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number_eight((Locked to Baltar and to all Cylons))
I would want to know the truth.
I couldn't believe that I was a Cylon. I know my mind, the part of me that was "Sharon", which refused to listen to the part of me that was "Eight", kept trying to help me out. Small messages, like the writing on my mirror, or the way that I found water when the Fleet needed it even though it took a couple of tries… that part of my mind was stronger. Not by much, but it kept me going for awhile. Long enough for me to fool myself into thinking that I really was Sharon.
That the apartment on Caprica was mine. That the pictures of my family were real. That my life wasn't a lie.
Here's the thing that I think I've finally figured out – you've got your humans, who know that Cylons are the "bad guys", and you've got your Cylons, who know that humans are the enemy to be wiped out. I didn't know either of those things, though. I was lost, so lost, and then I even lost the man I loved. I lost my family and friends, my career, my whole life. So where did I belong after that? If Cally hadn't shot me and I'd stayed onboard Galactica, what would have become of me? Tests? Experiments?
I wasn't Cylon and yet no one would accept me as a human, either. I think that's why I wanted New Caprica to work so badly. I clung to Caprica in a pathetic attempt at clinging to what I'd assumed was my humanity. No, that's not right either – I was actually holding onto the idea that I could be both Cylon and human. Of course it didn't succeed.
If I had known from the beginning what I was, without the implanted memories of "Sharon" stuck in me, then at least I would know my place in the galaxy. I would have been a Cylon, pure and true, instead of fighting my programming. I wouldn't have bothered with humans, or Chief, or Adama… I wouldn't have hurt people accidentally.
"Sharon" might not have existed, but then again, that would mean the plan to conceive wouldn't have worked, either. There would be no Helo and Hera living happily on Galactica, there would be no sadness over my "death" as I told Chief how much I loved him, there would just be me.
Whatever I am.
Muse : Sharon "Boomer" Valerii
Fandom : Misc. TV/"Battlestar Galactica"
Word Count : 403
I would want to know the truth.
I couldn't believe that I was a Cylon. I know my mind, the part of me that was "Sharon", which refused to listen to the part of me that was "Eight", kept trying to help me out. Small messages, like the writing on my mirror, or the way that I found water when the Fleet needed it even though it took a couple of tries… that part of my mind was stronger. Not by much, but it kept me going for awhile. Long enough for me to fool myself into thinking that I really was Sharon.
That the apartment on Caprica was mine. That the pictures of my family were real. That my life wasn't a lie.
Here's the thing that I think I've finally figured out – you've got your humans, who know that Cylons are the "bad guys", and you've got your Cylons, who know that humans are the enemy to be wiped out. I didn't know either of those things, though. I was lost, so lost, and then I even lost the man I loved. I lost my family and friends, my career, my whole life. So where did I belong after that? If Cally hadn't shot me and I'd stayed onboard Galactica, what would have become of me? Tests? Experiments?
I wasn't Cylon and yet no one would accept me as a human, either. I think that's why I wanted New Caprica to work so badly. I clung to Caprica in a pathetic attempt at clinging to what I'd assumed was my humanity. No, that's not right either – I was actually holding onto the idea that I could be both Cylon and human. Of course it didn't succeed.
If I had known from the beginning what I was, without the implanted memories of "Sharon" stuck in me, then at least I would know my place in the galaxy. I would have been a Cylon, pure and true, instead of fighting my programming. I wouldn't have bothered with humans, or Chief, or Adama… I wouldn't have hurt people accidentally.
"Sharon" might not have existed, but then again, that would mean the plan to conceive wouldn't have worked, either. There would be no Helo and Hera living happily on Galactica, there would be no sadness over my "death" as I told Chief how much I loved him, there would just be me.
Whatever I am.
Muse : Sharon "Boomer" Valerii
Fandom : Misc. TV/"Battlestar Galactica"
Word Count : 403
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Date: 2007-05-30 08:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-31 09:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-30 10:58 pm (UTC)OOC: This is why I've always thought that Boomer was the most tragic of all the Cylons, including the other Eight models. Because she simply had very little frame of reference for or comprehension of what was happening to her. The use of the sleeper agents by the Cylons was monstrously cruel to those chosen for those missions and nowhere is that more apparent than in the person of Sharon "Boomer" Valerii.
You have such a talent and such a way with words. The Sharon muses are in very good hands indeed.
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Date: 2007-05-31 09:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-01 01:23 am (UTC)OOC: Really? You think Athena's had a run of bad luck? I mean, I agree that her first year wasn't a lot of fun, but I guess it's only because I loved Boomer so much and felt for her so much that I pretty much loathed Caprica!Sharon the moment she showed up to save Helo. I had a feeling something would happen to my beloved Boomer and she'd wind up taking her place. *wibbleBoomerwibble*
I'm okay with Athena now, though I'm still scratching my head over the call sign. Foreshadowing? A throwback to the original series? Combination of both?
But I totally understand Boomer, I guess, whereas for me Athena has been a blank. But you've made it a lot easier to relate to her, so thank you!
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Date: 2007-06-01 07:36 am (UTC)