S01E10 – Narcissistic, Disrespectful, and Biased (Oh My)

DR SONG’S PERSONAL JOURNAL/NOTES FOR THE EPISODE 𝘈𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘮𝘢, 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘵. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘮𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭. 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘺. 𝘋𝘳. 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘭𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘺𝘱𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦.

“They’re not humans. They have a wholly different mindset, cultural background and belief system. People ask for ALIEN aliens, then judge them by human standards, and feel it’s wrong if they don’t behave like humans. These didn’t. That’s who and what they are.” – J. Michael Straczynski

References

• ContraPoints – “Cringe” – https://youtu.be/vRBsaJPkt2Q

• Elaine Barlow – “Wordplay” – https://thewebrecluse.com/wordplay/

• JMS Speaks – Lurker’s Guide To B5 – http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/us/guide/010.html