If she's all that guy-ish, then she must be sexually active and horny, right? Because that's part of the guy-stereotype package she's a parody of. Um, no. For all her aggressive behavior, sexually she's the Good Victorian Woman, true to the memory of her dead boyfriend and unable to act on her attraction to his brother.
That's completely wrong. Starbuck sleeps with whomever she wants. And she's not a complete tomboy. She wears a dress in one episode, and writes poetry.
A lot of the stuff she wrote about was just the original character exposition from the miniseries. For instance, the President -was- way down in line to become president... But her struggle to change from Secretary of Education to a leader was -enthralling-. The issue for her was -never- about being a -female- leader, but about being a normal person thrust into a position of leadership, and doing so while battling cancer.
The Fembot Cylon in question, Number Six, is indeed a sexpot. But she -does- later appear in MANY different forms, from a geeky secretary type, to the rather plain-looking leader of an underground movement. She's not evil because she's sexy. She's evil because she manipulates people, just like the male Cylons who ALSO show up later in the series.
Anyway, that person is a fool, and just looking for something to be irate about, in my opinion.
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on 2006-02-01 10:50 pm (UTC)If she's all that guy-ish, then she must be sexually active and horny, right? Because that's part of the guy-stereotype package she's a parody of. Um, no. For all her aggressive behavior, sexually she's the Good Victorian Woman, true to the memory of her dead boyfriend and unable to act on her attraction to his brother.
That's completely wrong. Starbuck sleeps with whomever she wants. And she's not a complete tomboy. She wears a dress in one episode, and writes poetry.
A lot of the stuff she wrote about was just the original character exposition from the miniseries. For instance, the President -was- way down in line to become president... But her struggle to change from Secretary of Education to a leader was -enthralling-. The issue for her was -never- about being a -female- leader, but about being a normal person thrust into a position of leadership, and doing so while battling cancer.
The Fembot Cylon in question, Number Six, is indeed a sexpot. But she -does- later appear in MANY different forms, from a geeky secretary type, to the rather plain-looking leader of an underground movement. She's not evil because she's sexy. She's evil because she manipulates people, just like the male Cylons who ALSO show up later in the series.
Anyway, that person is a fool, and just looking for something to be irate about, in my opinion.