Carol Mc asked:

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Dana, do you accept that there is a

difference between raw canon and what

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individual viewers think they see/might like

to see on the screen? That on a

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very basic level there is a show that is put

together by a creative team

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(writers, directors, actors, etc) and that

team considered the Blake and Avon

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relationship to be strictly platonic.

Sure. But what's so great about canon?

I think Dana Shilling is right. Avon is homosexual. However he isn't having a physical relationship with Blake. He is having one with Orac.

I've just watched the final episode of the series, and Avon's lust for Orac is there for everyone to plainly see.

When Avon confers with Orac, he is the one who lays his hands on the machine; he straps Orac down with red straps-- clearly a bondage fantasy-- and later, when the ship is crashing, it is Orac who Avon saves.

Later, on the planet Gauda Prime, Avon picks up Orac with his gun unsheathed, with obvious phallic symbolism. There are numerous scenes of Avon carrying Orac in a provocative manner, sometimes at crotch height. Avon also hides Orac under a bush. I don't think I have to make that any more explicit than it already is.

At the end of the story, Orac disappears. This is because Avon is concerned for Orac's welfare and has obviously asked him to shrink down to a very small size so that Avon, for Orac's own protection, can insert him into a bodily cavity.

The reason why Avon kills Blake is jealousy. Orac was Blake's lover through season 2, and therefore Avon always felt second-best during the relationship which he and Orac enjoyed during season 3 and 4.

Some of you may believe that my theory is inaccurate and that I may be misrepresenting certain aspects of the episode. You might even suggest that "Terminal" totally contradicts my theory in that Orac is abandoned by Avon on the Liberator when he journeys down to Terminal to rescue Blake. My answer to you on this one, however, is simple. This episode is not canon. I do not consider this episode canon. La la la, I can't hear yoooouuu!

Those of you who think I have far too much time on my hands are probably right.

Shane

"I have much to do, you have engaged my circuits on my petty affairs for far too long!"-- Orac