Plausible

At Ain't It Cool News I read a plausible (by sf standards) explanation of why, in Battlestar Galactica, Baltar has a Six in his head and Six (as we saw last week) has a Balter in her head. It's from someone called Aloysius Here's his theory, as he puts it:

Six sheilds Baltar from the flying glass - the explosion was distant so the real threat was the window. Six dies, and downloads. A combination of her focus on Gaius, saving his life, the proximity, his Cylon affinity, radiation from the nukes, whatever, cause a hiccup in the downloading process- he get some of her chocolate, she gets some of his peanut butter. This comminglement is the first Cylon/human "combination" which is why Baltar has the role of guardian of the new generation. Head Six and Head Baltar are the parts of them that went through the transfer, so they are more hip to the religious angle and less trapped by the particular situation the "host" finds his/herself in.

Good work, A.