[bsg 2x12, again]
Jan. 15th, 2006 01:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tellitslantThis is rushed, because I have to be net-less again in about ten minutes, but. Quick thoughts.
OK, so, I'm popping all over the place reading some meta (I really need to find more BSG people to friend; suggestions, please?), and apparently the entire Internet is reacting differently than I am to Sharon's response to Adama, which again, is basically, "Humanity deserves to be wiped out because they are flawed."
Everything I'm reading is suddenly all about how that is a horrible, horrible theme for the show, OMGs. But... it's not the theme of the show, and since when are Cylons reliable info sources anyways? I mean, come on, the Cylons are not (yet) the sympathetic characters of the show. Their motiviation is not what's driving the show's arc. Their actions, yes, but not their motivation. So if a Cylon comes in and says "We're killing you because you're flawed," then how does that suddenly conteract the message of that episode, not to mention the show itself?
I can make a decent argument that Cain was less bad writing and more an object by which a different kind of flaw was revealed and then tentatively explained-slash-accounted for. She was in a sense redeemed at the end, with her decision to stand down and her pure and true love for and by Kara - and that really is important, because Kara in this show is a very, very simple emotional stand-in, and her support for Cain does mean something beyond "Yup, they were frakking like bunnies." Flaw. Redemption. Good.
And the entire series, you see flawed judgements reaping good benefits. Adama chasing after Kara, for example. Stupid stupid move, but it works. Flawed command. Good result.
Humanity's flaws might be why the Cylons are killing them, fine. I'll accept that. But that's not the message of the show. In fact, it's probably saying a lot about what the ultimate end of the show is going to be, because I firmly believe that there's going to be some Cylon-human integration going on there, and that (some of) the Cylons are going to be redeemed by love for the wrong humans. Flaw in the Cylon programming. It makes them human. More human. Whatever.
So yeah. That was a badly-written scene, like most of the episode (but hey, those flaws too can be redeemed!), but its message is not actually indicative of the entire show. I don't think, anyways.
OK, so, I'm popping all over the place reading some meta (I really need to find more BSG people to friend; suggestions, please?), and apparently the entire Internet is reacting differently than I am to Sharon's response to Adama, which again, is basically, "Humanity deserves to be wiped out because they are flawed."
Everything I'm reading is suddenly all about how that is a horrible, horrible theme for the show, OMGs. But... it's not the theme of the show, and since when are Cylons reliable info sources anyways? I mean, come on, the Cylons are not (yet) the sympathetic characters of the show. Their motiviation is not what's driving the show's arc. Their actions, yes, but not their motivation. So if a Cylon comes in and says "We're killing you because you're flawed," then how does that suddenly conteract the message of that episode, not to mention the show itself?
I can make a decent argument that Cain was less bad writing and more an object by which a different kind of flaw was revealed and then tentatively explained-slash-accounted for. She was in a sense redeemed at the end, with her decision to stand down and her pure and true love for and by Kara - and that really is important, because Kara in this show is a very, very simple emotional stand-in, and her support for Cain does mean something beyond "Yup, they were frakking like bunnies." Flaw. Redemption. Good.
And the entire series, you see flawed judgements reaping good benefits. Adama chasing after Kara, for example. Stupid stupid move, but it works. Flawed command. Good result.
Humanity's flaws might be why the Cylons are killing them, fine. I'll accept that. But that's not the message of the show. In fact, it's probably saying a lot about what the ultimate end of the show is going to be, because I firmly believe that there's going to be some Cylon-human integration going on there, and that (some of) the Cylons are going to be redeemed by love for the wrong humans. Flaw in the Cylon programming. It makes them human. More human. Whatever.
So yeah. That was a badly-written scene, like most of the episode (but hey, those flaws too can be redeemed!), but its message is not actually indicative of the entire show. I don't think, anyways.
