#fat lee

[alliswyattonthewesternfront]

if i die young

bury me in satin the Fat Lee suit

[somekindx]

Maybe someday I'll do a post about how fucked up the whole Fat Lee arc was. (This isn't that. Probably.*)

But godsdamn.

(~*~BSG season three spoilers ahead~*~)

Look, I get it. You're making all the characters look strikingly different to convey the passage of time and how New Caprica variously broke everyone's spirit (except Laura Roslin, who remains flawless and exquisite even when she's being tormented by Baltar in Cylon jail. WE ARE ALL UNWORTHY, Madam President).

So you're sitting in the writers' room at the end of season two, talking it out with your bros: Who's going to have long hair. Who's going to grow a bad moustache. Who's going to trade out their formal suits for comfy sweaters. Someone's going to lose an eye! A couple of the dudes can be bearded, whatever, that's always popular. Who's going to wear darker eye makeup, age them up a little that way. Oh! I know! Someone's put on a few pounds, haha. Good one.

Sigh.

I understand how you landed on Lee. I get exactly how, in a sick and profoundly fatphobic culture, it seems hilarious to have the hot male eye candy pilot white protagonist cis dude get fat for a few episodes, just for lolz, haha.

But look. Y'all fucked up.

Not by making Lee fat!

Not by having Bill and Lee say shitty things about his weight!

and his personality

and his motivation (These are in-universe character opinions, and they could have said the things they did without the narrative supporting it, but fuck y'all, of course the narrative supports your bias I hate you)

Not even by having Lee genuinely lose motivation and become a shell of himself--because, hey, some of us are prone to depression, and one side of effect of depression is weight fluctuations. I feel for Lee! I've been Lee!!!! (I love you, Lee!)

(In fact, I love Fat Lee, even though I hate the ways both canon and fandom did him dirty. and I don't expect that to ever change. and it makes me sad/mad/exhausted. But I love Lee and I love Fat Lee.)

I'm not even here today to bitch about the fat suit, although fat suits are horrible bullshit and people more eloquent than this writer have explained why they shouldn't be used.

So what am I here to complain about, then?

Siiiiiiiigh.

Can we talk very briefly about LEE'S FUCKING MAKEUP.

The makeup. On his face. In the New Caprica arc.

I hate it.

I hate it so much!!!!!!!!

It's not enough that they put him in a fat suit, had him lose his "edge" and express more emotions with less control and be kind of a mess.

It's not enough that they had his father and his beautiful wife tear him down repeatedly while he's at his lowest.

No. NO. They decided all of that wasn't quite doing it, we haven't thrown quite enough ugly on the character. He's fat, he's crying, his wife thinks he's weak, whatever, nope, that's not enough.

LET'S, they decided, PUT UGLY MAKEUP ON HIM. THAT'LL SERVE THEM RIGHT.

And you can call me crazy for it, but I do sense that on some level they were punishing the female viewership with this. How dare you find this man attractive. (This man we TOLD YOU REPEATEDLY was attractive.) Here's a lesson for you. He's fat now and he's got cheek inserts and florid makeup. Haha. Ha. Just you try to find him attractive now, ladies.

Dear everyone who ever thought Lee Adama was pretty: Neener neener. Sincerely, your friendly neighbourhood BSG creators.

...I'm so tired.

I'm having new and convoluted Lee feelings just writing this. I hate how this character is an endless rabbit hole of personal revelations for me, even when I'm ranting about HIS FUCKING STAGE MAKEUP.

Anywho. Let the record show: On this particular rewatch, the thing putting me over the edge during the New Caprica arc is... Lee's makeup.

Exit stage left, chased by a Cylon.

*I lied. It totally is.

**Baltar's trial is not Lee's finest hour and it breaks my heart into a million pieces to watch him backstab the President.

[localfox]

My mom is having way too much fun with fat lee adama and I quote "He looks like a frat boy who got a job as an insurance agent" "Ok Captain Waddles" "Yes sir, Captain Doughboy" "There's a little extra captain at the table,don't ya think?"

[whatsnextapollo]

i feel like both adamas had life crises of sorts during the year that everyone was settling new caprica i mean between fat lee and the adamastache i really don't know what else there is to say

[cylonbarnes]

MY MUM'S CALLING FAT LEE "ADIPOSE ADAMA"

[bsgconfessions]

[themushroomblues]

I love that some of the BSG fandom can look at "fat Lee" and just go hahaha Lee got fat. I mean the writers fucking spell it out for you. His weight gain is a symptom of his complacency, in his life and his duties to the fleet. We've seen Lee when he's in top form, ready to serve as CAG or in any other position to defend the fleet against the Cylons. But his time away from New Caprica on Pegasus took that away, he wasn't the solider he used to be, the solider that the colonists need.

But yeah lets just keep going with hahahaha Lee got fat.

Because remember "fat Lee" was the one who came back. He saved Galactica, helped save the colonists who were trapped on New Caprica, saved his father and the crew, even if it meant putting him and his wife in danger and destroying Pegasus.

Not bad for a fat dude.

[runyoucleverboyandremember11]

Adama's even suckier when he's chubby.