"Movements of Fire and Shadow" discussion
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This is the discussion post for the episode 5x17, "Movements of Fire and Shadow". Spoilers for the whole of the series, including the spin-offs and tie-ins, are allowed here so newbies beware.
Summary:
The hostilities between the Centauri and the Alliance continue. Lyta and Franklin conduct their own investigations on the Drazi homeworld.
Extra reading:
The article for "Movements of Fire and Shadow" at The Lurker's Guide.
Summary:
The hostilities between the Centauri and the Alliance continue. Lyta and Franklin conduct their own investigations on the Drazi homeworld.
Extra reading:
The article for "Movements of Fire and Shadow" at The Lurker's Guide.
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Date: 2011-02-24 05:55 am (UTC)Otoh that Sheridan gave him that job - well, presumably Sheridan thought that if he could go from commanding a space station and being a military leader in a war situation to being a peace time president of a multi-planet alliance, why shouldn't Garibaldi make it to galactic spymaster as well? Which, well. (On a Doylist level this is JMS' problem of writing an essentially conservative narrative - the hero becomes king, the people rejoice, only villains are against him - as a story with political systems that are supposedly at least parliamentarian and where leaders are politicians who should face being questioned and doubted, and being a good battle commander by no means qualifies you to be a good democratic leader or gives you administrative talents.) More seriously, though, given that Sheridan goes from being tortured to being fine and dandy again with seemingly no interruptions, it's no wonder it doesn't occur to him that Garibaldi, someone with a history of substance abuse who just was through a horrifying experience of having his mind under control, should get therapy, not unchecked responsibility.
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Date: 2011-02-25 01:12 am (UTC)This analysis deserves (appreciative) comment, but nothing interlligent comes to mind :-)
The hero to king ting is of course archetypal, thus going even beyond conservative storytelling. This is part of what makes B5 at interesting: the way its various arcs manage to mix mythology and political narrative, largely successfully. Which in turn underlines your point about (archetypal) Sheridan not anticipating the road that (human) Garibaldi is about to take.
As for real life war-leaders who are not peace-time politicians compare Churchill...