Watching The Librarians and this whole “there can only be one” business really makes me think they missed a trick.

Judson was immortal, Charlene was immortal, Jenkins was immortal – Duloque was immortal!

I know, I know, I pointed that out (and how many more candles in the candle room there were) last time but it’s bugging me.

Wouldn’t it have made so much more sense if the library had been founded as a collective and then ideology had split them apart.

Duloque felt superior to man and wanted to use the power to rule them. Judson wanted to protect man from what it didn’t understand (a bit like a parent and child) and also thus protect them from Duloque.

There could have been others but maybe they sided eventually – they chose as Jenkins said – with either Judson or Duloque. Ever since then it was said there could only be one librarian – one clear vision. I mean the team fought a little over that in season 3 with Jacob very anti-magic and Cassandra thinking a little was ok.

I headcanon that the reason there is a mortal librarian at all is because Judson realised eventually they needed fresh minds to solve the mysteries, a new perspective etc. Plus just understanding the outside world. I mean it’s hard for people to cope with change over a single generation but for immortals, the world would be unrecognisable.

This two brothers being selfish thing just feels so arbitrary in comparison.