Alison Page wrote:
Jenny said -
B7 has taken on a personal role in your lives, for twenty years or so
Gan has been a character that you liked, that you felt comfortable with. Now some bitch is trying to tell you that Gan is a killer and what is worse,
a
killer of women. This is an attack on a friend.
No it isn't, it's a comment on a fictional character. I personally find
Gan
rather dull,
Well he sure ain't dull now!
and over the 'past twenty years or so' I have been interested
to come across your theory from time to time, or variations on it.
Well done.
Supposing you had said 'here is a completely different take on a familiar character - and guess what folks, it stands up just as well to scrutiny
as
your complacent ideas,
and I can quote the episodes to prove it. It is just
as valid
It's more valid. It's the truth. Not something you often seem to find on Lysator.
an interpretation as any of you lot who think Gan is nice and safe and cuddly, and that's how I view Blakes 7, so get used to it.' That
would
be very interesting, and I for one would have enjoyed that.
Good.
I'm not making this up you know. This is no self deluding "IMO"
bullshit.. The pattern's there. Everything fits.
But here you seem to be saying 'this is definitely the truth about Gan's character'
It is.
- and that seems to me to be a meaningless statement.
It isn't.
Where is
truth held?
In the text.
What does 'truth' mean when we are talking about a work of
fiction?
In the text.
These seem to be such glaring problems with your stance
They aren't. But there are some glaring problems in the stance you're taking.
that I can't help but feel you are creating a self-parody. Is it just a
joke?
No. This is a joke:
Q. What do you get if you cross a kangeroo with a sheep?
A. A woolly jumper!
Thus I conclude (and speaking only of myself):
Actually you are trying to speak for me!
'I am making this up you know.
But I'm not.
This is self deluding IMO bullshit.
But it isn't.
Nothing about B7 is real.
Only if you are an IMO fascist.
This is just a game I play.
Yes, but a game with a message.
Nice talking to you. Write again soon.
Jenny
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