This scene has always been heartbreaking for me because of Kara's continued unfulfilled need for a trustworthy and loving parental figure. Kara holds onto the self-deprecation, perfectionism mixed with never feeling good enough, and anger/guilt that Socrata taught her. She has also created such massive emotional barriers due to her inability to trust either of her parents for support (Dreilide was absent, Socrata was abusive and still effectively "left" Kara when she died).
Adama had seemed to provide Kara with some stability and she had reached a point where she actually trusted him in a way that she trusted relatively few others. When Adama destroys that trust in this scene it repeats the cycle for Kara. Her fears are once again validated that she makes a mistake when she allows herself to trust another person. At that point, Kara had no reason not to fall back on her belief that she was alone and self-sufficiency was required. Thus she followed her instinct back to Caprica.
If Bill had told her the truth, I expect Kara would still have returned to Caprica for the arrow. The motivation would have been much healthier though. As Ray said, it would have been an effort to help find earth as a group rather than reinforcing Kara's fears and frustration with her dysfunctional family life and relationships in general. Honesty between Adama and Kara had the potential to help Kara become more trusting and less fearful. Who knows what kind of impact that might have had on her personal growth. It very well could have improved her ongoing and future relationships. Instead the deception continues to build the way for the "Kara Thrace and her Special Destiny" plotline of fail as she learns once again that she has to do everything herself to ensure it will be done right.
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Date: 2010-10-02 03:45 am (UTC)Adama had seemed to provide Kara with some stability and she had reached a point where she actually trusted him in a way that she trusted relatively few others. When Adama destroys that trust in this scene it repeats the cycle for Kara. Her fears are once again validated that she makes a mistake when she allows herself to trust another person. At that point, Kara had no reason not to fall back on her belief that she was alone and self-sufficiency was required. Thus she followed her instinct back to Caprica.
If Bill had told her the truth, I expect Kara would still have returned to Caprica for the arrow. The motivation would have been much healthier though. As Ray said, it would have been an effort to help find earth as a group rather than reinforcing Kara's fears and frustration with her dysfunctional family life and relationships in general. Honesty between Adama and Kara had the potential to help Kara become more trusting and less fearful. Who knows what kind of impact that might have had on her personal growth. It very well could have improved her ongoing and future relationships. Instead the deception continues to build the way for the "Kara Thrace and her Special Destiny" plotline of fail as she learns once again that she has to do everything herself to ensure it will be done right.