dixonm@pobox.com wrote: : Suppose that the series 2 B7 crew suddenly finds themselves brought before : the Council of Elrond. (Okay, if you must know *how*, assume some high-level : intervention by the Valar, or maybe even Eru. And if the Liberator's in orbit : around Middle Earth, assume the teleport's on the blink as usual -- otherwise : it's all too easy.) Elrond explains the problem and asks Blake's Seven to : take the Ring to Mount Doom.

: So -- who's the Ringbearer? How do they get across Zirak-Zigel, or into and : through Moria? Do they, in fact, manage to destroy the Ring? Do they live : through it?

Interesting question.

The obvious choice is Blake. But I think Blake has too much of an agenda. It's a *good* agenda, but it's enough of one that I feel he would be tempted to use the ring.

(Avon, Vila, Cally, Jenna... none of them say Ringbearer to me.)

The less-obvious one is Gan. I think what made the hobbits, and Frodo in particular, strong enough, is that they didn't want to change things. They wanted to save their home as they knew it. Which, it turned out, involved having to Do Stuff. I can see Gan in the same sort of role. He doesn't have a big political agenda (though he isn't displeased with Blake's). He needs people because of the implant, yes, but he also seems to have a straightforward kindness to him.

Tarrant (and he's far from my favorite character) is the one who I think comes closest to destroying the ring in his actions on the show, when he knows that putting the head on the android in Headhunter isn't enough-- it must be destroyed. But again he may have too much of a persona agenda, too much of a way for the Ring to tempt him.

Claudia

At 11:21 20/12/01 -0500, Meredith wrote:

So -- who's the Ringbearer? How do they get across Zirak-Zigel, or into and through Moria? Do they, in fact, manage to destroy the Ring? Do they live through it?

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Excuse Me, Have You Seen My Plot? by AnnaS

Vila was willing to admit that their luck was not always good. However, this time they really seemed to have hit the jackpot, misfortune wise. It was bad enough to be carrying out one insane crusade, without being saddled with someone else's as well. Worse, this one seemed almost certain to involve a great deal of the up-close-and-personal style of fighting that he hated the most. If he had to fight, Vila preferred a few hundred spacials and a neutron blaster.

And being sucked through whatever weird distortion in space time had brought them here had given him a splitting headache.

"We don't have time for this!" Blake said, for what seemed to Vila like the hundredth time. Couldn't the man see that this time pig-headed stubbornness wasn't getting him anywhere? "We have the location of Star One. The key to the destruction of the Federation! If Travis gets there first, who knows what he'll do. Can't you understand that there's the survival of a galaxy at stake?"

Elrond steepled his hands before his face, his wise grey eyes filled with sorrow. "I understand, my friend, but until the Dark Lord is destroyed you cannot return to your starcraft. When the Ringbearer was killed at the Ford of Bruinen, the Three had no choice but to put forth their powers to draw a worthy--"

"Excuse me."

Vila looked round, but no one else seemed to have noticed that Avon had spoken.

"But it will take *months* to get there," Blake persisted. "By then it will be too late. Even now it'll be touch and go whether we get there before he does."

Avon stood up. "Excuse *me*."

Elrond gestured courteously. "Please, speak."

Avon strolled round to the head of the great Council table, to stand beside Elrond. He spent several seconds contemplating the Ring, which lay upon the table before the Elven Lord, then he looked up, and said, "Why do we have to walk all that way? Why don't you put it in a box and get one of those giant talking eagles to fly over to Mordor and drop it in the volcano for you?"

Silence. A long silence, as the Council of Elrond regarded one another sheepishly.

Finally, Elrond spoke. "We, err...we didn't think of that."

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love Anna

dixonm@pobox.com wrote:

Suppose that the series 2 B7 crew suddenly finds themselves brought before the Council of Elrond. (Okay, if you must know *how*, assume some high-level intervention by the Valar, or maybe even Eru. And if the Liberator's in orbit around Middle Earth, assume the teleport's on the blink as usual -- otherwise it's all too easy.) Elrond explains the problem and asks Blake's Seven to take the Ring to Mount Doom.

You know, I think I'd *really* like to read this, although I'm not entirely sure why... :)

So -- who's the Ringbearer?

Blake? Except we know he doesn't like have temptingly large amounts of power like that; just consider his decision to destroy Star One rather than attempting to use it. Hmm. Star One, the One Ring... There's already some weird parallels there, I think. Does that make Servalan Sauron?

How do they get across Zirak-Zigel, or into and through Moria? Do they, in fact, manage to destroy the Ring? Do they live through it?

Knowing them, probably not. :)