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Babylon 5 Confessions

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Hiatus

this blog with be going on hiatus now because i have exams

you can still send in confessions but they won’t be done until my exams are finished 

I started the series in late s1 or season 2 after my dad was done with the first season. He called g'kar "lizard man" and wouldnt let me watch the cliffhanger after sherridan falls at za ha dum, because it was "too scary" for me to watch.
Both the Shadows and Vorlons have very tempting explanations for their philosophies. They're intriguing and both of them have merit and drawbacks. But when it comes down to choosing sides, I would absolutely side with the Vorlons. There is only Order and Obedience.
Sometimes, when offering advice, I’ll use quotes from Babylon 5, taking advantage of the show’s relative obscurity, to sound wiser than I really am…
I wish we could have gotten a bit more insight into the First Ones other than the Shadows and Vorlons. I mean, if those two races volunteered to stay behind to teach the Younger Races, why did the others stick around? What did they look like? What were their Life Questions? I wish we could have learned more about them.
As a person who rewatched most of the show recently, I very much appreciate the deviation from typical Sci-fi tropes. The bad guys are often portrayed as very human looking, and put into light settings, while the good guys are often not very human looking, and often put into dark settings. IE: Londo and G'kar.
I feel like I have found a kindred spirit in Londo. I, too, long for my country's glorious imperial past and given the opportunity I would gladly help restore her to her former glory. But I can also imagine myself feeling guilty at the heinous crimes committed in the name of empire, and feeling ashamed at the depths at which my country might sink in order to achieve it.