Right. I agree that it was a stitch in time that Laura happened to get some chamalla smuggled in for when Tigh finally brought the Quorum to see her. But I think it's diabolical that Ellen thought through all this--she wasn't thinking, "I'll discredit Roslin so that the military leadership will be more secure & thus all this messy political stuff will be over, thus making humanity safer as we try to find earth!" She was thinking, "How can I get Saul in charge, & damn the consequences?"
I don't know if Ellen has had as much to potentially gain from Saul's position before... so maybe she hasn't been quite as diabolical in the past. But pretty obviously her personality quirks aren't new ones. I would think her manipulations in the past were smaller-scale (ie. get all Tigh's friends [not just Adama] all suspicious & snipey @ each other b/c of the way she flirts w/them & casts suspicions, etc.).
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Re: But Lady MacBeth is right up until she goes crazy
Date: 2005-07-30 09:14 pm (UTC)I don't know if Ellen has had as much to potentially gain from Saul's position before... so maybe she hasn't been quite as diabolical in the past. But pretty obviously her personality quirks aren't new ones. I would think her manipulations in the past were smaller-scale (ie. get all Tigh's friends [not just Adama] all suspicious & snipey @ each other b/c of the way she flirts w/them & casts suspicions, etc.).