December Talking Meme: Gaius and Six (Battlestar Galactica)

[selenak]

Looking back at BSG with some distance: a couple both remarkable for what they aren't and for what they are, and still very unusual in any fandom. Let's start with what they aren't which will make it clear what I'm getting at. In the original Battlestar Galactica, Baltar is an unambiguous megalomaniac villain, selling humanity out for power to the

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[frenchani]

You're making me want to have a BSG marathon!

*g*

[selenak]

I just rewatched some episodes myself after writing it, I have to admit. :)

[pujaemuss]

This is almost enough to make me want to watch BSG again, but I know it's a bad idea as I'll just get so frustrated with the way it loses the plot and meanders towards an entirely regrettable ending.

PJW

[bimo]

Your analysis hits right on what makes Baltar and the respective Sixes so fascinating to watch

[selenak]

Ah, but he couldn't have held the situation-diffusing, Cavil-convincing "God isn't on anyone's side" speech afterwards if he'd stuck with the fleet