Blakes7 January 2002

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Re: [B7L] Re: New B7 merchandise
by Sally M 29 Jan '02

29 Jan '02

Ebony wrote: "Thanks for posting this. I'm an incurable collector of merchandise and you've just made my day!" I wouldn't have called myself incurable until I was in the Warner Bros shop yesterday and asked if there were any fluffy toy Nazguls ... _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.

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RE: [B7L] B7 Parents
by Nicola Mody-Nikoloff 29 Jan '02

29 Jan '02

Leia wrote: > Following the discussion on Avon and Cally as parents my > thoughts began to > wander in the direction of the other crew members and what > kind of parents they'd make. Oh, an excellent job. I think you're spot on! > _Blake_ Would probably also expect the kid to take a lot of responsibility, perhaps by having a pet. > _Avon_ > > Would be undemonstrative and the > kids could well > not realise that dad really *was* concerned. In fact, they would probably feel ignored or unloved. Though I can see Avon playing chess and other games with his kids when they were old enough, with no quarter given of course. > _Vila_ > > Would hover nervously outside during the delivery and ask > twenty questions of anyone involved. Because he'd probably come over all faint if he were in the delivery room! > Would be perfectly happy to spend loads > and loads of > time looking after and playing with and showing the kids > stuff. Would make > even more mess than the kids with toys and finger-paints and > hopefully have > a tolerant partner who'd complain and make him clean it up, > but without > getting cross with him. Wouldn't be too overprotective, but > would probably > spoil them rotten. The kids would probably turn out more > well balanced than > most of the rest of the crew's offspring. Absolutely and totally agree. But what about Vila's 'profession'? Would he bring the kids up to be thieves too? Or let them make up their own minds. I can't see him actually discouraging them from a life of crime given his complete lack of shame and utter honesty about himself. > _Gan_ You're right. I think he'd be a very good partner and father. > _Jenna_ I can see her as a single mother too, dispensing with the annoying cause of it all (unless the father was Blake!) > _Cally_ I think she'd also teach them unarmed combat, and bring them up to be independent, like herself. > _Tarrant_ > Would be very ambitious for the kid and want him to be just > like dad until > the kid crashed his flyer into the garden, at which point he > would rapidly > change his mind and try to convince the kid that he should be > much less > reckless than dad. The kid wouldn't pay the blindest bit of > notice of that > and would end up racing space choppers or something while > Tarrant turned into a nervous wreck. LOL! > _Dayna_ > > ...then find somewhere safe and with lots of > countryside for the kids to play in. What about Sarran? Lots of obliging natives for them to hunt! > _Soolin_ > > Would be driven to distraction if her partner was broody or > fussy over her > during the pregnancy and would order him out of the delivery > room in no > uncertain terms. Actually I see her as the most likely to be > a single mum. > She'd be fiercely protective of her kids and god help anyone > who tried to harm them. Soolin's a hard one. I couldn't see her with kids at all, but I think you've nailed it. And what sort of partners would they all make? Dare I go there? Nico *** This e-mail is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the message and notify the sender. ***

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B7 Parents
by Leia Fee 28 Jan '02

28 Jan '02

Following the discussion on Avon and Cally as parents my thoughts began to wander in the direction of the other crew members and what kind of parents they'd make. I can't see any of them wanting to raise kids on the Lib, but supposing they's suceeded in defeating the Federation and found a nice safe planet somewhere. I've included Cally and Avon in my list as the circumstances I'm thinking off are quite different to those discussed before which would affect their reactions. Warning... long rambling post ahead... _Blake_ Probably he'd be terribly broody during the pregnancy and make himself a right nusicance at the delivery. Would smother the kid in good intentions but make a good father I think, though rather overprotective. He'd try and do everything right and worry horribly every time the kid was out of his sight. The kid would either turn out just like dad or completely opposite and be a right monster and go join a 'Bring back the Federation' group or something, at which point Blake would be horribly disappointed and be incredibly reaonable and comforting to the kid trying to understand why he'd do such a thing. Somehow I see him with an only child. _Avon_ Would keep himself aloof from the pregnancy and delivery, though he'd do a lot of reading up on it and offer advice until his partner was ready to smack him one for telling her what she ought to be doing. Would like to leave the bulk of the baby-changing, feeding, getting up in the middle of the night to his partner and only reluctantly get involved. Would have high expectations of the child and be rather demanding. Takes responsibility very seriously so would be protective and do his best to make sure th ekid had everything it needed. Would be undemonstrative and the kid could well not realise that dad really *was* concerned. _Vila_ Talks several times about having kids and I can see him with a lot of them. Would hover nervously outside during the delivery and ask twenty questions of anyone involved. Would be perfectly happy to spend loads and loads of time looking after and playing with and showing the kids stuff. Would make even more mess than the kids with toys and finger-paints and hopefully have a tolerant partner who'd complain and make him clean it up, but without getting cross with him. Wouldn't be too overprotective, but would probably spoil them rotten. The kids would probably turn out more well balanced than most of the rest of the crew's offspring. _Gan_ Would be calm and supportive during the pregnancy and delivery. Would not complain while his partner moans about morning sickness and back ache and odd cravings or when she screams and swears and tries to break his hand during the delivery. Would be ever so cautious and gentle with the baby. Like Blake he'd be a very well intentioned, conscientious father and do his best to instill an strong sense of right and wrong into the kids, but I think he'd be less over protective and probably do a better job as a result. _Jenna_ Would insist throughout the pregnancy that she was perfectly capable of doing anything whatsoever that she wanted and would have to be pretty much forced at gunpoint into resting and taking it easy. Wouldn't have bothered with the 'finding a nice safe planet' bit and would end up going into labour at the most awkward moment bewteen planet. Would swear a blue streak during the delivery. Would inist she could work *and* raise the kid and it'd end up growing up on a series of spacecraft. Wouldn't go out of her eway to teach the kid moral values or useful skills, but would involved it in the daily activity of the ship and teach by example. Wouldn't bother with being over protective, instead teaching the kid to look after itself. Would teach a daughter fifty creative and painful ways to fend off unwanted male attention. Would probably stop at one child, who'd end up very like her. _Cally_ The only one who really leaps to mind as the parent type and would devote herself fully too it. All the kids would be subjected to vitamin mixtures and odd remedies for every little sniffle and have music lessons or craft classes pressed upon them. Cally would try not to be too overprotective but wouldn't always manage it. She'd talk to the kids about everything and always encourage them to stand up for themselves and their beliefs. Her kids too I think would either end up just like her or as different as its possible to be. _Tarrant_ Would endure the pregnancy, delivery and baby stage and only really begin to interact with the kid when it started to grow up an bit more. Would buy expensive model spaceships and kibitz terribly while the kid put them together. Would be very ambitious for the kid and want him to be just like dad until the kid crashed his flyer into the garden, at which point he would rapidly change his mind and try to convince the kid that he should be much less reckless than dad. The kid wouldn't pay the blindest bit of notice of that and would end up racing space choppers or something while Tarrant turned into a nervous wreck. _Dayna_ Would do eat all the things and do all the exercises you're supposed to do when pregnant, then find somewhere safe and with lots of countryside for the kids to play in. Would encourage lots of outdoor games and buy the kids hundreds of hand-eye-coordination games to play with and ponies to ride. Would teach them combat skills as soon as they were old enough. The kids would spend all day scrapping with each other and climbing and falling out of trees and half drowning themselves in rivers. Dayna would be relaxed enough about such accidents and all the minor injuries that kids acquire. _Soolin_ Would be driven to distraction if her partner was broody or fussy over her during the pregnancy and would order him out of the delivery room in no uncertain terms. Actually I see her as the most likely to be a single mum. She'd be fiercly protective of her kids and god help anyone who tried to harm them. She wouldn't be clingy and overprotective though, much more reserved and perhaps a bit too distant. She'd do her best to find a safe planet, perhaps a rural, farming community like her own upbringing before it all went wrong, wanting to give the kids what she didn't ahve. She'd be hopelessly bored with such an existence though and end up moving to a nice lively spaceport city where the kids would promptly go complety wild with the sudden change and get into all sorts of trouble. They'd adapt quickly enough though and be better off for the fact that mum was more relaxed. Hmmm, now my mind is wandering off in fanfic-ish directions ;-) Leia

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Fwd: [B7L] Lego
by Sally M 28 Jan '02

28 Jan '02

Judith wrote: "We've been sent the most fantastic set of lego Blake's 7 photos that you can imagine. I thought I'd done some good B7 lego, but these are out of this world. The models were made by Steve Locke." They are incredibly good - I loved them all, but especially the Liberator flight deck which was amazing! And in the non-B7, the Tardis and the Alien were also wonderful. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

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RE: Re: [B7L] journeys underground
by jacquispeel＠netscape.net 28 Jan '02

28 Jan '02

"Ellynne G." <rilliara(a)juno.com> wrote: > > >On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 12:10:08 -0700 Betty Ragan <ragan(a)sdc.org> writes: >> And, switching characters, there's "Rumours," in which Avon learns >> the >> truth about Anna in a basement. Not the mention the underground >> base in >> "Terminal." Or Dorian's basement. Hmm... > >Of course, I also think Dorian's basement was a Hellmouth (as in >Sunnydale). Avon _really_ should have known better than to move in over >one of those and not expect bad things to happen on, oh, say, a weekly >basis (although summers are always strangely slow). > >Ellynne > Does Blake's base on Gauda Prime count? 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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New B7 merchandise
by Steve Rogerson 28 Jan '02

28 Jan '02

A company called The Stamp Centre, famous for Dr Who and other genre merchandise, this week won a licence to supply a whole range of Blake's 7 merchandise and is planning on launching the range throughout this year starting from mid-February onwards. I've already seen the B7 mousmat that will be launched. Other merchandise planned includes posters, pewter ware, limited edition prints, autographed memoribillia, ceramics and moving image pens and bookmarks. They have a web site at: http://www.scificollector.co.uk/ but this doesn't have the Blake's 7 range up yet. -- 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: Re: [B7L] Re: Avon and child
by Sally M 28 Jan '02

28 Jan '02

Marian wrote: "He might decide to keep the child on Liberator just to annoy Orac (and Tarrant) :-)" Hey, I think Tarrant would make a more than adequate babysitter! And any bub would adore having those curls to tug at (and off) when being carried (speaking as someone whose long hair and glasses seems to act as bub-magnets). _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

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Re: [B7L] Re: SFX readers poll (and Animals)
by Una McCormack 28 Jan '02

28 Jan '02

Dismayed to learn that Animals is being taken in vain while I am no-mail. Read the truth at: http://www.qresearch.org.uk/personal/animals.htm. Una

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Re: [B7L] journeys underground
by Ellynne G. 28 Jan '02

28 Jan '02

On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 12:10:08 -0700 Betty Ragan <ragan(a)sdc.org> writes: > And, switching characters, there's "Rumours," in which Avon learns > the > truth about Anna in a basement. Not the mention the underground > base in > "Terminal." Or Dorian's basement. Hmm... Of course, I also think Dorian's basement was a Hellmouth (as in Sunnydale). Avon _really_ should have known better than to move in over one of those and not expect bad things to happen on, oh, say, a weekly basis (although summers are always strangely slow). 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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Unlikely occupations
by jacquispeel＠netscape.net 27 Jan '02

27 Jan '02

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