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Babylon 5 - Am I Supposed To Hate Byron?

 

Seriously, am I supposed to hate the character of Byron? I mean him as a character itself, not the actor of course. I'm not sure if he ended up being a martyr or not. With that gas explosion on Babylon 5.

He was kind at times. He didn't want people killing in his name. Violence was not his way it would seem. He was saddened by what he did to the "mundanes" at the order of Bester.

Now I don't particularly like Byron, in fact I enjoy Bester more than him. I can't explain it, I just do. That's how I feel about the whole thing. Bester intrigues me. Sure, he's a pain in the butt to everyone he comes across, but there's something about his character that I enjoy. But this article isn't about Bester now is it. No, it's about Byron.

Maybe if we would have gotten Byron earlier on in the series, more stories to make him progress I would enjoy the character more? All he wanted was a better place for his people. He and the other teeps like him were played by the Vorlons. They were basically manipulated to be telepaths to be used later on in the war with the Shadows.

He was a rogue telepath. Someone who didn't want to follow the rules of the Psi Corp. Even though those rules were placed in order to protect telepaths. I can understand an organization like the Psi Corp existing to a degree. Some of their tactics I do not agree with of course, but I can understand regulating telepaths, so they don't become a danger to others or themselves. At the end of the day, maybe Psi Corp did more damage than good.

Was it Psi Corp that made Byron the way he is, or mundanes that did it. Makes you wonder at times just how all of it works out.

So, in the end, I don't know if I'm supposed to hate Byron or not. The actions of his people, do they reflect on him as a leader? Seems they went against his wishes. So maybe Byron was innocent after all. Just another teep looking for a better place to live where no one could bother him.

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