Delenn can talk about making their own magic all she wants, but I've seen season five. The Shadows and Vorlons were way cooler.
I LOL'd for several minutes at this. So true. SO true, and very well said. (I mean, they made a baby so there clearly was some *ahem* "magic making" - but. Yeah.)
Also: "Now get the hell out of our galaxy!" BRB, HEADDESKING FOREVER.
This made me think of something. I'm currently reading "Out of Darkness" - and this Centauri nutjob totally makes a very valid point. He says - you know, Sheridan is not so totally awesome as everyone thinks, because every time he's been in a war and WON, it's not neccessarily been because he was the better leader/soldier/whatever. The Minbari surrendered, the Shadows and the Vorlons left for the Rim, and President Clark was nice enough to commit suicide. The book doesn't mention it, but there's also the Season 5 confrontation with the Centauri, when it wasn't anything super awesome that HE did that made them surrender; it was the whole Keeper business going on with the Regent that Sheridan didn't even KNOW about.
So all of this really made me think - not that he's not a good character, but seriously, if someone actually backed Sheridan into a corner and refused to, you know, just GO AWAY, would he really be able to get out? Could he pull off an actual victory where he had to actually bring someone down without help from the enemy itself? It's an excellent point, one that's worth considering. (And has very little to do with your post. Sorry.)
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Date: 2010-09-10 01:53 pm (UTC)I LOL'd for several minutes at this. So true. SO true, and very well said. (I mean, they made a baby so there clearly was some *ahem* "magic making" - but. Yeah.)
Also: "Now get the hell out of our galaxy!" BRB, HEADDESKING FOREVER.
This made me think of something. I'm currently reading "Out of Darkness" - and this Centauri nutjob totally makes a very valid point. He says - you know, Sheridan is not so totally awesome as everyone thinks, because every time he's been in a war and WON, it's not neccessarily been because he was the better leader/soldier/whatever. The Minbari surrendered, the Shadows and the Vorlons left for the Rim, and President Clark was nice enough to commit suicide. The book doesn't mention it, but there's also the Season 5 confrontation with the Centauri, when it wasn't anything super awesome that HE did that made them surrender; it was the whole Keeper business going on with the Regent that Sheridan didn't even KNOW about.
So all of this really made me think - not that he's not a good character, but seriously, if someone actually backed Sheridan into a corner and refused to, you know, just GO AWAY, would he really be able to get out? Could he pull off an actual victory where he had to actually bring someone down without help from the enemy itself? It's an excellent point, one that's worth considering. (And has very little to do with your post. Sorry.)