----- Original Message ----- From: Neil Faulkner N.Faulkner@tesco.net
From: Penberriss Wendy S. penberriss@yahoo.com (aka 'shit-stirrer')
I prefer to think of myself not as a shit-stirrer but as a crap-defuser.
my Latest Grand
Theory is that Sally might do it to reconcile her
attraction to the facets
she likes of these characters with those aspects
that might disturb her
(like the way they kill people). Which all ties in
with my Other Grand
Theory of fannishness arising out of the tension
inherent in a viewer's
response to a show. Diminishing these crooks,
killers and mercenaries into
her 'darlings' and 'boys' gives her a measure of
control over them, a
quasi-maternal role in which she can frown on the
less savoury antics of
these naughty little children whilst still loving
them for who they are.
In that case, why watch B7 at all, and not some male version of Baywatch? It's turning a savvy show about terrorism into some sort of sex fantasy (please, people, take it over to the Freedom City list!). As for the quasi-maternal thing, it's a bit disturbing-- I'm sure the mothers of the bombers in Ireland think of their boys as naughty little children as well... I like people who THINK about what they're saying...
Suffering Beautifully - Avon's major reason for
being.
I've never been able to understand this mania for torturing the poor bastard. Not really very nice
to
him.
This I cannot argue with.
Exactly. If somebody wrote about one of the girls being sadistically tortured, there'd be an outcry. But somehow if you tortuer Avon, it's supposed to be erotic.
This also fits in badly, IMHO, with the whole "My Darling" thingy. ON the one hand you call him all these cutesy names, and on the other you want to beat him up? It's a weird mix of sugary sentiment and terrifying cruelty.
IHMO*only* - I am about to write something about
Tarrant.
And just what do people have against him?!
Because he dares to disagree with Avon sometimes,
and doesn't do it half as
well as Blake. I really do fear it's as simple as
that.
I'm afraid you're right.
Neil (thinking of doing a zine sometime in which no
story is allowed to
feature Avon or have him mentioned by name or even
elliptically alluded to)
No, have him in there, please! Just write him well and honestly.
Wendy
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