Sometimes I think Delenn forgets that, yes, she knows the Minbari and the Humans have the same souls and have a monumental destiny and all that, but, um, nobody else (outside the Grey Council) does. Or, really, cares.
Indeed.
She sees it as such a noble, grand gesture on her part that it's a bit tricky not to interpret it from her perspective as an enlightened lowering of herself to our level - one that we should be awed by and grateful for. The idea that Humans would regard it as an insult or a taunt just seems never to have entered her head.
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Date: 2010-06-30 04:28 pm (UTC)Indeed.
She sees it as such a noble, grand gesture on her part that it's a bit tricky not to interpret it from her perspective as an enlightened lowering of herself to our level - one that we should be awed by and grateful for. The idea that Humans would regard it as an insult or a taunt just seems never to have entered her head.
This as well.