Blakes7 January 2002

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Re: Female Characters - Kasabi and Veron versus Servalan (and Piri).
by seven＠gaudaprime.com 09 Jan '02

09 Jan '02

David >>> Servalan was a cadet under Kasabi's tutelage during Veron's lifetime. Harriet >> I think not; it's a lot more difficult to escape with a baby than alone, or when slightly pregnant. David Here is a theory / hypothesis explaining why Veron was born on Earth you might like to consider. Servalan is impregnable (I am looking at this through a male's eyes) and possibly virginal (see post 9047). She can reproduce only by dealing to someone else's children, like the cuckoo bird. She did this in Children of Auron. Servalan is impregnable because she has no inner being. (And when they have done your work, and the machines have done your thinking, what is there left in you that feels? - Jarvik, Harvest.). As her fine clothes permit, everything about her is on the outside. She identifies herself with the outer world, which, in her case, is the Federation. The trap Travis lays in Pressure Point has nothing inside it, merely an empty room in a verboten area. It is a metaphor for the Supreme Commander of the Federation. Hence Servalan's closeness in the episode. As the Federation was attacked by the aliens in Aftermath, Servalan's own being was attacked. As the Federation shrunk, Servalan's being had to collapse in on itself. Her change from spotless white clothes to black in Series 3 - lavender in Powerplay and red in Gambit notwithstanding - is the pictorial representation of the implosion. I suppose the implosion stopped about the time she took over the Pylene Pacification Programme (before, say, P. Cancer). Jenna is similar in being mainly external: She goes for the fine, showy clothes, knows many people, and fills the cosmos with her being insofar as she ferries things from planet to planet. Whereas Servalan, when she seized the presidency, became the chief smuggler of Shadow, Jenna specifically avoided it, however. Servalan seems to have been modelled after two 20th cent. individuals: a male who in a certain respect could be thought of as having seized high office; and a female who rose from low beginnings and married into high office. They are the leader of the Soviets who ruled in the second quarter of the last century, and the Argentine First Lady, whose lifetime was roughly concurrent (died 1952, age 33). The predecessor of the former wrote a testament that denounced him, hence Kasabi's confidential assessment that listed Servalan as unfit for command. The latter felt herself as having two sides, called Eva and Evita, hence Servalan's occasional vulnerability punctuates her regular hardness. This duality comes to a head in Season 4 with Piri Cancer. She has two sides, too, which possibly is what draws Servalan to her. Kasabi, at the time we meet her, contrasts Servalan in that she is warm, earthly, and a plenum. She is nurturing the rebellion on an Earth that does not want the Federation. I hope my story won't make Kasabi too much of an Earth-Mother type (because it doesn't suit her earlier period) but at the very least Veron will have been either conceived on Earth, or born here, or both. It is part of the process that attracts her to Earth (regardless of domicile). And that is why Servalan was a cadet under Kasabi's tutelage during Veron's lifetime. Ellynne wrote (on difficult to escape with infant) > Not necessarily. Oh, sure, fleeing ahead of armed troops, it's not the way to go. But, if you're trying to look innocent while passing a particular check point or if you need the sympathy of a guard, the mother and child thing has been shown to work in the past. (snipped pre-hunt escape, sympathetic guard) David Thanks for the ideas; some of them are bound to appear later. And then there is Veron's father. He is there somewhere and may be involved in Kasabi's escape. What ages do you and Harriet think Kasabi and Servalan are? I guess Kasabi, like Plaxton, is late forties, early fifties, and Servalan is almost 34 (Diverting idea - Weapon). If Servalan was a cadet in Veron's lifetime, and I am saying she was, she was under Kasabi as a seventeen year old at the earliest (33-16=17). DC http://tezcatlipoca.algonet.se/cgi-bin/getbyid.pl?id=9047 http://www.evitaperon.org/

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Kasabi and escape
by Alison Page 09 Jan '02

09 Jan '02

It may not be *easier* to escape while pregnant, or while carrying a small child. But the new responsibility of becoming a mother, or an expectant mother, may be the catalyst for making a break. For this reason I think early pregnancy is a very likely time for a woman to run. Alison ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. Becta www.mimesweeper.com **********************************************************************

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Re: [B7L] Re: deltas
by Anna Carkeet 09 Jan '02

09 Jan '02

My sister volunteers at a place called the delta society. It's an organisation that visits sick kids in hospitals with dogs. Always reminds me of vila (because of the delta part) when she talks about it! >From: "Nico Mody-Nikoloff" <nico(a)farsight.co.nz> >To: <blakes7(a)lists.lysator.liu.se> >Subject: Re: [B7L] Re: deltas >Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 22:45:52 +1300 > >Helen Krummenacker wrote: > > > I'm amazed at how often I see Delta everywhere. There are Delta Growers > > (fresh green beans etc) the Delta Queen paddle steamer on the Waikato > > river, > > Delta Transport etc. It seems a popular letter for some reason. You > > don't > > see mu, iota or epsilon used much. > > > > That would be because in several of these references, if not all of them > > they refer not to a letter but a geographical feature-- i.e. where a > > river spreads out forming a delta... which a paddle streamer would > > naturally travel through, agriculture is often found, etc. > > I do believe this is derived from the letter d delta, which was a > > triangular shape, because the river makes triangular shapes at its > > delta. But the Delta Queen was not named as the fourth in its series > > after the Alpha Queen etc. > > > > Or am I missing the fact that you were joking? > >Well, sort of, but the examples I gave were real. I realise that the Delta >Queen harks back to the Mississippi paddle-steamers as the Waikato doesn't >have a huge delta. This geographical feature doesn't explain the others >like >Delta Software or my favourite, Delta Hypnotherapy. And there were 3 times >as many Alphas, but I guess that stands for number one. I didn't look up >Omegas. Hmm, just did - 19, 4 of them with Alpha in the name as well. Greek >letters seem to be popular all round. > >Nico > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

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Re: deltas
by Helen Krummenacker 09 Jan '02

09 Jan '02

I'm amazed at how often I see Delta everywhere. There are Delta Growers (fresh green beans etc) the Delta Queen paddle steamer on the Waikato river, Delta Transport etc. It seems a popular letter for some reason. You don't see mu, iota or epsilon used much. That would be because in several of these references, if not all of them they refer not to a letter but a geographical feature-- i.e. where a river spreads out forming a delta... which a paddle streamer would naturally travel through, agriculture is often found, etc. I do believe this is derived from the letter d delta, which was a triangular shape, because the river makes triangular shapes at its delta. But the Delta Queen was not named as the fourth in its series after the Alpha Queen etc. Or am I missing the fact that you were joking?

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Re: regrets
by Helen Krummenacker 09 Jan '02

09 Jan '02

Dana, you, like Terry Pratchett, can make your writing worth reading just for the footnotes. :)

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Re: FW: [B7L] Speed freaks?
by Anna Simpson 09 Jan '02

09 Jan '02

At 18:24 09/01/02 +1100, you wrote: >From memory, Orac also uses metres in Power (as in the distance it had to be from the nuclear compression charge), and centimetres in "City" when locating the tracer that Vila purposely left behind. So he does--thank you. I had the Power one, but not the CatWotW. Bad spelling on my part when doing the searches, I think. love Anna

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FW: [B7L] Speed freaks?
by Andrew Williams 09 Jan '02

09 Jan '02

Anna wrote: >Metrication doesn't seem to have been a widespread hit in the Federation. >Orac places the main computer at 'seven meters due west of the entrance' in >Moloch, and uses meters again in Headhunter.

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Advert
by Andrew Williams 09 Jan '02

09 Jan '02

Pardon me for touting for business, but I've been told that now would be a good time to remind everyone about Chronicles. Chronicles is an Australian B7 genzine. The first issue appeared in January 1982, so it has now been around for twenty years. The next issue is no.67. We accept contributions from anyone - stories, art, puzzles, poetry, brain-teasers, etc. Chronicles is on-going, so we are always looking for material. Contributors receive a free copy of the zine. In years gone by, Chronicles came out 4 times a year and was available on subscription. These days we put out 2 issues a year, which are sold on an issue by issue basis. We are trying to make the next issue a Blake issue, so I am particularly interested in any positive Blake stories. However, other material is also welcome because we can always use it later. We do not normally have a theme, so anything B7 is welcome. So, if you're interested in collapsing the wave of probability into a single actuality, or seeing your immortal prose in print, please feel free to contact me. Best regards, Andrew.

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FW: [B7L] Speed freaks?
by Andrew Williams 09 Jan '02

09 Jan '02

Ellynne wrote: >3. Given the fact that Vila doesn't get blamed for shooting Blake, maybe >Vila made Avon up. That's like those theories that Watson invented Sherlock Holmes as a convenient narrative device (Vila: "Hmm, invent a genius companion? I like it!"). It would explain why Avon seems to be an expert at almost everything he comes across. Now, get back to writing "The Importance of Being Avon". I want to know how the handbag line fits in. Lady Bracknell: "A HANDGUN?"

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Re: [B7L] Where to publish?
by Tavia 09 Jan '02

09 Jan '02

Jen asked: <How does one go about finding a zine?> And there's always the time-honoured 'badger the editor' idea... (Better, send him/her an unrefusably excellent story.) Tavia

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