Unspoiled Speculation on The Hybrid's Words to Kara

[repr0b8]

This is the kind of post that folks who are spoiled might snicker at when they read, and it's the kind of post I would never normally make because I think RDM really gets his jollies from toying with the fans. I tend to shake my head as people try to decipher the last supper photo, even more so after I heard that the photo wasn't RDMs idea, and

Comments

[raincitygirl]

I totally buy that theory. But I'm unspoiled except for previews, so my opinion is not informed. It just seems pretty logical to me.

[weissman]

"This late in the game, it's hard for me to imagine the writers not being able to come up with some legitimate babble that qualifies as foreshadowing."

Remember this is BSG we are speaking about now. They might have not even figured out what's going on past episode 15 of this season. I do think you are correct with your assumption that the them the hybrid is talking about is not the them everybody thinks she is talking about, but who it is refering to (Big shoulder shrug)

[lovely_fatima]

What the Hybrid says is this

[repr0b8]

You're right, that is what the hybrid says. I was mixing the words of the hybrid from Razor where the hybrid tells Kendra that "Kara Thrace is the harbinger of doom". And I think it's the combination of the statements of that first hybrid and this one that bring me to my theory.

And I think your theory and mine can coexist, and it would be neat if the writers manage to make the words work on several different levels. The first time we heard the hybrid speak in Razor, I was totally thinking along the lines you're speaking. I think the story has to "end" with the dividing lines between cylon and human being removed.

[lovely_fatima]

I remember that the male hybrid *did*, in fact, say "doom".

That's a tricky word (and here's where you get to see my English Teacher Geekery in full effect!), because what it means to us in modern society isn't the meaning it had for most of its existence. Doom comes from the Old English word "dom", which means "statute or judgement." It originates with an Old German word which means "something that must be done." Other meanings of doom, other than death and destruction, are "fate", and "inescapable outcome".

Given that context, I think the word "doom" is actually more accurate, but it fits in perfectly with what the female hybrid said in the last episode. Doom suggests that humans and Cylons may struggle all they want to avoid where Kara will take them, but it is inescapable and unavoidable--much like death.

[weissman]

"I think that means the end of the divided races, the end of Cylon vs. Human, the end that is the beginning in their cyclical belief system...thus the repeated idea of "Reset". The end is the beginning. She will lead them to the end, which is the beginning: Earth."

Absolutly 100%, and would ties in with Grace's interview way back in season I