"Mind War" discussion [spoilers]

[ruuger]

This is the discussion post for the episode 1X06, "Mind War". Spoilers for the whole of the series, including the spin-offs and tie-ins, are allowed here so newbies beware.

Extra reading:

The article for "Mind War" at Lurker's Guide.

Comments

[alicamel.livejournal.com]

I agree that Talia's speech was a bit TMI, and it does seem like there was a bit of subtext going on there.

I hadn't thouight about Evil!Talia till you mentioned it. My flip answer was that she didn't exist yet, :P, but then perhaps that's true. Maybe it's after this episode that Bester realises he needs to keep an eye on things on B5. I can't really think if there are any suitable gaps in Season 1 where that would happen. I suppose she might return to Psi Corps HQ to find out more about what Jason went through, maybe even volunteer for a less extreme experiment than Jason's to find some answers and end up with Evil!Talia in her head. Hmm, fic possibilities...

[vjs2259.livejournal.com]

Ha! That is my theory, that Evil!Talia was implanted after this happened. Scads of time we don't see her; she's not in every episode, and Bester now has reason to not trust the leadership of the station. My husband maintains Good!Talia was the overlay, and Evil!Tania was the base, so she was there already and Ironheart just missed it, being in extremis and all.

I have something in mind for Talia in an upcoming fic, but it's one of my bizarro AUs so it'll be different ;) It's always different...