Babylon 5 brutal question time

[Gingerbread Demon]

Which characters should have had their head on a pike?

Well the obvious answer is Morden, but that happens later.

Have at it. Which other characters should have shared the same fate? For me

Clarke
Musante
Bester
Vir's arranged wife - absolute psycho

 

[Aspot]

The soul hunter.
Lord Refa got a better punishment.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

I think Delenn got him

 

[Forbin]

That "tourist" woman in Down Below who yelled at her child to stay away from Franklin. Not because of that, but because she was a HORRIBLE actor.

 

[DonIago]

Mr. Wells and Mr. Nightwatch in S3.

I'm willing to spare Lantze, as he seemed a bit less likely to embrace the harder realities of Clarke's administration.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

The crime boss played by the guy from Newhart.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

The crime boss played by the guy from Newhart.

His acting felt a bit wooden

 

[Kraig]

Which characters should have had their head on a pike?

Well the obvious answer is Morden, but that happens later.

Have at it. Which other characters should have shared the same fate? For me

Clarke
Musante
Bester
Vir's arranged wife - absolute psycho

Emperor Cartagia

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Emperor Cartagia

I think Londo did that after the comical way he got stabbed, you know just to be sure

 

[DonIago]

Anyone in the Earth Alliance who really understood and embraced what was going on.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Anyone in the Earth Alliance who really understood and embraced what was going on.

They would be collaborators wouldn't they? Like the ISN guys that did the hatchet job on the station in "The Illusion Of Truth" every single one that ran with their full heart being loyal to Clark should die

 

[DonIago]

I'm not really a fan of capital punishment, but I get the sense that the Interstellar Alliance was much more forgiving than I might have been.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

I'm not really a fan of capital punishment, but I get the sense that the Interstellar Alliance was much more forgiving than I might have been.

I feel the same but being a TV show I can be a bit more brutal about feelings then i would be in real life....

If you are that gung ho that you swallow the party line "hook, line, and sinker" as they say and are willing to sell your soul to parrot the lines or be a true believer well you deserve the consequences.

 

[RPOW0614]

All of the Soul Hunters! F*ck them!

Even though he is my favorite character and I love him, Londo Molari.
He is complicit in genocide and inter-planetary warfare.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

All of the Soul Hunters! F*ck them!

Even though he is my favorite character and I love him, Londo Molari.
He is complicit in genocide and inter-planetary warfare.

I wasn't sure about Londo but after consideration yeah he doesn't deserve any less leniency. Hey I like the soul hunters

How did the whole thing with the keepers work though? Do they take instructions or such I don't get that whole part of the story.

 

[Kraig]

I wasn't sure about Londo but after consideration yeah he doesn't deserve any less leniency. Hey I like the soul hunters

How did the whole thing with the keepers work though? Do they take instructions or such I don't get that whole part of the story.

The Drakh raise keepers to control their hosts. The keeper is born with self-awareness, and gets its sense of purpose from the Drakh it is attached to. It receives sustenance from a pouch on the Drakh chest. The keeper has microfibers that dig into the host's skin and attaches into neural pathways and control the host. Londo found out getting drunk would block the keeper's control somewhat, and allow the host a few minutes of freedom.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

The Drakh raise keepers to control their hosts. The keeper is born with self-awareness, and gets its sense of purpose from the Drakh it is attached to. It receives sustenance from a pouch on the Drakh chest. The keeper has microfibers that dig into the host's skin and attaches into neural pathways and control the host. Londo found out getting drunk would block the keeper's control somewhat, and allow the host a few minutes of freedom.

Ah ok. But do the Drakh communicate with them once attached to guide them? How do they know their keepers are doing what they want?

 

[Kraig]

The keeper knows what the Drakh it is attached to wants via the attachment. Then they act autonomously when they are removed from the Drakh's chest and attached to the host's neck, in order to carry out the Drakh's wishes.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

The keeper knows what the Drakh it is attached to wants via the attachment. Then they act autonomously when they are removed from the Drakh's chest and attached to the host's neck, in order to carry out the Drakh's wishes.

I don't think that's foolproof.

 

[Kraig]

I don't think that's foolproof.

If you try to remove the keeper from the host, either the host dies, or the keeper regrows within minutes from the microfibers. The only way the host is free of keeper control, is if they get drunk to the point of passing out, and then they are only free for a few minutes before the keeper regains control. Would you follow the orders of a drunken emperor, or would you follow the emperor when he becomes sober and countermands the order? Once the keeper finds out what the host is doing, the keeper may stop the host from drinking alcohol.