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What TV series essentially became unwatchable to you after one decision by the writers? (piefed.social)
submitted 9 months ago by [M] to c/television@piefed.social
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[–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

I like to think about stories, and not just assume they're bland emotionless scenes that exist for no reason except to show that one character was fuckin'.

If that's the only reason the scene exists, it was pointless and had no reason to exist anyways. Which makes it bad for other reasons.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 9 months ago* (1 child)

    I'm just telling you that it wasn't designed to be some major shock scene, or plot point. You'll forgive me if I don't recall the overarching details to the wider plot that derive from that scene (I do think Gaius makes a snarky comment about what Kara said later on in public) but it's hardly some unbelievable twist that Gaius would want to hook up with Starbuck (he is a literal sex addict) and he was charming and popular amongst the crew (at that point).

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    Yes, you can make excuses for why such a situation might exist... but why does the scene exist? What story elements does it provide? What character motivations does it provide? If, as you say, there is no follow up and no plot elements linked to it specifically being Gaius and Starbuck... then why was it Gaius and Starbuck? Either for no reason, and it's bad storytelling, or it's shock value, and it's bad storytelling.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 9 months ago

    You could say that about a lot of scenes in general across so many different shows. It doesn't need to exist except probably to show that Gaius and Kara (for different reasons) aren't especially interested or capable of long-term relationships currently (and that Kara has deep feelings for Lee).

    I don't see why it shouldn't be Gaius or Starbuck.

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