I know nnaylime has done something like this before, but I really think our fandom needs something like this right now, so, comment here and share some fandom love, be it a person you love, an icon, a vid, a fic, a funny story, or just something completely random that you associate with BSG and Mary.

Fandom has been hard lately, it's been a bit wanky and angry and, frankly, at times sad, so lets counter that a bit and show some love to our show and our friends.

Oh, and so we share the love as far and wide as possible, pimp this like you're wearing a purple velvet hat and a gold grill.

Look, there's even a little "img" to pimp with. So dooooooooo it!



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I was just having a discussion with my colleague about BSG and various aspects of the show and she strongly feels that they would have been better off having Laura suffering from cancer for all 4 seasons, with a much slower progress than having her get deathly ill in mid-season 2 only to be saved with Hera's stem cells and then get sick again in season 4.

I disagree with her.

Her argument (in a nutshell) is that the curing and recurrence of Laura's cancer in Seasons 2 and 3 was essentially a self-serving, indulgent use of the disease that had little correlation with reality. She feels that they could have had more impact and slowly built up to Laura dying had they let it be something that she had to struggle with for all 4 seasons.

I feel that in order to tell the stories that you did there was a need to have Laura cured part-way through. Without that you don't get the election storyline the same way (how does a woman battling terminal cancer justify running for office in an election) nor do you have the character growth of Laura wondering if she truly is the dying leader anymore (something I think they could have explored further, but then I'd be happy with an all-Laura all the time show).

I also think having a character suffering from metastasized cancer for 3+ years without treatment it far too unrealistic for me to believe, whereas my colleague thinks that they already took enough liberties with the "reality" or Laura's cancer in season 4 that they could have dealt with that (I disagree).

So, looking past how Laura was cured (I mean, come on, being shot in the cancer by the cybrid blood was a little much) do you think Laura should have been cured? What would the impacts on the show have been had she not been cured in Epiphanies? Would it have worked? Hell, would Mary have been willing to do that to her body and her psyche for 4 years? I doubt it.

Anyway, I'm just curious. My colleague and I have agreed to disagree on this point, so I'm interested in what the flist has to say.

Bye!

PS. Leaving this one unlocked, so feel free to share with others. I'm curious what much of the Laura-fandom thinks about this.

After I made this post, starbuck92 asked me where the hell her Mary McDonnell picspam was. I... had no answer for her, so to keep my 'bucky happy, I decided to do one. It's... shall we say, not dial-up friendly.

A few points:
1. Please don't use these pics for graphics. They took some work and frankly, I plan on using them to make icons (points to the icon of this post).
2. Spread the Mary love. This post is unlocked so feel free to share it.
3. This is just a Mary 'spam. There are no pics of Laura Roslin or any of Mary's other characters in here. That being said, this is certainly not exhaustive of all the Mary pics. To do that would simply be INSANE... (or a project for a later date).
4. Comments = love
5. ENJOY!




( She's a goddess )

I never, ever thought that I would do this, but... I've made an A/R fanmix. Yup, that's right, 24 songs that, in some way, speak to the A/R relationship. Some I've vidded. Some are on my "to be vidded" list. And some I just liked.

However, because I didn't want this to just be another random collection of songs, I made sure to put in some purdy pics too, so I think we can call this an A/R Fanmix and Picspam. Or something. Whatever.

The small print:

-Spoilers for all episodes (yup, right up to the finale, my loves.
-I ended on a note that I hope doesn't rip people's hearts out, but if it does, well... sorry.
-Please don't use the pics for icons, etc. They're nothing special, but they did involve some work to compile and colour them.
-Let me know if you're downloading. It's just polite on the internetz.
-Each song has it's own link, or there are zip files of the two dics (yup, that's right, two) at the end after the album art.
-Feel free to mock my sometimes questionable taste in music.
-Enjoy!



( An Adama/Roslin Fanmix: Through the Years )

Here's what I have of the UN BSG panel from tonight. I'm missing the first 20 minutes (before the panel discussion actually starts) because I had to download the newer version of RealPlayer to get it to work, but I figured I'd share what I have (about 2 hours in total).

I'm keeping this public, so feel free to point people to my journal. ENJOY!

PS. The file should play with RealPlayer or VLC.

Well, folks, it’s time! We are less than 24 hours away from the Premiere of Season 4.5. To commemorate this last BSG Premiere (*weeps*) I had planned on making a massive, epic picspam of the Adama/Roslin relationship from the first meeting to the last moment that we saw of them.

However, the epicness became too epic for me, so instead, this is the slightly less epic, but still MASSIVE “60 Moments that Define and Epic Romance” picspam. Or, Adama/Roslin from the beginning.

Come, look at the pretty. Squee over the love. And get ready for tomorrow.

The small print: This ‘spam covers all aired episodes, so if you’ve not yet seen season 4.0, don’t click on the cut. Also, this is still massive in its size, so seriously folks, this ain’t dial-up friendly. Finally, while these pics aren’t the best I’ve done, please don’t steal them to make icons and whatnot. I’ve put in hours of work here and I really don’t want to see someone else using that hard work. It’s petty and selfish and I. Don’t. Care. :D

ENJOY!


( 60 Moments that Define an Epic Romance )

So, my friend and colleauge, after seeing my "50 Reasons I Love BSG" post decided to make her own (no pictures). She emailed it to me today and I have to say, it's fairly awesome! So, with her permission, I am reposting it here (again, spoilers for all three seasons).

( Man, I wish I was this funny )

Okay, I know that I've been a little obsessive (and for some of you, annoying) over the past year with my Battlestar Galactica love, but I am who I am. For those who are curious, this post should give you a little insight into what I love so much about this show. So... in honour of the season 4 premiere this Friday, I present 50 reasons I love Battlestar Galactica (in no particular order, despite the use of numbers).

And, um, sorry about the crappy colouring. I just couldn't get anything to work and I wasn't about to go back and fix everything. Meh.

( Spoilers for all 3 seasons and totally not dial-up friendly )

Okay, so I've redirected people here from the adama_roslin comm so that that comm isn't technically attached to this download. Whatever.

I promised a couple friends that I'd rip the Extended Cut of Unfinished Business and the DVD extras from the Region 1 Season 3 BSG DVDs. Unfortunately, I've been busy this weekend (what? napping and drinking takes time!!) so I wasn't able to rip everything this weekend but I do have the extended version of Unfinished Business in .avi format for whomever wants it. I'll rip the other stuff this week and get it up as soon as I can.

In the mean time, here is the link for the Unfinished Business episode.

Feel free to let others know about this (I'll keep the episode up for as long as I can), but please let me know if you download.

Oh, and sorry about the massive file size. I wasn't thinking and didn't shrink it down before ripping and then uploading. Oops.

Enjoy!!