Short of one of their earliest, spiteful clashes, I find it almost impossible to picture Londo actually leaving G'Kar to die, but I agree that even as recently as the top of Season 4 it wouldn't have been that heedless instinctive sprint before any other consideration.
Yeah, I think I put that badly - I agree that he wouldn't have left him to die, probably not at any point since they've known each other. (G'Kar canonically *would* leave Londo to die in early season 3, but I really don't think Londo has ever actually hated him, or wanted him dead.) But having G'Kar as his #1 goal when there are bombs falling on his city, and the palace, and him - that's fairly new.
Even after he's got G'Kar to relative safety: "I will call for a doctor, then I have to find the Regent." The order of priorities.
Yes. That. Exactly.
I did hope that we'd get to see another instance of duelist Londo or fighter pilot Londo once more before the end - he's just so much fun when he does get to display some actual physical badassery! - and while we didn't get that, I will very happily take this.
he's got the constitution of an truck in light of everything he's put his body through
He does! I really think that surviving 15 years of Drakh infestation to die at G'Kar's hands, rather than by suicide or heart failure or drinking or one of 10,000 other possible causes, is down to his toughness both mental and physical. The heart attack that he has in canon is due to guilt rather than physical failure (and I still can't get over that this it's actual canon that he almost dies from sheer guilt and grief; what is this show even).
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Yeah, I think I put that badly - I agree that he wouldn't have left him to die, probably not at any point since they've known each other. (G'Kar canonically *would* leave Londo to die in early season 3, but I really don't think Londo has ever actually hated him, or wanted him dead.) But having G'Kar as his #1 goal when there are bombs falling on his city, and the palace, and him - that's fairly new.
Even after he's got G'Kar to relative safety: "I will call for a doctor, then I have to find the Regent." The order of priorities.
Yes. That. Exactly.
I did hope that we'd get to see another instance of duelist Londo or fighter pilot Londo once more before the end - he's just so much fun when he does get to display some actual physical badassery! - and while we didn't get that, I will very happily take this.
he's got the constitution of an truck in light of everything he's put his body through
He does! I really think that surviving 15 years of Drakh infestation to die at G'Kar's hands, rather than by suicide or heart failure or drinking or one of 10,000 other possible causes, is down to his toughness both mental and physical. The heart attack that he has in canon is due to guilt rather than physical failure (and I still can't get over that this it's actual canon that he almost dies from sheer guilt and grief; what is this show even).