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Day 28: Favourite quote

Once again, I can't pick one or even a few because there are just so many; in fact, a web page of Vila and Avon quotes was what convinced me to watch B7.

Vila and Avon provide the most, followed, I think, by Avon and Blake - so much snark - then Blake and Vila - those two are especially funny in Seek-Locate-Destroy. The dialogue in B7 is wonderful and their voices so distinct that they're a joy to write and must have been for the scriptwriters.

All the original questions are on Tumblr.

vilakins

~~Day 27: Favourite scene~~

Day 27: Worst inconsistencies and/or continuity errors

Inconsistencies
The worst is Cally's backstory.

Was she sent from Auron to help on Saurian Major, or was she exiled for wanting to rebel?
She sees her parents in the Sopron yet is a clone.
Is telepathy part of her alienness, or is it only among the recent clones, as Orac says?
I think she's also referred to as human at some point.

Continuity errors
The costume ones in S4 are pretty glaring.

Vila leaves the dying Liberator in a cream Russian-stye outfit in Terminal, but is wearing brown in the next episode, Rescue.
In Traitor, Dayna and Tarrant teleport down to Helotrix in one set of outfits, then they're suddenly in other clothes, Tarrant wearing one of Avon's leather outfits earlier seen on an unfortunate Helot shot by a trooper. Either Tarrant's wearing a corpse's clothes, or it's a popular fashion icon.

I couldn't resist writing a short fic to explain both of these: Rebel Chic.

All the original questions are on Tumblr.

purplecat

Silhouette of the twelfth Doctor against an orange landscape of sand and sky.

The twelth doctor. Short hair, slight smile. Head and shoulders

The twelfth doctor. Head and shoulders in front of the Tardis looking to one side.

Publicity shot of the Twelfth Doctor waist up against a grey background. Looking to camera in T-shirt and hoodies.

The Twelfth Doctor side on but glancing at the camera with a slight smile. Floofy hair.

Head shot of the Twelfth Doctor looking shocked.

vilakins

~~Day 26: Favourite fanfiction~~

Day 26: Favourite computer

I read a lot of B7 fanfiction, but that's too big a field for me to pick one or even a few.

There are only three main computers, but there was a question about cliffhangers and there were only three (or four) of those.

My favourite is Zen, even though he was occasionally mysteriously obstructive and not as chatty as Orac and Slave, but he was otherwise helpful and reliable. Plus, any computer that can devastate me when he said sorry that he had failed them when he was dying has to be the one - I never trusted Orac, and Slave annoyed me.

I also have a soft spot for Gambit. I wish Vila had managed to rescue enough of her to have had a friend.

All the original questions are on Tumblr.

purplecat

This is the shipwreck I went to see yesterday morning. It is the EDRO III

A mordern, metal cargo ship, lying at an angle next to a rocky coastline. The sea is bluey green. The ship is streaked with rus a similar colour to the sand on top of the rocks.

A mordern, metal cargo ship, lying at an angle next to a rocky coastline. The sea is bluey green. The ship is streaked with rus a similar colour to the sand on top of the rocks.

vilakins

~~Day 25: Moment when you knew you were caught~~
Day 25: Moment or episode when you knew you were caught

I wasn't going to watch when they put reruns on here because I knew how it ended, then someone posted a link to a list of witty quotes, most of them Avon and Vila, and I decided to give it a go.

Time Squad was the episode that got me. Cally fascinated me, and Vila was just so funny and likeable, I knew I was caught.

JENNA: (slight laugh) Getting nervous?

VILA: No, I've been nervous all along.

BLAKE: You have to be careful of the planet life around here. Some of it's carnivorous.

[Avon draws hand back quickly]

BLAKE: Some species even have an intelligence rating.

VILA: That's a comfort. I should hate to be eaten by something stupid.

BLAKE: Good. I'll check with you later. (into communicator) Blake, either of you found anything yet?

AVON: (v.o.) Not a thing.

VILA: (v.o.) Several plants with designs on my body.

and of course:

CALLY: He fears death?

VILA: I plan to live forever. Or die trying.

All the original questions are on Tumblr.

vilakins

~~Day 24: Funniest moment~~
Day 24: Funniest moment or character

Vila is the funniest character, no contest, but Avon has flashes of the wittiest and most cutting snark, especially in the first two seasons, maybe because Blake was a frequent target.

All the original questions are on Tumblr.

vilakins

Day 23: Favourite cliffhanger

There are three, all at the end of seasons, all good. Maybe Star One, as they make their brave stand against the Andromedans.

All the original questions are on Tumblr.

purplecat

People standing on top of a grassy dunes, within which are walls and doorways. There is blue sea and blue sky in the background.

Skara Brae

The random number generator seems very fond of Orkney at the moment...

vilakins

~~Day 22: Favourite audio play~~
Day 22: Best and worst fusion with another genre

The best has to be the western saloon scenes with Travis, Docholli, and Chenie in Gambit even though there's a Mardi Gras going on in the background.

The whole Picture of Dorian Gray thing was too blatant. If they'd named him something else, then it would be a nice horror fusion, but they went the unsubtle route, even the grey clothes he stockpiled for everyone but Avon.

The worst was Paul Darrow hovering a hand over his guns as if he's fanning six-shooters from the old west. Seriously?

All the original questions are on Tumblr.

vilakins

I'm very glad I flew halfway round the world to the Star One con (report here) and met him, along with lots of B7 fans I'd only talked to online. I had afternoon tea and dinner with him (and others), and he was so friendly; such a genuinely lovely person.

He made Vila into a funny, lovable, relatable character who made me want to write for him when I'd never considered fanfic before. Without him, Blake's 7 would have been just another series I watched once.

Current Mood: sad

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vilakins

Day 21: Favourite fanon/headcanon

I might be wrong, but to me those are two different things: fanon is popular among fans, and headcanon is mine.

Fanon

I'm pretty much happy to accept anything in a fic that doesn't contradict canon. Popular ones I've encountered:

Avon is delicate and allergic to lots of things, and has insomnia
Avon has back problems (from a mention in Horizon)
Avon likes ice cream (based on Gambit?) - also my headcanon
Avon is a gourmet and connoisseur - another one I've adopted
Blake likes nature and the outdoors (he didn't seem to in TWB; maybe something he'd forgotten)
Vila sleeps with the light on (maybe based on his "Ah, don't leave me here, at least leave me a torch. I don't like the dark. I like to see what I'm scared of." in The Keeper)
Vila is vegetarian (as he says in Killer) - also my headcanon

I don't like "Avon is telepathic or empathic", despite it being popular, because to me, he's the least likely to be.

Headcanon which isn't also fanon

I'm not that consistent, but these I've used a few times.

Blake played rugby at school and uni (Belhangria?) and likes real ale
Vila is vegetarian and likes cheesy toast and hot curries, as does Gan (Avon loathes them)
Vila is empathic (senses danger, affects the teleport when unwilling to go, Cally receives his strong feelings and pain)
Vila is resistant to drugs and possibly alcohol (readjustment doesn't stick, he sobers up immediately in Gambit when he finds himself in the chair)
Avon does not like large bodies of water (due to bullying in the school swimming pool as a nerdy kid)
Cally has strange tastes in food, liking weird flavour combos, and has a surprisingly large appetite

All the questions are on Tumblr.

Current Mood: amused

vilakins

Day 20: Favourite outfits

Blake: all of his are very him: lots of jerkins and earthy colours, so Robin Hood - probably the goose-turd-green huge sleeves.

Jenna: the dark blue dress and the maroon and grey leather bodysuit (see icon).

Vila: the patchwork tunic, the cream-trimmed brown suede (though the sleeves were weirdly bulky at the shoulders) and anything yellow or cream because warm colours suit him. An honourable mention to his skin-tight Killer trousers.

Gan: he has some interesting and cool outfits - his Shadow one, I think.

Avon: also hard to pick one because he has so many wonderful and sometimes bizarre outfits with fan names: the sailor boy, the demented dentist, the red lobster suit, the silver alpha (which I call the baked beta). Then of course there's his S4 Maximum Studs era.

Cally: the smart military-style light-and-dark-blue trouser suit.

Dayna: the green batwing dress.

Tarrant: the dark-red quilted and star-studded outfit.

Nothing from S4 because apart from Avon the Beserker, it's all depressing Dorian grey. I missed the colours of the Liberator clothes.

All the original questions are on Tumblr.

vilakins

~~Day 19: Favourite Scorpio moment~~

Day 19: Worst outfits

Feel free to use my alternative if you prefer it.

In order from the worst down:

The unwieldy vinyl and Michelin-man outfits in Killer, much as I love the episode. I'm with Vila who said, "What d'you call this, then?" when told to put on a cape. The Q-base personnel must have been sweating like pigs and seriously pissed off with all the stiffness and creaking.

Vila's yellow rubber shoulder monstrosities in Pressure Point. You're going to infiltrate a high-security area, and you wear hi-vis, Vila? Did you lose a bet with Avon?

Avon's outfit with the weird unflattering shoulder pads in Death-Watch.

All that boring Dorian grey in S4 on everyone but Avon, of course. I really missed the more varied and colourful Liberator clothes.

All the original questions are on Tumblr.

vilakins

~~Day 18: Favourite Liberator moment~~
Day 18: Ideas that should have been used more

Feel free to use my alternative if you prefer it.

The treasure room
Avon said, "Do you know how much is in there? Millions. Millions. And this is just a sample. There must be almost as much wealth in that single room as there is in the entire Federation banking system."
They could have funded planetary revolutions with that vast wealth but the only time I can remember it being used was to tempt Largo with two gems.

The Clonemasters and their clones
Fully sentient humans could be grown in five hours. There could have been so many possibilities: clones of the rebels used for public trial; clones of Servalan, Travis, and other high command as decoys; cloned armies (a la Star Wars)...

Androids
The Avalon one was relatively simple, but Vinni was much more sophisticated and regarded itself as human. There are lots of possibilities there, as with the clones.

I'm sure there are more I haven't thought of.

[Edit] And yes, there was a major one which

julesjones rightly posted: Cally's telepathy which could have been a major asset for the crew.

All the original questions are on Tumblr.

vilakins

Day 17: Two characters you wanted to get together that never did

I suppose this means romance or sex, in which case my answer is "nope, none of them".

If it's an encounter or a meeting, then I'd like to see Jenna take Tarrant down a peg or two. She so could.

All the questions are on Tumblr.

mab_browne

I like horror a lot but I've never been able to watch it on the big screen. It's too intense, too much, but the word about Sinners was so very good that I got the family to give it to me as a gift.

My immediate impression was very much 'wow!'

My vaguely more considered non-spoilery thoughts are many. Have some. :-)

One of my very first thoughts was the absolutely gorgeous cinematography. When you're watching in your lounge you can talk out loud and I rhetorically asked Coogler who was organising his cameras because OMG.

The beginning scene sets up the horror tone for a film that for its first half is the story of people pushing through an oppressive environment to look for power and purpose and joy and love. There's uneasy dread at what's coming for these people you like.

Music is integral to the whole movie in an amazing way.

The little touches of mysticism are beautiful.

If I'd seen this even six months ago it would have hit differently, speaking as a very white NZ woman noting the recent evil nonsense around voting rights in the US.

The villain is the best of villains in that he doesn't think he is one. All of the cast is amazing but especially Michael B Jordan.

If you can cope with a certain amount of SFX art with the spurty red stuff, it's very well worth a watch.

vilakins

Day 16: Best use of a hoary old trope

It seems that every SF series must have an arena episode, and B7's one is Duel. It's pretty good as arena eps go - we have Jenna and Blake up a tree with vampire bats, Travis with pointy sticks, and there's the intriguing introduction of mutoids, though I wish they had explored them further in later eps.

B7 also has a courtroom ep of sorts, with Trial, though with very little actual courtroom, to my relief - yeah, not a fan - though I'm not sure if the spit planet is an improvement.

I can't answer most of the remaining questions, so I'll see if I can come up with some alternate ones.

All the questions are on Tumblr.

purplecat

Wide flat grass and a blue sky with white clouds. A white cottage is visible on the horizon to the right. There are low hills in the far background. Two tall sharp pointed stones stand at the end of a mown grass walk. A further thin stone is visible sidways on between them and the cottage. The low remains of a further stone are beyond.

The Stones of Stenness, Orkney

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