[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Yeah it did have a sort of, "That's it?" feeling to it. But I think part of it was that they needed to be removed. They had been fighting so long that they literally did not know how to stop. And the Allied worlds were not going to let them continue the war so... It was not a reward. It was exile at best. A sort of death at worse. They would never see the results of their labors.

Worse yet, they both lost. To those that they thought of as inferior. Humans, Minbari, Narns were just pawns to be moved on the board. But the pawns rebelled and they won.

We are not going to do as you say any more and you can't make us. you can kill us but you can't make us do what you say.

Once that was established it ended because there was no way for it to continue.

[Dead Corpse]

They new races didn't win. At best, they could have fought to a stand still. At worst, annihilation on all sides. The Vorlons had them hopelessly out gunned and the Shadow hopelessly outnumbered. Without the First intervening, the Younger Races would not have stood a chance.

Rebellion? Shaking your fist under the nose of Leviathan. Without the First coming to their rescue, they would have been wiped from existence. Heroic, yes. Brave, yes. But hardly the triumph over adversity I could have connected with. I would never count on someone stronger to solve my problems for me. Instead, I would try to make myself stronger to survive.

Realizing that, it should be no mystery as to my disaffection with the ending of what was else-wise an excellent series.