BSG: I really hate boxing

[lesbiassparrow]

No, I do. It's absolutely one of the few things I can't abide on the Telly. That and Fox 'News.' So I'm about 20 minutes into this thing and I have (not cutting this because there's no spoilers):

a) rarely loathed anyone as much I loathe Starbuck in this. Seriously, it's about wiping out all liking I have for her as her remarkable self-centeredness (which apparently must be excused because she is screwed-up) is repellent. ETA: Lee is running her a close second, though.

b) been forced to watch far too much boxing. Which is to say any at all.

Is there some pay-off for sitting through all this boxing? Will I suddenly find out that Starbuck was possessed by evil alien overlords?

Er, though, judging by the flist reaction this is a very loved episode, so I am out in the cold.



Wow. What a self-centered and unattractive couple Lee and Starbuck are. I don't really care what your issues are, I don't care how messed up you are. I don't care how much you want something: you are still repellent if you sleep with someone and then bounce back to marry someone else...because why? You're the girl who doesn't know what she wants? Who's all confused? And ditto for Lee: running off to Dee after his night o'love with Kara is also completely reppellent.

I know I am supposed to buy into that Starbuck is so messed up that I must forgive. Or understand. And presumably ditto for Lee. But I just can't. And the more I see of her, the less I find myself interested in her, because it's always the same bloody issues over and over again.

Comments

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

I'm now rooting for Dee and Anders to find each other on the rebound and have lovely babies. *bleah* I am so over Starbuck, in particular, though yes, Lee too.

I thought that too. I kept thinking how delicious it would be if Dee and Anders, both of whom are actually nice people, got together and their spouses suddenly realised that not everyone is going to put up with their rubbish forever. Because I feel with both Starbuck and Lee that they only value what they can't have.

Poor Billy. But like like QoT below I don't actually feel that Dee was at fault there; she dated him and then broke up with him because she didn't feel that way about him. Sad, because I thought they were great together, but not cruel and self-centered: that would have been marrying him and then trotting after Lee.

[chelseagirl47.livejournal.com]

Interesting that both of you read me as blaming Dee -- not at all what I intended -- it's just an "alas!" because I thought Dee and Billy were adorable together. I can see why she'd find Lee more appealing, but it's just a shame.

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

Sorry for the misread! But I've seen a bit of 'Dee is getting payback for mistreating Billy' on line so hence the reaction.

But I do wish she was with someone who valued her properly - and at the very least wasn't washing his emotional linen in public.

Good luck with the Foucault. I should be reading Cicero even now...