All the races have their tendencies towards xenophobia. They don't usually like each other all that much. Humans are presented as more diverse than the other races, but I think that is a sign of our youth: we didn't band together in a one world government, IIRC, until first contact with the Centauri. It's a thing: the bigger the community gets, the larger the important subsets are. I think I'm blithering, but I hope the point gets across.
Frankly, though I love Lennier, and I love Delenn, and I love this episode, whenever I see their first meeting my thought is, "No! Don't look up! She will destrooooy you!"
I think the real reason G'Kar gets tortured so much in this series is because Andreas Katsulas does *pain* so very, very well. He totally deserves the fixation of all three year olds, everywhere.
As for the Minbari ritual, I think it might be one option for secret marriages. In Europe they used to allow those, no clergy or witnesses required. Can't imagine anyone really getting married without informing the person they're getting married *to*, but then this was back when they were still working with the plot of Sinclair and Delenn getting together and producing Alien Hybrid Time Jesus, so...
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All the races have their tendencies towards xenophobia. They don't usually like each other all that much. Humans are presented as more diverse than the other races, but I think that is a sign of our youth: we didn't band together in a one world government, IIRC, until first contact with the Centauri. It's a thing: the bigger the community gets, the larger the important subsets are. I think I'm blithering, but I hope the point gets across.
Frankly, though I love Lennier, and I love Delenn, and I love this episode, whenever I see their first meeting my thought is, "No! Don't look up! She will destrooooy you!"
I think the real reason G'Kar gets tortured so much in this series is because Andreas Katsulas does *pain* so very, very well. He totally deserves the fixation of all three year olds, everywhere.
As for the Minbari ritual, I think it might be one option for secret marriages. In Europe they used to allow those, no clergy or witnesses required. Can't imagine anyone really getting married without informing the person they're getting married *to*, but then this was back when they were still working with the plot of Sinclair and Delenn getting together and producing Alien Hybrid Time Jesus, so...