Author Dodge Merrin

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@michaelhband 13 сағат бұрын

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@user-ro1zj6se3n Күн бұрын

Great choice of clips. Thank you

@michaelhband Күн бұрын

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@richardshields1488 Күн бұрын

Garabaldi best character in Babylon 5 he told it how it is

@UliTroyo 2 күн бұрын

This happened to me with the series Riyria Revelations by Michael J. Sullivan. I adore those books, but someone dismissed it as "popcorn fantasy". I felt like... no way we read the same books. Likewise, people fall asleep to my favorite series, the slow-paced Mushi-Shi. It's well-reviewed, but it appeals to specific kinds of people. When the similarly-slow recent anime Frieren came out, I was not surprised to see many people couldn't sit through the first few episodes for the same reasons as Mushi-shi. Probably the same thing can be said about David Lynch-he's almost universally revered, but only Twin Peaks fans like his movie Fire Walk With Me.

@AuthorDodgeMerrin 2 күн бұрын

One can't help but wonder how much has gone unseen because people were too quick to dismiss it.

@mandycollins8795 4 күн бұрын

Well said! As a person who has struggled with diet and exercise regimens, productivity habits, and just about every executive functioning tip or trick out there, what I've found to work the best (for me) is to add doable changes a little at a time. Sometimes trying to overhaul one's life becomes too difficult and unsustainable for long periods of time. There are a few healthy-diet influencers on social media that have encouraged the mindset of "instead of cutting everything out, start adding healthy options in." For example, instead of cutting all the carbs, increase fiber and protein so your body can still get the nutrition it needs without feeling deprived. Eventually, cutting back will become easier. The same goes for creative endeavors. Adding time into your schedule to work on your goals doesn't need to take over your life. If it did, you might come to dread and even resent it.

@AuthorDodgeMerrin 3 күн бұрын

All excellent points which make a good addition to what I said in the video, but your last sentence in particular makes me think of a cautionary tale that should have been in the video. Burnout is a very real thing of which we need to be aware, and do our best to avoid. I experienced it many times before realizing that working myself that hard meant getting less done, not more.

@Daniel-rd6st 4 күн бұрын

The funny thing is, Lennier probably build the whole thing, realized that he couldnt use any gasoline, and then had to rebuild the whole engine and basically turn it into an E-Bike :p

@MiniBeas 4 күн бұрын

I think a telepath war show from the point of view of the telepaths would be incredible...

@velvetine74 4 күн бұрын

Whenever anyone else in the Psycorps wears that uniform they really look like a Nazi. But when Bester wears it, he just looks comfortable.

@trololoev 7 күн бұрын

Good times when west show russians as people, not as villain/traitors/idiots.

@AuthorDodgeMerrin 7 күн бұрын

One of the reasons I like this show so much. It portrays people as human beings, not caricatures.

@juliawolf200 11 күн бұрын

Secter 83x9x12.... absolutely nothing happened

@MadOgre 13 күн бұрын

I had a ZX-11. They are drastically cool. Cool enough, an Enthusiast in the future would be restoring them.

@DiegoSouto-fy9su 14 күн бұрын

He really likes sending people to hell

@oculosprudentium8486 16 күн бұрын

The prank they pulled on ivonnoca at breakfast was the best

@ArneBab 17 күн бұрын

If you work in a serial format, you can do part of this search as your communication with fans: write short stories about those important parts of their life and share them with fans. You can also find many interesting questions in the character creation of old roleplaying games. Some actually have lifepath systems where you can get ideas for answers.

@AuthorDodgeMerrin 17 күн бұрын

I like that idea of writing character life-event short stories and sharing them with an audience as part of the development project. I did write such stories for each of the main characters in my series, but that was after publication. There's definitely potential in doing so pre-publication. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!

@ArneBab 17 күн бұрын

@@AuthorDodgeMerrin The main danger of that is that stories may become canonical that are no longer optimal later on. So an unreliable narrator may be a good idea ☺

@AuthorDodgeMerrin 17 күн бұрын

@@ArneBab Not to mention a lot of fun to write. 😁

@stll01batt 17 күн бұрын

Love B5 ❤❤

@dirkbruere 18 күн бұрын

We have arrived at that several centuries early

@matthewmichaelcrown3643 20 күн бұрын

yuck

@udirt 20 күн бұрын

Oh the very nice borders that was so artful :-)

@WILLCUNNING 21 күн бұрын

I miss Gerry Doyle

@TheLunacyofOurTimes 22 күн бұрын

Always loved Ivanova. A strong actual woman. Not that crap they created later with 'Michael'.

@MrJohn49g 24 күн бұрын

We have all thought of doing it but Garibaldi did it.

@A._is_for 25 күн бұрын

She's an angel...

@mpowell4030 25 күн бұрын

I personally wonder what happened to it since we only saw it in this epsiode.

@mandycollins8795 27 күн бұрын

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@TheLunacyofOurTimes 28 күн бұрын

I loved Ivanova. Claudia owned this. She terrifies everyone, and I think she is at least 50% of the reason why the Shadow War was successful.

@AuthorDodgeMerrin 27 күн бұрын

She was named as one of the people who could replace Sheridan a couple different times. And of course she did a pretty good job when she did replace him toward the end of the Earth Civil War. The Shadows probably should have been more afraid of her than Sheridan to be honest.

@TheLunacyofOurTimes 26 күн бұрын

@@AuthorDodgeMerrin BIG SIGH. There is no way Ivonova could have replaced him. She was his foil, A device to make him stronger. On her own she could never have taken command.

@ReaverLordTonus 28 күн бұрын

While Bester made a good villain, I'm curious if he could have made a genuine switch to the Good guys. Like when Clark allied with the Core or when his lover was used as an experiment for the shadow vessels, Bester could have not agreed with it and begrudgingly decided it was in his best interests to ally with Sheridan to at the very least restore the status quo. He has that whole nazi-like master race superiority complex, but he could draw the line at totalitarianism, plus Clark is a Mundane, to have to serve him would also not be favorable to Bester either.

@JeffreyTappan-bb8rr Ай бұрын

One of the best television shows, ever.

@iExploder Ай бұрын

If a franchise had Susan Ivanova as a character today, they'd call it "woke" and brigade the hell out of it.

@ClayHarris-g4r Ай бұрын

G Kah was a sage 11:12

@cg21 Ай бұрын

Man, now I have to rewatch all FOUR seasons of Babylon 5 again.

@eshaw2115 Ай бұрын

If only O'Hare didn't develop mental issues, how would this show have looked.

@Kref3 Ай бұрын

For almost 30 years I wonder: Are Minbari women really, really strong or are Minbari sticks really, really weak

@robertmcqueen289 Ай бұрын

This video is approved by Zathras. Or is it, Zathras, Zathras or Zathras. Wonderfully put together.

@redfive2008 Ай бұрын

@3:09 Lenier angrily pressing a button 😆

@redfive2008 Ай бұрын

@2:06 "Operation 'GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE NOW' is underway!"

@Satai80 Ай бұрын

"There is a greater darkness than the one we fight. It is the darkness of the soul that has lost its way. The war we fight is not against powers and principalities, it is against chaos and despair. Greater than the death of flesh is the death of hope, the death of dreams. Against this peril we can never surrender. The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain." One of my favourites.

@mrtalos Ай бұрын

Ivanova, the reason i lost interest in the last season of Babylon 5.

@LordChaos-fc6bk Ай бұрын

Ivanova reminds me of my wife. Absolutely no bullshit. Ever. It's never taken me three days to figure out why she's mad at me. She will tell me. In no uncertain terms. Everyone should have an Ivanova in their life. Keeps ya honest.

@AuthorDodgeMerrin Ай бұрын

Sounds like a good woman you have there. 👍

@mpowell4030 Ай бұрын

In my AU, my OC (who is half human and half Vorlon) found the doctor that interrogated Sheridan, psychically tortured him, and took him as a prisoner of war.

@AuthorDodgeMerrin Ай бұрын

I've always wondered what happened to those interrogators after the war.

@mpowell4030 Ай бұрын

@@AuthorDodgeMerrin Yeah, I wanted to show that they, or at least the "ringleader", got their comeuppance. Especially for it to be poetic justice after what they put Sheridan through. And since my character was half Vorlon, you could probably guess how "intense" the pain was on his mind.

@ericmiller9688 Ай бұрын

B5 had themes of good and evil in ones own society. As well as personal choices and consequences for morality. While star trek was idealized . B5 always felt more relatable. As people aren't perfect they are flawed. Their colleagues are flawed. That struggle with flaws made b5 better in a lot of ways I think.

@AuthorDodgeMerrin Ай бұрын

I agree.

@johnbower7452 Ай бұрын

got to say I loved Ivanova; she truly showed how a strong female should be written.

@AuthorDodgeMerrin Ай бұрын

She has served as a good example when I'm writing female characters. One in particular from my "Embers of Hope" series, Helen, seems to be quite popular among my readers. :)

@crazywood7593 Ай бұрын

Did that last guy think he was in warhammer 40k 😂

@KennethAGrimm Ай бұрын

"God sent me." What many miss is that this is the culmination of what we may call the Ivanova Cycle. We first saw Susan Ivanova arrive on station as a bitter atheist in total rejection of her roots in Judaism and her parent's legacy. Episode after episode we have seen this shell worn away, as Susan begins to accept this legacy. Finally, in these three words, we see through Susan Ivanova's mind the complete acceptance of her spiritual heritage and the legacy passed on to her by her parents, the understanding that from here infancy, from her parent''s infancies, even back to the call of Abraham, has been a consistent destiny to bring her to this place at this time. However large or small her role in this destiny may be, it was divinely appointed for her. This confidence is the foundation of her terrifying resolve. Romans 4:21