Fiona asked:
Yes, but as we've both been saying (I think!) some ventures are easier to fit in with the canon than others.
OK, but is the venture interesting? well-written? plausible about human motivations? arousing?
(although I have to admit, the slash I was thinking of when I made that remark didn't actually do much to my mind to explore the characterisation of/relationship between the partners, but made me think about other
things,
e.g. the ethics of terrorism). But as I've said, the PWPs I've seen tend
to
outnumber the stuff which interests me.
Fair enough argument :), but one also has to note that Travis (who has previously stated "I know that man better than myself") picked Inga as the bait to lure Blake to Exbar.
However, considering the fact that Blake went to a lot of trouble for total strangers in, e.g., Time Squad and Mission to Destiny, taking ANY hostage might have lured Blake.
But where does he utterly not respond? He does. I've pointed out how he touches her face in "Bounty." In "Killer," they sit together on the couch, smiling and chatting with lots of eye contact. In fact, there is mutual eye-contact and smiling in many episodes.
It's a wonderful relief for Blake to have a conversation with someone who isn't slagging him off.
Which to my mind suggests that what was intended to be a violent act suddenly turned sexual, for him if not her.
Mission to Destiny is very early in the series--I read it to mean that Avon is still disturbed by enjoying violence
Cheers, cos I'm not insisting anything of the sort :). Just arguing for
more
acknowledgement as to what's a strong possibility and what's a bit of a stretch of credibility, and what's a fantasy.
Everything about B7 is fantasy, including canon.
You're getting one, or a partial one anyway :). But as I said, I have only my own experience to go on.... can you give me an example, either online
or
on an offlist post?
Nova, Bend Me Shape Me (for a whole zine worth of marvelous stories); my personal favorite Nova story, Five Easy Pieces is available online at Liberator Belatrix Carter, passim Predatrix, Erogenous Zone (yeah, it's just one [description omitted] after another [expletive deleted] but by no means short of psychological insight) Most stories in Fire & Ice
-(Y)
PS--a brilliant bibliography has been composed listing "Gen for Slash Fans"-- perhaps the converse is also needed.