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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 3086540" data-attributes="member: 710">I think anyone reasonably interested in reading a thread about "Phantom Gaius Baltar" should not feel spoiled by this. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> (For Spoiler Tags, you can use (spoiler) enter spoiler here (/spoiler), except use square instead of round brackets)But to the actual topic: Nobody really knows what the Phantom Baltar in Six' head means. (And at least at the time of the creation, not even the authors have made up their mind). It was definitely something that was supposed to let us all reevaluate our theories on Baltars Phantom Six. They did that before, when Baltar got tested by Doc Cottle and there was no sign of a chip or unusual organic structure. Not proof for die-hard believers in the chip-theory, but still something to think about. From the behaviour of both Phantoms they each seem to be a somewhat idealized version of the respective character - Phantom Six behaves like Baltar believes she would behave, and Phantom Baltar behaves as Six believes she would. The Phantoms and the "original" ones definitely differ in their behaviours.For theories: Maybe Phantom Six and Phantom Baltar are angles send by god. Maybe the "real god(s)" (?) send them to the both to eventually find a solution for the human-cylon conflict. But that requires us to assume that at least one god actually exists, and personally, I doubt that BSG TNS will ever make such a clear statement. Maybe Baltar is also a Cylon, and Six and Baltar both died in the nuclear blast. The resourrection went somewhat wrong, and now a splinter of each others personality is embedded in each other. This doesn't explain the differences between Phantom and Original character. It is also doubtful that Baltar will turn out to be a Cylon, since it seems important for the character concept that he is a human traitor. The theory could be slightly changed and just assume that Six died, Baltar (human, not cylon) survived, and the a side effect of the Ressourection process combined with the nuke lead to the Phantoms. (Which seems a very strange coincidence...)Maybe both just have gone mad through the experiences, and now see each other, trying to find reasons for their behaviour (Baltar and his "messias"-complex) or punish themself (Six, maybe). It could just be a coincidence that both characters suffer from the same symptoms. I wouldn't expect an answer soon. Maybe this will be a mistery never solved in the series, and fans can continue to speculate about it for decades after the show ended.</blockquote>

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