-----Original Message----- From: Sally Manton [mailto:smanton@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, 25 October 2001 22:53 To: blakes7@lists.lysator.liu.se Subject: FW: [B7L] Character Change & Development - mostly Vila

Can't say I recall how many times Vila got hit on the head. Anyone done an actual head-count?

Up to the end of season 3, 11 times. He gets clobbered quite regularly in seasons 1 and 2. Not that it seems to affect him much! At this point, he's very resilient.

Vila changes too - he's definitely sourer and finds it harder to maintain even *some* joi de vivre in late S3/S4 - but it has more to do with the general nastiness that tends to focus more on him.

Yes - he's lost Cally, the last person who'd shown him any sympathy, and Avon has become much colder and withdrawn (poss. due to the loss of Cally and the Liberator). Avon's now quite ruthless, using Vila and Dayna as bait etc. His put-downs are now real insults rather than banter (even when Vila's near to death in 'Sand') and the others enjoy joining in.

Actually, I think Vila is one of the most tragic characters in the series - basically such a nice, likeable, guy, but eventually abused to the point of misery, loneliness, and possible alcoholism. I find his death harder to take because he deserved more out of life to start with. So I console myself by writing him happy PGP endings. :-)

Nico

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