Vorlons and Shadows

[getill]

Am I not seeing clearly or did the "true" energy form of the Vorlon resemble the "physical" form of the Shadows?

Also, in War Without End, Part I, the building that is shown on the Minbari homeworld, doesn't it look like a Vorlon or Shadow?

[B5_Obsessed]

The energy appearance of a Vorlon looked like ginger root to me.

Yes, the building does look like a Vorlon encounter suit.
JMS mentioned the resemblance at the time. But I also noticed it had the look of a triangular Shadow head on top rather than that of a Vorlon.

[vacantlook]

I'd say the true form of the Vorlons is like a squid and the physical form of the Shadows is like a crab.

[B5_Obsessed]

The physical form of the Shadows is that of a mantid, albeit not the blatant praying mantis resemblance of N'Grath.

[Dr Maturin]

Originally posted by vacantlook
I'd say the true form of the Vorlons is like a squid and the physical form of the Shadows is like a crab.

Actually, that isn't their physical form. Those are Shadow encounter suits. They chose them because that form is terrifying to most of the younger races, just like their ships.

[Capt.Montoya]

http://jmsnews.net/msg.aspx?id=1-583...counter%20suit

> When we see a "Shadow" are we seeing an encounter suit, a
> projected imaged like a Vorlon does or a "naked" Shadow?

Well...all of the above, I suppose, would apply in various ways.

jms

http://jmsnews.net/msg.aspx?id=1-680...counter%20suit

> Was it my imagination or did the Vorlons look like the shadows?
[...]

I didn't think they looked that much alike. But then, no two
people ever see Vorlons in quite the same way, I guess.

jms