But this! Even this -- it's so clear. G'Kar wants change, progress, revolution, liberty! While Londo, ever the reactionary, ever the conservative mired in the last dregs of that last golden civilization, wants things the way they were.
And that's what Morden preys upon -- that kind of vulnerability and weakness which G'Kar didn't show. G'Kar was ready to pick up a sword and fight for his people and that's too active for the Shadows. They need reactive, need lost souls who will accept them for a promise and won't fight.
Note that G'Kar's answer is all about what he would do for his people, while Londo's is a heartbreaking plea for a world that can no longer be -- and no evidence that Londo has the strength, or the interest, to fight for progress or change.
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Re: he played me like a fiddle!
Date: 2004-02-11 12:08 pm (UTC)And that's what Morden preys upon -- that kind of vulnerability and weakness which G'Kar didn't show. G'Kar was ready to pick up a sword and fight for his people and that's too active for the Shadows. They need reactive, need lost souls who will accept them for a promise and won't fight.
Note that G'Kar's answer is all about what he would do for his people, while Londo's is a heartbreaking plea for a world that can no longer be -- and no evidence that Londo has the strength, or the interest, to fight for progress or change.