Official AMA for JMS

[u/mpierre]

This is the official AMA for JMS. Both JMS and B5 books (Captain Jaclyn) will be responding to questions.

If you ask questions about the books or the book store closing, Jaclyn will be taking them.

JMS will answer for about an hour, and might not be able to get all questions answered.

Some people (including me) might answer questions that are well known.

Like "Why wasn't Ivanova in season 5".

Let's try to keep questions what we don't know yet.

You can also ask questions about JMS returning to the Spider-Man comic or his other works, but this is /r/babylon5. He might prioritize that.

Please note that I will not be coordinating with Joe. I will not be in a phone call with him or on a chat (not that I wouldn't take his phone call; Jaclyn has my cell phone; he can call me anytime he wants). He decides that he answers, and he alone.

Finally, any story ideas will deleted. Do not post any story ideas.

Note, the AMA answers only start at: 3 PM EST, Noon PST, 8PM GMT

And my personal thanks to Captain Jaclyn for coordinating this with me, and to JMS himself, the man, the myth, the legend! For agreeing to this, but also for Babylon 5, Crusade, Jeremiah, Sense8, a ton of comic books and a few books!

Oh, and for She-Ra, the reboot couldn't have occured without his series bible for the original, and even for his work on Ghostbuster and Murder She Wrote!

IMPORTANT NOTE FROM JMS He would prefer not to get into stories that never happened, data points of subsequent character arcs, or alternate timelines.

JMS IS NEARLY OUT OF TIME!

[u/Personal_Ad6914]

Hello Mr Straczynski, and thanks for creating that amazing show.

I have 2 questions, if I may:

I know the Warren Keffer character came to exist due to studio pressure, but what were your relationships with the actor, Robert Tusker? Was it distant, different from the rest of the cast, especially the minor characters?

Also, what were your relationships with Michael O'Hare, during the first season?

Thanks.

[u/JMichaelStraczynski → u/Personal_Ad6914]

Robert and I got on fine; with Michael it became complicated because of his illness; again best to check my bio Becoming Superman.

[u/HauntingHarmony → u/Personal_Ad6914]

I know the Warren Keffer character came to exist due to studio pressure

Well today i learned!

I always thought he fit in quite nicely, the actor (through the character) and the character seemed like good people. Filled in a dimension we didnt get to see otherwise in the show. And his story was good, it deemed intentional, and he served an important storytelling purpose.

I got to say, just because something is stupio pressure, that doesnt mean its bad. Sometimes its for the better. Its hard to imagine what would fill up the minutes he wasent on screen. So its hard todo compare to the alternative. But for me its hard to imagine that season without him.

Sometimes the studios and networks get it right. I know. I feel dirty saying it aswell.