Cheryl wrote:
Mistral wrote:
Well, no, IMO that doesn't work, either. Take just one of your examples - Avon loves Anna. It's not canonical in the sense that we are ever told it explicitly. We _infer_ it from Avon's behaviour - at least some of us do. Some may not.
Actually it is mentioned in RoD.
Shrinker asks in respect to Avon, something along the lines of "what did I do to him?"
Dayna replies "You killed someone he loved"
and Vila concurs with "And there aren't many of those about, Avon isn't very lovable in case you hadn't noticed"
There are other points of reference such as when Anna says "I let you go...my love"
and Avon replies "Oh no, you never let me go...you never did"
Heh. <g> Just as an exercise, and bearing in mind that I agree with you that Avon loved Anna ...
None of the above are canonical proof of that. I'm not even entirely sure that I'd use any of them for evidence as to why _I_ believe that Avon loved Anna, as they're too easy to counter. For example, Dayna's comment, "You killed someone he loved." That she _said_ it is canon; that we take it as evidence that Avon loved Anna requires that we _assume_ (i.e. interpret) that (1) she was being honest, and (2) that she knew what she was talking about. The other above examples have similar issues - we can know canonically what people said and did, but the motivations, feelings, knowledge, etc. behind those words and actions can only be interpreted.
Mind you, in light of recent discussions I should probably point out that I only participate in the above sort of exercise because I personally find it entertaining, and you're perfectly entitled to think what you like.
Mistral