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| Sep 13, 2018 at 11:46 | comment | added | Rand al'Thor♦ | This is an excellent answer from an out-of-universe point of view (upvoted). However, I'm more interested in an in-universe justification, if such exists. Morden makes a lot of sense w.r.t. plot, as you've explained, but how can this choice be justified in terms of the characters themselves and their motivations? Why would Morden want to warn Lennier, for that matter? | |
| Sep 6, 2018 at 16:12 | comment | added | David Thornley | Morden was a known Shadow agent, and not really a traitor (particularly given Earth's dealings with the Shadows). He lied only when he had a strong need to (like misleading Londo about Adira's death), and he had no need in that episode. This made him a very good choice to warn Lennier. | |
| Sep 6, 2018 at 15:58 | comment | added | Radhil | Thematically, regardless of which writer picked the character, it works similarly. Morden is pointing out Lennier's dark side, which Lennier has both tried to ignore and allowed to drive his choices. Morden is definitely the guy to do that. If Lennier had tried to be more self aware, he would have taken Morden's appearance as the warning it was, rather than tried to dismiss it, much like he tried to dismiss his longing for Delenn. | |
| Sep 6, 2018 at 15:24 | comment | added | Todd Wilcox | @Dranon Interesting. I think there's a Sandman issue that is a very similar story. There's definitely a Buffy... episode - In season 5, I think. | |
| Sep 6, 2018 at 13:38 | comment | added | Alarion | @Dranon I wasn't aware of that. Thanks. | |
| Sep 6, 2018 at 13:36 | comment | added | Dranon | This episode was written almost entirely by Neil Gaiman, who JMS let pick and choose what characters he wanted to use. Per JMS, it was Gaiman's choice to pair Lennier and Morden, not his (Guide Page: "Day of the Dead"). So while I agree that Morden visiting is a sign of Lennier's problems and temptations, I don't think that it's because JMS was keeping his writerly thumb on the scales here. | |
| Sep 6, 2018 at 13:30 | history | edited | Alarion | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 6, 2018 at 13:25 | history | answered | Alarion | CC BY-SA 4.0 |