A Living Nightmare

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The Cylons had a plan... And it was pretty awful. It didn't really get expanded upon much but what do you think about the "farms" (Gah, gives new meaning to the words "farm system" for the pyramid players, don't it? Now I want someone to write Sue-Shaun ruminating on the "farm system" huh. I might have to prompt that in the fic battle post.) BUT I DIGRESS... so what did you think of this aborted storyline? (er, no pun intended!) What ramifications would it have had if they'd further explored it, not just for Kara but for the rest of the Fleet? I can't remember if she used this rationale in her pitch to go back for the Caprica survivors but I don't remember Roslin or Adama addressing it as a real concern.

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[reginaspina.livejournal.com]

As I think you know, the lack of followup to the 'farms' storyline and what they did with Kara's ovary is something that bothered me even more than the stupid way that the opera house thingummy was resolved.

I totally agree that the showrunners got caught up in the forced need for reconciliation and didn't ever see the bigger picture of what they were actually showing onscreen (and not only did the Cylons initially destroy the 12 colonies and set up the farms etc., they hunted down the survivors AGAIN on New Caprica and basically wouldn't leave them the hell alone. GAH!)

In the real world, yes, victims of genocide and their murderers have been forced to live with one another (for example, in Rwanda) but it certainly hasn't been as happy-happy-joy-joy as it was on BSG. And I am still annoyed about the Kara dead-end there (indeed, the entire Leoben thing sort of petered out with nary a whisper in mid-season 4 too. Also annoying!)