The Memory of War discussion

[ruuger]

Sorry, I totally forgot about this. Again.

This is the discussion post for "The Memory of War". Spoilers for the whole of the series, including the spin-offs and tie-ins, are allowed here so newbies beware. If you have any fanworks related to this episode, you can also leave links to them in this post.

Summary:
The Excalibur crew explores an abandoned planet and discovers a weapon left behind by a technomage.

Extra reading:
The article for "The Memory of War" at The Lurker's Guide.

Comments

[alexcat.livejournal.com]

We finally get to see what makes a technomage!

This one was a bit odd but then they all are. We see lots more of Galen and the Box has Gideon's voice now.

I am and always was a Galen fan. There seemed something desperate about Galen even before I read the Technomage trilogy. He obviously has his own agenda and we have to wonder if he actually left his order because of his involvement in outside affairs or because of Gideon. I really wish we'd gotten more of the story, dammit!

I have to say there is a rich ground there for slash writers and I have written several fics myself.

[widsidh.livejournal.com]

because of his involvement in outside affairs or because of Gideon.

Sides of the same coin?
and if you want ot look at it from a slash angle: there is more than one sense of affairs of course... ;-)

(note to self: must obtain Technomage novels...)

[alexcat.livejournal.com]

I think I've read since that they're not considered canon but I can tell you that when Ms. Cavelos wrote them, JMS gave her his blessing so I do consdier them to be part of the arc... actually they happen BEFORE Crusade so you get a lot of insight into the Technomages and into Galen.

I always thought Gideon and Galen made a better pair than Goidepon and Elizabeth Lochley.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

At last I am reunited with my Crusade dvds, and can join the rewatch.

1.) Galen: still my least favourite person on the show. Though actually the only part where he's insufferable in this episode is at the beginning. I think you have to be Michael Ansara or Ian McKellen to pull off cryptic for cryptic's sake without being annoying, and young Mr. W. simply doesn't have the gravitas. However, in the scene with Sarah Chambers where he realises that a technomage must be responsible for the for the deaths below he's very efficient conveying Galen's horror. Also extra points for the other Chambers and Galen scene where she sees his implants. We know now that the big s1 revelation would have been that the technomages were originally created by the Shadows, and this episode certainly hints heavily at that, with the similarities between the Drakh virus and the Technomage virus, as well as Galen's implants which recall Anna Sheridan's implants.

2.) Dureena sitting, watching the sunset, is one of the visuals I remember best about the show.

3.) Still as fond of Max Eilerson and his smartass ways as ever. andrastewhite once said your avarage sci fi show burdens the Captain with one Excentric Genius (tm) who does whatever the hell he/she wants; Gideon, poor guy, gets three (Galen, Dureena and Eilerson). Ah well. He's up for it.