Maybe because they never actually confront the one thing that makes their relationship most interesting?
Yeah, I think so. Zany culture-clash shenanigans aren't really a substitute... Presumably the original plan (when Sinclair was meant to stay for the whole run) would have been Delenn/Sinclair, which would've been far, far hotter. Although in that case, there wouldn't have been a way to avoid the issue of the war and surrounding circumstances... I wonder how it would have played out?
I think I like Delenn/Sheridan at the end of S3, when Anna comes back, and at moments in S5, though.
Can good relationships make good stories?
I don't think they can. Is that depressing and cynical? Hm. I do tend to go for the relationships that make good stories myself, too, and maybe because they do, although I couldn't say why. But, I don't know - I define 'good for me' not as 'someone who'll make me happy all the time', but as 'someone I feel like my best self around', and those don't overlap as much as they might. Constant happiness doesn't make for good stories.
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Date: 2008-01-24 05:30 pm (UTC)Yeah, I think so. Zany culture-clash shenanigans aren't really a substitute... Presumably the original plan (when Sinclair was meant to stay for the whole run) would have been Delenn/Sinclair, which would've been far, far hotter. Although in that case, there wouldn't have been a way to avoid the issue of the war and surrounding circumstances... I wonder how it would have played out?
I think I like Delenn/Sheridan at the end of S3, when Anna comes back, and at moments in S5, though.
Can good relationships make good stories?
I don't think they can. Is that depressing and cynical? Hm. I do tend to go for the relationships that make good stories myself, too, and maybe because they do, although I couldn't say why. But, I don't know - I define 'good for me' not as 'someone who'll make me happy all the time', but as 'someone I feel like my best self around', and those don't overlap as much as they might. Constant happiness doesn't make for good stories.