Babylon 5, our last, great hope for peace... 2x18 - 3x02

This show is fantastic. And LK tells me season 3 is even better.

I couldn't use three post titles I wanted because if I start spoiling things I have to run an extra 15km as a penance for hypocrisy. Or something.

( 2x18 Confessions and Lamentations )

( 2x19 Divided Loyalties )

( 2x20 The Long, Twilight Struggle )

( 2x21 Comes the Inquisitor )

( 2x22 The Fall of Night )

( 3x01 Matters of Honor )

( 3x02 Convictions )

I like her better than Carson

For the December meme, a question by devon: Which SGA character(s) do you identify with most? Why? (If it's not too personal) If you don't ID with any, whose voice comes most naturally to you?

"Identify" is maybe too strong a word, but the character I felt the most kinship with was Dr. Jennifer Keller, season 4. In season 5 they added more and more romance to her storyline and that wasn't really my main interest, and in addition there were a couple of times when I thought her development could have been better done. But in season 4 I liked her a lot: a smart young woman out having an adventure - in another galaxy, where everything's different, you don't know anyone, you have to replace your predecessor who everyone loved and admired, and you suddenly have many responsibilities that you're not sure you can fulfill, but you also can't afford to fail. I really liked "Missing", for example, where Teyla and Jennifer discover the Athosians are missing and are hunted by mercenaries, and Jennifer doesn't really know what she's doing but does her best anyway.

But she's not the character I found easiest to write. In SGA fandom I discovered that I found the Pegasus characters much easier to write than the characters from Earth. Their backgrounds, experiences, worldview I can make up. But the Earthers: they're socialized in very specific groups that I don't know, like the US Air Force, academia, international politics... Jennifer, as a doctor, would probably be one of the easier ones. But she's still from a culture I don't know, namely the US. Which state is she from? What does that mean? Where did she probably study, what was the environment, how did she get to her position this fast?
Now I could write her, but back then I found it difficult. (I was too lazy to want to do much research.) And she also wasn't one of my favorite characters, Teyla and Ronon were, so I spent more time thinking about their backgrounds. I don't think I ever wrote about Jennifer, actually, and now I kind of want to. I had a few sketches and outlines, but never finished a story. (I'd have to rewatch at least season 4 and currently don't have the time for that. Maybe one day.)