Gems of Memory

Let's see if I can knock these out before I go to China.  All comments taken from The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5.  Sound bytes are from the Down Below Sound Archive.


( The Corps is Mother, The Corps is Father, aka Bester's still a bastard, but some people do seem to like him. )

( Meditations on the Abyss, aka Londo is a proud papa. )

( Darkness Ascending, aka Lyta's power trip. It's coming. )

( And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder, aka All my dreams. All of them. JMS, why must you destroy them all? )

( Movements of Fire and Shadow, aka Delenn and Lennier have some forced bonding. )

( The Fall of Centauri Prime, aka Londo. T_T T_T T_T )

( The Wheel of Fire, aka Lyta's Power Trip has come to an end. For now. )

Well, there you have it.  I think I'll call it a night there, and try to get the last three done tomorrow.  In between packing, since hey, I really should be doing that.  I'm only leaving on Friday, after all...

So we finally started the fifth and final season of Babylon 5.  As always, all comments taken from The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5.  Sound bytes are from the Down Below Sound Archive.


( No Compromises, aka Lochley really has no idea what she's getting herself into... )

( The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari, aka Londo does, in fact, have a conscience. )

( The Paragon of Animals, aka G'kar's muse is very demanding. )

( A View from the Gallery, aka life on the station as told by two maintenance workers. )

( Learning Curve, aka Delenn now knows. Just exile yourself to the couch for tonight, Sheridan. )

The next episode is a fun one.  I'm looking forward to Nar's reactions.  <3  Now I've just got to wait for my mouth to stop being numb so I can finally eat something...

There are lots.  As always, all comments taken from The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5.  Sound bytes are from the Down Below Sound Archive.


( Conflicts of Interest, aka Zathras talks to dirt, because dirt is closer than the ceilings. )

( Rumors, Bargains and Lies, aka Sheridan has far too much fun messing with people. )

( Moments of Transition, aka Neroon. T_T )

( No Surrender, No Retreat, aka Trust Ivanova, trust yourself. Anyone else, shoot 'em. )

( The Exercise of Vital Powers, aka Lyta just needs to stop pretending to be a P5... )

( The Face of the Enemy, aka SAD PANDA CUDDLE PILE. )

( Intersections in Real Time, aka further proof JMS likes mindfucks. )

In short, cuddle piles are needed.  Which doesn't even go in to the next two episodes...

It's that time again.  This time though, things are wrapping up.  The Shadows, the Centauri... and things are unraveling completely, like the Civil War with Earth and the Minbari.  And then there's Marcus, who snarks at everything.  XD  All comments taken from The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5.  Sound bytes are from the Down Below Sound Archive.


( The Hour of the Wolf, aka that scene I really want to happen between Ivanova and the Black Widow. )

( Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi? aka, Garibaldi. T_T )

( The Summoning, aka ZOMBIE SHERIDAN RETURNS! )

( Falling Toward Apotheosis, aka Someone's putting a ring on it... XD )

( The Long Night, aka Characters. You just can't reason with them. )

( Into the Fire, aka The dawn of the Third Age of Snuggles. )

And I think I'll end this one here for the night.  I'll get through the other episodes we watched later.  XD

And if you go there, you will die.  But that is totally not a shock to anyone by this point.  All comments taken from The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5.  Sound bytes are from the Down Below Sound Archive.


( Walkabout, aka Sweedish Meatballs are the universe's one, true constant. )

( Grey 17 Is Missing, aka ALL OF CREATION IN A HANGNAIL. )

( And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place, aka One scene, millions of essays. Seriously, it could happen. )

( Shadow Dancing, aka Franklin meets himself. He's kind of a bastard. )

( Z'ha'dum, aka There is no hanging on this cliff. There is only jumping. )

On the plus side, Hour of the Wolf is next.  I love Ivanova's monologue in that one.  I want to see a fic with her and Natasha from Avengers discussing it.  Actually, I want a fic of them being badass Russians in general, but I've already posted this to Avengers Kink.  It is sadly still an orphaned plot.  But hey, Mem can dream someday.

And it's that time again.  This time, we didn't go through half the season in one sitting, lol.  These were all fairly epic episodes though, so hopefully these should be entertaining.  As always, all comments taken from The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5.  Sound bytes are from the Down Below Sound Archive.


( Sic Transit Vir, aka they have SIX. )

( A Late Delivery from Avalon, aka They made a very satisfying THUMP when they hit the floor! )

( Ship of Tears, aka the enemy of my enemy is my friend. )

( Interludes and Examinations, aka KOSH. Oh, Kosh... )

I think I'm going to cut off on this one here, since the next two episodes are more than likely going to have lots of JMS comments and this one feels pretty long anyway.  Might as well make the split now, if I'm going to have to split them anyway.  I suppose that means I have to change the title, since the original one came from War Without End...

So ya know, the whole reason I did six episodes last time was so that these last couple could all fit in one entry.  Well, apparently not.  -_-;;;  Anyway, all comments taken from The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5.  Sound bytes are from the Down Below Sound Archive.

( Severed Dreams, aka Delenn is a true BAMF. Be somewhere else. )

( Ceremonies of Light and Dark, aka SO MANY FEELS ONE RIGHT AFTER ANOTHER. )

So we are now half-way through the series.  The literal half-way point.  And it's so very awesome.  <3  I'm looking forward to what Nar thinks of the rest.

It's the kind of season that you really don't stop watching.  So yeah, we kinda watched half of a 22 episode season in one day.  It happens.  XD  Considering I've actually watched season three in one weekend before, that should tell you something.  It just gets good.  It also means I have a hell of a write up to do.  -_-;;;

All comments taken from The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5.  Sound bytes are from the Down Below Sound Archive.


( Matters of Honor, aka an Introduction to Marcus Snark. )

( Convictions, aka THE ELEVATOR SCENE. XD )

( A Day in the Strife, aka "The heart does not sing with its parts." )

( Passing Through Gethsemane, aka that one that gives Mem Catholic feels and is pretty darn spectacular in general. )

( Vocies of Authority, aka ZOG. )

( Dust to Dust, aka the one Mem stole the Mcguffin from to make the Brigadier a temporary telepath. )

I'll get the next five episodes in another post, since I doubt they'll all fit in one.  Ah, well.  Still, Season 3.  It's when it all starts to go to hell.  <3

So lately, I've come across a lot of things in fic that annoy me.  I'm not sure if it's just me or it's the world that's gone crazy.  It's gotten to the point though that I really just need to rant and let it all out.  Because exploding, while entertaining, is never as much fun when you're the one being exploded.  So I suppose here is a meme of pet peeves that I have in fanfic.

The Top Ten Things Mem Currently Finds Most Annoying In Fic: (In no particular order)


( Rant, rant, rant... )

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Yeeeeeeeeeeah, that was far longer than I expected it to be.  Didn't mean to go off on you guys like that.  But considering I've been trying, and semi-failing, on not lecturing people who are kind enough to say nice things about my fics, I figured if I just got it all out of my system now I might just be able to smile and say thank you.  ^_^;;;  The good news is that apparently protest fic is doing some good in the world.  As mentioned, I've had several Sodia-haters tell me they've turned a new leaf towards her, so hey!  Sucess!  I've also put it up for the Your Tales of contest just for kicks.  I doubt it'll make, if just because length even without going into merit, but it's kind of fun to look around at other people's entries.  <3

Also, is it sad that out of nine things, only one of those doesn't directly have to do with the first point?  I could have just put them under one bullet.  -_-;;;  To make up for my whining, have these two totally SFW made of WIN pictures to make your day.  Oh, and this one. (also SFW but with a cuss word or two if it offends someone's sensibilities. )