how did your friend see Lennier as exploiting Delenn's dependence on him?
According to him (paraphrased for better coherency):
Lennier makes all his emotional bonding moves when Delenn's in distress. He creates a relationship which is inherently strongest during crisis situations by vowing to never leave Delenn's side no matter what. This means that Lennier is seen as strongest---refusing to leave, protecting her---when Delenn is at her weakest, and further, is at his closest to her when others are most far away, abandoning her.
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Date: 2004-08-15 04:14 pm (UTC)According to him (paraphrased for better coherency):
Lennier makes all his emotional bonding moves when Delenn's in distress. He creates a relationship which is inherently strongest during crisis situations by vowing to never leave Delenn's side no matter what. This means that Lennier is seen as strongest---refusing to leave, protecting her---when Delenn is at her weakest, and further, is at his closest to her when others are most far away, abandoning her.