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doughtier: (B5, S3E03 - A Day in the Strife) Londo: You... [message #37959] Sun, 17 February 2013 10:30
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(B5, S3E03 - A Day in the Strife)

Londo: You know, I was thinking of visiting your world sometime soon. I couldn’t really get a good look at it the last time I was in the area. Do you think it would be safe for someone such as myself to visit your world now?

Na’Far: Yes, quite safe.

A show of dominance.

I saw a reblog of this on my personal blog that mentioned in the tags that they liked Na’Far and they wished we’d seen more of him.

Let’s talk about Na’Far.

Na’Far is a good man, trying to fight an old battle in a new way. It’s clear that this is different than when they first drove the Centauri off of Narn, that the old rebellion coupled with a war of attrition isn’t going to work this time, that they have to fight smarter, and better. G’Kar’s an old veteran of the rebellions and it seems, and certainly all signs point to it as he has yet to have his epiphany at this point, that he is arming the Narns for a resistance which, according to the terms of the surrender, would result in the death of thousands of Narns for every Centauri they kill.

Even knowing that his actions would lead to the death of the last of the Kah’Ri, the only true leader the Narn have he believes that it is better to fight more subtly and that the death of one Narn is worth saving thousands.

And yet, the way that ‘A Day in the Strife” portrays him, he’s the bad guy. Not Londo (well he is but not in the same way), but Na’Far. He’s portrayed as a collaborator. Which we all know the implications of.

So this feeds back into the likes of the Second World War, where members of Nazi occupied countries would work with and for the Nazis for personal gain.

But Na’Far clearly isn’t like that, no one comes out on top in Centauri occupied Narn. It seems to me that he genuinely believes that this is best for the survival of his people, and to be honest I don’t think he’s wrong.

I mean we want him to fail because well, G’Kar’s our guy, we’ve been with him these past 2 years and we want to see him, help his people. But looking at it from the outside, regardless of the orders of the Kah’Ri, it looks like he is staying on Babylon 5 out of fear, and that others are rallying to his cause because of a cult of personality, one that could lead to the extermination of the Narn as a species.

And yet Na’Far is the bad guy. I don’t think it’s entirely fair, and it seems to be a quirk of the direction more than the script, but his entire role in that episode is much deeper than we see and I think it was a missed opportunity, that belies how bad things must really be on Narn.

I also think we should of seen a little bit more of him.

But I worry that he was executed for his failure.

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