Oh, I see! I had read the rant thinking "boy, when she gets to 'Comes the Inquisitor', she's going to really get annoyed with B5," only now it turns out you'd already gotten there and that's why you were annoyed already.
Yeah, I don't know; it's a hard line to draw and I think it's just a difference in interpretation, but I always interpreted it as sympathy and understanding for the broken, repentant tool Sebastian was now rather than for the murderer he was then, rather than a blanket sympathy for the Ripper. I think that explanation makes me feel better, at least, although it's been a while since I saw the episode and in thinking about it I am not sure my interpretation's all that supported by the episode itself. :/ I suppose I'll have to rewatch it to be sure, but I don't know if I want to expose myself to an hour of Delenn!torture so readily this afternoon.
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Date: 2009-07-19 06:34 pm (UTC)Yeah, I don't know; it's a hard line to draw and I think it's just a difference in interpretation, but I always interpreted it as sympathy and understanding for the broken, repentant tool Sebastian was now rather than for the murderer he was then, rather than a blanket sympathy for the Ripper. I think that explanation makes me feel better, at least, although it's been a while since I saw the episode and in thinking about it I am not sure my interpretation's all that supported by the episode itself. :/ I suppose I'll have to rewatch it to be sure, but I don't know if I want to expose myself to an hour of Delenn!torture so readily this afternoon.