Babylon 5 Drabble
Feb. 19th, 2013 02:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
andrasteThe first of the ficlets I promised for the Valentine's Day quotes! (There are still quotes un-guessed, by the way, so if anyone else wants to try their luck ...)
I picked G'Kar's line from the greatest scene ever on television the other day, but this is set during Season One and inspired by the very first time I thought Londo and G'Kar were slashy, way back in Born To the Purple. Because however you slice it, their body language in Season One is weird for two people who hate each other.
Were they played by lesser actors, I'd think it was by accident, but we have plenty of evidence that Peter Jurasik and Andreas Katsulas knew exactly what they were doing, from the way it changes after The Coming of Shadows and then keeps changing based on what Londo and G'Kar think of each other at any given time.
The first time G'Kar sees the Centauri ambassador in the Dark Star, he's drinking alone. The bouncers are notoriously strict, but that doesn't mean G'Kar can't seek some extra entertainment.
He slides into the other seat at the table, picks up the open bottle of brivari and takes a long drink. Mollari doesn't even move his eye from the stage.
"Do they not have glasses on Narn, G'Kar?" he asks with a sigh.
After that, they find themselves at the same table more often than not. Londo never offers G'Kar the bottle, and never objects when G'Kar takes it anyway.
I picked G'Kar's line from the greatest scene ever on television the other day, but this is set during Season One and inspired by the very first time I thought Londo and G'Kar were slashy, way back in Born To the Purple. Because however you slice it, their body language in Season One is weird for two people who hate each other.
Were they played by lesser actors, I'd think it was by accident, but we have plenty of evidence that Peter Jurasik and Andreas Katsulas knew exactly what they were doing, from the way it changes after The Coming of Shadows and then keeps changing based on what Londo and G'Kar think of each other at any given time.
The first time G'Kar sees the Centauri ambassador in the Dark Star, he's drinking alone. The bouncers are notoriously strict, but that doesn't mean G'Kar can't seek some extra entertainment.
He slides into the other seat at the table, picks up the open bottle of brivari and takes a long drink. Mollari doesn't even move his eye from the stage.
"Do they not have glasses on Narn, G'Kar?" he asks with a sigh.
After that, they find themselves at the same table more often than not. Londo never offers G'Kar the bottle, and never objects when G'Kar takes it anyway.