Natasa wrote:
I'm all for subversion - but what do you get when you subvert the idea that people should oppose totalitarianism and big, powerful states which tend tocontrol the world? I view B7 as a subversive discourse in itself. Practically all of the pop-culture heroes of today are law abiders, police officers, star fleet officers, army officers, always upholding status quo. On the other hand, B7 confronts us with a world order which is fundamentallywrong and which *has* to be opposed.
Except that Blake still sees it as a better option than an Andromedan invasion, and falls back into line as soon as he finds out about that. A bit like the way most of the Suffragettes transferred their energies to supporting the war effort (and they did get limited suffrage afterwards, so maybe Blake is hoping that the Liberator's heroic role in the battle against the Andromedans will be reported widely enough to bolster the rebels' reputation).
I think I've forgotten what point I was trying to make. Um, something like not even Blake seeing Federation as an absolute evil.