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Old October 1st, 2005, 06:35 AM   #9
Eric Paddon
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Ah, glad you asked! Introducing the Sire Antipas character is my sneaky way of reconciling these adaptations to my subsequent post-HOG fanfic stories (including the Second Season project) where Sire Antipas is this younger Councilman (think Timothy Dalton) who emerges ultimately as Adama's most formidable rival for power in large part because he played things effectively at this point in time by not aligning himself with the scheme to humiliate Adama and openly trust the Alliance, which is the kind of thing that has to permanently damage the ability of those like Domra and Geller to seriously challenge Adama in the future. By playing it smart on this occasion, Antipas thus has the credibility to be Adama's rival in the post-HOG universe because no one can hang the Alliance incident as an albatross over his shoulders.
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