Rage'sThots:Epiphanies

 Posted on 2/18/1997 by J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> to CIS


Chad Underkoffler <102512.1310@compuserve.com> asks:
> * I think it's about time our Minister / Regent got a name, don't
> you? After the Great Bab5 Computer Reboot (starring Sparky the
> Wonder Computer), was the SPIDER IN THE WEB Control erased from
> Bab5's files? Wasn't / Isn't Mars owned by a company, kinda?
> Maybe he had tasted what the two of them could do when they
> worked together instead of at each other's throat? Boy, he got
> shut down hard a couple few times by Lyta, didn't he? A taste of
> Martyrdom? Maybe her and Alfie, y'know, "wink-wink, nudge-nudge,
> say no more"? I seemingly recall a mention somewhere by Pat
> Tallman that Lyta was a lesbian, or bisexual? Is that canon, or
> just something Pat said at a convention? And ObObviousQuestion:
> How *much* has she been modified? A telepath would be real handy
> for removing that stuff, don'tcha think? How immortal (for 20 yrs)
> is he? More importantly, how immortal does he feel?
> Rage Ranger of Washingdome "I assume my usual quarters in the
> brig are available?

The only thing I'd quibble with there is calling Garibaldi's
trust of Jack in season 1 a massive screwup...he had no way of knowing
what was going on, nobody did, viewers included, until it happened.

jms