eBabylon 5 was the last of the Babylon stations. There would never be another. It changed the future, and it changed us. It taught us that we have to create the future, or others will do it for us. It showed us that we have to care for one another; because if we don’t, who will? And that true strength sometimes comes from the most unlikely places. Mostly, though, I think it gave us hope that there can always be new beginnings. Even for people like us.
In honor of my favorite space station-stealing deity, I have made a 3am batch of Swedish meatballs. They are delicious and were really easy to make.
I wonder if the Narn serve theirs with a local equivalent of lingonberry preserves, too?
Londo: There’s no Y in “liberties”
G’Kar: Oh go away. Repress someone else.
Ladies and gentlemen, Tumblr in a nutshell.
It’s the “as you wish” that gets me every time.
Did anyone else just have a Princess Bride moment? ’Cause I just did.
okay, since I’m in a CRYING ABOUT THESE ASSHOLES kind of mood, I’mma talk your ear off about how much I love this scene. It’s the last time we see them together on the show, and I rather love that they don’t ruin it with dialog - after the ”I can forgive you” scene anything else would be anticlimactic. But because they’re such brilliant actors they still manage to convey so much and make it totally heartbreaking.
G’Kar has just had this amazing transcendent soul-bearing moment with Londo, and they’ve FINALLY managed to reconcile fully. But suddenly Londo is shut down and acting like it never happened, like he’s learned nothing over the past few years and is back to square one - that belligerent Centauri-centric speech was frighteningly reminiscent of Londo at his worst. And G’Kar is just like “what the FUCK, man.” He looks baffled and pissed andpained.
You can tell it’s killing Londo to have to shut G’Kar out just after he’s earned his friendship and forgiveness. He desperately wants to say something,anything- a hint, an excuse, an apology or even just a decent goodbye. But everyone around him is in immediate danger, he just barely managed to bargain for Delenn’s life. So he clams up because he knows the best thing he can do for G’Kar is to give himnothing that might compel him to stay or investigate further, to let him assume that Londo has simply reverted back to his bad old habits and leave it at that.
At this point G’Kar would be justified in giving up on Londo entirely. But he doesn’t. He says goodbye with a gesture of friendship and respect. He’s confused and disappointed and hurt, but he’s still giving Londo the benefit of the doubt - there’s a wonderful sort of unconditional acceptance and affection in the gesture. And then that glance up like “I know there’s something more to this, I’m keeping an eye on you, I’ll leave now butwe’re not done yet.”
And then Londo’s brief relief and gratitude followed by “OKAY NOW JUST GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE ALREADY, IF I DON’T MAKE EYE CONTACT WILL YOU GO AWAY FASTER”
and I just
MY BOOOOOYS
So this commentary made me do that ugly coughing sob sound as I keeled over on the couch and wept into my hands for about five minutes before pulling myself together. Fuck you Flan, fuck you and your wonderful essay that reminds me why these two make me want to die in a thousand painful ways because its less painful than WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED. It’s so true and painful and excuse me I have to go pick up my heart because it appears to have broken off and shattered on the floor.
this week on Babylon 5: Garibaldi demonstrates why everyone should shut up and listen to him by putting the smackdown on G’Kar, who is wearing a converted potato sack
Hey, it’s a sexy damn potato sack…
People follow Marion because he is a bishounen and likes money.
Sounds legit.
People follow Kara because he/she is tsundere and likes aliens.
People follow Goobererer because he/she is FOREVER ALONE and has a cake fetish.accurate
People follow Delicious Limes because he/she is successful and has a fortune.
Oh, totally.
People follow Anna because he/she is sly and has a nice butt.
Yep. 8U
People follow Paige because he/she is a bishounen and makes weird noises in public.
FACT
People follow tooraloora because he/she is mean and likes stalking others.
oh.
People follow viola because he/she is yandere and has a dirty mind.
Oh.
People follow Caitlin because he/she is yandere and swears too much
…………………………………………………………………………..
FUCK, it’s true.
People follow Maggie because he/she is straightforward and likes aliens.
*backing away slooooowly from the screen*
Ummmm, ok, I did this as a joke but this is pretty friggin’ creepy.
People follow G’kar because he is a pimp and has a cake fetish.
From the Official Guide to Babylon 5 CD-ROM game.
Here we have a list of some of the major star powers among the Babylon 5 advisory council as well as the League of Non-Aligned Worlds and their various appointed ambassadors.
Check out the Earth Alliance. “Wha, huh? Who the fuck is Janice Drake!?!?“ You might be asking, click the link to discover this bit of trivia.
Ok, I haven’t had the chance to fully analyze this yet. But are they saying that G’Kar’s room was above Londo’s and Londo’s was above Delenn’s? Do you realize HOW MUCH THAT EXPLAINS?? Delenn’s annoyance with Londo and Londo’s annoyance with G’Kar makes SO MUCH MORE SENSE when its because they can hear each other stomping around at night when they come in late. Oh my god this is amazing. This is official canon I now need to include in every fic. I also need fic where they can hear each other having sex, and this directly leads to the Narn/Centauri war. Just sayin’.
Umm, ok, also why is the Abbai Ambassador in the same room as the Brakiri Ambassador? Are you freaking serious? Was there a vast interspecies romance going on that we were unaware of? This. Is. Awesome. Where can I get a copy of this CD-ROM?
OMG, and the Grome and Hyach Ambassador were also sharing a room! Seriously was EVERYONE sleeping with everyone else? Or were they just really low on space? In that case I would ask what’s up with the other 72 rooms (at least) that are apparently on all 14 of the levels in Green Sector. Why the heck were they doubling up?
I love this just a lot. I can picture Londo smacking his ceiling with a broom going “G’KAR! IT IS BAD ENOUGH THAT I MUST SEE YOU EVERY DAY, BUT MUST I BE FORCED TO LISTEN TO YOUR ‘LEISURE ACTIVITIES’ AS WELL? SOME OF US LIKE TO SLEEP AT DECENT HOURS, YES?”
… And then G’kar just gets louder because he can.
