Hello world!
I wonder how long you have to try to do something before you stop saying you don't know how to do it. One time is a good go. This is a response to the meta-question on BSG_epics: To be honest, this isn't quite the answer I want to give, because I haven't thought much about the characters lives prior to the Mini. That's a little weird, but I'm comfortable with it. However, I do think that their lives on Galactica embody a lot of things that are missed. So, here it is.
Kara misses planetary fluctuations. The changing humidity of the air from season to season. Changing weather, changing light. I see her as very elemental, volatile, tempestuous like weather. Also, the Colonial religion is likely a seasons/nature/cycles based religion, and her hidden religious side would also lead me to believe that she would find beauty in the cycles of nature.
Lee misses the ability to discuss esoteric questions and philosophy without feeling responsible for what might happen if his thoughts were put into place. The ability to be hypothetical rather than practical in his idealism. Of a more physical nature, he misses having basically any personal momentos from before the end of the worlds. It's struck me recently that the only things he could possibly have had with him would have to have fit in the cargo hold of a Viper - I'm not thinking that there is much room for cargo on a Viper.
Gaeta misses porn. Hey, he said it.
Laura misses children. She's a teacher, she misses not just the hope for the future that children represent, but the sound of children, the smell of children, freshly bathed and just through the door, messy and grimy and covered in food detritus. The short limbs and pudgy cheeks of children that made her smile and pull a face at them just so they'd smile back and giggle.
Helo misses being informed about what's going on in the worlds and not feeling like he's already in the know. Being a bystander, having something to aspire towards. And he misses clean, crisp bed sheets.
Cally misses hope for the future. The idea that she can be more than she is now, that there are things to aspire to, dreams that may be stupid or thankless, or not-so-well-thought-out, but dreams that feel real and different from the present.
Anders misses Pyramid. Not playing pyramid, because he still can, but playing against competitors who know what they're doing, playing with teammates who are on their game. I don't mean this in the "Sam Anders = desire for perfection", because I think that that was a BS copout, but someone who's life is so invested in sport is going to miss those moments of flow that come when you're playing a good game with teammates you click with against a worthy opponent.
Kara misses planetary fluctuations. The changing humidity of the air from season to season. Changing weather, changing light. I see her as very elemental, volatile, tempestuous like weather. Also, the Colonial religion is likely a seasons/nature/cycles based religion, and her hidden religious side would also lead me to believe that she would find beauty in the cycles of nature.
Lee misses the ability to discuss esoteric questions and philosophy without feeling responsible for what might happen if his thoughts were put into place. The ability to be hypothetical rather than practical in his idealism. Of a more physical nature, he misses having basically any personal momentos from before the end of the worlds. It's struck me recently that the only things he could possibly have had with him would have to have fit in the cargo hold of a Viper - I'm not thinking that there is much room for cargo on a Viper.
Gaeta misses porn. Hey, he said it.
Laura misses children. She's a teacher, she misses not just the hope for the future that children represent, but the sound of children, the smell of children, freshly bathed and just through the door, messy and grimy and covered in food detritus. The short limbs and pudgy cheeks of children that made her smile and pull a face at them just so they'd smile back and giggle.
Helo misses being informed about what's going on in the worlds and not feeling like he's already in the know. Being a bystander, having something to aspire towards. And he misses clean, crisp bed sheets.
Cally misses hope for the future. The idea that she can be more than she is now, that there are things to aspire to, dreams that may be stupid or thankless, or not-so-well-thought-out, but dreams that feel real and different from the present.
Anders misses Pyramid. Not playing pyramid, because he still can, but playing against competitors who know what they're doing, playing with teammates who are on their game. I don't mean this in the "Sam Anders = desire for perfection", because I think that that was a BS copout, but someone who's life is so invested in sport is going to miss those moments of flow that come when you're playing a good game with teammates you click with against a worthy opponent.