JMS on CompuServe (Sep 19, 1996) * FINAL FIVE SPOILERS *

[Brent Barrett]

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 [ Summary of subjects in this section: ]
    Sb: #579166-#>> Z'HA'DUM <<
    Sb: #579222-#<Z'Ha'dum Spoilers>
    Sb: #579423-<<Z and the Q>>


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 #: 579166 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
    18-Sep-96  02:36:52
Sb: #578637-#>> Z'HA'DUM <<
Fm: NIGEL NIXON

>>everybody jumped funky on me<<

I know Gerald and I have quite...forceful personalities but I didn't realise we
looked *quite* so multi-faceted on monitor...<g>

(FWIW I agree with Ruths comments, the format of the post could have been a lot
better).

 Nigel
 This Space For Rent


 #: 579349 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
    18-Sep-96  12:27:26
Sb: #579166-#>> Z'HA'DUM <<
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

       Re: my "everybody" comment...y'gotta understand, my posts here get
reposted/forwarded to at least 2-3 mailing lists, the Internet and elsewhere,
so whenever I do something that's actually stupid, or perceived as stupid, not
only do I get whomped on here, but as it ripples out, I get to relive the
experience and re-argue the arguments, for *days*.  I'm not complaining, I knew
the job was dangerous when I took it, just point out one facet of the situation
and thus my comment.

                                                                       jms


 [ Summary: This poster wonders if the story the Shadow agents tell Sheridan
   in "Z'Ha'Dum" is true. ]

 #: 579351 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
    18-Sep-96  12:27:29
Sb: #579222-#<Z'Ha'dum Spoilers>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

       What Sheridan is told, in that episode, by them, concerning their
motives, is absolutely true, certainly from their point of view.

                                                                       jms



 #: 579423 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
    18-Sep-96  15:48:25
Sb: #<<Z and the Q>>
Fm: BRENT BARRETT

Howdy, Joe;

Ah-ha!  I knew it.  But I thought it so obvious and silly that I kept my mouth
shut and told only one friend.  I really didn't want to make a stab at it,
because I didn't think it answered all of the questions presented to us in the
show about how the Shadows and Vorlons acted toward one another.  But I suppose
I may get more of that when I actually see the episode (thank Ghu for FedEx).
As I told that friend, the idea of struggle and of "survival of the fittest"
seemed to be present in quite a number of your stories, most obviously
"Geometry" and the Lumati in "Acts."

Question: Does the "explanation" in "Z'Ha'Dum" explain it all, or will there
still be unanswered questions about the Shadows and Vorlons into next year?

I suppose the Green Drazi guard in "The Geometry of Shadows" summed up the
geometry of Shadows (you dog, you) when he said, "Natural selection.  Do not
interfere."  I think the title of that episode is going to take on new meaning
now. :-)

Be seeing you,

  -- Brent



 #: 579431 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
    18-Sep-96  16:09:25
Sb: #579423-<<Z and the Q>>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

       Well, it sorta answers all the questions...it's hard to explain until
you've seen the episode and the ones that follow.

                                                                       jms




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