Maybe everyone else is just thinking "genius = eccentric."

(slowly getting the hang of Buffistaspeak)

I'd say "hola!" or "yowdy!" or "greetings!" (or "greenthings and salivations, nerflings!") but y'all say "Timelies!" so...

Timelies, JenP (I just wrote "timelines" which shows my gamer-geek roots FAR too revealingly. Ahem.) Call me StuntHusband, or SH, or Not!Pete!, or Alex. I even answer to, "Hey, faggot!" when bellowed by Unca Jeffy (who is a gigantic straight man), usually across a crowded room of strangers.

sigh

Anyway. I honestly didn't anticipate the tactical choices in last night. But I'm a big character-change junkie, and I saw Baltar's "revelation" a mile off, like a huge slo-mo boulder hurled at 1rpm at my head. "No no no no no, mustn't happen, you DO know what this will do to him, right?"

Ayup.

spang

He wacko now. Buh-bye, nobody home. Just The Pose(TM) against the railing, and 6 all gloaty and must-punch-her-smug-teeth-out (yes, even her teeth are smug)

Loves it we do, preciousss.

Maybe everyone else is just thinking "genius = eccentric."

Eccentric? He's bug-fuck crazy.

Eccentric? He's bug-fuck crazy.

Yep. I mean, there's a line, you know? Which he crossed light-years back.

Timelies etymology

Yeah, but what evidence of this have the other characters seen? Besides public masturbation, of course.

Just watched BSG. Good episode. Nifty, smart action sequences and some meaty religious stuff to chew on. I liked that when Baltar accepted the validity of Six's God, it was on his own terms--I mean, OK, he prayed to the God for his self-preservation when he was accused of being a Cyclon facilitator a couple of episodes back, but he didn't really mean it then. Here, he decided that the only rational explanation for his correctly guessing the target site was because he was guided by a divine hand, because to think otherwise was illogical. Very in character for Baltar.

The Pythian prophecies, etc. were all very cool but arrrrghhhh! Snakes! Why did it have to be snakes!

I love that when you see other, random characters in the hallways of Galactica (if such is what you call them when you're in a giant spaceship) -- they do seem to look at him funny.

But he's always been crazy since they've known him -- I'm not sure how much of a difference they will notice.

Yeah, but what evidence of this have the other characters seen?

Well, my love for Billy the assistant began when he mutter/sang "Cuckoo!" under his breath during, I think it was 33 after he and Roslin had witnessed Baltar first trying to deal with talking to the real people and Six at the same time, so at least someone has noticed his oddness. And by Roslin's look, I think she concurred. Also? I adore Billy and will use just about any excuse to bring him up. But at least here, it has a point.

I think since then they probably have put it down to eccentric, because, from their perspective, he's been useful. I'd probably err on the side of thinking he was just eccentric, especially if I thought I had to rely on him. It would make me feel better about the relying.

Also, I think that Six is crazy too. Well, even the Six down on Caprica seems crazier than say the Public Relations Guy or Boomer.

I agree, sumi. Six has got herself some issues.