the idea of her realizing at once she made a mistake and then making one attempt, and only one, to stop the war doesn't compute.
Yeah. I'd have found it easier to accept if she'd really tried and failed, or if she'd actively been prevented from doing anything, but it's out of character for her to be so passive there. (Admittedly, young Delenn in the Atonement flashbacks is a lot less sure of herself, but that's in the presence of Dukhat and the Grey Council - and I don't think she'd have been there in the first place if she acted the same way around everyone. With a few brief moments of exception, I think she's spent pretty much her entire life believing herself to be important chosen for a great purpose, and acting appropriately.)
It's remarkable though that this episode which during the original broadcast was the first time the viewers learned of Delenn's guilt came rather late in the show
I wonder how long JMS had this revelation planned? Her saying that she's spent the last ten years trying to make up for one moment of rage does explain a lot of her behaviour, although arguably we could guess some of her responsibility from knowing very early on that she was on the Grey Council. Which makes me wonder, too - if Sheridan knows by Sleeping in Light that she'd been on the Grey Council, which he says he does, then how close did he get to finding out what she did in the war?
It's also interesting that when the Shadows talk to her later on, they do it in her own shape.
And say "You, of all people" should understand what they've done. Which she promptly forgets about when they go beyond the Rim. That scene needed to be longer, I think - deborah_judge said a while ago that Delenn wouldn't have been able to send away the Vorlons anywhere near so easily as she sends away the Shadows, and it would have been interesting to see her have to deal with either in more depth.
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Date: 2005-01-04 06:40 pm (UTC)Yeah. I'd have found it easier to accept if she'd really tried and failed, or if she'd actively been prevented from doing anything, but it's out of character for her to be so passive there. (Admittedly, young Delenn in the Atonement flashbacks is a lot less sure of herself, but that's in the presence of Dukhat and the Grey Council - and I don't think she'd have been there in the first place if she acted the same way around everyone. With a few brief moments of exception, I think she's spent pretty much her entire life believing herself to be important chosen for a great purpose, and acting appropriately.)
It's remarkable though that this episode which during the original broadcast was the first time the viewers learned of Delenn's guilt came rather late in the show
I wonder how long JMS had this revelation planned? Her saying that she's spent the last ten years trying to make up for one moment of rage does explain a lot of her behaviour, although arguably we could guess some of her responsibility from knowing very early on that she was on the Grey Council. Which makes me wonder, too - if Sheridan knows by Sleeping in Light that she'd been on the Grey Council, which he says he does, then how close did he get to finding out what she did in the war?
It's also interesting that when the Shadows talk to her later on, they do it in her own shape.
And say "You, of all people" should understand what they've done. Which she promptly forgets about when they go beyond the Rim. That scene needed to be longer, I think -