yawnmoth wrote:
> On Mar 26, 10:38 am, Matt Ion  wrote:
>> Christina Wilson wrote:
>>> Gregory Weston wrote:
>>>> In article
>>>>
,
>>>>  yawnmoth wrote:
>>>>> Quoting the Lurker's Guide, "Londo has already
passed up two chances
>>>>> to avoid the destiny he fears awaits him. There will
be three more. He
>>>>> must save the eye that does not see. He must not kill
the one who is
>>>>> already dead. And failing those, at the last, he must surrender
>>>>> himself to his greatest fear, knowing that it will
destroy him."
>>>>> The bit about him not surrendering himself to his greatest fear
>>>>> presumably refers to his blowing up the island of
Selini.  The bit
>>>>> 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
>>>>> the eye that does not see?
>>>> I thought the last two were references to certain events we saw
>>>> involving Sheridan and G'kar.
>>> Prophecy can be so much fun, because I have a different take
on it. 
>>> The one who is already dead is Sheridan. The surrendering himself to his
>>> greatest fead means not being afraid to die--at the end when he allows
>>> G'Kar to kill him rather than having the Keeper learn the truth.
>>> As to the eye...in the Centauri Prime novels it says it was
"I". But
>>> both English synonyms work really well in this case.
>>> Christina
>> That's the thing with prophecy, isn't it?  Vagueness and interpretation
>> are everything...
>>
>> I also took "the eye (I?) that does not see" as meaning G'Kar in
>> general, not just his eye.
>>
>> I think "the one who is already dead" pretty clearly
refers to Sheridan.
>>
>> The thing you (Gregory, that is, not you, Christina) have to remember
>> is, Morella's words are meant for Londo to save himself from what he
>> sees as a bleak and unavoidable destiny, for him to find redemption...
>> not to cover his ass, which is what Gregory's interpretations would be
>> in aid of.
>>
>> Oh... and in order to interpret prophecy, you must read it correctly.
>>
>> "The bit about him not surrendering himself to his greatest fear
>> presumably refers to his blowing up the island of Selini."
>>
>> No... the prophecy is that he MUST surrender himself to his greatest
>> fear... presumably his own death... and worse, his death at the hands of
>> his mortal enemy (at least, the man who was his mortal enemy at the time).
> 
> I guess some of this depends on what "the destiny he fears awaits him"
> refers to.  In the only prescient dream we've seen of his, Londo sees
> the Shadows landing on Centauri Prime - a sight which he does not find
> all that comforting.  He also sees himself and G'Kar choking one
> another.  If that's what the destiny Londo fears awaits him, you're
> suggestion that "he MUST surrender himself to his greatest fear"
> doesn't make a whole lot of sense.  You MUST get choked by G'Kar to
> avoid getting choked by G'Kar?

No, to save his soul, and to save Centauri Prime.

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