B5: Chatter, Recs, Ships (of both kinds!)

[icepixie]

I know you are all getting tired of my endless, endless B5-related chatter, so I am cutting for your reading convenience!

- Apparently this was the original five-year plan for B5. I...woooow. I'm really glad that never made it to the screen. WOW.

- Further things I'm glad never made it to the screen: apparently if Claudia Christian had stayed for S5, Ivanova was going to get involved with Byron. EW. There merest thought of that makes me nauseated.

- Poking around at the Lurker's Guide, I found that JMS is the same Meyers-Briggs type as I am (INTJ). This...doesn't surprise me in the least. If ever there were a textbook case of conceiving an idea and translating it to the real world, that would be it. (I often feel like a fraud of an INTJ, because I tend to fail at the "translating to the real world" part. I mean, I like to think about how my ideas would translate, but I'm too lazy to do it.)

- An unexpected consequence of watching "Sleeping in Light" is that I now ship Ivanova/Delenn like burning. And not necessarily just post-SiL, either, although it's certainly much easier at that point in the story. I...don't know? But if you know of (more) fic, I want to read it.

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Fic Recs:

Elements of Consolation by eye_of_a_cat - Delenn/Lennier, post-"Comes the Inquisitor." This beautiful piece is so perfectly Lennier, and utterly Delenn. If it ever happened, this is how.

What Seems Still by voleuse - A day in the life of Marcus Cole, who plans his days around Susan Ivanova. I've discovered that many Ivanova/Marcus fics are melodramatic and ridiculous; this is neither. It is instead a perfect representation of Marcus--devoted, patient, maybe a bit annoying, and sweet without being cloying.

Skuka, Holod i Granit by notjenny - This is the only way I can conceive of Ivanova/Marcus actually happening. Depressing--oh, yes, depressing, but Susan is Russian and she knows that Anna Karenina is as true a tale of love as exists in the world. (Her daydream is absolutely hilarious, too, in a darkly comic way.)

and finally a love poem, also by notjenny - Susan/Talia (S2) and Susan/Delenn (post-SiL). I love the contrasts between the two relationships presented here. Both are so real; both are so different.

Tangles by Aris Merquoni - Susan/Delenn friendship fic, set soon after SiL. Susan starts over. Delenn is there for her.

And finally, a vid rec: this video is a fan-made animation pitting ships from Star Trek, Star Wars, B5, and (old) BSG together in a big ol' firefight. Awesome.

Comments

[mylittleredgirl.livejournal.com]

I was just devastated by the DS9 finale, though, because it was, like, EVERYONE SPLIT UP, AND THERE WAS SOME DEATH, AND EVERYONE IS KIND OF SAD ABOUT THEIR NEW LIVES...? They resolved the arcs which was SO GREAT, but then I was left with this feeling of "... oh, no, MY PEOPLE ARE SLIPPING AWAYYYYY!"

"Next phase of life" would totally be okay as long as they ALL DO IT TOGETHER. I have abandonment issues with my TV shows. ;)

I am told by most of the internets that no sane person likes the finale of Forever Knight. I'm not at all into pointless death. I just mean that... damn, why can't I think of a good example now? *hrm* In the morning, perhaps. :)

BYRON. HAHA. Okay, Season 5 is just so dumb in so many ways, and the telepath arc was just... really weird. Though necessary. BUT WEIRD. My Byron story is that I had noooo idea who he was, and I met the actor at a convention when I was pretty young. (I was way behind on B5, I guess? I'm not quite sure how this happened that I didn't know.) I was volunteering (fan-run-con-win!) and was setting up this random room for B5 autographs and he helped me hang up banners for a while because he was so much taller than me. (And didn't care that I didn't know who he was, even though I was insanely embarrassed (he asked me if I watched B5 and I was like "YES I LOVE IT!... omg, you're on that show!? What's wrong with me!??") So once I saw him on the show, I couldn't hate him despite the epic dumbness of the character, because the actor was such a nice guy!

You were totally right! I don't think I would've sobbed and raged, because...I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have been watching the series if it showed that plot outline. Ouch.

*was desperate for sci-fi that we could get on our rabbit ears in the middle of the boonies, which was sometimes B5, and you could kind of see the X-Files if someone stood by the window with an antennae extension*

My Sinclair/Delenn icon is now double win, by the way.

[icepixie]

"Next phase of life" would totally be okay as long as they ALL DO IT TOGETHER. I have abandonment issues with my TV shows. ;)

HAHAHAHA. So they should all stay the same rank and on the same ship for ever and ever amen? ;) I see what you mean, though.

I am told by most of the internets that no sane person likes the finale of Forever Knight.

This is pretty much true, yes.

I'm not at all into pointless death. I just mean that... damn, why can't I think of a good example now? *hrm* In the morning, perhaps. :)

Yeah, I'm haivng a hard time thinking of one where everyone dies heroically as well...

BYRON. HAHA. Okay, Season 5 is just so dumb in so many ways, and the telepath arc was just... really weird. Though necessary. BUT WEIRD.

It makes me want to throw things at the TV screen. GAAAAAAAH.

My Byron story...

Awwwww, that is so sweet! I'm glad the actor's a nice guy, at least, even if his character's a tool.

*was desperate for sci-fi that we could get on our rabbit ears in the middle of the boonies, which was sometimes B5, and you could kind of see the X-Files if someone stood by the window with an antennae extension*

Heh heh heh. I was blessed with cable back when the Sci-Fi Channel actually showed science fiction.

My Sinclair/Delenn icon is now double win, by the way.

BWAH.