One of the things that fills me with joy about this series is that there is never, but never, an attempt to paint Sheridan and Ivanova in an even faintly sexual light. They're friends, they're comrades, they'd die for each other, and I'd go so far as to say they love each other, but dear god, not that way.
Oh, man, this. I love that about their relationship as well. I'm assuming that she met Sheridan not too many years after Ganya died, and he kind of became a stand-in big brother for her.
(I sort of have an OT3 of them and Garibaldi--it battles with my Ivanova/Garibaldi/Franklin OT3--but I'm so very glad they never tried to insinuate anything between Ivanova and Sheridan on the show.)
Kosh does act a bit dubious toward G'Kar, doesn't he? Oh, Kosh.
Marcus's "key" line...yeah, I can see it as pervy as well. (Consider Marcus, uh, KIND OF IS A PERV in canon even before you get to That Story. *facepalm*) On the other hand, it might just be Marcus getting poetic, and he actually doesn't mean anything horrible by it.
And then Franklin's all "dude, you are SO not her type," which... did I miss the bit where Franklin knows Ivanova's 'type?' Or is he referring to the fact that Marcus isn't actually a horrible sleazy traitor who will break Ivanova's heart and try to destroy the station, because that's the only common thread I can think of between her two romantic interests we've seen so far (not to mention the third that we would have seen her go for if CC hadn't sort of back-handedly saved the day by leaving the show and thus ensuring that at least Ivanova would not be the one falling for the Ultimate Sleaze of the Universe, also known as Byron.
*sporfle!* Heh, you do have a point here...
Are we meant to take it that Ivanova and Franklin are close (something that I'd never particularly seen)? Are we meant to think that he's got a thing for her himself? Are we meant to think that he's rooting for her and Garibaldi?
Of all of them, I'm sure you know which I'd like to think it is. ;) But seriously, I think we're supposed to read it as them being close: they do get to have some meaty conversations, like the one in "GROPOS" about fathers, and the one somewhere else in S2 about religion. That, and he's known her for two years longer than Marcus, so maybe we're meant to think he's just making a statement about Ivanova's less-than-tolerant attitude toward Marcus's bounciness.
Although I also like the idea of him having a thing for her himself. Maybe I'll change my answer to "all of the above." *g*
I never really got the prophecy either, but I think Morden as the man who's already dead works fairly well, as does accepting the Keeper for the last bit. (G'Kar's eye, though...nah.) I don't think it was very well-done, either. I wish she'd just said he'd have three more chances, and that he'd know them when he came upon them or something.
"Severed Dreams" pretty much = me spending an hour going, "OH HELL YES!" Emotional high point of the series, for sure.
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Date: 2010-08-07 06:01 am (UTC)Oh, man, this. I love that about their relationship as well. I'm assuming that she met Sheridan not too many years after Ganya died, and he kind of became a stand-in big brother for her.
(I sort of have an OT3 of them and Garibaldi--it battles with my Ivanova/Garibaldi/Franklin OT3--but I'm so very glad they never tried to insinuate anything between Ivanova and Sheridan on the show.)
Kosh does act a bit dubious toward G'Kar, doesn't he? Oh, Kosh.
Marcus's "key" line...yeah, I can see it as pervy as well. (Consider Marcus, uh, KIND OF IS A PERV in canon even before you get to That Story. *facepalm*) On the other hand, it might just be Marcus getting poetic, and he actually doesn't mean anything horrible by it.
And then Franklin's all "dude, you are SO not her type," which... did I miss the bit where Franklin knows Ivanova's 'type?' Or is he referring to the fact that Marcus isn't actually a horrible sleazy traitor who will break Ivanova's heart and try to destroy the station, because that's the only common thread I can think of between her two romantic interests we've seen so far (not to mention the third that we would have seen her go for if CC hadn't sort of back-handedly saved the day by leaving the show and thus ensuring that at least Ivanova would not be the one falling for the Ultimate Sleaze of the Universe, also known as Byron.
*sporfle!* Heh, you do have a point here...
Are we meant to take it that Ivanova and Franklin are close (something that I'd never particularly seen)? Are we meant to think that he's got a thing for her himself? Are we meant to think that he's rooting for her and Garibaldi?
Of all of them, I'm sure you know which I'd like to think it is. ;) But seriously, I think we're supposed to read it as them being close: they do get to have some meaty conversations, like the one in "GROPOS" about fathers, and the one somewhere else in S2 about religion. That, and he's known her for two years longer than Marcus, so maybe we're meant to think he's just making a statement about Ivanova's less-than-tolerant attitude toward Marcus's bounciness.
Although I also like the idea of him having a thing for her himself. Maybe I'll change my answer to "all of the above." *g*
I never really got the prophecy either, but I think Morden as the man who's already dead works fairly well, as does accepting the Keeper for the last bit. (G'Kar's eye, though...nah.) I don't think it was very well-done, either. I wish she'd just said he'd have three more chances, and that he'd know them when he came upon them or something.
"Severed Dreams" pretty much = me spending an hour going, "OH HELL YES!" Emotional high point of the series, for sure.