Previously on rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated, yawnmoth said:

> The bit about him not surrendering himself to his greatest fear
> presumably refers to his blowing up the island of Selini.  The bit

I assumed it was surrendering himself to be controlled by the Keeper.
If he did, it would destroy him personally.  If he did not, the Drakh
would destroy his world.

> about him not killing the one who is already dead presumably refers to
> his not killing Mr. Morden.  But what about the bit about him saving

It's a toss-up between Morden and Sheridan.

> the eye that does not see?
> 
> It seems like it might be referring to G'Kar's eye, but G'Kar's eye
> did see.  G'Kar, later, says that although he's missing an eye, he

No, it didn't.  Refer to the fourth episode of season 4, where G'Kar's
eye did not see the magnificence of Emperor Cartagia, and thus Cartagia
had it plucked out.  Mollari had a chance to "save the eye that does
not see" at that time, and walked right past it.

> And in any event, I'm not sure what not saving that eye would have
> done, anyway?

It was a moral choice, more than a physical action.  It was a prophecy
about Londo's choices, not G'Kar's eyesight.  Those choices have
consequences, and one of those consequences of not saving G'Kar's eye
had a direct effect on Londo later.
 
> If he didn't blow up the island of Selini, it's likely that the Drakh
> wouldn't have used the threat of  explosive devices to motivate Londo
> to accept the Keeper.  Similarly, if Londo didn't kill Mr. Morden, the
> Drakh might have been less bitter towards him.  But what does saving

I don't think the Drakh cared one way or the other about Morden,
certainly not when compared to what Mollari did to their masters on
Selini.  Executing Morden was merely the icing on the cake.

> G'Kar's eye get him?  The Drakh probably couldn't care at all about
> G'Kar's eye, and resisting the emperor probably would have prevented
> Londo from becoming the emperor, anyway, since such an act would
> probably distance him quite a bit from the empereor.

Cartagia asked Londo what should be done about G'Kar's insolence of not
seeing Cartagia's magnificence.  Absent of a recommendation from Londo,
Cartagia decided to have one of G'Kar's eyes removed.

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