Blakes7 January 2002

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I Love 1978
by Leia Fee 03 Jan '02

03 Jan '02

Was reading some B7 fanfic the other night with the telly on in the background and suddenly a programme called I Love 1978 came on and started going on about B7. Several momnets of complete confusion followed as I scrabled about for a tape. Anyroad, it was mostly just the usual wibbling about the wobbly effects. Not really justifying my leap from the chair, near spilling of my laptop onto the floor. Leia

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RE: [B7L] Re: Names
by jacquispeel＠netscape.net 03 Jan '02

03 Jan '02

Helen Krummenacker <avona(a)jps.net> wrote: >Haven't I heard the name "Devon" in real life before? That could be >where deva comes from. >Or it could be a double change... strating as a woman's name at some >point, as "Diva", becomes popular, is used for men, too eventually, but >with a slight spellign change. Eventually name dies down in popularity >but still appears occaissionally. > I understand the name 'Shirley' started as a place name, became a man's name & is now a woman's name. (and Julian was once a woman's name btw) Jacqui -- __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/

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Re: Names
by Steve Rogerson 03 Jan '02

03 Jan '02

I discovered over Xmas a Travis Street in Shaw near where my parents live. -- cheers Steve Rogerson http://homepages.poptel.org.uk/steve.rogerson Redemption 03, 21-23 February 2003, Ashford, Kent Celebrating 25 years of Blake's 7 and 10 years of Babylon 5 http://www.smof.com/redemption

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Re: Names
by Helen Krummenacker 03 Jan '02

03 Jan '02

Haven't I heard the name "Devon" in real life before? That could be where deva comes from. Or it could be a double change... strating as a woman's name at some point, as "Diva", becomes popular, is used for men, too eventually, but with a slight spellign change. Eventually name dies down in popularity but still appears occaissionally.

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The Small Man
by Dana Shilling 03 Jan '02

03 Jan '02

This is from Diana Wynne Jones' very funny The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, which skewers the cliches of wizards'n'wyverns fics. SMALL MAN can be a very funny or very tiresome TOUR COMPANION, depending on how this kind of thing grabs you. He gambles, he drinks too mucy, and he always runs away. Since the Rules allow him to make JOKES, he will excuse his behavior in a variety of comical ways. Physically he is stunted and not at all handsome, although he usually dresses flamboyantly. He tends to wear hats with feathers in. You will discover he is very vain. But if you can avoid smacking him, you will come to tolerate if not love him. He will contrive, in some cowardly way, to play a major part of SAVING THE WORLD. -(Y)

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Re: [B7L] The Small Man
by Ellynne G. 03 Jan '02

03 Jan '02

On Mon, 31 Dec 2001 19:15:13 -0500 "Dana Shilling" <dshilling(a)worldnet.att.net> writes: > This is from Diana Wynne Jones' very funny > The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, which skewers > the cliches of wizards'n'wyverns fics. See also the entry on color coding. Avon has a problem. 1. Clothing. Black garments normally mean EVIL, but in rare cases can mean sobriety, in which case a white ruffled collar will be added to the ensemble. 2. Hair. Black hair is EVIL, particularly if combined with a corpse-white complexion. 3. Eyes. Black eyes are invariably EVIL; 4. Complexion. Corpse-white is EVIL, and it grades from there. For Servalan, see the entry #4 under QUEENS (old fashioned bad) for necessary details. Cally seems to be a mix of the entries under ELVES, HEALERS, and HIGH PRIESTESSES. As for Blake, check MENTOR. MENTOR. A Tour Official who will be at your disposal until half-way through the Tour, when you will unaccountably lose him. Before that he will guide you, tell you to do in the face of strange customs, and even sometimes instruct you in how to perform minor MAGICS. [Snip age and physical description, which doesn't match] . . . this will give him the right to be bossy, smug, tiresomely philosophical, and infuriatingly secretive about all-important facts. You will be glad to see the back of the old idiot. Unfortunately, you won't have. He will reappear, smugger and bossier than ever, near the end of the Tour, just when you thought you were doing rather well on your own. 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/web/.

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RE: Re: [B7L] The Small Man
by jacquispeel＠netscape.net 03 Jan '02

03 Jan '02

"Dana Shilling" <dshilling(a)worldnet.att.net> wrote: >Thanks, Ellynne! And let's not forget > >SAVING THE WORLD is something many >Tours require you to do. You have to defeat the >DARK LORD or WIZARDS who are trying to >enslave everyone. It is about the same as a >QUEST, except thre is always a WAR, a personal >CONFRONTATION, and a CATACLYSM before >you succeed. Thousands of troops and DEMONS >must be annihilated. The CITADEL or base of >EVIL must be destroyed (_razed_). This >usually triggers a semi-natural disaster. Sometimes >large parts of the world you are saving go up in >smoke. > >-(Y) > Would Orac (and other computers) have problems with 'raised'/'razed' - sound the same but meaning the opposite? Jacqui -- __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/

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Julia Vidler
by Steve Rogerson 02 Jan '02

02 Jan '02

We have been talking about Julia Vidler in the discussion forum. She played Avalon (Project Avalon) and Barr (Powerplay). A search on her also finds she was in an episode of Shoestring and in the 1976 film Double Exposure. And that's it, which is a pretty short career for an actress. Does anyone know what happened to her? -- cheers Steve Rogerson http://homepages.poptel.org.uk/steve.rogerson Redemption 03, 21-23 February 2003, Ashford, Kent Celebrating 25 years of Blake's 7 and 10 years of Babylon 5 http://www.smof.com/redemption

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Re: names; Vila
by Helen Krummenacker 02 Jan '02

02 Jan '02

> Two sources (Thomas Keightley's _World Guide to Gnomes_, et al, & the Funk > & Wagnall's Standard Dictionary of Folklore, etc.) inform me that the > "vila" (pl. vile) is, indeed a Slavic nymph of the woods, fields, streams, > & lakes, "the spirits of virgins & children, who leave their graves to > dance at night." While "hostile to men," they do help the occasional hero. > (This is why I so enjoy the vile in the 4th Harry Potter book, who are > apparently irresistible to men, but who also display a less sedate side.) > First time I came across this meaning was as Villa (pronounced Vilya) from "The Merry Widow", where there's an aria telling the story. The sight of a villa can enchant a man, but if she kisses him, he'll die. Hardly seems fitting for our Fearful Hero, does it?

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Re: 5th season ideas
by Helen Krummenacker 02 Jan '02

02 Jan '02

> This time, Servalan contacts the rebels. She killed someone in the > Federation hierarchy, only to have them dissolve into goo. The > Andromedan invaders were NOT completely eliminated... some apparently > crashed and have been imitating humans, infiltrating their way into > society. Now it isn't just rebels vs. the Federation, it's human vs > inhuman, and the question of who to trust becomes all the more > difficult. That sounds wonderful! Are you going to do a story on it? Nico I don't think I will ever have the time to follow up on it. It's fair game for anyone who'd like the plot for fanficcing themselves.

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