1. I think Lyta is interesting, and I like her, but she's not on my "favourite B5 characters of all time" list. (I still ended up writing some fanfic with her in a prominent role.)
2. She doesn't give up and she longs for something more. Whether that was finding the Vorlons, joining the B5 rebellion, joining Byron, becoming a leader of the telepaths eventually: it might not have always been a good decision, but it always comes down to the fact Lyta doesn't settle for things as they are but wonders what might be. Which is a great trait to have.
3. Her "being a freedom fighter, a force for good, it's a wonderful thing" conversation with Bester in Moments of Transition for the sheer amusement factor, but that's more a Bester moment, so, in terms of it being a great mixture of a serious Lyta character moment with a light touch added: her conversation with G'Kar in late season 5 (which will eventually lead to him inviting her to join him on his travels) where she remembers the Narn interest in the telepathic genes from the pilot as she and the resistance are short of cash. It's mostly serious stuff because Lyta has become harder and G'kar wiser since pilot times, but at the end, she teases him with the "no threshold" remark and you can see that despite all that happened to her, Lyta still has a sense of humor.
4. Her courage. Of which she has plenty. Going into Vorlon space on her own, burning her bridges with the only world she's known, that of the Corps? Kudos.
5. No.
6. Why did I never go from like to love with Lyta? Don't know. Like I said, she's interesting to me, but that extra bit that makes fannish love never happened. You can't force it.
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Date: 2013-04-25 03:08 pm (UTC)2. She doesn't give up and she longs for something more. Whether that was finding the Vorlons, joining the B5 rebellion, joining Byron, becoming a leader of the telepaths eventually: it might not have always been a good decision, but it always comes down to the fact Lyta doesn't settle for things as they are but wonders what might be. Which is a great trait to have.
3. Her "being a freedom fighter, a force for good, it's a wonderful thing" conversation with Bester in Moments of Transition for the sheer amusement factor, but that's more a Bester moment, so, in terms of it being a great mixture of a serious Lyta character moment with a light touch added: her conversation with G'Kar in late season 5 (which will eventually lead to him inviting her to join him on his travels) where she remembers the Narn interest in the telepathic genes from the pilot as she and the resistance are short of cash. It's mostly serious stuff because Lyta has become harder and G'kar wiser since pilot times, but at the end, she teases him with the "no threshold" remark and you can see that despite all that happened to her, Lyta still has a sense of humor.
4. Her courage. Of which she has plenty. Going into Vorlon space on her own, burning her bridges with the only world she's known, that of the Corps? Kudos.
5. No.
6. Why did I never go from like to love with Lyta? Don't know. Like I said, she's interesting to me, but that extra bit that makes fannish love never happened. You can't force it.
7. I don't have one.