Cylon Says - BSG: Guess What’s Coming To Dinner?
Star TrekStargate:AtlantisFireflyBy Lisa Fary
Last week I thought, “Starbuck’s gang is going to have fun jumping their rebel Basestar into the middle of the fleet without warning.” I had no idea it would be so tense and awesome that I’d forget to breathe until the opening credits rolled.
Holy crap. That was good television. I mean, it’s like stuff happened.
As prophesied by the hybrid, the rebel Cylons have joined forces with humanity. Of course, humanity is still scheming and untrusting. That’s OK, though because the rebel Cylons are also scheming and untrusting.
Anders seems like he’s about to have a breakdown over Gaeta’s leg. I think he’s the weakest link among the Super Secret Cylons (Tory has fully accepted her Cylon state - Chief and Tigh have been tested and got through it) Anders won’t be able to live with his Super Cylon Secret and the guilt of Gaeta’s amputated leg and will be the first to fess up about his Cylon nature.
Anders was fixated on Gaeta’s song, and I was, too. Naturally, I though the lyrics meant something or would hold some revelation for the future of humanity. After reading the lyrics on Bear McCreary’s blog, I’m not so sure:
Alone she sleeps in the shirt of man
With my three wishes clutched in her hand
The first that she be spared the pain
That comes from a dark and laughing rain
When she finds love may it always stay true
This I beg for the second wish I made too
But wish no more
My life you can take
To have her please just one day wake
It was written for the show, so there’s probably meaning in there. I’ll have to think about it and get back to you on that.
For now, let’s talk about the hybrid. Last week, she said:
A dying leader will know the truth of the Opera House. The missing Three will give you the Five who come from the home of the Thirteenth. You are the harbinger of death, Kara Thrace. You will lead them all to their end.
John pointed out to me this week that the hybrid may be talking about Cylons instead of humans. The dying leader would be Natalie. This plan to take out the resurrection hub would certainly lead the Cylons to their end. Maybe not immediately, but they’d be rendered mortal.
I want to latch on to that idea, but I can’t. Why? Because of freakin’ Razor. That hybrid was much more coherent and specific:
Kara Thrace will lead the human race to its end. She is the herald of the apocalypse, the harbinger of death. They must not follow her.
He also said:
The seven, now six, self-described machines who believe themselves without sin. But in time, it is sin that will consume them. They will know enmity, bitterness, the wrenching agony of one splintering into many. And then, they will join the promised land, gathered on the wings of an angel. Not an end, but a beginning.
Sooo. . . either humanity doesn’t survive and Cylons move on or we can expect a Hamlet-type resolution to the series where everyone dies. That’s the kind of cheery thing BSG would do.
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Lisa Fary is a graduate of the creative writing program at Florida State University and holds an advanced degree in Special Education. Her early exposure to classic Battlestar Galactica in 1979 is largely responsible for her lifelong interest in science fiction and her childhood ambition of being an intergalactic space cowgirl.
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