09. Starbuck. Let us count the ways. (Single Digits Guys!)

[krickets]

So this is a bit self-serving, I'll say that right off the bat. I was looking for some Starbuck character meta earlier and couldn't find any. So, I figured I'd see what thinky thoughts you guys have about her. (I know they're floating around up there in that grey matter somewhere!)

According to this poll, Starbuck is the undisputed favorite with BSG fans. Or, at least, with the BSG fans who are taking my polls. (Let's disregard for a moment that I didn't say, "pick your favorite," hahaha. I think it stands to reason that most people would pick their favs when asked to choose between characters.)

For me personally, Starbuck is unequivocally my favorite fictional character of all time. Hands down. But I'm sure there are many who dislike her or are neutral towards her. So, I wanna hear about it. And why. There is absolutely no judgement here, every single opinion is welcome and wanted.

It can be from the superficial (I don't like her hair/I like her hair!) to the philosophical. I don't care. I wanna know.

1, 2, 3, GO!

Comments

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See, I like Starbuck because in a lot of ways she's a very unlikable person and yet she does have an inner core of "must do whats right". Now, that makes her moments of darkness more difficult - her near murder of Gaeta because she just wanted to hurt someone, her casual adultery with Lee, her *hateful8 way of treating Lee like she loved him and marrying Sam the next day - its disappointing but it's very real.

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she does have an inner core of "must do whats right"

She really does. I think that's apparent from the start for me. She's honest but she's brutal about it. Very much the antithesis of Apollo which is what she's supposed to be. Both inherently heroic, but both go about it in two totally different ways. Regarding her duties, with the exception of the incident with Zach, Starbuck doesn't frak up. She may stomp around like the schoolyard bully, and say (true) things that piss off the people around her, but at the end of the day she gets the job done and you can count on her.

And I agree that some of her actions in season three weren't that smart and certainly aren't going to win anybody over. But honestly, they just made me even more sad for her?

ETA: I wanted to add this about season 3. As much as I love the Leoben/Starbuck dynamic, I can't deny that he really did take something from her in New Caprica. I mean, he stripped her of her power when she was with him, she made him believe in something that wasn't real (Kacey), and in a way I think he made her believe in her destiny, and he made her care for him too. (When she holds his hand.) Etc. And I do think that changed her character forever. She's not the same person she was in season one or even season two, and she probably never will be again. Especially given the final events of s3.