After I wrote: <It appears that he hasn't given any thought to this, and once he's got it, he - and the rest - muddle around for half a season almost *looking* for something to do with it (IMO).>
Dana riposted: <Well, Blake muddled around for two seasons looking for things to do with it, so there.>
Now play fair <g>. Blake did too know what he wanted to use it for - One might or might not agree with the uses he chose (sometimes one has to wonder about Our Heroes) but at least he *did* have ideas, and very strong ones, on the subject. Avon's ideas (till he came up with the Shrinker business) seem restricted to looking for Fearless Leader and bits of rock (in that order).
Perhaps he did expect to be able (if Blake was on Earth running the rebellion) to still be involved in that (on a strictly avaricious basis, of course, making Blake quite literally pay), but then there's that rather loud "I want to be free of HIM," to be factored into his thinking.
And Harriet wrote: <Judging by Horizon, he's thinking of "sailing the universe for as long as we like in reasonable safety, provided we keep out of everybody's way and we do not do anything rash." So, keeping safe.>
A bit of a non sequitor, but does anyone else get the feeling in that scene that, what with all those questions (including at least one he knows the answer to and others he could surely work out for himself) Avon's trying to *get Orac to make the decision for him*? I almost feel sorry for the poor confused rat-in-a-box ...
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Sally said:
Perhaps he did expect to be able (if Blake was on Earth running the rebellion) to still be involved in that (on a strictly avaricious basis,
of
course, making Blake quite literally pay), but then there's that rather
loud
"I want to be free of HIM," to be factored into his thinking.
Avon was well brought up and learned to say he didn't want any chocolate cake when invited out for tea. Or, for that matter, "who thrice did offer him a kingly crown which he did thrice refuse...did this in Caesar seem ambitious?"
A bit of a non sequitor, but does anyone else get the feeling in that
scene
that, what with all those questions (including at least one he knows the answer to and others he could surely work out for himself) Avon's trying
to
*get Orac to make the decision for him*? I almost feel sorry for the poor confused rat-in-a-box ...
I think Avon gives a lot of credence to Orac--otherwise he would have been faster off the mark in thinking of something besides Vila to put out with the recycling.
-(Y)
Sally Manton wrote:
Perhaps he did expect to be able (if Blake was on Earth running the rebellion) to still be involved in that (on a strictly avaricious basis, of course, making Blake quite literally pay), but then there's that rather loud "I want to be free of HIM," to be factored into his thinking.
I'm pretty sure I've said this before, but I am firmly convinced that Avon's best-case scenario would have involved leasing the _Liberator_ and his own skills (and probably Vila's skills, for that matter) back to Blake... but on his *own* terms.
A bit of a non sequitor, but does anyone else get the feeling in that scene that, what with all those questions (including at least one he knows the answer to and others he could surely work out for himself) Avon's trying to *get Orac to make the decision for him*? I almost feel sorry for the poor confused rat-in-a-box ...
He's looking for Orac to talk him out of it, I'm quite convinced. And Orac isn't cooperating...
Betty said:
I'm pretty sure I've said this before, but I am firmly convinced that Avon's best-case scenario would have involved leasing the _Liberator_ and his own skills (and probably Vila's skills, for that matter) back to Blake... but on his *own* terms.
Thus making him the patron saint of consultants (they who borrow your watch to tell you what time it is).
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