AHAHAHAHA, the Shan'Fal. *Headdesk* When we got to it in my rewatching, I said "oh god." The Boy: "What?" Me: "....Nothing...." and the squished into my chair for the rest of the episode, flinching more and more every time we got closer to... "Woohoo?"
You're right. It's a very accusatory line. Honestly, if Lennier had tried to kill Sheridan right after that episode, I would have been like "well, I can't say that surprises me..." :P And I like your interpretation of the subtext of that line, because, seriously, yes. Honestly, as much as I love Sheridan, I'm still on Lennier's side on that one, occasionally, just by virtue of how very much I adore Delenn.
"It pleases me that you care for what I have become. But never forget who I was, what I am, and what I can do." And there is very much an, "I will cut you if you ever try anything like that again," buried in there under all the diplomatic language.
...See above remarks about a) how much I passionately and eternally love Delenn, b) how much Sheridan really needs to get his ass in gear in order to deserver. Also, c) (unmentioned today, but always waiting in the wings) how much JMS really kind of fails sometimes, even when he's trying really hard not to fail. It's just this... fabulous subconscious FAIL that's always waiting to ambush him out of the darkness, without him ever being aware of it. And yeah, Sheridan is totally like "I have no idea what just happened, so I'm going to pretend to agree so that I don't end up with my skin inside out and my head being used as a hood ornament for one of the White Stars." Because Delenn would. And if she didn't, Lennier would.
he also totally turns into Dukhat The Scary Grad Adviser here with Lennier: "Be faster." "End this." "Break the laws of physics." *snerk*
I like to call this "Delenn takes out her frustrations with her fiancee on Lennier, and he does a remarkably good job of living up to it." ♥ But yes, Scary Grad Advisor indeed.
No, genes cannot turn into viruses. You cannot catch a genetic disease.
Oh, god, they did, didn't they? I must have, like, repressed that or something. ...And I think I'm going to go right back to repressing it again, because there's just no other way to deal with such horrible science writing.
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Date: 2010-09-21 04:54 am (UTC)You're right. It's a very accusatory line. Honestly, if Lennier had tried to kill Sheridan right after that episode, I would have been like "well, I can't say that surprises me..." :P And I like your interpretation of the subtext of that line, because, seriously, yes. Honestly, as much as I love Sheridan, I'm still on Lennier's side on that one, occasionally, just by virtue of how very much I adore Delenn.
"It pleases me that you care for what I have become. But never forget who I was, what I am, and what I can do." And there is very much an, "I will cut you if you ever try anything like that again," buried in there under all the diplomatic language.
...See above remarks about a) how much I passionately and eternally love Delenn, b) how much Sheridan really needs to get his ass in gear in order to deserver. Also, c) (unmentioned today, but always waiting in the wings) how much JMS really kind of fails sometimes, even when he's trying really hard not to fail. It's just this... fabulous subconscious FAIL that's always waiting to ambush him out of the darkness, without him ever being aware of it. And yeah, Sheridan is totally like "I have no idea what just happened, so I'm going to pretend to agree so that I don't end up with my skin inside out and my head being used as a hood ornament for one of the White Stars." Because Delenn would. And if she didn't, Lennier would.
he also totally turns into Dukhat The Scary Grad Adviser here with Lennier: "Be faster." "End this." "Break the laws of physics." *snerk*
I like to call this "Delenn takes out her frustrations with her fiancee on Lennier, and he does a remarkably good job of living up to it." ♥ But yes, Scary Grad Advisor indeed.
No, genes cannot turn into viruses. You cannot catch a genetic disease.
Oh, god, they did, didn't they? I must have, like, repressed that or something. ...And I think I'm going to go right back to repressing it again, because there's just no other way to deal with such horrible science writing.