My major objection to In the Beginning is that in fact it makes no damn sense for any of these people to have known one another pre-B5
It makes no sense at all! So I'm comfortable with thinking of this as Londo's way of making the story vivid for children, by putting people he knows into it. (He probably does the voices too.)
I imagine that even as just the children's governess, she would have seen so much more of the quieter—sadder, realer—Londo, not the distant Emperor issuing his isolationist edicts. She doesn't just try to comfort him, she speaks outright of what he's endured. What has she seen? The Centauri must really be used to mad autocrats if the Keeper stayed a secret for fifteen years.
PAIN. But you're right. And whatever she's seen, it was bad enough, and clearly not his fault enough, that even not knowing (presumably) what's actually going on, she feels sorry for him. LONDO. HONEY.
And I love him defending her from the start, playfully, but seriously: one of the quiet ones, who you should always listen to because they change things. She's the one who asks for a true story.
Yes! And when her brother fails to pass along her request, Londo notices and asks him pointedly what she really asked for. ♥ However complicated his legacy as Emperor, and his life in general, these kids will be among those who will remember him fondly.
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It makes no sense at all! So I'm comfortable with thinking of this as Londo's way of making the story vivid for children, by putting people he knows into it. (He probably does the voices too.)
I imagine that even as just the children's governess, she would have seen so much more of the quieter—sadder, realer—Londo, not the distant Emperor issuing his isolationist edicts. She doesn't just try to comfort him, she speaks outright of what he's endured. What has she seen? The Centauri must really be used to mad autocrats if the Keeper stayed a secret for fifteen years.
PAIN. But you're right. And whatever she's seen, it was bad enough, and clearly not his fault enough, that even not knowing (presumably) what's actually going on, she feels sorry for him. LONDO. HONEY.
And I love him defending her from the start, playfully, but seriously: one of the quiet ones, who you should always listen to because they change things. She's the one who asks for a true story.
Yes! And when her brother fails to pass along her request, Londo notices and asks him pointedly what she really asked for. ♥ However complicated his legacy as Emperor, and his life in general, these kids will be among those who will remember him fondly.