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 Message 1681 
 Andrew Swallow to rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated 
 Re: S1: Why do the Narns hate the Humans 
 10 Jul 12 23:03:46 
 
On 10/07/2012 16:24, Doug Freyburger wrote:
> Jeffrey Kaplan wrote:
>>
>> I just rewatched "Believers" this past week, and a piece of dialog
>> between the Plot Of The Week and G'Kar has stuck me as undefined, but
>> traces back to "The Gathering".  When M'Ola and Tharg ask G'Kar to
>> intervene on their behalf, they are appealing to his people's hatred of
>> "the Earthers".
>>
>> Was it ever mentioned anywhere why the Narn hate the Humans at this
>> point in the story?  The reason for the Narn's hatred of the Centauri
>> is, of course, well established back to the pilot, as well as the
>> strained relation between the Minbari and the Humans, but not this one.
>
> Consider G'Kar's arc as a character.  He goes from a war mongering
> single planet patriot to an advocate for a large fraction of the
> civilized galaxy.  His attitude in these episodes reflects his character
> arc.
>

In the Season 1 episode 'Legacies' the young telepath Alisa Beldon reads 
G'Kar's deputy Na'Toth's mind.  She describes it as cold.  Na'Toth left 
the show so we never found out what anti-human activities Na'Toth was 
planning.

Andrew Swallow
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