Prophecy. Hm.

[tzikeh]

Sooooo...first I thought (and I'm pretty sure everyone else thought, since they kinda told us it was true) that Roslin was our dying leader. Then I thought it might be Six (or all the Sixes), because of the speech Natalie gave before the Quorum about having to die in order to give life meaning, and the flashbacks with Starbuck standing there, and so on. For the earlier part of this season, I thought it might be Baltar. Now I have a whole other theory.

Pythia's prophecy says that the Lords of Kobol "anointed a leader to guide the caravan of the heavens to their new homeland." Also that this leader would have a "wasting disease," and would not make it to the homeland... herself? Himself? Doesn't say. Doesn't mention gender at all.

The Galactica has been leading the caravan of the heavens to its new homeland. The Galactica was going to be decommissioned on the day of the Cylon attack as an obsolete ship that was well beyond its sell-by date. The Galactica is quite literally breaking down--Chief just saw one of the ship's hull seams coming apart.

Call me crazy, but I think that the dying leader is an "itself". And that means the Galactica isn't going to make it to wherever it is that the Colonists and Cylons wind up. And I think I'll be just as sad to see her go as I would any other character.

Comments

[suaine.livejournal.com]

Okay, wow. Yes. This. I hadn't really thought about the prophecy as much as I should because, well, it's *prophecy*. But yes, yes, it makes a lot of sense and if this is what happens it's going to break my heart. I love that ship and it carried the hopes and dreams of that little bedraggled band of humans (and cylons) farther than anyone could have imagined. To see it go will be like blowing up Babylon 5 all over again -_-

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

It makes a lot of sense. I keep returning to the stuff from Pythia and things I've completely forgotten from earlier episodes (hurrah for the Battlestar Wiki). And that whole bitabout the "snakes" - sure, Laura hallucinated them, but then, the Galactica has Vipers, doesn't it....

[delle.livejournal.com]

ooooooooooooooooooooh snakes = Vipers. good point!

I firmly believe the Galactica is dying and it's breaking my heart.

[casirafics.livejournal.com]

And that thought just gave me all sorts of crazy half-formed ideas about Kara and the hybrids and the ship... ;)

I really like that interpretation on the prophecy, at any rate! You may be on to something there.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

This show, man. This SHOW.

[the-shoshanna.livejournal.com]

Ooooooooooh.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

I know! At any rate, this show, man. THIS SHOW.

(omg Purple Crayon for grate yayz.)

[gchick.livejournal.com]

I LOVE YOUR SPICY BRANE!

(Srsly. My one and only BSG vid idea, back in S1, was about the ship herself as the real main character. And then they stopped being all about the ship and lo, I am LAZY. But no, I will not be calling you craxy any time soon.)

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

I *heart* Galactica. If she's going down in flames, there is no doubt it my mind it will be while saving everyone she can.

I think I need a Galactica icon. (DAMMIT ONLY SEVEN EPISODES LEFT *shakes fist at the sky*)

[sdwolfpup.livejournal.com]

That was the same thought I had when Chief saw the ship breaking down! I hope they go that way; it would be really appropriate.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

That's when my brain went "omg Galactica is dying... er... oh."

And it would be really appropriate, wouldn't it.

(of course this might me Laura could live *cough* not that I care or anything *cough*)

[kaydeefalls.livejournal.com]

..that would be so cool.

[sol-se.livejournal.com]

ooooooh...I would love that!

[aurora]

Oh.

That's a fantastic theory and you might very well be right. (The thought of them having to leave Galactica breaks my heart.

[furies.livejournal.com]

oh wow.

i super love this idea, *especially* after tonight and adama's all forgotten about roslin and has returned to his one-true-love, galactica, and tells the chief to "save our girl".

SO COOL TO THINK ABOUT.

. . . except i think i'll cry a WHOLE LOT MORE if we have to see them all leaving the ship before she blows or something than if laura or someone died. that would be so tear-inducing, i can't even wrap my brain around it. (though lord, i bet they could film that beautifully . . .)

i almost wonder if adama would leave his ship though. i mean, isn't it like, customary that the captain/admiral/whatever stays with the ship? maybe he'll die along with galactica?

no idea. but i'm really sad now. not their poor beat-up baby battlestar!! and yet it fits so perfectly.

[wemblee.livejournal.com]

Oooh, great theory.