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[selenak]

It's rare to find new Blake's 7 meta, what with it being an old fandom, but recently I spotted this interesting post about Avon in s4.

The other show that finally starts again next week (or something) is Battlestar Galactica, which I'm greatly looking foward to. (They're always superb with first four to six season episodes; it's the middle of each season that is the problem for this show...) monanotlisa linked to this superb interview with Mary McDonnell, in which she talks about Laura Roslin, gender, sexuality and faith.

As the quadrangle of doom was one of my least favourite things about s3, I was ever so relieved when it ended, and I happen to think Kara and Lee as lovers are poison for each other, it is my hope that the show will keep them as friends only. So I was thrilled to read a Katee Sackhoff interview in which she has this to say on the matter:

When asked if she sees Kara and Lee eventually ending up together, Sackhoff replied, "I don't think that Lee and Kara will ever be happy together. I don't think they're meant to be together. I think that they're meant to be best friends. They're meant to push each other, they're meant to have those arguments that drive you. If anyone is fitting for her, and if there's anyone that she'd actually allow herself to be happy with and be with, it'd probably be Leoben. Anders is too weak for her emotionally, Lee's too much of a boy scout. . .so if there's any person that she could ever let her guard down with and be happy with, it's probably Leoben."

Um, Anders fans, I don't think he's emotionally weak. I like Sam, that wasn't the part I was thrilled about. But yay on no more Kara/Lee as lovers, yay on Kara and Lee as friends (which they were again in Maelstrom, and not coincidentally, that was when the writing for poor Lee FINALLY became sufferable once more), and I am very amused indeed that Katee ships Kara/Leoben.

Comments

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's lovely to know that Katee agrees that Kara and Lee are better as friends. They absolutely destroy each other as lovers.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

They do. And the thing is, I really enjoyed their relationship up to the end scene of Colonial Day when they were friends. And again in Maelstrom. But as lovers, they really brought out the worst in each other's characters. And yes, it's always good to to read that the actors are aware of how those relationships they play come across.

[skywaterblue.livejournal.com]

I'm with her until she mentions Leoben. Really, Katee? What sort of crack is that?

[selenak.livejournal.com]

One that shows teenage fangirls aren't the only ones that believe a good relationship can start with physical torture by one party followed by mental torture through the other.*g* No, really, this is so out there that I couldn't take it seriously, which is why I was just amused.

[ticketsonmyself.livejournal.com]

Um, Anders fans, I don't think he's emotionally weak. I like Sam, that wasn't the part I was thrilled about. But yay on no more Kara/Lee as lovers, yay on Kara and Lee as friends (which they were again in Maelstrom, and not coincidentally, that was when the writing for poor Lee FINALLY became sufferable once more), and I am very amused indeed that Katee ships Kara/Leoben.

I don't think Anders is weak, either! And I'm only a casual viewer, but I'm with you when it comes to Kara/Lee. However, the idea of mutual Kara/Leoben gives me the creeping heebee-jeebies. My feelings about Kara/Leoben are basically encapsulated in 'If You're the Answer, What's the Question?' (http://hackthis.livejournal.com/402853.html) (a character study you may have read) and this video, 'No Children':

[selenak.livejournal.com]

Yes, I know that story, and it's superb. The reason why Katee's comment about Kara/Leoben amused me is because it's so completely unrealistic and, well, teenage fangirl (see reply to Sky above), that I couldn't take it seriously. (Methinks she just loves to work with CKR, and I don't blame her - he's a superb actor, and their scenes together are always fascinating - but that's not the issue.) If the show were actually to go in that direction, I'd be very upset, but I really don't think it will, and so, I'm amused (which is admittedly also because people take their 'shipping so very, very seriously and I imagine Kara/Lee'shippers would be seething about this).

Now off to see your vid!

[ticketsonmyself.livejournal.com]

Heeeee, teenage fangirl indeed. It's true, CKR is an awesome actor!

If the show were actually to go in that direction, I'd be very upset, but I really don't think it will, and so, I'm amused (which is admittedly also because people take their 'shipping so very, very seriously and I imagine Kara/Lee'shippers would be seething about this).

Hee hee hee, I agree.

As soon as I saw the video, I thought of that story! If the embedded vid doesn't work, the URL is here: http://themonkeyjack.imeem.com/video/fkBnuzOG/bsg_no_children/

[beck-liz.livejournal.com]

They're always superb with first four to six season episodes; it's the middle of each season that is the problem for this show...

I just re-watched most of Season 3 this weekend, and I agree, although the Quadrangle of Doom was much easier to take hour by hour instead of week by week. Also, I knew the end was coming soon, so that helped too.

I love Kara & Lee together, and if I thought that they could be together in a non-painful, non-horrible way, I'd be for them getting together. However, they do seem to be much better as friends, so I'm not at all rooting for them in any sort of romantic way. And I like Anders quite a bit (and I loved how he and Lee commiserated after "Maelstrom," too), and like him with Kara also. I could almost see Kara/Leoben if not for the horrible mind game he put her through on New Caprica, but it is amusing that Katee ships them.