"A Late Delivery from Avalon" discussion

[ruuger]

This is the discussion post for the episode 3X13, "A Late Delivery from Avalon". Spoilers for the whole of the series, including the spin-offs and tie-ins, are allowed here so newbies beware.

Summary:
A man claiming to be King Arthur arrives on Babylon 5.

Extra reading:
The article for "A Late Delivery from Avalon" at Lurker's Guide.

Comments

[selenak.livejournal.com]

the post office plot is one of the few times I think the show’s done that sort of broad comedy in a way that makes me laugh out loud rather than cringe

Same here, I forgot to mention this.

On Marcus’s comparisons – I suppose there’s no reason to assume Marcus would be an Arthurian scholar, but it annoys me that ‘Merlin ages backwards’ is treated as a proper part of the Arthurian mythos when it’s purely a creation of T. H. White in the twentieth century.

:) *g* Yes. Mind you, Marcus isn't the only one. After I marathoned Merlin the BBC show I read some meta and it amused me how often the objection "but isn't he supposed to age backwards?" was raised. Now Merlin takes about a thousand gazillion liberties with the traditional myth presentations, but this isn't one of them. Kudos to Mr. White for imprinting so much on people.

Oh, I like Sheridan as Nimue! It even works with Sheridan keeping a bit of Kosh inside him for a while.

Poor Anna isn't in the same league as Morgan Le Fay, yes. Lorien - well, we could stretch again and say the ambiguity of the character is kept by letting him be played by the same actor as Sebastian, so the one who hurts and the one who heals are the same, which is Morgan-esque. Of sorts.

So, where did Arthur/MacIntyre get the sword and armor from?

When in doubt, blame the Vorlons. Maybe they picked him up after the Battle of the Line and equipped him with some leftovers from earlier recruitments?