and so I don't think it was a sudden new idea but rather something that, if Sinclair had remained the leading man, would have come to light somewhat sooner.
That sounds reasonable, and I think it would have been presented as a far less excusable thing in that situation, too - Sheridan wasn't the one who said he'd spent years still wanting to strangle Minbari with his bare hands, after all.
I think Delenn really meant it when she told Kosh II that she would lose all respect for "you" - meaning not just him, but the Vorlons in general -, and that was what she did.
Yes, most likely. (And your interpretation a while ago of Delenn's losing faith in the Vorlons being one of the reasons she's starving herself to death at the beginning of season 4 seems very likely, too.) But I don't think even she could break away from them and what they stand for that easily, especially given how much the Vorlons have influenced the Minbari for the past thousand years, when her own answer to "Who are you?" is so dependent on Sheridan, and by extension all of his people, accepting her as human.
I would've liked to see her answer "What do you want?" in canon. I suppose a lot of the time she does get what she wants, but when what she wants is something like being the one to end the Shadow war, then it's possible to say that her own motives are irrelevant and it's just something that had to happen. Same with whatever she wanted during the Earth/Minbari war, I suppose.
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That sounds reasonable, and I think it would have been presented as a far less excusable thing in that situation, too - Sheridan wasn't the one who said he'd spent years still wanting to strangle Minbari with his bare hands, after all.
I think Delenn really meant it when she told Kosh II that she would lose all respect for "you" - meaning not just him, but the Vorlons in general -, and that was what she did.
Yes, most likely. (And your interpretation a while ago of Delenn's losing faith in the Vorlons being one of the reasons she's starving herself to death at the beginning of season 4 seems very likely, too.) But I don't think even she could break away from them and what they stand for that easily, especially given how much the Vorlons have influenced the Minbari for the past thousand years, when her own answer to "Who are you?" is so dependent on Sheridan, and by extension all of his people, accepting her as human.
I would've liked to see her answer "What do you want?" in canon. I suppose a lot of the time she does get what she wants, but when what she wants is something like being the one to end the Shadow war, then it's possible to say that her own motives are irrelevant and it's just something that had to happen. Same with whatever she wanted during the Earth/Minbari war, I suppose.