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♔ / Posted on January 23 2012 at 6:29pm via bsgconfessions with 71 notes
#oh my god exactly  #battlestar galactica  #EXACTLY  #i mean this is what makes me angry  #that they went from it being really complex and awesome  #specifically in its religious themes  #and then decided to end it like this  #U G H  #i want to rewatch it but then i'd have to go till the end  #and i get ANGRY  #ask joana  #koala tea opinions 
bluefootedbooby: So I guess between “Flesh and Bone” and “the Hand of God” was when you decided “wow, this layered and intriguing look at human religiosity is COMPLETELY LITERAL and should not be viewed in any other way. I can totally see where this is going! The monotheistic God of the Cylons does it all!” So I guess it was all pretty boring for you after that. I mean, people, really, I love religion in my sci-fi. I’m not saying religion doesn’t belong in sci-fi. Fuck, it’s half the intrigue. Sci-fi exists to explore human potentialities of all kinds. But it’s pretty bullshit that the answer to every single mystery in the end was “oh, that? God did it.” And that in the end what we got was a definitive answer of whether there even is a god, whose god it is, which religion was valid or legitimate, etc. Because remember, this show had monotheists, polytheists, and atheists. And not one narrative or interpretation was ever privileged over another. This show was about exploring the ambiguities. To say, in the end, “fuck the ambiguities. We need to make up some kind of resolution for all this shit. I know! Deus ex machina!” is personally offensive to me and the way that I enjoyed this show. There should never have been an answer. When I rewatch this show and think of Gaius as actually being manipulated by The Lord God On High, I legitimately despise this series and find it trite, putrescent, and annoying. And I don’t want to despise this series. It’s my favorite television show. I want the ending to make sense for every narrative not just for two or three. I want legitimate emotional closure for every narrative not just the ones that the writers still found interesting. I want a finale that’s in line with the pilot. I want the mini-series to still make sense when I watch it again after I’m done. And I want it to be just as enjoyable after all the “revelations” as it was the first time around. And for me? That’s definitely not the case. Take your Daybreak and fuck off. Because we were both watching Battlestar Galactica, but we weren’t watching the same show.

bluefootedbooby:

So I guess between “Flesh and Bone” and “the Hand of God” was when you decided “wow, this layered and intriguing look at human religiosity is COMPLETELY LITERAL and should not be viewed in any other way. I can totally see where this is going! The monotheistic God of the Cylons does it all!” So I guess it was all pretty boring for you after that.

I mean, people, really, I love religion in my sci-fi. I’m not saying religion doesn’t belong in sci-fi. Fuck, it’s half the intrigue. Sci-fi exists to explore human potentialities of all kinds.

But it’s pretty bullshit that the answer to every single mystery in the end was “oh, that? God did it.” And that in the end what we got was a definitive answer of whether there even is a god, whose god it is, which religion was valid or legitimate, etc. Because remember, this show had monotheists, polytheists, and atheists. And not one narrative or interpretation was ever privileged over another. This show was about exploring the ambiguities. To say, in the end, “fuck the ambiguities. We need to make up some kind of resolution for all this shit. I know! Deus ex machina!” is personally offensive to me and the way that I enjoyed this show. There should never have been an answer. When I rewatch this show and think of Gaius as actually being manipulated by The Lord God On High, I legitimately despise this series and find it trite, putrescent, and annoying. And I don’t want to despise this series. It’s my favorite television show. I want the ending to make sense for every narrative not just for two or three. I want legitimate emotional closure for every narrative not just the ones that the writers still found interesting.

I want a finale that’s in line with the pilot. I want the mini-series to still make sense when I watch it again after I’m done. And I want it to be just as enjoyable after all the “revelations” as it was the first time around. And for me? That’s definitely not the case.

Take your Daybreak and fuck off. Because we were both watching Battlestar Galactica, but we weren’t watching the same show.

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