Una wrote: <"For what it's worth, I have always trusted you from the very beginning". I don't believe Blake for a moment, but I don't doubt that Blake believes it.>
I do believe it (surprise, surprise!!) at least from Time Squad onwards. Not trust in the slushy, hearts-and-flowers 'I know you've always been there with me all the way' sense (and not without some near-moments of wavering) but in the sense that Blake knew that Avon was rather less than wholehearted in his support for the Cause, expected and allowed for Avon's honest temptation to throw the whole lot in at any time, but honestly believed that - *when* push came to shove - Avon would find himself Doing The Right Thing (yes, even in Horizon. He knew Avon would be tempted - and moved to remove temptation - but his later offer to Ro indicates that he expected the Liberator to stay where it was, even as we watched Avon try to talk himself into going :-))
Avon does not make it easy to trust him, of course. Quite deliberately.
<TRAVIS: It was Maryatt. <snip> I have to have a Greify moment too. This is my favourite - the feeble death throes of Travis's conscience. It's a great exchange, speaks volumes about both Servalan and Travis, their relationship, and what really matters to them. Servie is avaricious and aggressive, Travis is weary and can no longer care enough to make a stand.>
Oh yes - and perfectly underplayed. And also the fact that Servalan *honestly* can't see why another human being might matter.
<15. Darrow trips in 'Animals'. And thus was born a new obsession and a reason to get up in the mornings.>
<grin> I do love it, and Docholli's coat, and Blake knocking something off the set in one scene in Destiny (you can hear it skitter across the floor).
<You can fill the days incredibly easily when you adopt a hopeless cause.>
Well, Voice from the Past is *my* Animals ... anyone else got a widely-proclaimed dud that they love?
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Sally wrote:
Una wrote: <"For what it's worth, I have always trusted you from the very beginning". I don't believe Blake for a moment, but I don't doubt that Blake believes it.>
I do believe it (surprise, surprise!!) at least from Time Squad onwards. Not trust in the slushy, hearts-and-flowers 'I know you've always been there with me all the way' sense (and not without some near-moments of wavering) but in the sense that Blake knew that Avon was rather less than wholehearted in his support for the Cause, expected and allowed for Avon's honest temptation to throw the whole lot in at any time, but honestly believed that
- *when* push came to shove - Avon would find himself Doing The Right Thing
(yes, even in Horizon. He knew Avon would be tempted - and moved to remove temptation - but his later offer to Ro indicates that he expected the Liberator to stay where it was, even as we watched Avon try to talk himself into going :-))
Avon does not make it easy to trust him, of course. Quite deliberately.
Aha - these are just the sorts of contortions that go on in Blake's head to convince himself that he believes it too! <vbg>
<TRAVIS: It was Maryatt. <snip> I have to have a Greify moment too. This is my favourite - the feeble death throes of Travis's conscience. It's a great exchange, speaks volumes about both Servalan and Travis, their relationship, and what really matters to them. Servie is avaricious and aggressive, Travis is weary and can no longer care enough to make a stand.>
Oh yes - and perfectly underplayed. And also the fact that Servalan *honestly* can't see why another human being might matter.
Yes, excellent point, that's exactly right.
Una
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