Name:John Graham Song:Gaeta's Lament Artist:Sung by Alessandro Juliani, Composed by Bear McCreary Forum Owner of Character: @"John Wildkins" Notes:I've always really loved this song (and everything in the BSG soundtrack, to be fair), but I will admit I started to pull a few cues from Felix Gaeta (somewhat unintentionally) while thinking of ways to develop Graham during the Gallic conflict, Royal Flush, and all that.
Quote:"[Gaeta] believes what he wants to be true, not what's in front of his eyes... Gaeta thinks he knows what kind of violence is coming, and he thinks it can be contained, controlled. He thinks he can stomach an acceptable level of violence . . . And the dawning realization that, once again, he failed to see the bigger picture is what gives this episode its weight, its pathos. He's a good man who has gotten it wrong. Again." - Maureen Ryan on Gaeta, S4 of BSG
I stumbled into making Graham a similar, fresh-faced idealist, only to have reality be beaten into him, first metaphorically by Hartman and later literally by the failed Operation Royal Flush. Now, he's on the run from the Navy after faking his death, but he now hopes that by cooperating with the LSF during the separatism, he can reintegrate peacefully into Liberty, and help his house once again. And like Gaeta, he's an idealist with no real scope on what will really happen. He's a good man who will get it wrong.
