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misscamYou might remember the charming story about a Brazilian archbishop who ordered excommunication of the mother and doctors of a nine-year-old girl who had an abortion after being raped by her step father. Well, it managed to get worse.
Outrage occurs. The president of Brazil is unimpressed. The archbishop remains unrepentant, but guess who he doesn't want to expell from the church?
The unrepentant archbishop said overnight the accused stepfather would not be expelled from the Church. Although the man allegedly committed, "a heinous crime, the abortion - the elimination of an innocent life - was more serious."
I HAVE WORDS AND THEY'RE ALL OF RAGE. We're taking about an abortion for a nine-year-old pregnant with twins, who wouldn't even be able to carry one baby to term and is already severely traumatized. So for saving her life, you want excommunication, but for the (alleged) child-raping asshat of a step-father? Welcome to the church! Saving a life is more serious than rape, apparently.
What the hell, Catholic Church? WHAT THE HELL.
Now onto BSG's 'Islanded in a Steam of Stars', which did its usual thing of killing me in various ways.
- Hey, was that another scene in the 'previously' I saw that wasn't actually in last week's episode? That bit with Adama and Roslin and her talking about a contingency plan and facing the loss of Galactica must be from one of their cut scenes, because I didn't recognise it.
- Athena and Helo :( Oh, man. Athena can't quite hate him and can't quite forgive him and Helo is just desperate. Stellar acting, though.
- Sam and Kara :( I predicted Sam-as-hybrid, but his blinking in sync with Galactica's on-and-off lights was a bit freaky. And Kara's speech to him made me ship them a little, just for a second. This episode really is a series of goodbyes, and this felt like hers to him, even if he is still alive at the end.
- Kara :( WTF telling Baltar, unless of course she wanted the secret out. I can see that as a possibility, carrying it must have been killing her. (Also, peeing in front of him, oh dear. Only on BSG. I suspect that had quite a bit to do with EJO directing this episode.) Putting herself on the wall next to Dee felt like a goodbye to herself of sorts, and her scene with Lee was quiet and affectionate and I even liked it a bit. Maybe they could be better for each other this time around, though I'm not entirely sold on it. Kara does love both Lee and Sam, I think, and this episode showed it better than most of season three.
- Baltar :( Oh, Baltar, you want redemption so badly and yet you're still Baltar. Kara should have kneed you in the balls. His scene with Caprica Six was interesting, and her 'I've changed' made me think of the whole show. Life is change. It's the only way it can survive.
- Boomer and Hera :( Hera really is human and Cylon both and thus neither. Her sharing the projection was creepy and touching and made Boomer's actions last week heartbreaking for her too. Hera crying for Boomer at the end made me sniffle. And the freaky first scene of projection/propechy/whatever with Hera crashing Galactica into a basestar, omnious foreshadowing like whoa, y/y?
- Galactica :( Ship and show, I'm not ready to let go. Bill and Saul's last toast to her made me seriously feel weepy. But Bill, enough with the emotional breakdowns in the head.
- Dying Eight and Saul :( He's still holding onto Bill too much, but Ellen is right - these are his children in a way. Her grief that he doesn't see it made me feel for her.
- Lee's totally unbelieving "...GAIUS BALTAR?!" made me laugh like a loon. And his protectiveness of his father's ship, aww. New Quorum seems as shouty as old, though. Democracy isn't always getting the most flattering potrayal on this show, but then, we manage to make messes with it in the real world too. Not that I favour the other options.
- A Cylon saving a human and dies herself. Things really are changing.
- Bill and Laura :( Oi. "Neither one of my women are dying. They just need a little more care and attention." Oh, Bill, you really are so bad at letting go. Hand!kissing. Reading. And a hidden joint in the book. Medicinal! I laughed. Then they go and break my heart in all the best ways with her talk of finding home with him (making my icon canon!) and her simple acceptance of how much he loves the ship too, but has to let it go. She has always been trying to make him see realities, because he sees with his heart. I've seen his love for her in quite a few episodes - Sine Qua Non, A Disquiet Follows My Soul - but wow, I really felt hers for him in this one. The way she looked at him as he read, ai. "Won't you give us a chance?" They're going to slay me in the finale, y/y?
Overall: Filler. Set-up. But I didn't mind, because these were character moments. Sadly, they also reminded me I am so not ready to let go of these characters and this show. I'm too attached and the finale starts next week. Help. Current favoured delusional finale theory: Rocks fall on Cavil, everyone else lives. (And has lots and lots of comfort sex.)
If you were wondering, like me, where the hell Chief was, that was apparently cut from this episode. Says Bear in his blog:
Not only are many of the dialog scenes expanded, but there are several scenes that were cut entirely from the show that required substantial original music. One of these scenes established that Tyrol is now in the brig for his role in Boomer’s escape and kidnapping of Hera. I was disappointed that this story point was cut from the episode, since Chief’s arc last week was so emotionally powerful.
Okay, we need that DVD with everything cut from this half of the season double-plus fast. WANT. Because it sounds like a lot has been cut and condensed and I want all the BSG I can have.
Also a nice review of the episode up on The Watcher.
In other news:
- Cancer-stricken couple chooses to die together at a voluntary euthanasia clinic.
- Svalbard hit by major earthquake.
- Josef Fritzl, the Austrian accused of sexually abusing his own daughter over 24 years, will plead guilty. (According to his laywer, who also denied Mr Fritzl was a "sex monster" and said he loved his daughter Elisabeth "in his own way". NO. If you rape someone - repeatedly or once - you lose the right to claim you love the person, dammit.)
- Michael Jackson might earn over $400m if comeback goes well.
- India is having a contest for a symbol for the rupee. (A la £ for pounds, $ for dollars, and um, I don't have the Euro sign on this keyboard. Because Norway has weird EU issues, probably.)
Outrage occurs. The president of Brazil is unimpressed. The archbishop remains unrepentant, but guess who he doesn't want to expell from the church?
The unrepentant archbishop said overnight the accused stepfather would not be expelled from the Church. Although the man allegedly committed, "a heinous crime, the abortion - the elimination of an innocent life - was more serious."
I HAVE WORDS AND THEY'RE ALL OF RAGE. We're taking about an abortion for a nine-year-old pregnant with twins, who wouldn't even be able to carry one baby to term and is already severely traumatized. So for saving her life, you want excommunication, but for the (alleged) child-raping asshat of a step-father? Welcome to the church! Saving a life is more serious than rape, apparently.
What the hell, Catholic Church? WHAT THE HELL.
Now onto BSG's 'Islanded in a Steam of Stars', which did its usual thing of killing me in various ways.
- Hey, was that another scene in the 'previously' I saw that wasn't actually in last week's episode? That bit with Adama and Roslin and her talking about a contingency plan and facing the loss of Galactica must be from one of their cut scenes, because I didn't recognise it.
- Athena and Helo :( Oh, man. Athena can't quite hate him and can't quite forgive him and Helo is just desperate. Stellar acting, though.
- Sam and Kara :( I predicted Sam-as-hybrid, but his blinking in sync with Galactica's on-and-off lights was a bit freaky. And Kara's speech to him made me ship them a little, just for a second. This episode really is a series of goodbyes, and this felt like hers to him, even if he is still alive at the end.
- Kara :( WTF telling Baltar, unless of course she wanted the secret out. I can see that as a possibility, carrying it must have been killing her. (Also, peeing in front of him, oh dear. Only on BSG. I suspect that had quite a bit to do with EJO directing this episode.) Putting herself on the wall next to Dee felt like a goodbye to herself of sorts, and her scene with Lee was quiet and affectionate and I even liked it a bit. Maybe they could be better for each other this time around, though I'm not entirely sold on it. Kara does love both Lee and Sam, I think, and this episode showed it better than most of season three.
- Baltar :( Oh, Baltar, you want redemption so badly and yet you're still Baltar. Kara should have kneed you in the balls. His scene with Caprica Six was interesting, and her 'I've changed' made me think of the whole show. Life is change. It's the only way it can survive.
- Boomer and Hera :( Hera really is human and Cylon both and thus neither. Her sharing the projection was creepy and touching and made Boomer's actions last week heartbreaking for her too. Hera crying for Boomer at the end made me sniffle. And the freaky first scene of projection/propechy/whatever with Hera crashing Galactica into a basestar, omnious foreshadowing like whoa, y/y?
- Galactica :( Ship and show, I'm not ready to let go. Bill and Saul's last toast to her made me seriously feel weepy. But Bill, enough with the emotional breakdowns in the head.
- Dying Eight and Saul :( He's still holding onto Bill too much, but Ellen is right - these are his children in a way. Her grief that he doesn't see it made me feel for her.
- Lee's totally unbelieving "...GAIUS BALTAR?!" made me laugh like a loon. And his protectiveness of his father's ship, aww. New Quorum seems as shouty as old, though. Democracy isn't always getting the most flattering potrayal on this show, but then, we manage to make messes with it in the real world too. Not that I favour the other options.
- A Cylon saving a human and dies herself. Things really are changing.
- Bill and Laura :( Oi. "Neither one of my women are dying. They just need a little more care and attention." Oh, Bill, you really are so bad at letting go. Hand!kissing. Reading. And a hidden joint in the book. Medicinal! I laughed. Then they go and break my heart in all the best ways with her talk of finding home with him (making my icon canon!) and her simple acceptance of how much he loves the ship too, but has to let it go. She has always been trying to make him see realities, because he sees with his heart. I've seen his love for her in quite a few episodes - Sine Qua Non, A Disquiet Follows My Soul - but wow, I really felt hers for him in this one. The way she looked at him as he read, ai. "Won't you give us a chance?" They're going to slay me in the finale, y/y?
Overall: Filler. Set-up. But I didn't mind, because these were character moments. Sadly, they also reminded me I am so not ready to let go of these characters and this show. I'm too attached and the finale starts next week. Help. Current favoured delusional finale theory: Rocks fall on Cavil, everyone else lives. (And has lots and lots of comfort sex.)
If you were wondering, like me, where the hell Chief was, that was apparently cut from this episode. Says Bear in his blog:
Not only are many of the dialog scenes expanded, but there are several scenes that were cut entirely from the show that required substantial original music. One of these scenes established that Tyrol is now in the brig for his role in Boomer’s escape and kidnapping of Hera. I was disappointed that this story point was cut from the episode, since Chief’s arc last week was so emotionally powerful.
Okay, we need that DVD with everything cut from this half of the season double-plus fast. WANT. Because it sounds like a lot has been cut and condensed and I want all the BSG I can have.
Also a nice review of the episode up on The Watcher.
In other news:
- Cancer-stricken couple chooses to die together at a voluntary euthanasia clinic.
- Svalbard hit by major earthquake.
- Josef Fritzl, the Austrian accused of sexually abusing his own daughter over 24 years, will plead guilty. (According to his laywer, who also denied Mr Fritzl was a "sex monster" and said he loved his daughter Elisabeth "in his own way". NO. If you rape someone - repeatedly or once - you lose the right to claim you love the person, dammit.)
- Michael Jackson might earn over $400m if comeback goes well.
- India is having a contest for a symbol for the rupee. (A la £ for pounds, $ for dollars, and um, I don't have the Euro sign on this keyboard. Because Norway has weird EU issues, probably.)
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Date: 2009-03-07 12:59 pm (UTC)BSG. :( NEED ANTI-DEPRESSANTS NOW. OH SPACEMOMMY AND SPACEDADDY AND YOUR CRAZY SPACEWEED. That scene was funny, beautiful, depressing, and bittersweet all in one. Is it too much to ask to just give them a cabin by a stream where they can just be two old people in rocking chairs smoking dope in the end?
if there's one thing I'm disappointed with about the season, it's about how much has been cut. ALL of these scenes better be on the dvds, ALL OF THEM.
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Date: 2009-03-07 01:15 pm (UTC)Yes, it was. They both looked so beautiful in the scene too, almost as if we were seeing them as viewed by the other. That sounds sappy, but what the hell, the two of them make me sappier than I've ever been for a ship.
I so wish that cabin for them, but this is BSG. I alternate between thinking they both go with Galactica and that they both live, at least for a while after. Show, you've already broken my heart, no need to redo.
YES. They could make a whole season of all the stuff they've had at the end. Share, or I will park my ass at SciFi's HQ and be a Norwegian pain.
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Date: 2009-03-07 01:08 pm (UTC)Roslin: guess what I'm thinking about right now
(Me: the cabin)
Adama: gimme a hint
(Me: *smacks Bill with a clue-by-four*)
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Date: 2009-03-07 01:21 pm (UTC)Why do we never share ships? It's sad. At least we're sort of in the same family this time and can meet at family dinners, but still. I wish I could summon up shipping enthusiasm for yours since you're my number one babe and we could get silly about it together. Or you'd fall for mine as I did. It's sad not sharing with you :(
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Date: 2009-03-07 01:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-07 01:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-07 01:15 pm (UTC)"The people want a Church full of forgiveness, love and mercy," he said.
Amen. I have a feeling Rome is going to get involved in this. Right now, that archbishop is giving them all a bad name. Me, I'm just glad I'm a Protestant. We don't put limits on God's forgiveness.
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Date: 2009-03-07 01:34 pm (UTC)I'll be interested to see if Rome does indeed get involved - if enough outcry, maybe. It isn't that long since the row over the Holocaust-denying bishop and they certainly reacted to public sentiment then. On the other hand, current leadership there has pushed an 'every sperm is sacred' agenda to stupid heights, so who knows.
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Date: 2009-03-07 02:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-07 03:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-07 06:32 pm (UTC)Overall Fail with a capital F for the Church on this one...This is one of the reasons why I am Episcopalian. (Yes, I know it has its own problems, but at least it allows me to do what I want to my body...)
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Date: 2009-03-07 02:42 pm (UTC)I just vomited in my mouth.
(HI. Long time no chat, yes? How are you?)
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Date: 2009-03-07 03:10 pm (UTC)long time indeed! I am mostly good. Lots of work and fannish silliness over BSG filling my life. You?
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Date: 2009-03-08 01:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-07 02:45 pm (UTC)I am not ready to let go of these characters...Really not ready.
That look on Roslin's face when Bill was reading to her? AMAZING. Just...dude that was a look full of love, man. And then the weed, talk about cabins and home...
Oy. I'm not ready to say goodbye to these characters.
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Date: 2009-03-07 03:28 pm (UTC)I'm so not ready either. I will be a sad, sad mess at the end. Especially for Bill and Laura. She loves him so much and he's her home and he loves her so much and she's his Searider Falcon and he just can't read the end. Wah. I will cry if either loses the other and the odds on that seem pretty good.
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Date: 2009-03-07 03:36 pm (UTC)In my head I had been trying to prepare for the end but...Yeah, I'm not doing so well. Roslin and Galactica dying, Bill and Saul, and just...Oh, lord. I'm not ready. Not at all.
I wonder if Bill is finally ready though? I mean he is letting go of Galactica (*sobs*), I wonder if he will be able to let Laura go...? Huh. Somehow I don't think so...but maybe.
I'm so wiped after this episode. Just drained.
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Date: 2009-03-07 04:03 pm (UTC)Mm. I've been trying a bit as well, and it's just hard. Damn show. It sucks you in and then it's hard to let go. Too attached to the characters, even the ones I didn't like at the start.
I think Bill could maybe deal with losing one of them at this point, but both at once... Not sure he could ever be 'ready' for that, just maybe a bit more prepared for it coming.
I do wonder if maybe he'll lose Galactica, but not Laura at the same time. She doesn't look good, but she might hold on a bit longer.
Yeah, this episode really had so many moments where I just wanted to hug characters.
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Date: 2009-03-07 05:35 pm (UTC)So true. Well, except for Tory, I just have this irrational hate for her. (which is weird because I like her in the beginning)
I think Bill is ready to let Galactica go, but not Laura. The end scene with him and Tigh, sitting there under that painting of the first Cylon war...I dunno. It just felt like he was saying goodbye and he meant it, you know?
I hope he doesn't loose them at the same time, I couldn't handle it, you know he won't be able too.
Hug them and hand them hot chocolate. *squishes them* *sigh* BSG, you're killing me here!
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Date: 2009-03-07 03:31 pm (UTC)I'm just not ready to part with this show, and certainly not in just two more eps. My father and hubby are convinced they are just going to kill everyone in the last episode, and I'm scared they're right, for once.
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Date: 2009-03-07 03:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-07 05:47 pm (UTC)I don't even have words. Why he doesn't just say "girls have no right to live" and be done with it? Between this and the Holocaust denier, the Catholic Church is all but putting up neon signs saying "Not Ready For The Modern World."
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Date: 2009-03-07 07:13 pm (UTC)In any case, the Archbishop has pretty much shown that he'd rather condemn three people to death than do the moral and ethically correct thing, and that's too sorrowful for words.
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Date: 2009-03-08 04:06 am (UTC)This episode really drove it home for me that it's almost over. I will most certainly need a support group. And I anticipate needing a lot of tissues for the finale.
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Date: 2009-03-08 06:02 am (UTC)And when the finale comes, I'll try to get a ressurection hub to ressurect you in. We need more fic! :]
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Date: 2009-03-08 11:55 am (UTC)I have horrible visions of Bill sending Galactica off in glory by crashing her into the colony to destroy it, and going down with his ship. And Laura not letting him go alone. And oh man, that would just break me.
Like so many others have said, I am just not ready to say goodbye yet.
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Date: 2009-03-08 01:08 pm (UTC)Baltar still Baltar, indeed! I felt so evilly happy when Six sent him to frak himself (methaphorically speaking ^_^ )
Why is everyone posting that kiss pic of Bill? Ah, of course- because it is the cutest thing of that episode!!!!!!!!!
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Date: 2009-03-08 08:11 pm (UTC)I have moved past angry into thinking "well, I'm rather glad I made out with my girlfriend in a Catholic school the other day, you fucking moronic assholes."
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