I first heard about Babylon 5 on the Compuserve forums. That was back when it was unusual for PTB to post online or interact directly with fans. J. Michael Straczynski would drop the occasional update on casting or artwork or special effects or just something nifty he'd been shown. I'd catch bits of episodes, but I didn't really start paying attention until midway into the second season. Then I was hooked big time. I even created my first website and learned html because of B5.

I even dragged my mother along for the joy ride. She developed a fondness for the Centauri for some strange reason. Vir was referred to as the "young mournful one". My Toshiba desktop was even nicknamed Kosh because he was a black sinister box that occasionally gave undecipherable messages. Doesn't that sound like a Vorlon to you? I think he proved the warning, though, about naming computers after gods, fairies or enigmatic aliens. It's just asking for trouble.