On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 10:40:06AM +0200, Natasa Tucev wrote:
Judith wrote:
I don't believe that having the moral high ground means you will always win. That's one of the reasons why I'm a B7 fan.
Being brave and noble is fine, but in the universe of B7 and with enemies such as Servalan it obviously doesn't suffice. This is why I appreciate stories such as Sondra Sweigman's "Choice", in which Blake has to do much more than just "sacrifice himself heroically" in order to save Avon.
But to take the other appendage... another reason *I* like Blake's 7 is that they keep on fighting, even though it *is* a hopeless cause, even though they don't have any great chance of winning. Blake is fighting because it is The Right Thing To Do. It's the mixture of idealism in the midst of hopeless doom that I like. I don't think I could stand unrelieved hopeless doom, where nobody's idealistic or noble at all.
I'm suddenly reminded of Gallipoli. Doomed idealists.
Kathryn Andersen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "He may be dead, but he's still trying to outthink me." -- Vila Restal (Blake's 7: City at the Edge of the World [C6])