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<blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 2305087" data-attributes="member: 14159"><p>You probably know this, but to make it clear to people who might not know: (and since this all happens well before the season 4 spoiler limit on this thread)</p><p></p><p>Lieutenant Commander Takashima was the traitor. She arranged for the breach of security that let the assassin get to Kosh, and she was originally the person who was supposed to shoot Garibaldi in the back at the end of Season 1 to protect Clark's assassination of President Santiago.</p><p></p><p>Takashima was replaced by Ivanova, but that part of the character arc didn't follow over. JMS put out a few red herrings along the way, wanting to make online fans who knew that Takashima was a traitor and Ivanova was her replacement think that she would betray B5 at some point, but didn't to keep fans on their toes.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I think it's better this way. Having a main character be the traitor at the end of Season 1 would have been nice, but Ivanova grew to be a favorite character of many in B5 and for all the betrayals, assasinations, conspiracies, double-crosses, and secret alliances in B5, Ivanova shooting Garibaldi just didn't sound right with how it all finally turned out (I wish Talia hadn't left the series either, the relationship between her and Talia and Talia's plot arc with the Ironheart gift were pretty cool). However, Kosh having the Vicker recording of Talia's brain and Lyta having seen the true form of a Vorlon in the pilot did make her being given those powers by the Vorlons actually make sense.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wingsandsword, post: 2305087, member: 14159"] You probably know this, but to make it clear to people who might not know: (and since this all happens well before the season 4 spoiler limit on this thread) Lieutenant Commander Takashima was the traitor. She arranged for the breach of security that let the assassin get to Kosh, and she was originally the person who was supposed to shoot Garibaldi in the back at the end of Season 1 to protect Clark's assassination of President Santiago. Takashima was replaced by Ivanova, but that part of the character arc didn't follow over. JMS put out a few red herrings along the way, wanting to make online fans who knew that Takashima was a traitor and Ivanova was her replacement think that she would betray B5 at some point, but didn't to keep fans on their toes. Personally, I think it's better this way. Having a main character be the traitor at the end of Season 1 would have been nice, but Ivanova grew to be a favorite character of many in B5 and for all the betrayals, assasinations, conspiracies, double-crosses, and secret alliances in B5, Ivanova shooting Garibaldi just didn't sound right with how it all finally turned out (I wish Talia hadn't left the series either, the relationship between her and Talia and Talia's plot arc with the Ironheart gift were pretty cool). However, Kosh having the Vicker recording of Talia's brain and Lyta having seen the true form of a Vorlon in the pilot did make her being given those powers by the Vorlons actually make sense. [/QUOTE]
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