CO.

Good point about Fat!Lee, certainly not Lee's best time.

[callmeonetrack.livejournal.com]

Well...people ARE inconsistent. I mean that's life pretty much. They're all somewhat unstable and lash out at people from time to time, especially Adama! I mean he treats his own son horribly. I guess I don't see Kara as being any worse.

Anyway, I still wish the show had explored that potential idea. A good leader, a bad leader, or somewhere in between, I think it would have been really interesting to see it play out. I certainly would've preferred it to what DID happen with her and Adama's relationship I think. :(

[sugarhaven.livejournal.com]

I still wish the show had explored that potential idea.
Absolutely. Me too. Her character is just so multi-layered that the possibilities of how this could go are endless.

Nice talking to you.