Judgement Day

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Intro: Secrets & Whispers. The fifth in a series of Baltar/Gaeta missing scenes fics. These stories may be read together or as stand-alone oneshots.
Chapters: 1. Devotion to Good, 2. Return from Kobol, 3. After the Election, 4. The First Intern, 5. Judgement Day, 6. A Walk at Midnight, 7. Awaiting the Verdict, 8. Voices in the Mind. 9. Last

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Re: Part 2

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Thanks so much for another epic and insightful review!

Doral especially, who looks really smug. I've sort of always wondered if he also enjoyed humiliating Gaius as payback for screwing up his plans to keep infiltrating the Fleet in the Miniseries.

Woah, excellent catch! I hadn't thought of that, but when I will rewatch I'll totally be thinking of that moment as Doral bitchslapping Gaius. Yes, I agree that it is shame rather than guilt that eats away at Gaius. In a sense he shouldn't feel guilty because most of his mistakes are unintended. However he should feel ashamed because it is his weakness, arrogance and selfishness that usually leads to these mistakes being made.

I wish we had seen more of Zarek in the New Caprica episodes. I agree that Zarek's stand was righteous and courageous, but ultimately useless. Mind you, Baltar was useless during the occupation too. I think Felix found a more useful balance between Baltar and Zareks standpoints with his choice to work as an undercover spy. This was when Felix could still find the cleverest tactical solution before his sanity was worn away.

Oh Boomer *sniff* She and Caprica really did have good intentions when they came to that planet. It's just a shame their sadistic friends came along to screw it up for them.

Well, I always notice in the last S2 scene that despite the intense drama of the cylons invading and Caprica returning, Gaius still keeps looking across at Felix. So I do think that Gaius still considered Felix during the New Caprica occupation and was fully aware that he was working as a double agent. I think it's actually quite touching that Gaius protected Felix from being discovered by the cylons, even if Felix didn't believe him (more on that theme in the next chapter).

You know a lot of BSG fans complain about the One Year Gap but I think we lose more good stuff from the 4 month gap. I'm sure Felix would have quickly joined up the dots regarding Baltar and Caprica-Six. I actually think some of that knowledge might be implied in Felix's "He led us to the apocalypse!" line. And yes, I think that both Felix and Six fear that Gaius thinks with his dick more so than with his heart and they have wasted their love on a selfish indulgent cad.

Thanks again for all your feedback! Your Daybreak review was brilliant, btw. Someone recced it to me. I didn't know that you blogged on other sites.