Helen Krummenacker wrote:
and perhaps it is Dayna's introduction that was ultimately responsible for Cally's softening. After all, there had to be some definite marks of distinction. Dayna was introduced as a warrior; Cally had been too, once, but in the season and more-than-a-half after, had been given a kinder side and a mystic-race background. Dayna could not be changed radically between her first and third appearences; on the other hand, they could sweep Cally's "May you die alone and silent!" side under the rug.
Excellent point! And I think probably a significant factor.
Without a definite new direction for Cally, then, she comes across as a Waif.
That raises the question of what else they *could* have done with Cally. Ideally, she could have become Blake's successor in the sense of promoting pro-rebellion actions. It would have flipped the dynamics of the first season a bit: we'd still have had the pragmatist vs. the idealist, but it would have been the pragmatist who held the power position.
Somehow I think Cally would have been better as persuading the others to join her in ganging up on their leader and overruling him on occasion than Avon ever was. :-)
Susan Beth (susanbeth33@mindspring.com)