BSG Vid: Dolled-up in Straps (Baltar/HeadSix)

[beccatoria]

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

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Cross-posted to galactica_vids and vidding

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(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...)

Comments

[frolicndetour.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, this is amazing. You made me feel such sympathy for Baltar - which, now that I've read through some of the comments, maybe wasn't quite what you were going for, which is funny because I'm not much of a Baltar-fan. But I thought this really got at the ways in which he's controlled by his own illusions - self-created though they may be. I can't really single out a favorite part, because it's all so perfectly chilling - oh wait, the very end with the slow clap as he bleeds out would have to be it. :D Brilliant work!

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It's been fascainting watching the different responses to this. Certainly a lot of this vid was due to my anger at Baltar in S4.5 but at the same time, there is sympathy for him. That's the irritating genius of the show/character. They made their villain into a guy in a really pathetic and sympathy-inducing situation, played against the fact that...how much sympathy can we have if it's his fault he's in that situation?

And now I'm rambling which is to say, thank you for your feedback. I'm not sure what I make of Baltar these days either which is probably why the vid brings out such mixed responses. ;)