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beccatoria) wrote2008-12-18 12:54 am
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BSG Vid: Dolled-up in Straps (Baltar/HeadSix)
I'm not entirely sure whether this one counts as a 'shipper vid... o_O
Title: Dolled-up in Straps
Video: Battlestar Galactica (2003)
Audio: All dolled-up in straps // The National
Summary: Gaius Baltar is a love letter to no one. (Baltar/HeadSix, Sixes)
Editor's Notes: As usual, my thanks to my beta
cyborganize.
Direct download available here. RightClickSaveAs. 50 megs approx.
Password: vidses
Cross-posted to
galactica_vids and
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Other vids available here
(In case you were wondering, yes, this does mark the beginning of my vidding obsession with The National; expect another vid and a vidlet hopefully before 4.5 starts. You know; it'll be nice to have my life back, BSG. :/ Maybe one day I'll even learn to vid things that aren't you...)
Title: Dolled-up in Straps
Video: Battlestar Galactica (2003)
Audio: All dolled-up in straps // The National
Summary: Gaius Baltar is a love letter to no one. (Baltar/HeadSix, Sixes)
Editor's Notes: As usual, my thanks to my beta
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Direct download available here. RightClickSaveAs. 50 megs approx.
Password: vidses
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Other vids available here
(In case you were wondering, yes, this does mark the beginning of my vidding obsession with The National; expect another vid and a vidlet hopefully before 4.5 starts. You know; it'll be nice to have my life back, BSG. :/ Maybe one day I'll even learn to vid things that aren't you...)
Re: now, love, where have you been?
Darlin', I remember your "Hub" post because you put into words *exactly* what I was feeling, except I guess I've softened back to liking him again since. (Either from the Baltar/Roslin scene in "Revelations" or the hiatus, I don't know.) I mean, everybody was giving me all this sympathy for the Baltar Almost Died Trauma that episode put me through, but really the part that upset me was "You fuckers are not allowed to kill Baltar at the ALL-TIME HEIGHT OF HIM BEING HATE-ABLE." I was upset to hate him so much. There are only two points in the entire series where I've actually been furious with Baltar: one was right before Gaeta stabbed him, and the other was that scene.
I'm so glad you like the last image! I'd be totally interested to know what it means to you.
The more times I watched it (and remembering as an afterthought how you reacted to "The Hub"!) I started to get the significance of ending the vid on the confession scene, in all its crazy-eyed, lack-of-remorse glory. And it's like... that's the end goal of HeadSix existing. Exactly that horrifying level of denial. I found the slow-clap not sarcastic as much as, I don't know, chilling? At this most frakked-up moment, he is still feeling like the genuine hero of his own story, and there's HeadSix going "Yes, hon, you're doing just awesome!" Because one of the most important things HeadSix gives him (whether it's out of his own mind or supernaturally tailored to him or whatever) is the assurance of how wonderful he is. Applause on his deathbed. For me it sums up the huge gulf between Gaiusland and reality.
Of course the meta-sarcastic layer of WTFG, BALTAR is there too. *g*
And *blush* you're too nice. An epic end-of-BSG list of vid recs sounds like a great idea. I may have to steal it. :)
Re: now, love, where have you been?
Chalk up another one for the awesomeness of working through my character issues in vids and then making other people articulate them for me!
Basically your entire second paragraph is what I meant by "all the layers Tricia Helfer gives everything." Because yes. I mean, like I said, I kind of view Six's clapping as almost sarcastic, if only because, while she loves him and wants to see him glorious, there's also usually an element of "Dammit Gaius I have to do everything myself."
So like maybe I didn't mean sarcastic so much as smug and superior because look her pet project worked and yeah, like you said how horrifying is it?
Except you said it a millionty times smarter and basically articulated what I was going for when I realised that Six clapping over Gaius having fucked himself over so totally he's gonna bleed to death was totally where the vid needed to end. Cus yeah; to me it's sarcastic. But in the little HeadSix/Gaius paradigm it's the HeadSix grinning as Baltar claims to be the Hand of God or glancing approvingly at Tory as Baltar claims he's perfect.
And *blush* you're too nice. An epic end-of-BSG list of vid recs sounds like a great idea. I may have to steal it. :)
I'm not too nice, I simply acknowledge excellence :p
Also YES STEAL THE IDEA. We totally need to start a reccing meme...
Re: now, love, where have you been?