On Mar 26, 2:09=A0pm, Dave Hayslett  wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:52:27 -0700, Craig wrote:
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> >> Could be, but I don't think so. =A0Londo killing Morden (who
Earthforce=

> >> thought was dead - granted not as obvious as Sheridan dying
on Z'ha'dum=
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> >> and not even realizing he'd squandered a chance at redemption
makes for=
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> >> more satisfying story. =A0If saving Sheridan was his
next-to-last chanc=
e, and
> >> he made the right choice, then he never had to surrender
himself to his=

> >> greatest fear - not accepting the keeper, since that's out of
order, no=
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> >> letting G'Kar kill him.
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> > Actually here is the answer from teh great maker hisself.
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> >http://www.jmsnews.com/msg.aspx?id=3D1-2640&query=3Dprophecy
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> > =A0 =A0From: J. Michael Straczynski 
> > =A0Subject: The Man In Between
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 To: CIS =A0
> > =A0 =A0 Date: 3/9/1997 7:22:00 PM =A0 =A0 =A0
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> > Message 1 in thread
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> > Meryl Yourish  asks:
> >> Was Lorien the man in between?
> >> Was Sheridan the man in between?
> >> Was Justin the man in between?
> >> Okay, if you won't answer those three, then will you answer the
> >> following? Was Refa the one who was already dead?
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> > Refa was never already dead, so it can't be him. Dead is dead,
> > and the only one who fits that description would be Sheridan.
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> > jms =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0
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> > =A0 =A0 From: J. Michael Straczynski 
> > =A0Subject: The Man In Between
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 To: CIS =A0
> > =A0 =A0 Date: 3/10/1997 9:25:00 AM =A0 =A0
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> > Message 2 in thread
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> > Scott Baker  asks:
> >> Didn't Londo have a prophecy about not killing the one who is
> >> already dead? So, with the flash forward in WWEII we see him
> >> sparing Sheridan, thereby avoiding his fate, right?
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> > The goal was to *redeem* himself. Sparing Sheridan was part of
> > that. Then he had to surrender himself to his greatest fear: his death
> > at G'Kar's hands.
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> > jms
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> Hard to argue with that source. =A0:-) =A0Thanks, I didn't remember this
> discussion.

Perhaps it's overly arrogant to disagree with JMS about his own
creation, but I tend to find it more satisfying to consider Morden the
one who was already dead and Londo's acceptance of the keeper as his
greatest fear.  Consider that had he spared Morden that it might have
been possible to avoid the Drakh invasion of Centauri Prime (probably
simply by being able to learn about them in the first place) whereas
sparing Sheridan is a redemptive act.  If he has spared Sheridan, then
he has redeemed himself and doesn't need to submit to his greatest
fear.  Secondly, as stated upthread, I think Londo's greatest fear was
to lose control of his own fate and to be the puppet of others.  After
the years between tFoCP and WWE2 Londo is almost certainly no longer
afraid of death at G'kar's hands; indeed he probably welcomes it.  His
death becomes the redemptive act because it's his death that makes his
sparing of Sheridan meaningful.

I would also note that the Great Maker's comments are from 1997,
before the final half of season 4 let alone season 5.
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