----- Original Message ----- From: Betty Ragan bragan@aoc.nrao.edu
I hate to say this, though, but I'm a bit confused as to what your interpretation of the (hypothetical) relationship is-- a while ago I thought you were saying that Avon was pursuing Blake, but your last paragraph suggests it's the other way around. Just a request for clarification, btw, and totally a side topic...
Oh, well, to begin with, I must admit that I've kind of been playing devil's advocate here a bit, rather than trying to put forward a coherent alternative view of the relationship.
Cheers for that :). Oh, and (leaving the sexual potential thing out, of course :) ) I do agree about a strong emotional attatchment between Avon and Blake (it's one of the things that makes the characters so fascinating for me), coupled with a sort of resentment. Interestingly, to your excellent analysis of Avon's feelings for Blake, I'd say I also see a similar thing on the reverse side-- that Blake has a strong emotional attatchment to Avon, but this is coupled with resentment at Avon's gamesmanship etc.
Nah, no hate involved. But I *still* don't see any good evidence for Blake being heterosexual. :)
And I see none for him being bisexual :).
Me either. Blake's a cypher. Or a blank screen upon which to project as you like. :)
Truce! There's a suggestion of the attraction to Jenna, of course, but, alas, because of the nature of the show, it always has to remain totally ambiguous...:)
:), and true. However, my definition of contracanonical is something
that
contradicts the canon in some way. So once again, if we can't have a relationship within the series canon because of the format of the
series,
then to write in a relationship does strike me as something of a contradiction of canon. Hope that clears this up.
Yeah. I'd still say it mixes production-reality and fictional-universe levels in a way that's not "playing the game," but then, there's no reason why you should feel compelled to play.
Yes-- although I still feel compelled to admit that the fictional universe is based on the production reality, and the production reality is affected by the fictional universe and so separating the two is pretty much impossible... :).
Having hashed out the relative status of B/A slash with regard to canon, onscreen evidence, dramatic convention, visual
grammar
and entertainment value, shall we go for dinner? <offers arm-- in a
totally
nonsexual way, of course :)>
[LOL!] You like Chinese? :)
Absolutely. I know a little restaurant just off the Great Wall... :)
Fiona
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