This ep made me love Anders in a way I haven't since the Caprica resistance arc. He's is so frakking solid, even when he's totally about to lose his shit. I mean, his pep talk to Kara? It about made me want to tear my heart out it was so understanding, so loving. (Although I fear that given he's a Cylon, it could also be a little self-serving.)
It reminded me of how I felt about him when he fell off that Viper, speaking of the slashy subtext, btw. :)
Having said that, I lurved Lee's hug. It had all the uninhibited ferocity of an eight-year-old.
They did keep it rather ambiguous, but I'm being cautiously optimistic that he didn't know they were listening, and it was as genuinely repentant as Baltar is capable of. I'm not sure how much that is yet, even after 3 seasons. But I take the very next scene where he's like Oh really? Well, the kid's not any frakking better, is he? as evidence that it may actually have been genuine, because otherwise, if he was just in stone cold manipulation mode, he would have encouraged SmiteThem!Girl in her "We were all impressed with the way you prayed for Derek, Gaius" thinking.
Btw, did you by any chance think that Miss Smite Them With A Crowbar was made of total crazy religious fervor win, and vaguely reminiscent of Season 1 Head!Six?
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Date: 2008-04-05 07:18 pm (UTC)It reminded me of how I felt about him when he fell off that Viper, speaking of the slashy subtext, btw. :)
Having said that, I lurved Lee's hug. It had all the uninhibited ferocity of an eight-year-old.
They did keep it rather ambiguous, but I'm being cautiously optimistic that he didn't know they were listening, and it was as genuinely repentant as Baltar is capable of. I'm not sure how much that is yet, even after 3 seasons. But I take the very next scene where he's like Oh really? Well, the kid's not any frakking better, is he? as evidence that it may actually have been genuine, because otherwise, if he was just in stone cold manipulation mode, he would have encouraged SmiteThem!Girl in her "We were all impressed with the way you prayed for Derek, Gaius" thinking.
Btw, did you by any chance think that Miss Smite Them With A Crowbar was made of total crazy religious fervor win, and vaguely reminiscent of Season 1 Head!Six?