JMS on CompuServe (Mar 14, 1997) POSSIBLE SPOILERS

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 [ Summary of subjects in this section: ]
    Sb: #656254-<<Atonement>>
    Sb: #656434-Was this Delenn?
    Sb: #656418-jms in Orlando
    Sb: #656057-Year 5: Catch-22?
    Sb: #656630-Spot the Satai
    Sb: #656384-#to sfwa from jms
    Sb: The Real Corwin

 [ Summary: Is confused about the whole Minbari soul issue.  Also, wonders
   why Delenn's people objected to her marrying Sheridan, since she was a
   "freak" already.  Wouldn't they have wanted her to stay away from them? ]

 #: 656711 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
    13-Mar-97  20:22:36
Sb: #656254-<<Atonement>>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

      Yes, some Minbari on the Grey Council think that Sinclair opened up the
"soul door," for lack of a better term, and Delenn's actions can be seen as a
kind of back-fire, closing the door again.  Ain't necessarily what's true, but
what they believe.

      And yes, they would've had Delenn remain childless, but would be allowed
to marry a Minbari.  And, again, it's a matter of marrying a non-Minbari with
or WITHOUT kids...it's a very inflammatory sort of thing from a cultural
perspective.

                                                                    jms

 [ Summary: "You've read Ursula K. Leguin's _Left Hand of Darkness_?" ]

 #: 656744 S5/Babylon 5: General
    13-Mar-97  21:10:37
Sb: #656434-Was this Delenn?
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

      No, but I know the story...and the idea there is of a race that changes
sex.  Minbari do not change sex as a rule, it was going to be a one-off with
Delenn.

                                                                    jms

 [ Summary: "As usual, you've timed this sort of thing when I'm working.
   Must I send you my schedule so you can it right?!" ]

 #: 656745 S5/Babylon 5: General
    13-Mar-97  21:10:40
Sb: #656418-jms in Orlando
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

      I didn't know you could still *go* to cons, given the last incident, and
the petition, and the restraining order....

                                                                    jms

 [ Summary: Wonders if B5's fifth year isn't in a Catch-22.  Warners
   won't renew unless there's interest from the stations, and the 
   stations won't buy it unless Warners wants to make a fifth year. ]

 #: 656746 S5/Babylon 5: General
    13-Mar-97  21:10:42
Sb: #656057-Year 5: Catch-22?
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

      Both are true, to varying extents.  The key stations are the major market
stations, which are getting the most pressure to change, whereas the smaller
markets are much more willing to stand pat.

                                                                    jms

 #: 656630 S5/Babylon 5: General
    13-Mar-97  14:27:52
Sb: #Spot the Satai
Fm: BRENT BARRETT

Howdy, Joe;

    There's one big question that's been eating at myself and others for quite
some time.  I'd like to ask you for an answer, if it won't jeopardize future
stories...

    Does Sheridan know that Delenn was Satai?

    He was pretty good at playing "Spot the Satai" in "Points of Departure," so
it's not as if he knows nothing about the way the Minbari government is run.

    In addition, we know from her admission to G'Kar in "Ship of Tears" that
she's not afraid to tell anyone.  Her tone in that particular discussion seemed
to imply that G'Kar already knew she had been on the Council.

    And in "War Without End," she states that the records she's about to show
the group (Sheridan included) had never before been seen by anyone outside the
Council.  That also seems to imply that she was on the Council.

    There are other hints here and there throughout the series that might
indicate knowledge on Sheridan's part, but it's never been stated or made
obvious anywhere.  There are so many other questions and debates that hinge on
this one piece of knowledge, that I was hoping you could shed some light on it
for us.

Thanks,

  -- Brent

 #: 656747 S5/Babylon 5: General
    13-Mar-97  21:10:44
Sb: #656630-Spot the Satai
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

      Well, Sheridan knows that Delenn was Grey Council, so he would obviously
know she was Satai, since that's pretty much the same thing.

                                                                    jms

 [ NOTE: Duh, well of *course* I know they're the same thing, Joe.  That was
   kinda the point.  :-) -- Brent ]

 [ Summary: A defender of SFWA's policies regarding screen writers adds to 
   the discussion. ]

 #: 656787 S5/Babylon 5: General
    14-Mar-97  03:15:17
Sb: #656384-#to sfwa from jms
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

"It's a looooooong jump from that to saying that SFWA 'doesn't consider
screenwriters real writers.'"

      Ah.

      So, I take it that the letters that appeared in the SFWA Journal from
SFWA members stating essentially that point did not actually exist in our
universe, having instead filtered over via some spatial rift from the Bizarro
Universe version of SFWA...(which would frankly be redundent).

                                                                    jms

 #: 656789 S5/Babylon 5: General
    14-Mar-97  03:44:14
Sb: The Real Corwin
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

      For those who know that one of my chief mentors as a writer was (and is)
Norman Corwin...who was also one of the main inspirations to such other writers
as Ray Bradbury, Rod Serling, Charles Kuralt, Stan Freberg and others, here's
your chance to actually experience some of it.

      A number of his radio dramas (and some scripts) have just been made
available via The Mind's Eye.  They include performances by such folks as Jimmy
Stewart, Vincent Price, Ray Bradbury, Elsa Lanchester, William Shatner, Edward
G. Robinson, Lionel Barrymore, Orson Welles, Jill Eikenberry, Groucho Marx,
Robert Benchley and others.

      You can get a catalog from 1-800-411-MIND, or from their website at
www.lodestone-media.com.

                                                                    jms

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