Babylon 5 Head Canon

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I have the headcanon that some time after he arived on Babylon 5, Delenn catched Lennier while he was prepairing her breakfast and asked him to join her to the morning rituals. They had long,...

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Her last talk to the universe

Do you remember the scene in ,,Deconstruction of Falling Stars", in wich some humans discuss about the events of Babylon 5 at like 80 years after they happend and suddenly a age-old Delenn and her entorage of Minbari priests shows up and says, that Sheridan was a good man? I really can't belive that she underwent all this diffeculties and her last appearance before public just showed a defend her long dead husband. I think she also hold a wise speech about how important the Interstellar Aliance and its values still are, how the peoples of the Galaxis should still try to understand and trust each other and how the universe consists of all of them. This speech got famous and oft-quoted and became a interstellar plea for peace and international understanding. Her defend of Sheridan was in consideration of that not often remembered from her famous spech. She also talked about Lennier - and how she would'nt have managed all the changes she brought to the galaxis whitout him - Susan, her fellow amassadors and all the others, but the be fair, this part of her spech also almost sank into obscurity. And the man who watched the clips at ,,Deconstruction of Falling Stars" just only watched this one part of her spech, because he is so enthusiastic about ther romance.

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I really hate that Delenn-the-virgin-theory. Its bad enough that they wasted such a fascinating character for standing at the side of the boring Gary Stue clichee hero and doing nothing, why the hell have they to fabricate something like that to reduce her to the classic love interest of the male hero? In my headcanon she had mabye two or three mates before Sheridan. And we just never saw anything about them, because showing Delenn banging some pretty Minbari would totally destroy her saint-like appearance. But I never though she was virgin, she just seemed far to confident about that topic to be it. And I also think its kind of derogative to not permit the female main character some active sexual live before she meets the love of her live (also known as the series hero).

She mabye brooke up with her first boyfriend because he could'nt deal with the way she fought in the war against earth and had mercy with the humans. He was also the companion of some of her pecadillo of youth: They stand at the holographic observation deck of the ship and everyone else was asleep, and Delenn was overwhelmed with desire so they just coupled at the bottom of some holographic ion storm*.

She parted from the second because they just grow apart, and from the third because he was jealous on her, but the relationships with all three of them lasted for years.

*That idea is from some Delenn/Dukhat fanfiction, and I really can imagine that she done somthing like that at some time. But I don't think her and Dukhat were more than a teacher and his student, great friends and companions.

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I cant help but imagine that Narns smell like a mixture of hot rocks and that typical reptile house scent.

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A much wiser race (?)

Even if there were not that many women of there species seen (besides Delenn, Shaal Mayan and that warrior first officer), the Minbari seemed to be have overcome sexismn since centuries and it seemed to matter more in which caste you are then which sex you have.

And I have the headcanon that they are also really liberal in dealing with homosexuallity. So liberal, that they even would'nt say ,,I’m hetero" or ,,I’m homosexual" or ,,I’m bi" or whatever but just ,,I’m in love with that person and its a woman/man". They would say: If I love him/her, what matters what sex he/she has or if I’m a man and he to / if I’m a woman and she also. Some clans even belive that its holy and even more precious than hetero love because its not something the evolution created to make reproduction more effective but just love.

They are also very liberal about trans people and (as shown in the wonderfull fanfiction ,,The Mantle of the New", frow where I have this idea) have some ceremony in which trans people of there species came in in unisex clothing and get handed over clothing for there real sex.

Its much more important for them if your mate is in the same caste as you are or not. And so liberate they are about non-binary sexuallity, so xenophobic are they. Its a absolute tabu to mate someone from another species, similar to the treating of homosexuallty at the 1960 years on earth, indifferent wether she/he has the same sex or not. Because for them it pollutes there species. They only allowed Delenn to mary Sheridan because she was allready half human, and they still not wanted that first as you can see at the series.

I thought about that because I relised that I have headcanons for a lot same-sex-couples with Minbari. I ship Rastenn and Tannier, the young rangers from ,,Learning Curve", and also Dulann and David Martell from ,,Lengends of the Rangers", whoes relationship is problematic, but just because they are from different species, and there are also Nur and Barenn, olderly lesbians and both Satai of the worker caste as Delenn restored the Grey Concil - damn, they are such a cute couple and they remind me (at he fanfiction ,,The Candle and the Star") at my aunt and her wife. For some reason I also have the headcanon that Neroon is gay, especially because he has nothing similar with the usual clichee gay. And I still wonder wether Lennier is hetero or bisexuall (because you can’t know that from the single time we saw him in love at the series) or wether Delenn is the only person he can ever love - poor, poor boy.

[darby-crash-bandicoot]

What if

since Vir and Commander Sinclair were stationed at Minbar at the same time (I’m assuming, seeing as they’re both the ambassadors of their respective planets they would be in the same area)

and since Sinclair is in command of the Rangers, and Vir is no criminal mastermind, Sinclair would know that Vir was helping to smuggle Narns away from Centauri space

so he would never say anything, and they would only see each other in meetings, or perhaps in the dining hall, but every now and then Sinclair would lock eyes with Vir, smile, and nod slightly

as if to say, “Good work, son. I’m proud of what you’re doing and who you’ve become. Keep it up.”

and that would make Vir feel so much more reassured, and maybe even dare to be proud of himself, because on Centauri Prime of course nobody ever recognized his kindness and gentleness as anything other than stupidity, and in politics of course it was the same way

but here was Commander Sinclair, Hero of the Line, strong, brave, and noble, approving of him and how he was doing what he knew was right

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After Delenn dies, she passes beyond the rim. The scene we see between Sheridan and her in “The Deconstruction of Falling Stars,” where they’re in bed wondering if anyone will remember them, is actually them beyond the rim living together as energy beings forever.

Also, G’Kar and Londo not only die together but end up together in some way after they die, because that relationship is the most fascinating, moving, and tragic antagonistic friendship/slash I have ever seen, no matter if they ever kiss or not.

[zorabioz]

[shatterdome-sansa-deactivated20]

HEY

HEY

AND JUST WHO DO YOU THINK YOU’RE FOOLING UP AT C&C, MR. MORDEN

Ahahahaha! Morden on the bridge, one of my favorite parts of the Gathering!

 #what do you want #idk a job?

[justanorthernlight]

Morden’s secret twin brother. Transfers somewhere else after The Gathering and never discovers his brother’s survival. Sheridan runs into him sometime after the series, has him arrested and hijinx ensue. 

[b5headcanon]

Headcanon accepted.

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[melancthe]

Alisa Beldon:  “I guess I have to go.”

Jeffrey Sinclair: “Good luck.”

Alisa Beldon: “Thanks.”

BFFs don’t shake hands.  BFFs gotta hug!

Swear to god I thought she was pickpocketing him in this scene. But nope, just fluffiness!

[paramaline]

She probably was and he just never noticed until much later.

[fastphoridae]

Can it be tumblr b5 canon that she took a few credits and replaced them with a picture of like……….a cutesy bunny or something?

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Yes, yes it can.

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Mike and Jeff taking it easy at the Zocalo after another crazy day aboard Babylon 5.

[avelera]

#for some stupid reason i love the zocalo sign #also HATS!!!

Earth has become a planet of ridiculous hats, no wonder the Minbari wanted to wipe us out.

[spacewhaleopera]

#seriously they can’t even wear hats #must have been some serious hat-envy

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It is official, the Minbari wanted to wipe out the humans because of hat envy. 

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The B5 Babblefish

I know its been awhile, but I've been mulling over this one and decided to post it during my B5 rewatch.

So, why does everyone in B5 speak English?

The Headcanon:

They actually don't. 

In the future, everyone has some form of translator embedded or otherwise on their person. English is simply the default for the viewers, as it is obviously our language and that's what the B5 command is hearing. 

All the aliens could not possibly be expected to learn English just to interact, some of them don't even have the anatomy for it.

BUT there is an exception for diplomats. A diplomat is required, by law, to speak all of the languages required for diplomacy. This is because the translators, much like today's language translation software (think Google translate) are often prone to hilarious, and occasionally disastrous, mistranslations. The last thing you want is "We will use military force only as a last resort." to be translated to, "Bring it on!" (which may have been a contributor to the Dilgar war ~_^). 

So while most people rely on the language translators to get around on B5, G'kar, Londo, Delenn etc. do actually speak English (and Narn, and Centauri, and Minbari) in order to avoid diplomatic incidents.

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Space, Time, and the Incurable Revisionist

Writing this out sort of solidified ideas that have been floating around in my head for the last few weeks; I'm reasonably happy with what I've landed on, though I'm sure it could stand some tweaking to make it better.

Basically, this isn't so much a full head canon as it is trying to find something better than what's given. In "Space, Time, and the Incurable Romantic," JMS tells us what happened with Marcus: 300 years after he died and was put in cryo, he's revived and ultimately ends up cloning Ivanova and faking a crash so they can live out their lives together on this remote planet. And that's... problematic. Like, a lot. So here's what I'm thinking. The story says that it was a recent exploration to the Rim that found the ruins of the alien civilization that made the device. Well, since Stephen and G'Kar went exploring beyond the rim around the time of the Alliance's tenth anniversary (and returned by 2278), couldn't they have found that alien world themselves? Between the time they returned and the final dinner with Sheridan, I'm sure Stephen was going through everything they found on the planet, along with everything else he found while traveling with G'Kar. But, seeing Susan at the dinner, how she's still mourning Marcus, he then redoubled his efforts to sort out the alien device. It still would take another year or two to get it all sorted, but he did and was able to revive Marcus. That way, Marcus and Susan are both alive, at the the same time, and can get on with exploring their feelings for each other. Susan would probably be distant because of the age difference, and Marcus wouldn't care about that, and they'd eventually come to an understanding. Best of all, no one has to lie to the other about what happened to them, or what the year is, or anything like that; it'd just be normal relationship lies from there on out. I don't know if I've fully made it my head canon yet or not, but I certainly like it a lot better than what we're told happens.

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  After Dius moved in with Delenn, John and David, they let him experience kindness and honesty which led him to stop thirsting for power. In the end, he gave up all ambition of becoming emperor of Centauri Prime and instead joined the rangers together with David. 

[paramaline]

I keep thinking about this little tidbit from JMS:

“it’s not something I’ve been able to figure out how to mention, but the Narn pride themselves on their physical perfection. Hence there is no market for physical aides; it’s something to be ashamed of. So they have to crib stuff from other...

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Not quite headcanon, but certainly worth consideration.

[paramaline]

While Londo was doing research on Earth’s musical history (“IT DOES NOT MEAN A THING!”), he came across Lady Gaga songs. He then went through a phase where he belted them out at every available opportunity.

Fixing his up-do in the morning? “TOUCH ME T-TOUCH ME BABY BUT DON’T...

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This pretty much made my life.

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Hotblooded Minbari Warriors

Neroon is one of our best representatives of the passions of the Minbari warrior caste (not to mention one of the hottest Minbari ever...). He's proud, brave, at times snarky, and fiercely, fiercely loyal. When we first meet him he's definitely not at his best, at times almost irrationally so.

The head canon:

Neroon and Branmer were lovers, and Neroon didn't follow Branmer's final request because he just couldn't let him go yet. Yes, Neroon's decision to parade Branmer's body around all the Minbari outposts was partially fueled by his desire to honour him as a great warrior, but he specifically tells Sinclair that his "feelings for the <I>shai alyt</I> led [him] to act improperly" (I've always thought this was not just about having a tantrum and threatening everyone because of the body's disappearance, but <b>also</b> his decision to ignore Branmer's last request.)

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The Girl Who Ran Away

Based on Babylon 5 episode 5.8 The Day of the Dead:

Who is Zoe? In particular, who is Zoe to Lochley? Obviously she is important, Lochley keeps "Zoe is dead" as her password something like 20 years after she died.

First off, I'm a huge Neil Gaiman fan, I've read all of Sandman, all of his novels, and almost all of his short stories. After awhile it's pretty obvious what his "type" is, that is the kind of stories that Gaiman likes to write. His fingerprints are ALL OVER "Day of the Dead", in the sense that I think JMS gave him a lot more freedom than usual with that episode (which makes sense considering JMS hounded Gaiman for years to get him to write an episode). Also at that point, Lochley was still something of a blank slate. Let's be honest, Ivanova was supposed to take over B5 in the 5th season, and Lochley is as thinly veiled a stand-in for Ivanova as Sheridan was for Sinclair (at first). So I think JMS knew the series was winding down and he basically gave Gaiman free reign with some elements of Lochley's background, knowing he wouldn't really have time to get to it himself and knowing that Gaiman is an excellent character writer.

Zoe is a Gaiman character through and through, and Lochley's shared history with her is as well. The sense we get is that Lochley ran away from home to party and do drugs with Zoe. They were cold, starving, and living in infested, run-down buildings. Zoe was eventually so miserable that she deliberately overdosed, and Lochley came home to find her dead and covered in cockroaches. This is a VERY Gaiman-esque scene, this sort of imagery crops up all over Sandman and Neverwhere. Lochley was so traumatized that she gave up on whatever reason she had from running away, called her father and went home. Not too long thereafter, she joined EarthForce and eventually became the officer we know today.

The Head Canon:

My theory is that Zoe and Lochley were lovers. Lochley ran away from a very strict military upbringing in order to be with her girlfriend, of whom her father disapproved (either for gender reasons or because of Zoe's drug habit). Life was hard and miserable but they had each other and they had fun. Zoe's death brought Lochley's one attempt at rebellion crashing down around her, so much so that she was permanently traumatized. If losing her lover was the price of rebellion, then Lochley was scared out of ever rebelling again. She went home, now terrified out of her old life, and began to live the life her father wanted for her, the one she had rejected when she ran away with Zoe. She joined EarthForce and tried to date boys, starting with John Sheridan. They were both young, both away from home from the first time, and as is quite common with young people in the military (or just away from home for the first time in general) they stuck to the first person they met. Lochley was further trying to gain her father's approval as well by picking the "perfect guy" to bring home.

Within 3 months they realized it was really not working, that they were friends at best who had found each other at a vulnerable time. Lochley never forgot Zoe, and she stuck to the rules to this day, having learned the terrible punishment of doing otherwise.