Neroon was in a position where in order to consolidate Delenn's power, he had to not only sacrifice himself but his idenity; someone needed to transcend caste to close the rift and restabilise Minbari society.
I like that. It's much, much better than the idea that I seriously hope JMS wasn't trying to give us - "Delenn is willing to die for her world, therefore everything she's done was right all along, therefore she's so great I must convert to her caste immediately! Look, everyone, I'm Religious!" Bah.
It's not that I have anything against the Religious caste, I just don't like their way of attributing anything bad the Minbari ever did to those nasty bloodthirsty warriors. I don't think the Warrior caste are any better than they are, but they're not any worse, and to have the castes in a heirarchy where if you do the right thing you're supposed to convert to the Religious caste lessens the mesage about the three castes being equal.
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Date: 2004-08-05 04:05 pm (UTC)I like that. It's much, much better than the idea that I seriously hope JMS wasn't trying to give us - "Delenn is willing to die for her world, therefore everything she's done was right all along, therefore she's so great I must convert to her caste immediately! Look, everyone, I'm Religious!" Bah.
It's not that I have anything against the Religious caste, I just don't like their way of attributing anything bad the Minbari ever did to those nasty bloodthirsty warriors. I don't think the Warrior caste are any better than they are, but they're not any worse, and to have the castes in a heirarchy where if you do the right thing you're supposed to convert to the Religious caste lessens the mesage about the three castes being equal.