"Legacies" discussion [spoilers]

[ruuger]

This is the discussion post for the episode 1X17, "Legacies". Spoilers for the whole of the series, including the spin-offs and tie-ins, are allowed here so newbies beware.

Summary:

Neroon and Delenn fight over the body of a Minbari war leader while Ivanova and Talia argue about the future of a 14-year-old telepath.

Extra reading:

The article for "legacies" at Lurker's Guide.

Comments

[wychwood]

I didn't like this as much as most of you guys seem to have done! I did like the Minbari twistiness, though; Delenn is seriously sneaky here. I got rather annoyed with Sinclair and Garibaldi for not pointing out to Neroon that it was his guards who'd fallen down on the job (Neroon refused access to the area to any non-Minbari, how are the humans to blame??). The internal politics are also very interesting, and a good set-up for what happens later on (particularly with Neroon himself, who is always an interesting antagonist).

Like likeadeuce, I was a bit surprised by all the anti-Narn stuff. I can buy it if we're talking just about the inside of their heads, because maybe they are that different, but even at this point they aren't purely enemy characters! It seemed an oddly casual xenophobia that I hadn't expected from B5.

[widsidh.livejournal.com]

Maybe that is because casual xenophobia is actually quite a deep-rooted thing, and B5 is a rather realistic universe?

[wychwood]

It's still kind of poor form from a diplomat (which Sinclair is). We're not talking about personal feelings, this is people talking publicly, and to casual visitors, and that did bother me.

[vjs2259.livejournal.com]

Odd, I always think of Sinclair as a military man drafted to be a diplomat. He grows into the job, of course.

Also this is not long after Ragesh 3. I imagine a lot of people weren't enthused over the Narn's conduct there.

[widsidh.livejournal.com]

Yes, he's definitely military.

He's got quite good at diplomacy, but he's fallible. He's not always been totally polite to the Minbari either, and that conflict is a lot longer ago than events on Ragesh 3.

In general, his behavious towards the Narn is a lot better than Londo's, who *is* supposed to be a diplomat :-)