So in a way, I think it would be pretty cool for Starbuck, with all her painfully human characteristics and contradictions, to be a Cylon as well; it would prove that there really is no difference between the two.
In another sense, I kind of feel like we've already gotten this story with Sharon/Boomer/Athena -- and how love made her an actual velveteen rabbit, or at least indistinguishable from them.
Well, but Athena is a very different character from Starbuck. Love is what gave Athena her humanity -- a simple, "noble" emotion. It was easy to sympathize with her. I'd be down with seeing a Cylon (or hybrid) embody a very different kind of humanity, one full of pain and anger.
They knew! They knew that they would crush the fan base. They fed on the audacity of killing Starbuck like sharks in a feeding frenzy.... Ron admits that it was purely for shock value.
Ugh. That's just... ugh. Kill a loved (and despised) character to serve the plot, sure. But purely for shock value? It seems like a waste of a destiny.
I totally agree. That left such a bad taste in my mouth. I think it's total bullshit, but still, that just made me mad to read it. To treat the character (and the fans) so callously just never seems like a good idea to me, first off. But -- yeah, it's a total waste of all that buildup about her destiny and her whole relationship with Leoben and the Eye of Jupiter and all -- is that seriously all going to be for nothing? NOT ON.
Ooh, Heroes time!