If I've run into that particular bit of fanon, I must have blocked it from my mind out of sheer frustration. If anything, what we see in canon indicates that they have stronger emotions than humans, though they might burn out more quickly. Fits of rage and temper seem to be almost commonplace among the Minbari - Delenn's genocidal fury after Dukhat died, certainly, but also the near-disaster after Branmer died, Lennier's angry response when Marcus pushed him a little too far in Ceremonies of Light and Dark... even the rangers' comment that Marcus was 'carrying around a lot of repressed anger' indicate that these are hardly people who don't experience strong emotions. Rather, it looks like they experience them fiercely, feel them as a firestorm almost, and then resume life as usual once the passion burns itself out.
I don't go much for the idea that Delenn's personality changed along with her body - that idea bothers me for a multitude of reasons. If anything, I might accept that she was more able to express a lot of things as a half-human than she was as a full Minbari, because a lot of things are socially unacceptable for a high-ranking religious leader among her people.
Lennier fans are contractually obliged to write at least one redemption!fic, just so you know ;)
And I will happily fulfill that requirement, as soon as I can find a way that hasn't already been played to beautiful and full conclusion by someone else! That's the trouble with finding so many wonderful writers working around one character - it's hard to find things that haven't already been done so well that I wouldn't want to embarass myself by following the same theme. ;)
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Date: 2006-09-25 09:41 pm (UTC)I don't go much for the idea that Delenn's personality changed along with her body - that idea bothers me for a multitude of reasons. If anything, I might accept that she was more able to express a lot of things as a half-human than she was as a full Minbari, because a lot of things are socially unacceptable for a high-ranking religious leader among her people.
Lennier fans are contractually obliged to write at least one redemption!fic, just so you know ;)
And I will happily fulfill that requirement, as soon as I can find a way that hasn't already been played to beautiful and full conclusion by someone else! That's the trouble with finding so many wonderful writers working around one character - it's hard to find things that haven't already been done so well that I wouldn't want to embarass myself by following the same theme. ;)