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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 2477892" data-attributes="member: 151">Poor, poor Starbuck.  In only five minutes, Roslin hypnotized her, apparently.  Darned Roslin's powers of passive-agressive hypnotism <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Personally, I think you're attributing way too much forethought to Roslin's actions.  Events have led her to believe a prophecy is true, and that she is part of it.  How that plays out is anyone's guess - but I think the issue here is that you've already determined in the omniscient that she's wrong, and thus empirically all her actions are invalid.  In the context of the story, I'm not sure if I'm ready to buy that either way.  I'm pretty sure some complex things are happening, some controlled and some not. Let's keep in mind that for the majority of the Colonials, the Lords of Kobol are a valid religion.  If Starbuck has been raised since birth to believe that a savior will come in mankind's darkest hour and lead them to safety....well, the situation tends to be somewhat compelling, don't you think?  Forget whether the Lords of Kobol are real or not...all that matters is that the characters believe in them, not us.   Two theories: 1) I still maintain that the Galactica was not meant to survive.  The fleet was, but the cylons didn't want or expect Galactica to turn tail and guard the fleet.  The cylons have been improvising since, but they are treating mankind like a lab rat, seeing what they do and why. 2) The cylons intend to repopulate Caprica...possibly with their new breed of hum-ylon; the New Lords of Cobol.  If Six is to be believed, this is a cycle, to them.  A cycle to be repeated.  What if the Lords of Cobol were human-cylon half breeds?  The secret of Kobol will answer much, I think.</blockquote>

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