They did the best they could with Keffler, but he was forced into the show over Straczynski's protests because the network mandated it, IIRC - and it shows. JMS wrote him into the plot as minimally as possible and tried to undercut his heroism as often as he could at the same time, although you can tell his distaste for editorial fiat went to war with his personal law of conservation of plot and conservation of plot won out in the end, since Keffler did end up being the one who blew the lid on the Shadows.
I kind of wondered if you were going to be upset with Sebastian! Obviously your objections are sound (except I disagree with your interpretation of Sebastian's final lines - I always read it as a caution to Sheridan about remembering that he should not let himself fall into the trap of thinking he is always going to be on the side of moral justice - because Sheridan makes a bad habit out of doing it, and because Sebastian always did, and he was a homicidal maniac until the Vorlons brain-fried him), but I'd like to point out something to keep in mind: if the Vorlons were willing to brain-screw a homicidal killer into their personal inquisitor only because his principles were wrong, consider what that says about the Vorlons.
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Date: 2009-07-19 04:03 pm (UTC)I kind of wondered if you were going to be upset with Sebastian! Obviously your objections are sound (except I disagree with your interpretation of Sebastian's final lines - I always read it as a caution to Sheridan about remembering that he should not let himself fall into the trap of thinking he is always going to be on the side of moral justice - because Sheridan makes a bad habit out of doing it, and because Sebastian always did, and he was a homicidal maniac until the Vorlons brain-fried him), but I'd like to point out something to keep in mind: if the Vorlons were willing to brain-screw a homicidal killer into their personal inquisitor only because his principles were wrong, consider what that says about the Vorlons.