Gems of Memory

The awesomeness of these episodes can be blinding.  But, I shall try to move past the blindness and pick out the commentary that catch my eye, as per usual.  Once again, all comments taken from The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5.  Sound bytes are from the Down Below Sound Archive.


( A Voice in the Wilderness, aka where we learn and memorize the Babylon 5 Mantra. )

( Babylon Squared, aka Timey Wimey fun times. Do you fasten then zip, or zip then fasten? XD )

( Quality of Mercy, aka in which we learn more than we ever wanted to about Centuari anatomy! )

( Chrysalis, aka "And so it begins." )

Two down, one left to go!  As always, people are welcome to join us.  Just let me know and I'll update you when we decide to start watching. Also, Nar is now through the end of season one.  This makes me happy.  :XD

So, it's that time again.  Mem is reading commentary and writing responses with the episodes much more fresh on her memory this time.  We'll see how long this lasts.  Also, JMS' comments will now be in italics.  I'm trying to find a way I like to set it apart more from my comments.  As usual, all comments taken from The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5.  Sound bites are from the Down Below Sound Archive.


( The War Prayer, aka Londo's view on arranged marriages. )

( And the Sky Full of Stars, aka THERE IS A HOLE IN YOUR MIND redux. )

( Deathwalker, aka the Vorlons' favorite hobby is trolling. )

( Believers, aka that religious and moral mind fuck that my younger self has never quite forgiven them for. )

( Survivors, aka the episode Mr. Garibaldi has a really hard time. )

( By Any Means Necessary, aka Londo takes great pleasure in messing up G'kar's life. )

So, that's about it for this watch-a-long.  Which, btw, if you're interested in joining just let me know.  They've been fairly spur of the moment things so far, but there's no reason why we can't have more people. 

I've been tossing around an idea to actually go through the Lurker's Guide while re-watching Bablyon 5 with Nar.  It's something I've done before with specific episodes that I watch frequently, but I've never actually gone through the whole of it.  Which is ridiculous considering how much I love this show and what a great resource it is.  I mean, how many other shows do you know of that the head writer/creator/producer of the show answers valid questions about every single episode as they were aired? 

So for now, I think I might start recording some of my responses to it here.  No, it's not quite fic related, but he's got some comments about writing in general that I think really apply to me.  Besides, with as much as I learned about writing stories from B5, it'll probably be insightful.  Maybe.  Maybe not.  Maybe I'll just talk about Spoo.  However, there is a hope that good things might come from this. 

And if a causal reader decides that, hey, this show Mem keeps talking about sounds interesting!  I should go check it out!  We~ll, I wouldn't stop you. <3  No, not at all.  Spoilers are a bit of a given, but they won't be spoilers for the whole of the series, just that specific episode.    Anything in quotes will be from the JMS Speaks section of The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5 unless otherwise noted.


( The Gathering, aka THERE'S A HOLE IN YOUR MIND! )

( Midnight on the Firing Line, aka Mem's thoughts on Spoo. )

( Soul Hunter, aka the episode which does a brilliant job of not actually defining a soul. )

And wow, this is a lot longer than I thought this would be.  I guess I'll split the episodes we got through into two posts.  I'll work on the others later.

In short... Do yourself a favor and watch B5.  Really.  But hey, don't take my word for it.  XD  See for yourself.

Okay, so tardiscrash and bagheera_san sort of inadvertently got me into reading Avengers fics.  Which has lead to some strange musing on my part...

( View the cut for some talk of sexy times and lack thereof. )