In that case it could just be a Sheridan thing - he deals with issues he knows he can't face by doing something big, drawing a line under it and then pretending it's all over, which is probably the same reason he doesn't want to know what Delenn did in the war.
Or why he never talks about his torture. It seems to be the way he deals with deeply traumatic events, yes.
No, I haven't seen Memento. Have you watched Blake's 7? Because the entire Anna storyline is an (admitted) homage. Lost beloved named Anna presumed to have been killed by main enemy turns out to work for main enemy and to be alive and get killed by the hero in the end. Except that Avon's Anna didn't get brainwashed; it was her decision. Avon killing her in a way sets up the gory finale, but then Avon and Sheridan are very unlike each other in personality.
That's my favourite Morden scene. Even Londo getting his guards to kill Morden's Shadows doesn't quite do it - it's the knowledge that Londo has just completely ruined all his plans, and it's a wonderful reversal of that also-supposedly-rhetorical "Why don't you eliminate the entire Narn homeworld, while you're at it?" line early on in their relationship.
Ooooh, I never thought of that last one, but you're absolutely right. And this scene is a firm favourite with me as well. Though of course poor Londo does pay terribly for it. BTW, Morden has always been my candidate for "do not kill the one who is already dead". Not that Londo had much choice (for a change) in the matter, because the Vorlons were coming, and he couldn't know Sheridan would stop them at the last minute. But blowing up Selini and killing Morden ensured the Drakh would target him personally for revenge.
About Sheridan not trying to get rid of Londo: yeah, that is puzzling. I suppose Londo could have done just as much damage anywhere else, but surely it would have reduced the risk to the station and all the lives Sheridan's responsible for if he was elsewhere.
I suppose you could fanwank it and say that Sheridan doesn't want to piss off the Centauri Republic, because given the later's treaty with Earth they could in theory have helped Clark trying to conquer/get back B5, instead of remaining neutral in season 3. (The neutrality didn't change until in season 4 Londo decided to support Sheridan.) Or that he didn't know that Londo was Morden's main contact, and assumed that even if he got rid of Londo personally, he'd just get another Centauri fulfilling the same function (and/or the government going on the offensive against B5).
All this being said... it's remarkable that Londo never got the third degree and a serious questioning about the Shadows' aims.
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Or why he never talks about his torture. It seems to be the way he deals with deeply traumatic events, yes.
No, I haven't seen Memento. Have you watched Blake's 7? Because the entire Anna storyline is an (admitted) homage. Lost beloved named Anna presumed to have been killed by main enemy turns out to work for main enemy and to be alive and get killed by the hero in the end. Except that Avon's Anna didn't get brainwashed; it was her decision. Avon killing her in a way sets up the gory finale, but then Avon and Sheridan are very unlike each other in personality.
That's my favourite Morden scene. Even Londo getting his guards to kill Morden's Shadows doesn't quite do it - it's the knowledge that Londo has just completely ruined all his plans, and it's a wonderful reversal of that also-supposedly-rhetorical "Why don't you eliminate the entire Narn homeworld, while you're at it?" line early on in their relationship.
Ooooh, I never thought of that last one, but you're absolutely right. And this scene is a firm favourite with me as well. Though of course poor Londo does pay terribly for it. BTW, Morden has always been my candidate for "do not kill the one who is already dead". Not that Londo had much choice (for a change) in the matter, because the Vorlons were coming, and he couldn't know Sheridan would stop them at the last minute. But blowing up Selini and killing Morden ensured the Drakh would target him personally for revenge.
About Sheridan not trying to get rid of Londo: yeah, that is puzzling. I suppose Londo could have done just as much damage anywhere else, but surely it would have reduced the risk to the station and all the lives Sheridan's responsible for if he was elsewhere.
I suppose you could fanwank it and say that Sheridan doesn't want to piss off the Centauri Republic, because given the later's treaty with Earth they could in theory have helped Clark trying to conquer/get back B5, instead of remaining neutral in season 3. (The neutrality didn't change until in season 4 Londo decided to support Sheridan.) Or that he didn't know that Londo was Morden's main contact, and assumed that even if he got rid of Londo personally, he'd just get another Centauri fulfilling the same function (and/or the government going on the offensive against B5).
All this being said... it's remarkable that Londo never got the third degree and a serious questioning about the Shadows' aims.