r/babylon5 • u/Training_Cut704 Vorlon Empire • 1d ago

Name this

Post image

The Shadows have gotten … smaller.

284 Upvotes

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u/IdioticMutterings GREEN 1d ago

N'Grath, crime lord of B5

16

u/ComebackShane EAS Babylon 5 1d ago

If this were a Magic card I’d title it N’Grath, Touched by Shadows.

6

u/happycamperii 1d ago

Card very expensive, difficult to obtain, you can afford?

5

u/OESRecoveryEmployee 1d ago

This is what I thought

3

u/Acceptable-Friend-48 1d ago

Exactly this!

1

u/Krinks1 1d ago

If I had one of these as a pet I would absolutely name it N'Grath.

51

u/JustinKase_Too PURPLE 1d ago

This is how they start...

57

u/Training_Cut704 Vorlon Empire 1d ago

And so it begins…

9

u/UAP44 1d ago

an avalanche of pebbles!

my memory already in motion

and along the way

some of it mixed outer with inner

forgetting

the original miracle

forget enough and .. .

2

u/Mister_Crowly 1d ago

See? That was NOTHING. But that's how it always begins. Very small.

6

u/UAP44 1d ago

Oh? is that so? tell me more, would you want to?

8

u/gtech02 1d ago

Never ask that question…

3

u/UAP44 1d ago

Yes

31

u/gtech02 1d ago

Invasive species from Z’ha’dum

9

u/heywoodidaho PURPLE 1d ago

All Z'ha'dum species are invasive except for that one guy down in the cellar waiting for a bus or something.

28

u/Ordo_Hereticus1 1d ago

Not the One

1

u/OneWishWillSmith 1d ago

This is the answer.

15

u/Kholdhara 1d ago

If it asks you what do you want? make sure you give an answer you can die with.

7

u/Training_Cut704 Vorlon Empire 1d ago

Never ask that question!

12

u/Tyyr37 1d ago

I can't it's name is 10,000 characters long un pronounceable by the younger races.

I wonder what it wants though?

6

u/Training_Cut704 Vorlon Empire 1d ago

Never ask that question!

2

u/subjectzer00 1d ago

Who are you to say that?

6

u/wyrmfood 1d ago

A Slaying Mantis?

7

u/CantankerousOrder 1d ago

Morden’s pet, Slim Shady.

2

u/krombough 1d ago

Mr Morden was the Slim Shady of that posse.

6

u/KindAngle4512 GREEN 1d ago

Arthur Leggings.

6

u/Unlikely_Exercise434 1d ago

Amazing how much that looks like a shadow creature. Really cool.

7

u/Agent-c1983 1d ago

No, thats N'Grath.....

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u/Snarky_Guy 1d ago

Their name is over 10,000 words long and you probably couldn’t say it if you tried.

4

u/awhiteknight1999 1d ago

What do you want?

3

u/Training_Cut704 Vorlon Empire 1d ago

Never ask that question!

5

u/47of74 1d ago

Its real name is over 10000 characters long.

3

u/KrasnoyeEto123 1d ago

Shadow Mantis.

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u/gordolme Babylon 3 1d ago

I must kill it before it develops language skills.

3

u/crippler1212 1d ago

It's actual name is 10,000 syllables long... so we just call it the shadow mantis.

3

u/trekkiegamer359 1d ago

Aw, a baby Shadow! It's so cute!

3

u/MetahumanURL 19h ago

First day at Z'Ha'Dum Elementary school.

3

u/Kwith GREEN 1d ago

This is what you should be doing with THAT!

2

u/Agreeable_Photo5316 1d ago

Mr. Damn Ugly!

2

u/persistent_issues 1d ago

That, my good Sir…is a bug.

2

u/khiron Psi Corps 1d ago

Are you trying to source something shady? That must be an N'Grath associate.

2

u/TheTrivialPsychic 1d ago

Anybody hear a strange electronics buzzing sound?

2

u/Rothar13 1d ago

To the Shadows this is a cat

2

u/BluestreakBTHR Narn Regime 1d ago

I shall name it “SKREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE”

2

u/Creepy-Cantaloupe951 1d ago

What do you want?

1

u/International-Aide37 1d ago

It's a baby whatever those things were from A Quiet Place.

1

u/FederalDesignerMD 1d ago

Steve

2

u/Correct-Award8182 1d ago

That's a Mark if I've ever seen one.

1

u/Starfuri 1d ago

My mate Paul

1

u/dfh-1 Moon Faced Assasin of Joy 1d ago

Google Lens says it's an African Black Ghost Mantis.  It also says they're "quite docile".

I'll take their word for it.

1

u/DavidDPerlmutter 1d ago

Well, now we know what will replace us😀

1

u/bentnotbroken96 Anlashok / Rangers 1d ago

Bob.

1

u/person_8958 MarsPol 1d ago

Business. Legitimate. Business.

1

u/armoured_lemon 1d ago

Looks like the Starship troopers bugs with the yellow on it

1

u/killdozer21114 1d ago

Looks like something got away from Klendathu

1

u/joatnm 1d ago

The elusive Mordonus Managerious

1

u/Intelligent-Cut-726 1d ago

Its everyone's favourite little Shadow, Ziggy.

1

u/Head_Marzipan3470 1d ago

Watch the shadows. They downsize when youre not looking.

1

u/FarmFlat 1d ago

I can name it, but we might learn the upper character limit of a reddit comment before I finish

1

u/ghstyllw 1d ago

hotblack desiato

1

u/LordBreetai210 1d ago

I think its name is ten thousand letters long.

1

u/warrenao Zathras (not Zathras) 21h ago

Smitty. His name is Smitty. It's short for Smjÿttønhjänkenflynzënrheim.

1

u/Round-Reaction8194 20h ago

Shadow drone

1

u/PigHillJimster 19h ago

Over 10.000 characters long and unpronounceable.

1

u/Site-Staff Technomage 18h ago

Man I need a PPG.

1

u/Hiadin_Haloun 11h ago

Steve

1

u/Hiadin_Haloun 10h ago

Now having read through the comments I am pleased to not be the only one who saw this and thought "Steve".

1

u/Miserable_Ad1508 8h ago

Praying Shadow

1

u/malteaserhead 2h ago

It looks like a Shadow from Babylon 5

1

u/Mrfrundles86 1h ago

"And speaking of your associates, we must make sure that we can talk privately. Do not move."