I definitely was going with the whole "she's one of the final five" ideas even before the ending, so I actually had no reaction whatsoever to her "death" because I thought the whole point of the episode was to bring her to that so she could be resurrected. I thought the idea was that she was meant to die (to be reborn) but that her mother's unresolved death was keeping her from it, yet that recurring desire was expressed in her destructive behavior.
I did briefly consider the Cylon War aspect (otherwise, why mention it?) but I didn't really pay attention to the complete absence of her father, so clearly that's significant too. I agree that her mother's behavior implies some kind of blame, and knowing that Starbuck is not quite human would have made it easier to apply the physical abuse.
I have some vague sense that the early human colonists and the final five have some kind of a relationship, even if that doesn't make sense chronologically.
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Date: 2007-03-06 02:21 am (UTC)I did briefly consider the Cylon War aspect (otherwise, why mention it?) but I didn't really pay attention to the complete absence of her father, so clearly that's significant too. I agree that her mother's behavior implies some kind of blame, and knowing that Starbuck is not quite human would have made it easier to apply the physical abuse.
I have some vague sense that the early human colonists and the final five have some kind of a relationship, even if that doesn't make sense chronologically.