I *think* that Shade is meant to be Kitty Pryde (for the walking through things, and also Shade = Shadowcat) with a touch of Nightcrawler (strange appearance), but I haven't asked the author.

I didn't know that original-Starbuck had the victorian angst childhood going too, so that's an interesting parallel between the series. I've honestly only seen enough of the original show to know (a) there's lots of weird subtext and (b) I want to eat young Richard Hatch with a spoon. Not that, you know, Starbuck ISN'T cool. But I still think Apollo's prettier, and am pre-disposed to like RH because of his (decidedly unpretty) role on the new series.

Nothing is awesomer than the shrimp boat, nothing ever.