Fanfiction made reality?

[fembuck]

One more reason to love BSG! They take a fanfic phenomenon and make it cannon!

SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS ... AHEAD!






In "Pegasus," Admiral Cain was keeping cylon Number Six (Tricia Helfer) prisoner, and the relationship between the two was, well, extremely antagonistic to say the least. According to SyFy Portal, in earlier, happier days, the two were actually lovers. Here are the details:

"Cain and Gina were quite close," a source tells SyFy Portal. "In fact, they were lovers. We don't exactly come out and say it, but you'd have to be sleeping through the middle of all this to not pick up on their relationship."

"We've gone out of our way to make sure that it wasn't thrown in there just to throw it in there," the source said. "The love between the two sets up a [dramatic] device of betrayal, and what scorned love can create in the heat of the moment. Finding out your lover is really the enemy might not be new, but this should be a fresh perspective."

I mean, in my head Cain/Gina was already totally a love story with the worst break-up ever and no matter what the show said I always would have believed it to be true. But it's extremely cool that TPTB are making it cannon (and taking it seriously!).

Plus, Michelle Forbes and Tricia Helfer possibly kissing/suggestive touching/standing close to each other/making bedroom eyes at each other onscreen is something that I would never, ever protest to seeing ... despite how horribly the relationship ended.

Also, it will nice to see Michelle as Cain again. As a testament to Michelle's amazing acting prowess I was actually really interested in Cain, I can't say I really liked her, but I thought she was interesting, and didn't like that she kind of came off as a creature of pure evil. BSG is all about human faults and failures, and gray and so seeing why Cain became the way she did could be interesting. And you know Michelle would rock the house with it!

I'm so excited, I'm so excited, I'm so ... ... scared, I mean excited (damn you, Jesse Spano!)

Comments

[teh-no.livejournal.com]

This completely makes up for making Baltar the center of the Six/Xena/Baltar triangle. I mean, it'd be nice if the one canon homosexual relationship didn't end with one person letting the other be gang-raped, but hey, that's Battlestar Galactica for ya.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

This completely makes up for making Baltar the center of the Six/Xena/Baltar triangle.

So true. *seethes marginally less with rage*

I mean, it'd be nice if the one canon homosexual relationship didn't end with one person letting the other be gang-raped, but hey, that's Battlestar Galactica for ya.

*sigh* Yeah, I know. But this is totally a case of beggars can't be choosers. I'm sure they'll do it well, but there'll always be that sour taste in my mouth as I'm watching it because of well ... the beatings and gang-rape. I mean, I could cheer on the lady's in Waiting to Exhale, but Cain took it a bit too far.

Still, I'm looking forward to it.

[ralst.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping that the knowledge of what's to come won't totally spoil the enjoyment of Cain/Gina and, like you said, show us the grey areas in her personality. Plus, more Michelle Forbes! She made the character so utterly scary and totally fascinating all at the same time. It's just a pity we won't get more Cain/Starbuck subtext too.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

'm hoping that the knowledge of what's to come won't totally spoil the enjoyment of Cain/Gina

I think I'll be able to enjoy it for what it is. Tricia and Michelle are both great actresses and I'm sure that even knowing what's to come they'll be able to totally draw me into the relationship and concentrate on what's happening and not what will happen.

show us the grey areas in her personality.

Yeah, I'm looking forward to this. I always thought Cain got a little shortchanged in that from the moment she showed up on screen she was presented as an antagonist and was just evil after that. Michelle did a good job giving her some layers, and I want to explore those layers.

She made the character so utterly scary and totally fascinating all at the same time.

So true! I was really intrigued by Cain, and was strangely attracted to her although that probably had a lot to do with the Michelle Forbes factor, rowr. There was just something about her power and authority with that undercurrent of deep pain and something that made me want to know more about her.

It's just a pity we won't get more Cain/Starbuck subtext too.

Starbuck/Cain was delicious. I totally dug every minute they were on screen together. Yeah, it'll be a shame that that won't be developed, but at least we're getting something!

Aww, this is totally making me want to re-watch season 2!

[padawanmage.livejournal.com]

I remember reading one fic on this idea and reading reviews like 'Aw, this'll never happen' or some such. Gee, who's laughing now?

;-)

[trancer21.livejournal.com]

It's going to take me awhile to process this 'cuz, like teh_no there's a part of me that's like 'great, another evil/dead lesbians story'.

But there's the other part of me that thinks this'll be like a really, great dark, tragic and really, *really* fucked up love story. Which... wo0t!! 'Cuz I'm all about the dark and tragic with totally fucked up characters.

I just.. I wanna get excited but I don't wanna get my hopes up too much, this way, I won't be disapppointed.