If you had stayed you would have heard the story about what Delenn was supposed to be.
Watch The Gathering. Look closely at Delenn. Look at her features, the bone crest. Notice that anytime anyone says "her" their mouths are not visible. Notice the last Minbari who says "There's a hole in your mind" to Sinclair.
In the original plan for B5, Delenn was a man. In the pilot, Delenn was filmed to be a male played by a Mira Furlan. When the Gathering was finished, they attempted to deepen her voice with what they had at the time, but it sounded mechanical and processed. "There is a hole in your mind" is the only line that survived. BEcause they voice was totally unconvincing, and because Mira was worried about being so covered up and even digitally altered, they decided to make her female in the series.
In the original plot for B5, Delenn would have been male for the full first season. Going into the cocoon, SHE would have emerged as a female, and become Sinclair (or Sheridan's, thanks to another cast change) mate and eventually wife.
So maybe you should have stuck around, and listened to hear how he was going to have a gender swap in B5 and how he probably would have done it with much much more respect than a prank.
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Date: 2008-04-01 01:10 am (UTC)Watch The Gathering. Look closely at Delenn. Look at her features, the bone crest. Notice that anytime anyone says "her" their mouths are not visible. Notice the last Minbari who says "There's a hole in your mind" to Sinclair.
In the original plan for B5, Delenn was a man. In the pilot, Delenn was filmed to be a male played by a Mira Furlan. When the Gathering was finished, they attempted to deepen her voice with what they had at the time, but it sounded mechanical and processed. "There is a hole in your mind" is the only line that survived. BEcause they voice was totally unconvincing, and because Mira was worried about being so covered up and even digitally altered, they decided to make her female in the series.
In the original plot for B5, Delenn would have been male for the full first season. Going into the cocoon, SHE would have emerged as a female, and become Sinclair (or Sheridan's, thanks to another cast change) mate and eventually wife.
So maybe you should have stuck around, and listened to hear how he was going to have a gender swap in B5 and how he probably would have done it with much much more respect than a prank.