Over on the LJ version of this entry, someone mentioned that Susan's recitation is "very old school Russian military behaviour in the face of certain death," which makes sense. I like your explanation too.
he's saying it for himself
Be that as it may--and I don't think you're wrong--at the same time, it also reads to me like JMS not being sure of the writing, and wanting to make absolutely sure that we Get It, and also to wring a last few tears from his audience.
Delenn for President would only have happened if she'd been the Chosen One instead of Sheridan.
But the whole prophecy thing pretty much ends once Sinclair jaunts back to the first Shadow War; I got the impression any staying power it had was completely over by the end of our Shadow War. Isn't the whole point of Sheridan and Delenn's conversation on the way back to B5 in "Into the Fire" that they aren't bound by what older races/prophecies have done and said, and can choose their own paths?
(Unless you meant "Chosen One" in the sense of him being the main character on the show, which I get. Still don't like it, but I get it.)
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Date: 2010-10-04 06:09 pm (UTC)he's saying it for himself
Be that as it may--and I don't think you're wrong--at the same time, it also reads to me like JMS not being sure of the writing, and wanting to make absolutely sure that we Get It, and also to wring a last few tears from his audience.
Delenn for President would only have happened if she'd been the Chosen One instead of Sheridan.
But the whole prophecy thing pretty much ends once Sinclair jaunts back to the first Shadow War; I got the impression any staying power it had was completely over by the end of our Shadow War. Isn't the whole point of Sheridan and Delenn's conversation on the way back to B5 in "Into the Fire" that they aren't bound by what older races/prophecies have done and said, and can choose their own paths?
(Unless you meant "Chosen One" in the sense of him being the main character on the show, which I get. Still don't like it, but I get it.)