Blakes7 February 2001

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Re: [B7L] Wendy's complaint (was Sally-speak)
by Neil Faulkner 23 Feb '01

23 Feb '01

From: Mistral <mistral(a)centurytel.net> What a wonderful header: Wendy's Complaint. "Well, doctor? What do the tests say?" "All the symptoms seem to point to Wendy's Complaint, I'm afraid." "Is it serious?" "No, not really. Some people find it rather aggravating, but it's quite harmless if you don't take it too seriously. Take two of these three times a day; they won't actually do anything but you can always pretend they help." > Fiona Moore wrote: > > Actually to me it sounds ironic. Wendy expressed a view of Deliverance quite > > different from the Gospel According to Lysator, and, good heavens, she got > > attacked for it. So did Neil, Dana and I for agreeing with her. Under those > > circumstances, I'd be a bit bitter too... > > Well, this just proves how differently people can see things. You and > Neil got _disagreed_ with. _Debated_. I think I might have noticed if I'd actually been attacked. Disagreed with, yes, but not all that much, debated certainly, but *attacked*? Nah. It was actually quite interesting to come home from work and download a megasack of 70-odd posts from what I now think of as The Night of The Long Wendy. As soon as I saw the sheer volume I thought, "Aha, something's happened," and following its development blow by blow was by various turns fascinating, gripping, horrifying and saddening, and in the middle of it all, the one lone post from the UK Birding list: >Do Black Redstarts ever use nest boxes? I almost fell off me chair when I read that. Neil

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RE: [B7L] Sally-speak
by Louise Rutter 23 Feb '01

23 Feb '01

Tavia wrote: >This could of course be bad acting. I detected no sexual (or any other) >tension between Anna and Avon, but put that down to poor acting or at least >uninspired casting. Hang on, there - the two were on screen together for the grand total of about 5 minutes. Couples don't radiate sexual tension on a permanent basis - sometimes it's there, sometimes it isn't and I'd require more than a few minutes observation before I'd be willing to hazard a guess whether any two people were in a sexual relationship. OTOH in the many, many hours of Blake/Avon interaction, I'd expect to see a glimmer of _something_. And I don't. Louise

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Re: [B7L] Thread hijacking (was Re: Sally-speak)
by littles＠lycos.co.uk 23 Feb '01

23 Feb '01

> Fiona Moore wrote: > > > Now, what bothers me personally about serious (like Neil I'd avoid the word > > "intelligent") conversations going silly is that often it's not a natural > > progression, it's a hijacking. To give a (semi-)fictitious example, some > > people can be having a discussion on, say, themes of class struggle in > > "Weapon," and then somebody else, who hasn't participated at all up until > > this point, will launch in and say "Ooh, I think Carnell's accent is dead > > sexy! What's everyone else think?" And there's the whole prospect of further > > serious discussion gone to pot. Betty wrote: > Why? "Thread hijacking" is a complaint I've seen other places as well, > and it's just not something I really understand, so this is a completely > serious question. IMO one of the great things about e-mail as a > communications medium is its non-linear nature. If person A is talking > about subject 1, and person B wants to develop that into a discussion of > subject 2, and person C wants to jump in and make a point about subject > 3... Well, it's entirely possible to have *both* conversations going on > at the same time, Yes but it's a bit of a shock, when you're following a thread, to suddenly find, in between two posts full of Marxist theory, a post about Avon's socks, or something else of his that's a bit more personal :). Back a while ago, somebody said "if you don't like a theme, don't read it" but you can't *avoid* it when you're following a serious thread and somebody hijacks it into another direction. But there's another sort of thread hijacking which neither of you mentioned, which is when somebody comes on the serious thread and makes a point, but does it in a silly way, say calling Blake "my sweet baboo" or calling Servalan "She who must be obeyed." Which IMO trivialises the the character, the argument and the poster's point, all at the same time. Shane Vila: Blake would have been proud of you, you know. Avon: Yes, but then he never was very bright.

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Re: [B7L] Re:intellectual debates on the list
by Susan Beth 23 Feb '01

23 Feb '01

Helen Krummenacker wrote: >Or, like me, we can enjoy *both* the serious posts, and the silly side >commentary, which sometimes serves as needed comic relief when tempers >start in, IMHO. ... >Can't we agree to sometimes have different tastes? No one owns a topic >or thread, serious or humourous, and I'm really surprised to hear what >some of you have said. I was sooo tempted to quote every line of this message, in hopes rereading it would help her message sink in. Because I agree with every word of it and think Helen deserves nomination for Lyst's Voice of Reason. Threads, serious or silly, do NOT die because someone has interjected a message of a different tone and/or direction of thought. Some people ignore the side branch, some people (maybe new to the conversation, maybe part of the original conversation) find the side branch worth pursuing -- instead of or as well as -- the original. What kills a partical thread in the narrowest sense of 'original discussion topic & tone' is when there are no longer at least two list members who feel they have anything left to say on the original subject that they care to type out and post. Period. Susan Beth (susanbeth33(a)mindspring.com)

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Re: [B7L] Re:Deliverance
by Tavia Chalcraft 23 Feb '01

23 Feb '01

Fiona wrote: >Neil has made several rational, intelligent posts lately >on the subject of why he considers H/C to resemble S/M. >Very few people have actually posted in to say "OK, Neil, >I see your point," or "OK, Neil, but you're overlooking..." >Either they haven't responded, or they've responded with >categorical denials of the thesis of the debate which, as my >old philosophy tutor used to say, is a non-starter. I would have responded to these at length, however at present it appears to be tricky to discuss S&M and h/c without getting people's knickers in a twist. And we wouldn't want to do that. Tavia http://www.viragene.com/

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Rumours of Death - the rewrite
by Harriet Monkhouse 23 Feb '01

23 Feb '01

Some time ago, Stephen, a tasteful fellow, asked for a few more rewrites with Jarriere in them. And yesterday, I was given some advice by an expert. So: "Rumours of Death" by Harriet Monkhouse [Stand-off in cellar. Servalan chained to wall, Avon and Anna staring at each other. A door opens and Jarriere rushes down the steps.] SERVALAN: Jarriere! Over here! Free me and shoot those traitors! JARRIERE: Oh, hullo, Supreme Commander, no, sorry, it's Madam President now, isn't it? SERVALAN: Yes, yes, just get on with it, you idiot! JARRIERE: Er, I'm sorry, Supreme... er, Madam President, but I can't. SERVALAN: What? JARRIERE: Well, I'm working for Mrs Chesku today. [Avon rolls his eyes in annoyance at ceasing to be centre of attention. Jarriere suddenly swings round and glasses him.] CALLY: Why did you do that? JARRIERE: Because. ANNA (sternly): Because what? JARRIERE: Because I hate him for being English! Because it would be impolite not to! Because he probably plays for Rangers, and anyway when did he invent frogs? Because Iain Coleman said I would! [He pauses, and looks round, rubbing his eyes.] Oh - ah - I'm sorry, Mrs Chesku, I'm not quite sure what's going on here... [As he huddles on the cellar floor, suffering in an entirely realistic and totally unaesthetic manner, Avon is inclined to concur.]

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Avon's signature
by Andrew Williams 23 Feb '01

23 Feb '01

The PDAS once had a membership card (or some other type of hand-out) that was done as Avon's galactic credit card. It came with Avon's signature as signed by Paul Darrow. Can anybody send me a scan of this card as I am after a copy of the "authentic" Avon signature for an idea I am working on. I did ask Ann Bown several years ago but she was not able to find one to photocopy for me. Also, does anyone know if any of the other actors have provided signatures for their characters? Regards, Andrew.

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Just a test
by Ellynne G. 23 Feb '01

23 Feb '01

After days of dozens of posts, I assume everyone's at Redemption. But I'm checking. Ellynne ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

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Re: List question
by seven＠gaudaprime.com 23 Feb '01

23 Feb '01

Isobel asked Sorry to bother everyone with this.. I wouldn't except that I noticed Calle is off to London, and so probably away from his email. So maybe someone could mail me with the answer? How do I go about getting on to the Freedom City and Spin lists? (As if I wasn't getting enough mail at the moment as things are!) David writes Further to the general link given by Steve R (43703), the two links that give the information are: http://www.hermit.org/Blakes7/Fanclubs/MailNews.html#Spin http://www.hermit.org/Blakes7/Fanclubs/Freedom.html#s Subscription to the former is automated but subscription to the latter requires a statement that you are of age. Freedom City has the option of digest format. (Jolly useful is digest format if you are snowed under with email). DC

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<ping>
by Susan Beth 23 Feb '01

23 Feb '01

Has lysator gone down, the instant Calle's back is turned? Or is it just that everyone else is busy packing for Deliverance? Um, B7 relevance....uh, is this how they felt when Liberator was cut off from the outside universe in "Dawn of the Gods"? AVON: There are no stars out there, Tarrant. There is nothing. Susan Beth (susanbeth33(a)mindspring.com)

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