See, I was kind of vaguely spoiled about what he would turn out to be (in terms of Anders/Kara, THE QUAD OF DOOOM) before I watched any of the stuff with him, and I also had the baggage of knowing he was on One Tree Hill, so I was totally prepared to be all "this guy? Him?" BUT THEN HE WAS SO LOVELY AND I WAS KARA-LEVELS OF CONFLICTED. And then when I was doing "a self-fulfilling prophecy" the Anders parts turned out to be my favourite to write. OH SAMUEL T. ANDERS. Also, I love the idea of Kara playing the song that he wrote when she was a little girl. SHIPPING CYLONS IS WAY FUN.

it skeeved me out on levels. (Hello, kept woman.)
Oh, I completely understand that. I wasn't shipping them at all during the New Caprica arc (although Leoben always fascinated me, that creepy fucker); I was more intrigued by the later stuff, and "Maelstrom" particularly. Apart from the OMG DESTINY! stuff (you know I'm a sucker for OMG DEWSTINY! stuff), I just really liked the idea of Leoben-as-guide, that he recognised poetential in her that other people didn't. Or something? IDK, BLAME IT ALL ON SARAH. And the paint!sex.