"Humans are presented as more diverse than the other races, but I think that is a sign of our youth"
That's sort of what I was trying to say; that I wouldn't think demonstrating our immaturity would be a positive. Maybe we're sought after as Shadow fighters cause we're too young and stupid to know we can't win?
I was thinking of it as being unusual in its development. Instead of fighting until all the cultures were destroyed or subsumed into a whole, we decided to accept differences between us. I think this would be seen by the Vorlons as 'forming order out of chaos' (which I think is a quote from some of the books), and thus as showing anti-Shadow potential.
Of course, we also have some quite pro-Shadow potential as the Lumati point out when they turn up. I've always thought we were important as allies because we could also become powerful enemies of the Vorlon cause.
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Date: 2009-02-24 03:57 pm (UTC)That's sort of what I was trying to say; that I wouldn't think demonstrating our immaturity would be a positive. Maybe we're sought after as Shadow fighters cause we're too young and stupid to know we can't win?
I was thinking of it as being unusual in its development. Instead of fighting until all the cultures were destroyed or subsumed into a whole, we decided to accept differences between us. I think this would be seen by the Vorlons as 'forming order out of chaos' (which I think is a quote from some of the books), and thus as showing anti-Shadow potential.
Of course, we also have some quite pro-Shadow potential as the Lumati point out when they turn up. I've always thought we were important as allies because we could also become powerful enemies of the Vorlon cause.