Overall, I thought the introduction of Lorien a bit too much of a deus-ex-machina plot resolution.
I agree with you here (on a lot of your other points too, but this is one I've seldom seen addressed). It's almost like JMS got himself in a bit too deep and needed some help getting out.
Great Maker, Lorien. My least favourite character ever.
Morden: actually, no. I never had the impression that Morden, as opposed to Anna, didn't choose to serve the Shadows - I saw him as the equivalent to Lyta, the convinced follower, though Lyta of course gets disillusioned by the Vorlons. What I liked about the Shadows and Vorlons resolution was that in the end, this was as far from Sauron and the Elves as you can get - the Vorlons were as wrong as the Shadows, and the solution was to cling to neither party. Back to Morden: the show gives us an on screen reason in season 5 to believe he wasn't forced into service.
Having her responsible for the Earth-Minbari war actually gives her stronger parallels to Londo. They both have a lot of blood on their hands. The big difference is, of course, that Londo chose his actions in cold blood - well, until the death of Adira. Still it's fascinating that in the world of Babylon 5, the lines between black and white are never clearly drawn.Yes, and consider: the Earth/Minbari war took five
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I agree with you here (on a lot of your other points too, but this is one I've seldom seen addressed). It's almost like JMS got himself in a bit too deep and needed some help getting out.
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Exactly. Only... you sort of forgive him for Lorien, because the rest of the story he tells is still so very good. :-)
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Morden: actually, no. I never had the impression that Morden, as opposed to Anna, didn't choose to serve the Shadows - I saw him as the equivalent to Lyta, the convinced follower, though Lyta of course gets disillusioned by the Vorlons. What I liked about the Shadows and Vorlons resolution was that in the end, this was as far from Sauron and the Elves as you can get - the Vorlons were as wrong as the Shadows, and the solution was to cling to neither party. Back to Morden: the show gives us an on screen reason in season 5 to believe he wasn't forced into service.
Having her responsible for the Earth-Minbari war actually gives her stronger parallels to Londo. They both have a lot of blood on their hands. The big difference is, of course, that Londo chose his actions in cold blood - well, until the death of Adira. Still it's fascinating that in the world of Babylon 5, the lines between black and white are never clearly drawn.Yes, and consider: the Earth/Minbari war took five ( ... )
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