Huh. I didn't realize I had so much simmering rage about this issue.
Yeah, that's pretty much how I feel, too. I mean... I kind of always feel this way about John and Delenn, but the second time around it managed to get covered up in "aww, but he's cute!" somehow (augh), and I'd kind of got used to the idea, plus I was spending every scene Lennier had looking for the threads that would eventually lead to the Bad Thing in "Objects at Rest," and for evidence for my fanwanky third gender theory, but... holy hell, you would think the son of a freaking diplomat would have a little more cultural awareness! I mean, god. No research, not even so much as looking up a thing! Susan learned Minbari for the freaking White Stars, and John can't be assed to so much as look up a few things about their culture?
He does, and I think it's why I ship them.
Me too.
Actually, since telepathy is basically magic anyway, they could've just left it as "Dust gives a user telepathic ability" and not been so egregious in the bad science department.
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Date: 2010-09-21 09:08 pm (UTC)Yeah, that's pretty much how I feel, too. I mean... I kind of always feel this way about John and Delenn, but the second time around it managed to get covered up in "aww, but he's cute!" somehow (augh), and I'd kind of got used to the idea, plus I was spending every scene Lennier had looking for the threads that would eventually lead to the Bad Thing in "Objects at Rest," and for evidence for my fanwanky third gender theory, but... holy hell, you would think the son of a freaking diplomat would have a little more cultural awareness! I mean, god. No research, not even so much as looking up a thing! Susan learned Minbari for the freaking White Stars, and John can't be assed to so much as look up a few things about their culture?
He does, and I think it's why I ship them.
Me too.
Actually, since telepathy is basically magic anyway, they could've just left it as "Dust gives a user telepathic ability" and not been so egregious in the bad science department.
That would have been easier, yeah.